NARCOTICS WARNING ASSESSMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83T00951R000100150011-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2007
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 21, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE DIRECTOR OF
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
NOTE FOR DISTRIBUTION
FROM : NIO for Narcotics
SUBJECT: Narcotics Warning Assessment
Attached is the assessment prepared on the
basis of the Community views expressed at the
16 December warning meeting.
You or your representative are invited to
attend the next warning meeting scheduled for
1400 hours, Thursday, 20 January, in Room
7 E 62, CIA Headquarters. Please provide your
representative's nam and clearance 0
by COB 19 January.
Distribution
White House - Philip Hughes
State - Jon Wiant
DIA
Treasury
NSA
NSC
DEA
FBI
INS
- Art Lon
- Philip Our &
Michael Guhin
- Admiral Venzke &
James Haas
- Gary Liming
- John Stone
- John Camp
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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
National Intelligence Council
21 December 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH . National Intelligence Officer for Warning
FROM . David D. Gries
National Intelligence Officer for Narcotics
SUBJECT : Narcotics Warning Assessment
The following items were discussed at the 16 December warning meeting.
I. Warning -- Jon Wiant of State called attention to the growing
number of reports of Indochinese refugees involved in Thai heroin trafficking
in France, Australia, San Francisco, and various countries in SEAsia. The
representative from INS noted that if such a trend exists, such information
must be conveyed to the appropriate US agency.
II. Regional Developments
A. (CIA) discussed the connections between narcotX1
trafficking and terrorist groups in Colombia and Peru. He noted an increase
in the number and apparent reliability of reports that parts of both FARC
and M-19 are involved in trading drugs for money and/or arms. Thus far,
the activity seems to be ad hoc and fairly low level and probably not a
policy of the leaders of the groups. He also noted that in southern
Colombia, the FARC may be getting into the business of producing drugs
itself, not just dealing for protection. In Peru, the "Shining Path" is
reportedly also involved in trafficking as are a number of fringe and criminal
elements.
B. Jon Wiant (State) reported on his working group's efforts to
design collection guidance for the field reporters on financial flows. The
last step has been a survey of collection methodologies in use; the next
will be a review of how the information is used. The NIO set a February
1983 deadline for this group.
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C. NIO/Narcotics reported on his visit to the El Paso Intelligence
Center run by DEA. He found it an impressive operation and noted that the
foreign intelligence community is beginning to tap EPIC's computer bank.
III. Plans for Interagency Work: The croup discussed the possibility
of producing a worldwide heroin paper. (CIA) explained 25X1
current problems with ethodology, especially the scarcity of 25X1
trained personnel. The group decided to consider this again at the next warning
meeting.
IV. Policy Issues: None were
raised.
V. Collection Implications: (ICS) discussed his findi-AOX1
on his recent round-the-world trip. He was struc by the severe resource
problem almost everywhere; so few officers are assigned to the narcotics
account, and so few of them can work full time on it. He was also concerned
about the widespread lack of guidance on narcotics and by the lack of
coordination among the various agencies working on it in the field. He was
struck by the degree to which CIA supports the DEA effort 25X1
Conversely,
Mr. White noted that in some cases ULA personnel get finished intell e ce
on narcotics or on the host country. There also seems to be a serious problem
in disseminating standard product from the field. In Germany, for example,
he found that the military intelligence roduct is sent to the Pentagon but
not elsewhere in the Community. CIA/OGl_Iwill look into this problem a1
report findings at the next meeting.
NIO/Narcotics asked the State representative to look into sending another
reminder to all missions to stress coordination and mutual help on narcotics
intelligence.
David D. Gries