PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFING TOPICS FOR 6 JUNE AND LATER

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2003
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• Publication Date: May 31, 1978
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MEMORANDUM FOR: All Office Directors and NIOs
FROM : Presidential Briefing Coordinator
SUBJECT : Presidential Briefing Topics for 6 June and Later
1. The following topics are scheduled to be covered at the 1 June
Presidential Briefing in addition to some administrative and operational
matters:
A. NIE 11-4-78
B. The French Left
C. Military Lessons for Southern Africa Learned from
Performance of Soviet and Cuban Forces in the Angolan &
Ethiopian Campaigns
2. The following topics are nominated for the 6 June Presidential
Briefing:
A. South African Nuclear Program
B. Law of the Sea
C. India, a short update before PM Desai's Visit
3. The following topics are in various stages of preparation for
future Presidential Briefings. The responsible officer and tentative
briefing dates, if known, are shown:
A.
B.
Monitoring Arms Control Agreements (PBC)
Political Ferment in Nicaragua ,(NIO/LA)
13 June
C.
Korean Military Update (OSR-NIO/EAP)
27 June
D.
E.
F.
Role of Evacuation in Soviet Civil Defense (OSR)
Thailand (NIO/EAP)
Bonn Economic Summit (NIO/PE)
11 July
G.
FRG-USSR Relations (NIO/WE)
11 July
H
Panama - Situation after the Treaties (NIO/LA)
13 June
.
I.
US-USSR Technical Collection Comparison (NITC-OWI)
J.
K.
Egypt's Water Problems and Use of Computer
Simulation Model to Assess Future Alter-
native Water Management Strategies (OGCR)
Soviet Actions to Cope with Their Economic
Difficulties (OER)
20 June
L.
Soviet Air Defense Systems (DWI)
M.
Soviet Microelectronics: Civilian & Military Use (OSI-OER)
N.
Soviet Performance During the Cosmos 954 Event (OWI)
0.
Pakistan (NIO/MESA)
27 June
P.
Nuclear Power in the LDCs (OER)
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Q. US-USSR Arms Transfer Comparison (OER)
R. Sino-Soviet Relations (NIO/CH-NIO/USSR) 5-6 July
S. Caribbean-Mexican Illegal Migration (OER)
T. Prospects of Nuclear Terrorist Threats from Abroad (NIO/NP)
4. The following topics have been proposed as possible future
topics for Presidential Briefings. These topics have not yet been
approved by D/NFAC. After D/NFAC approval of the topic, the responsible
officer will be asked to provide an outline for the DCI's approval.
Preparation of the draft briefing starts after the outline is approved.
A. Colombian Drug Traffic
B. Submarine Detection and Tracking
C. Soviet Natural Gas Capacity
D. Western European Recombinant DNA Research
E. Chinese Plans to Increase Science and Technology Capability
5. Basic preparation work has been completed on the following
briefings. They are being held awaiting an appropriate opportunity to
use them. Then the responsible officer will be contacted by the PBC for
a last-minute review and update of the briefing. Responsible officers
are requested to inform the PBC if these topics are to be treated in the
PDB, NID or other intelligence publication so that the briefings can be
canceled or modified as appropriate.
A. Covert Communications (OTS)
B. Soviet F bor (OGCR)
C.
D. Philippine Insurgency (ORPA & NIO/EAP)
E. Soviet ECCM (OWI)
F. Estimating SLBM Effectiveness--A Soviet and US
Comparison (OWI)
6. The Indian Nuclear Policy and Prospects has been dropped from
the list of active topics because it has been incorporated in the general
briefing on India. Similarly Monitoring a CW Ban will be incorporated in
the Monitoring Arms Control Agreements topic.
7. The D/OGCR, D/OWI and NIOs SP, USSR, and EAP are requested to
submit topics for use in mid-July to the PBC by COB Tuesday, 6 June.
The D/OSR, D/OIA and NIOs PE, WE and CH will be requested to nominate
topics for use in late July the following week.
8. A tentative schedule for major topic preparation is attached.
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TENTATIVE MAJOR TOPIC PREPARATION SCHEDULE
Backup Material
Week of to DCI on:
29 May Panama
Soviet Actions to Cope
with Economic Problems
19 June
26 June
3 July
10 July
Pakistan
Korean Military Update
Sino-Soviet Relations
Bonn Economic Summit
FRG-USSR Relations
DCI/NFAC Presidential
Meeting on: Briefing on:
SE Asia NIE 11-4-78
The French Left
Around-the-table Law of the Sea
with NIOs South African Nuclear Program
India
Soviet Actions to Nicaragua
Cope with Panama
Economic Problems
Korean Military Soviet Actions to Cope with
Update Economic Problems
Sino-Soviet Pakistan
Relations Korean Military Update
(none) Sino-Soviet Relations
? Bonn Economic Summit
FRG-USSR Relations
Filler material is or will be available on the following topics:
A -Soviet Forced Labor
-Covert Communications
II
-Philippine Insurgency
-Soviet ECCM
-Soviet Air Defense
-Thailand
-Soviet Microelectronics: Civilian & Military Use
-Soviet Performance During the Cosmos 954 Event
-Nuclear Power in the LDCs
-Estimating SLBM Effectiveness
-US-USSR Technical Collection Comparison
-Caribbean-Mexican Illegal Migration
-Egypt's Water Problems
Note that this schedule is tentative. It will be revised weekly and major changes may
take place from week to week.
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