PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFING TOPICS FOR 16 MAY AND LATER

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00401R002400130009-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 11, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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SECRET
11 May 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: All Office Directors and NIOs
FROM : Presidential Briefing Coordinator
SUBJECT : Presidential Briefing Topics for 16 May and Later
1. The following topics were covered at the 9 May Presidential
Briefing in addition to some administrative and operational matters:
A. Prospects for the International Oil Market
B. President's Quarterly Report
C. Korean Airliner Incident
D. Afghanistan Status Report
2. The following topics are nominated for.the 16 May Presidential
Briefing:
A. Greece and Turkey
B. Ethiopian Assessment
C. Military Lessons Learned About Performance of
Soviet and Cuban Forces from the Somali-
Ethiopian Campaign
3. The following topics are in various stages of preparation for
future Presidential Briefings. The responsible officer and tentative
dates, if known, are shown:
A. Philippine Opposition (NIO/EAP)
B. South African Nuclear Program (NIO/NP) 6 June
C. Soviet Electronics Countermeasures (OWI)
D. Role of Evacuation in Soviet Civil Defense (OSR)
E. NIE 11-4-78 (NIO/USSR) 13 June
F. Political Ferment in Nicaragua (NIO/LA) 30 May
G. Estimating SLBM Effectiveness--
A Soviet and US Comparison (OWI)
H. Panama - Situation after the Treaties (NIO/LA) 13 June
I. Prospects for China after the National
Peoples Congress (NIO/CH) 23 May
J. US-USSR Technical Collection Comparison (NITC/OWI)
K. Egypt's Water Problems and Use of Computer
Simulation Model to Assess Future Alter-
native Water Management Strategies (OGCR)
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L. Soviet Actions to Cope with Their Eco omic
Difficulties (OER) 2OJune
M. Soviet Ship Deployments (NOSIC) 16 May/30 May
N. Soviet Air Defense Systems (OWI) 23 May
0. Soviet Computer Technology (OSI/OER)
P. Law of the Sea After LOS-3 (OGCR) 6 June
Q. Soviet Performance During the Cosmos 954 Event (OWI)
R. Pakistan (NI0/NESA) 27 June
S. Nuclear Power in the LDCs (OER)
T. The French Left (ORPA)
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. Soviet Policy in Africa
B. Sino-Soviet Relations
C. Illegal Immigration from Mexico and the Caribbean
D. Prospects of Nuclear Terrorist Threats from Abroad
E. Mideast Nuclear Capabilities
F. Soviet Nuclear Material Production Capabilities and
Projected Needs
5. Basic preparation work has been completed on the following
briefings. They are being held awaiting an appropriate opportunity to
use them. The responsibile 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. Monitoring a CW Ban (OSI)
C. Soviet Forced Labor (OGCR)
D. Soviet Compliance with New Fishing Regulations (OER)
6. The following topics are dropped because schedule revisions
have produced a backlog of higher priority major topics and because
these topics are likely to be too time sensitive to use as filler items:
A. FRG-USSR Relations
B. Polish-USSR Relations
7. The D/OSR, D/OIA and the NIOs PE, WE and CH are requested to
nominate topics for use in late June to the PBC by COB Tuesday, 16 May.
The D/ORPA, D/OCR and NIOs NP, NESA and LA will be requested to nominate
topics for use in late June or early 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
DCI/NFAC Presidential
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DCI on:
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Meeting on: Briefing On:
Week o
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8 May
China
(None) International Oil Market
'
Soviet Air Defenses
s Quarterly Report
President
Afghanistan Status
15 May
Nicaraguan Politics
China Greece & Turkey, Ethiopia,
Southeast Asia
and Military Lessons of
Soviet/Cuban Involvement*
22 May
Law of the Sea
SE Asia China
South African Nuclear
Soviet Air Defenses
Program
29 May
NIE 11-4-78
Law of the Sea Soviet Ship Deployments*
Panama
Nicaragua
5 June
Soviet Actions to Cope
Around-the-table Law of the Sea
with Economic Problems
with NIOs South African Nuclear Program
12 June
Pakistan
Soviet Actions to NIE 11-4-78
Cope with Panama
Economic Problems
19 June
Sino-Soviet Relations
Pakistan Soviet Actions to Cope with
Economic Problems
26 June
?
Sino-Soviet Pakistan
Filler material is or will be available on the following topics:
-Soviet Forced Labor -Soviet Compliance with Fishing Regulations
-Covert Communications -Soviet Computer Technology
-Monitoring a CW Ban -Soviet Performance During the COSMOS 954 Event
-Nuclear Power in the LDCs
-Philippine Opposition -Estimating SLBM Effectiveness
-Soviet Electronics Countermeasures -US-USSR Technical Collection Comparison
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*Alternate topic for 16 May: Soviet Ship Deployments.
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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