POSSIBLE COOPERATION IN AUSTRALIAN ENRICHMENT FEASIBILITY STUDY AND PLANT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83B00551R000200180017-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 22, 2009
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: October 19, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 2009/05/22 : CIA-RDP83B00551 R000200180017-1
NSC review completed.
Approved For Release 2009/05/22 : CIA-RDP83B00551 R000200180017-1
 Approved For Release 2009/05/22 : CIA-RDP83B00551 R000200180017-1
- - , fi ,UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL SECRET
TO.
ACTION
INFO
DATE
INITIAL
1
DCI
2
DD .
3
D/ICS
4
DD/NFA
5
DD/A
6
DD/O
7
DD/S&T
8
GC
9
LC
10
IG
11
Compt
12
D/PA
13
D/EEO
14
D/Pers
-
15
D/ExStf
16
A0/DCI
18
19
20
21
22
Executive cretgty
Dote
Approved For Release 2009/05/22 : CIA-RDP83B00551 R000200180017-1
 Approved For Release 2009/05/22 CIA-RDP83B00551 R000200180017-1
6026 NFAC
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
CONFIDENTIAL October 19, 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE ALEXANDER M. HAIG, Jr.
The Secretary'of State
THE HONORABLE CASPAR W. WEINBERGER
The Secretary of Defense
.THE HONORABLE MALCOLM BALDRIGE
The Secretary of Commerce
THE HONORABLE JAMES B. EDWARDS
The Secretary of Energy.
THE HONORABLE EUGENE V. ROSTOW
Director', Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency
SUBJECT: Possible Cooperation in Australian
Enrichment Feasibility Study.and Plant
The matter of possible United States cooperation in an
Australian enrichment feasibility study and plant has been
under staff-level review in several agencies for some time.
To provide the opportunity for timely decision and response
to Australia on this matter, a review of the proposal and
its advantages and disadvantages should be forwarded for the
President's consideration by October 23. This review should
be prepared and submitted by the Secretary of Energy and
include his recommendations along with those of the Departments
of State, Defense, and Commerce and the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency.
Richard V. Allen
Assistant to the President
for National.Security Affairs
cc: The Attorney General
The Director, Office of Management
and Budget
The Director of Central Intelligence
The Director, Office of Science and
Technology Policy
Approved For Release 2009/05/22 : CIA-RDP83B00551 R000200180017-1