LETTER TO HONORABLE WILLIAM PROXMIRE FROM STANSFIELD TURNER

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2004
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: April 15, 1978
• Content Type: LETTER

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Honorable William Proxmire
Committee on Appropriations
Unit-ed States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Proxmire:
Thank you for your letter of March 28. concerning
TAT briefing of your staff on Iran's future
er the Shah's death. I believe I can clarify
the matter of your comment about our limited attention
to this problem area.
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devote a great deal of time and attention to the
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internal attairs of Iran. for example,
has worked on this area for twenty-five years. Our
review of this area is continuous and detailed.
From time to time, as circumstances warrant, we
Prepare an assessment of the situation
That is what
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is currently preparing and will be pleased to
ma-e it available to you when it is fully coordinated
and completed.
Your concern about contingency planning `is a policy
matter and I suggest you might want to take it up with
the State Department.
I appreciate your interest in this vital area of
the world.
Yours sincerely
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JOHN C. STENNIS, MISS.
ROBERT C. BYRD. W. VA.
WILLIAM PROXMIRE. WIS.
DANIEL K. INOUYE. HAWAII
ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, S.C.
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JAMES R. CALLOWAY
CHIEF COUNSEL AND STAFF DIRECTOR
Admiral Stanfield Turner
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
March 28, 1978
This follows up my letter of March~9'on the questioning of Iran's
future after the Shah's death. Your analyst briefed my staff
and answered the questions in my letter--no further reply to those is
necessary now.
Dear Admiral Turner:
L told us that he is preparing an intelligence menorandum on
precisely s subject. I was disturbed to hear that there is no current
assessment or contingency planning on this very important issue and that
the CIA's attention to internal affairs in Iran is limited. I believe that
the 2-3 year period following the Shah's death may well be dangerous to
our military and intelligence capabilities, and--of particular interest
and concern to me--to the international economy and the stability of the
dollar.
I urge you to ensure that the CIA's information on Iran is extensive,
current, and detailed. Please make a copy of assessment
available to me as soon as it is a crmpleted CIA product ready for
circulation for the comment of other agencies. ?
WP:jwg
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