APPRECIATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIRD WORLD COMINT STUDY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84M00127R000200020054-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 9, 2007
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: September 22, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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Director
Intelligence Community Staff
Washington, D.C. 20505
MEMORANDUM FOR: Major General James A. Williams, USA
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
OCI/ICS 82-3861
22 September 1982
SUBJECT: Ap reciation for Participation in Inlra woria cur~iNi ~LUoy
1. Attached for your information are four co ies of the Third World
conducted by the IC Staff, NSA and
The study presents a broad overview an pro~ec ion o e rends
and consequences of programmatic changes to the US SIGINT system over the next
five years, and of the kinds of problems that are typically encountered in
crisis situations in the Third World. Also attached is a related study of the
use of COMINT in direct support of senior policymakers involved with demarches
and negotiations with foreign governments. I believe such information can
contribute to a better appreciation of the importance of COMINT to our overall
intelligence efforts in the Third World. My staff would be pleased to brief
the results of these studies to you and your staff at your convenience.
2. The Third World COMINT Study could not have been done without the
contribution of substantive intelligence analysts throughout the Intelli ence
nit I would like to express my appreciation for the efforts of
in arranging and participating in the interviews with
DIA ana ysts w o supported the studies of the Iran/Iraq War in 1980 and the
Nicaraguan crisis of 1979. Attached is a list of study parti~nts and I
hope you will convey my appreciation and gratitude to them.
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