NIO ACTIVITIES DURING YOUR ABSENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000800140023-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: November 9, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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SUBJECT: NIO Activities During Your Absence
1. Since 1 November, under the NIO system, three
significant papers have been turned out:
a. SNIE 11/30-73 -- Soviet Military Options
in the Middle East. This was laid on at the USIB
meeting on 1 November and was given to Henry Kissinger
prior to his departure. It was not formally chopped
by the USIB members but was coordinated by their
representatives.
b. A Memorandum to Holders of the recent
South Vietnam estimate NIE 53/14.3-73. This
assessed the impact of Middle Eastern developments
on the judgments made in that estimate and ran
up a clear warning flag about the risk of
opportunistic adventurism on the part of the Hanoi
Politburo.
c. A draft estimate on "Whither Cambodia"
(SNIE 57-1-73). At the Director's request, this
draft was cabled to Henry in time to reach him
in Islamabad prior to his departure for Peking.
(Incidentally, he was also cabled the above-
mentioned Memorandum to Holders of the Vietnam
estimate.)
2. The Director has also levied a major project which
is being carried out under aegis with
participation from all hands. This will be a comprehensive
package surveying the ripple impact -- political as well
as economic -- of the continuing oil embargo on Western
Europe, the United States and other key places such as
Japan. One part of the package will be a hard look at
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action options open to the United States (including some
fairly extreme ones) with an assessment of their probable
consequences.
3. We continue to be busy on organizational details
and personnel selection.
unc We will be sure that as copies
of all of the above documents and I will fill you in
further on atmospherics at your convenience.
Georgee ACarver, Jr.
Deputy for National Intelligence Officers
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Returned with General Walters' thanks.
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