DDI ACTIVITY REPORT, 16 AUGUST - 20 AUGUST 1982

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R002900040057-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2007
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: August 20, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

DDI 6823-82
20 August 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Robert M. Gates
Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT: DDI Activity Report, 16 August - 20 August 1982
DCI/DDCI-Assigned Tasks
ALA's special IA, "Critical Issues in Namibia and Angola," is scheduled to be
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published on 24 August.
ALA provided background notes oni Guatemala for the DDCI.
At DDCI request, OGI is working with DDO and DEA to try to declassify its
conference report on Cuban involvement in narcotics/terrorism.
C/TTAC participated with A/DCI in a working lunch with Commissioner von Raab
of Customs.
Of Special Interest This Week
ALA briefed Vice President Bush and his advisers on the security implications of
the Caribbean Basin Initiative.
EURA met with the Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs to
discuss EURA's research program and general support.
D/NESA attended a meeting at Camp David with President Reagan on 14 August to
discuss the Lebanon situation and attended White House and State Department meetings
on the same topic.
NESA attended a seminar on the Indian economy held at the Federal Reserve Board
in New York.
OGI sponsored a seminar led by Dr. Stephen Andriole, President of International
Information Systems, on methods for political instability. It was attended by
approximately 30 people from throughout the DDI.
OGI briefed the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International
Economic Policy on the Japanese computer industry and trade problems associated with
its movement into the world market.
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OSWR has initiated an historical study of ICBM-related technology transfers from
the West and their impact on Soviet missile performance with TRW.
SOVA drafted a memorandum in response to an NSC request for information on the
possible use of forced labor on the Siberian gas pipeline. The memo explained what we
know and detailed what steps were planned for expanded collection on the subject. A
memo on the some subject was requested by the NIO/USSR for Richard Burt, Assistant
Secretary of State for European Affairs, to pass to Secretary of State Shultz.
SOVA briefed Time magazine journalist Hugh Sidney on Soviet foreign policy.
Looking Ahead
EURA, ALA, and SOVA will brief the HP SCI Staff on the Falklands experience.
NESA will be hosting a conference on security issues in South Asia at Airlie House
from 25-27 August.
On Wednesday, OEAA will brief a delegation from Malawi, a nation that just
SOVA will sponsor a conference on Soviet O erati a Concepts. Plan s,
and Assessment Techniques for Theater Conflict
Briefings
The Directorate was involved in 6 briefings at all levels on the Hill this week.