ESTIMATES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83T00966R000100040066-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 4, 2007
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: May 20, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 2007/04104 :CIA-RDP83T00966R00010004006 ~5_ .. __
20 Flay 1932
..~~I+'f2AilDti~~f F:1R: Deputy Director for Intel 1 i yence
Chai rnlan, Plati oral Intel 1 i Bence Counci 1
FRL~~~I: Di rector of Central Intel ] i yence
1. I have been studying the scope and range of PdIFs during the 60s
a;ld e~irly 70s as compared with the late 7~Js. The subjects that are
co~tinol.lsly relevant and shol.lld be constantly under Community scrutiny ~vh~ich
are no longer the subjects of estimates are, to my mind, truly shocki,~g. In
so~~~ cases there are gaps of ten years ar,d over. For example, the last estimate
on :~ro_,pects for International Communism was done in 1954. I have asked for