UPCOMING HPSCI BRIEFING OF TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF ARMS CONTROL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00274R000300110005-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 21, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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"The Corr~rli ttee i s well . aware that as an 'Ii ntel 1. i gence agency , % & are not in a
posi ti on`'to comment on. US policy. If, however, policy related questions arise,
they will. be keyed -to. statements made by .Secretary of Defense Weinberger in
his 25 August letter. -Mr. Gore, :for instance, may inquire about the intelligence
provided to the administration which resulted in it's decision that*"...to deter
nuclear war, the United States must demonstrate that it is capable of fighting
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Upcoming HPSCI Briefing of Technical Aspects of Arms
CC: C/CSS/DDI
.,The--,enclosed a ticle from 5 August edition of the LA Times will be of
interest.te. you and in preparing for the upcoming HPSCI arms 25X1
a prolonged nuclear war-perhaps.as long as six months-with the Soviet Union.".
Although it will be difficult not to gravitate toward the policy-making
sphere,-1 am confident that every effort will be made to confine the questioning
to technical aspects of arms-control.