RHODESIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00401R002400060005-8
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• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2004
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 21, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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21 March 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR: Attendees of DCI/NFAC Meeting
FROM : Presidential Briefing Coordinator
SUBJECT : Rhodesia
1. The attached is a background paper for tomorrow's DCI/NFAC
meeting which will be held at 1300-1400, Thursday, 22 March, in the
D/NFAC Conference Room 7E32 (vice the DCI Conference Room).
2. Because space is limited in the D/NFAC Conference Room
we probably cannot find room for more than one representative of each
organization. To ensure that we don't overload the o e ke
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who will attend. I I
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THIS MEMORANDUM IS UNCLASSIFIED UPON
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JMORANUUM FOR: The Direc~,.r of Central Intelligence
The attached paper on Rhodesia will be the
(_discussion topic at the DCI/NIO meeting tomorrow. 1300
Rhodesia is one of the topics the DDCI plans to use in
the Presidential Briefing of 28 March.
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20 March 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director of Central Intelligence
FROM : Presidential Briefing Coordinator
SUBJECT : Preparati r Wednesday, 21 March, Presidential
Briefing
1. You already have:
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draft of the International Oil bri.efin
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-A West Bank/Gaza package including talking points
and some backup material. FI
ckage of backup material on Sary Shagan for
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possible reference use
A revised International Oil briefing including a contingency
ent the President wants to pursue the matter will be
briefing in the I
sent out later.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM : Presidential Briefing Coordinator
SUBJECT : Presidential Briefing on Rhodesia F-
1. Attached for your review is a draft briefing. I will check
in with your office when I return from downtown after the briefing
tomorrow to get your reaction. I
2. I recommend that we devote the Thursday DCI/NIO meeting to
this subject. I'm sure the DCI would find such a discussion worthwhile.
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March 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director of Ce
ntral Intelligence
FROM
: Presidential Brief
ing Coordinator
SUBJECT
: Preparati
on t
he 21 March Presidential
Briefing
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2. Also included are packages on the following topics.
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1. The basic briefings for three topics have been put in the
attached notebook to help you get the sense of how they would flow.
The backup material for each topic is in a separate folder. These
topics are: ~,/
-Sary Shagan see is a a lead-in to the
Thic inrludPs the briefinq paper and graphics
under preparation for Mr. Bowie. Note its designea to
ask the President what he wants and then give one or the
other briefing, but not both. However, in either case
it still needs drastic pruning.
-The West Bank. The package containing some basic material
f which could produce a timely and interesting
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memorandum on Soviet Forgeries which you may want to giv
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briefing w
ezinski are included for your review.
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4. The main question is, "Which of these to use?" Two of them
deserve a specific layout of pros and cons.
-International Oil. This is discussed below.
me 3. Finally the package on Soviet Command and Contr
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A. II Mr. Bowie will give a fine briefing. However,
agains this must be weighed these factors.
-He will have just returned and will have to spend
most of Tuesday preparing himself to his high standards.
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-The topic is not urgent, e.g. 4 April (just before
rrives) would be just as
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B. International Oil
-Maurice Ernst, as his cover memorandum details,
feels that oil will be very much at the front
of the President's mind and that nowhere else will
he get the kind of _ ---o -the-mod---term that
is in this briefing and that he needs.
-You and the DDCI think that the President does
understand the problem in which case you will
either find yourself telling him what he already
knows or, worse, discussing things he knows
better than you do.
-I recommend, if you can afford the preparation
time, that you take the approach described in
my sketch of telling the President our o mms
in t=ee-seatP rP_s and then tell him if those
conclusions aren't news to him you won't waste
his time, if they are news you'll go through
the briefing. u
5. A final unrelated question arises from the Vice President's
plan to visit Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and the
Netherlands 13-22 April. Do you want to try to brief him yourself
before he leaves? I know of nothing urgent for you to present. However,
you could be helpful.
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