STAFF MEETING MINUTES OF 8 FEBRUARY 1980

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• Publication Date: February 8, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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8 February 1980
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Staff Meeting Minutes of 8 February 1980
e Director chaired the meeting. Mr. Carlucci was out of the city.
McMahon reported briefly on the following:
--Secretary Vance has sent notices to U.S. Embassies alerting them
to the high possibility of active protests by Iranian students
regarding the election of Bani-Sadr.
--Report from Islamabad of a Soviet news release alleging CIA
support to Afghanistan rebels, e.g., rebel weapons made in the
U.S.
--McMahon said 6 February testimony before the HPSCI on Soviet
covert action went well. He noted particularly that KGB funding 25X1
for covert action is estimated at $Gn
Fitzwater reported
on the large number and high quality of CTs being 25X1
processed-Li currently, with n of these scheduled for the DDO. He noted
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also the successful recruiting "o students in engineering and compuer
sciences. In response to a query from the Director, Fitzwater said starting
salaries we are able to offer students in engineering and computer science
are running about $2,000 below offers in industry, but a sense of patriotism
ranks higher than salary among these CTs.
Lipton said the Executive Committee will meet next week to develop 25X1
a strategy for budget amendment and Reserve replenishment. He provided 25X1
talking points to attendees and elaborated on several items of particular
interest, including:
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--Reserve fund_
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Director phone enator tor 1980. asked that tennis urging the Senatorstosign the
Senate Armed Services Committee a
ment. Hitz explained that paper fPowvthroughhtheeSenator'slenish-
office is inordinately slow.
--Brief discussion followed on HPSCI
procedures re reprogramming actions. Hitzenoted rother~Committees
are in agreement with the HPSCI guidance.
--Lipton commented briefl
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or McIntyre regarding Reserve level for
1981 and noted that hefty Reserve levels for 1980 and 1981 could
prejudice the President's Push for Hughes-Ryan repeal.
--The Director cautioned Lipton not to commit ourselves too early
in the 1981 budget authorization
process, certain of our exact needs aswe comencloserttotauthorizatiion
deadlines.
--Lipton said
seemed to be about the right level
for the Reserve in owever h
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with McMahon to ensure ade
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of the fund level to cope with y
covert action requirements.
--Lipton noted Mr. Carlucci's current interest in studying accelera-
tion of CRAFT implementation. McMahon said Mr. Carlucci has
already discussed this with Congressional members with favorable
results.
He reported Senators Huddleston and Mathias will hold a news conference
at 1430 hours today on Charters Legislation. The Director provided back round
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on White House policy and the status of issues of current concern to the President. In addition he noted we need to hammer out several other i g
internally. Silver said some issues are awaiting Presidential decision. brief discussion followed on best approaches slues
and intelligence interests in this Legiislation. thattwetmustWaccomplish A
this during the next week. The Director suggested that we should beabl
to generate sufficient Congressional support for our concern on two fundamental
issues: e
(1) prior notification to the Hill re covert action or any t
intelligence activity, and (2) Congressional right to ask for any info
in our custod significant
responses to The
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Hetu provided a summary of Publications Review Board productivity in
recent years as follows: (number of manuscripts reviewed in detail)
1977 1978
1979 1980
47
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7 (received
for review
in Jan.)
He added that these have been formidable tasks, and the Board is to b
commended for their excellent accomplishment.)
Silver reported good news and bad news re Agee. The good news is that
revocation of Agee's U.S. passport will continue until April further court action. The bad news is that our efforts to movvenDoJgtoward
an injunction against the publisher of Agee's latest book were not successful,
i.e., DoJ's slow action resulted in publication of the book before an
injunction. Silver said he is following up, however, to seek an injunction
on any further publications and on proceeds from book sales.
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Briggs reported David Sullivan, Sen. Humphrey's (R., N.H.) Staffer,
has filed an appeal against the Publications Review Board. He said Sullivan
is seeking declassification of material i
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Hart provided handouts on statistics (attached) re the new CT class
for general information. rt re
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also that Wortman received a 25X1
memorandum from per e
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rector for Management Services NSA 25X1
commending the a vice and assistance provided by and
I of CIA's mater f..., r .._~
noted that an individual affiliated with,NSAnwasrable tossurvive a 25X1
situation in a foreign country large) fr m guidance provided in
video tape film, "Hostage Survival."_____
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Proctor reported comments ar
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use in his 1981 Program and Budget Authorization briefing to the HPSCI
on 12 February. The Director asked that these comments be provided to him
as soon as possible.)
Kerr alerted the Director to the high Possibility of complaints from
NID recipients who have been removed from the NID distribution list.
Kerr described some of the problems created for these reci ie
result of the cutback in distrib
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The Director asked Kerr to provide him with available material dealing 25X1
on Soviet mobilization in the T
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Kerr said
stutler are preparin
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The Director
the gSovietshhavehfopapheibetwopmnlitaryed9vis~onsrine deployment o tions
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