STAFF MEETING MINUTES OF 21 DECEMBER 1979

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00130R000600010172-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 172
• Publication Date: December 21, 1979
• Content Type: REPORT

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Staff Meeting Minutes of 21 December 1979
The Director was at his EOB office; Mr. Carlucci chaired the meeting.
Lehman expressed growing concern re Iranian volunteers going to
Lebanon. He said Iranian volunteers are now in Syria and noted Syria's
interest in exploiting the Iraq/Iran situation in favor of the Iranians.
McMahon said 15 volunteers are reported to be in southern Lebanon already.
Lehman described problems to the U.S. posed by Iranian volunteers in
Lebanon and said a paper is in progress on this in response to Mr. Carlucci's
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McMahon reported briefly on the following:
--Election results in Portugal: Mr. Carlucci briefly provided some
background. GJ 1
--Receipt of a laudatory letter from an applicant (U.S. Army Captain)
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The applicant has withdrawn his interest in joining the gency
because, after serious thought, he's decided CIA has become a political
football and that the political bureaucracy is destroying intelligence
safeguards. He said this would pose too much dan er to him and his
family as a CIA employee at home or abroad. 25X1
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Lipton said RMS is including
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Lipton reported the President's budGet decision for 1981 results in a
CIAP of or real growth Mr. Carlucci noted
this does no agree with the RMS view re real growth and asked Lipton to
forward a memorandum of explanation. Lipton went on to note the Contingency
Reserve should not be considered in CIA total funding--that this is a
separate account. Lipton said also we are asking for more people and
explained how this may be achieved by converting a significant number of
part-time positions to full-time positions. He said 0 for DDO and
additional people for NPIC will be requested in the 1982 budget. Lastly,
Supplemental for 198 The Reserve tuna is curre
(Action: Comptroller)
has reported that al Ihas been
identification.
arrested in Portland, Oregon, for wife beating and that he produced a badge
identifying himself as a CIA employee. 0 said a search reveals that
he is not an Agency employee; it is not known how 0 acquired such
expected a higher figure.
Hitz reported a letter has been received from Senator Jackson outlining
hearings to be held in mid-January by the Energy and Natural Resources
Committee on the geopolitics of energy. Hitz reported also Bill Miller has
reflected SSCI lament on the 1981 intelligence budget figure; the Committee
Hitz said legislative initiatives re graymail, Agee, and death gratuities
will begin again early in the year and that we should be prepared to fully
supDort the Hill's effort.
Hitz reported David Aaron and Senators Bayh, Huddleston, and Matthias
have agreed to a get-together in January re Charters Legislation. Silver
said he will be getting with Bill Miller on this before the get-together.
In response to Mr. Carlucci's query, Silver reported on his work re
FOIA legislation. Mr. Carlucci suggested that when ready this should
probably be taken to the President. Silver noted, however, he is not
optimistic that the President will lend much support because of his push
for openness in government. Hitz said he does not agree. Mr. Carlucci
advised that Silver prepare the legal work and that Hitz shape the message.
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Wortman said will be giving up his post as Chairman of 25X1
the CIA Fine Arts Commission and solicited nominations from members.
Wortman discussed briefly with Mr. Carlucci the postmortem underway re
the Mr. Carlucci offered to phone 25X1
Ben Read, Under Secretary of State for management, if Wortman judged this
would help. Wortman said he would get back to Mr. Carlucci on this.
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