POSSIBLE EXERCISE IN GULF OF SIDRA ON 25 OCTOBER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R001604080002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 21, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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TOP SECRET
National Intelligence Council
21 October 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: I IA/NIO/NESA
SUBJECT: Possible Exercise in Gulf of Sidra on 25 October
1. ISA, DOD on 20 October requested clearance to proceed on 25
October with the next step of the "stair step" plan for exercising off the
Libyan coast. (See attached Memo.) This step provides for limited US air
and surface operations in the Libyan Flight Region, but north of Libya's
claimed boundary. DOD also is requesting permission to proceed with an
additional step of the plan, which would carry our air operations south of
the Libyan closure line, that is, within the politically sensitive area.
ISA is awaiting a clearance decision from State's Office of Political
Military Affairs and if the go ahead is given, will issue the required
NOTAM.
2. DOD and State are aware of the Intelligence Community judgment
that Libya will attempt to react militarily to US exercises near its coast,
perhaps even if well north of Libya's claimed boundary. We do not,
however, know if both are well informed about ongoing combined Soviet-
Libyan military exercises a.
it appears that the Libyans
and Soviets are conducting combined maneuvers that may include simulated
attacks against carriers. Such exercises could enhance Libya's capability
to launch attacks against US carriers should they enter and exercise in the
Gulf.
Attachment:
Memo (TS 823185/1)
TS 8231'5
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