PREPARATIONS FOR 16 JANUARY 1979 PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFING

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2004
• Sequence Number: 49
• Publication Date: January 11, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director of Cent.r_a-l-- ntel l i gence(
FROM : Presidential Briefing Coordinator
SUBJECT Preparations for 16 January 1979 Presidential
Briefing F-1
In view of the need to hold pre-brief downtown on Monday, I request
you review the topics below and select the ones you want to use so I can
arrange to get the right people downtown.
A. Future Issues. Mr. Bowie plans to go directly to your
downtown office from the airport Monday. No package is
included here since I understand you have already decided
that this will be one topic. I'll provide some backup
material for your weekend_readinq. However, I recommend
that you start with s hing else.
B. Albania. This could provide a useful lead-in to your Future
Issues discussion. It's an interesting situation and if you
use the expanded collection discussion it could set the
scene that there are intelligence management decisions to be
made and they do depend on what senior policymakers care
about.
PDB Coverage. This is an alternate leader or you could hold
it as a filler in case the basic discussion peters out.
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D. Soviet Military Expenditures. The annual unclassified
study of Soviet Military Expenditures is to be published
on 22 January. Since it's not all that different than
last year's you need say little about it, but since the
tale of Soviet spending will likely arise in the Senate
SALT debate I recommend you at least tell the President
you are releasing this.
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