SIG MEETING ON THE YAMBURG GAS PIPELINE (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R000400840004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 13, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
FROM .
a n Intelligence Officer for Economics
SUBJECT: SIG Meeting on the Yamburg Gas Pipeline
NFAC #6493-81
13 October 1981
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1. Another SIG meeting took place on 9 October at 11 AM on
US policy concerning the Yamburg Gas Pipeline. and
attended for CIA.
2. Deputy Secretary Davis, DOE, summarized the DOE paper on
energy alternatives to the Yamburg Gas Pipeline, which had been
requested at an earlier meeting of the SIG and was to be the main
subject of discussion. DOE indicated, and others agreed, that none
of the energy alternatives could have any significant direct impact
on European decisions on the pipeline. The CIA view that the
principal European concern is about the size of the future market
for Soviet gas appeared to be generally accepted.
3. Under Secretary Rashish asked State/EB (Bob Hormats) to
prepare, by 15 October, if possible, in cooperation with other agencies,
a paper defining US strategy concerning both the single Yamburg line
and the possible second stage. The paper is to address: what is
feasible; what are the remaining issues; and how the US can influence
the results. There appeared to be agreement that US initiatives would
be relevant mainly to European perceptions of overall energy market
prospects. Although the chances are overwhelming that the first
pipeline will be built, we may be able to further weaken already
uncertain prospects for the second line.
4. The question of unilateral actions, if any, the US should take
was only briefly mentioned. Perceptions appeared to differ as to how
much a refusal to license GE technology for production of key components
for compressors would delay the project. We will try to clarify this issue.
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NFAC #6493-81
13 October 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
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National Intelligence Officer for Economics
SUBJECT: SIG Meeting on the Yamburg Gas Pipeline
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