DCI VISIT TO ABIDJAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00024R000500320003-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 22, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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22 September 192
1,E1w'MiORA 1DUM FOR: Acting Chief, Operations Group
FROM : C.rhief, Abidjan Bureau
SUBJECT : DCI Visit to Abidjan
1. The DCI, who is touring several countries in West and
Southern Africa, was in Abidjan 20 and 21 September. Prior to
a meeting with Ivory Coast President Houphouet-Boig}ny on the 21st,
he was briefed by Embassy officers on current issues affecting
Ivorian-U. S. rela.tions.
2. I participated in this briefing session, primarily by
explaining the nature of FBIS services to the GOIC Foreign Ministry.
I concluded by citing some examples of specific events in which
the GOIC evinced such interest that the Bureau arranged special
deliveries of s13IS material directly to the foreign minister-
coups in Liberia and Ghana, and the aftermath of Zaire's decision
to reestablish diplomatic relations with Israel. Ambassador Rawls
then told the DCI that our service to the GOIC has proven to be
much more than a public relations gesture. .he said the Embassy
frequently has found our services valuable in its own dealings
with the Ivorians.
3. The DCI asked several questions about the size of the
Bureau operation, the extent of our coverage, and our physical
layout including size and visibility of our antenna field. As
the briefing session broke up, he expressed ,Measure at the "good
job" FUIS is doing.
STAT
Chief, Abidjan Bureau
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