PREPARATIONS FOR 1 AUGUST PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00401R002400040042-9
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 13, 2004
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: July 31, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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31 July 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: Th
e Director of Central Intelligence
FROM : Pr
esidential Briefing Coordinator
SUBJECT : Pr
eparations for 1 August Presidential Briefing
1. Attached are packages on a number of subjects. My major concern
is that there are too many topics in this group for you to cover them
adequately. Accordingly I have made comments below to assist your
thinking about which ones to drop or defer. You also noted that you
wanted to cover and "Bucharest" tomorrow. I have no materials
for these two topics.
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VA. Attached is material on Soviet reactions to
B. Leban_o_n. This material has been modified to incorporate
SNIE material.
paper. The other is my recommendation of how the brief
should be structured. My case, is, "Although the Soviets
may balk at various SALT limitations we can't say this
is because they have a 'full employment program' for
their R&D establishment. We can say that their 'full
employment program' couple with their ability to shift
programs to imply that if SALT limits one kind of missile
system another_ wi1-1 up."
D. Cuban Manpower. This inclu t condensation of
C. Soviet Miss i_1e_Developmgnt. Attached are two sets of
would imply. The message really need be no more than,
"Don't depend on Fidel Castro running out of bodies to
support his African adventures. He has a clear surplus
in the future."
briefing and talking points.
This topic does not deserve ion which use
of condensed paper would imply and
perhaps not even as much as II talking points
This package contains a D/DCI/RM summary of
the impact of Congressional actions.
F. Soviet/Cuban Options in Rhodesia. The talking points
have been revised to reflect the pre-brief discussions.
I recommend that you either:
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