SECRETARY SHULTZ S COMMENTS REGARDING HIS MEETING WITH YURI ANDROPOV

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R002000030025-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: November 19, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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19 November 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
FROM: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Secretary Sultz'sACo ments Regarding His
Meeting with
1. Shultz said Andropov introduced and "dismissed" the other key
Soviet officials and evidenced himself as being very much in charge
as he spoke at Brezhnev's funeral. He appeared adroit--with the facility
to react at a moment's notice. The Secretary had the feeling that
Andropov could escalate a situation very quickly and "take us on."
d that he understood some English.
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3. Shultz said
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of what he was saying. Paranthetica y
claims that Andropov understands English he never heard him speak
it and he certainly never spoke
4. Andropov seemed vigorous, complexion somewhat top~aleedutoeyes
steely--basically a quiet, unrevealing expression that the Gromyko who was very facially. hedshook some
Americans had a meeting about him. He
2,000 hands but he still had a great deal of energy
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and laughed w.
and the two occasionally
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himself andhAndropovv.
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having had the same jobs in intelligence, Andropov replied, "yes, we
to Gromyko and Shultz) are the
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men of problems.
State Dept. review completed.
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5. The Secretary said there was no question in his mind but that
Andropov was completely in charge--nothing collective about the situ-
ation at all. It also appeared obvious that he has been running things
for some time and not just grabbing the baton upon the death of Brezhnev.
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