STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITITIATIVES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R000500680003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 25, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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25 November 1983
National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Program
Director of Central Intelligence
Strategic Defense Initiatives
Iwill need highlights of your Soviet missile defense briefing
'and ]brief in gave me last week for
.use in the White House meeting next week on the Star Wars program
William J. Casey
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The Director of Central Intelligence
NIC #6955-83
National Intelligence Council 27 September 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
VIA : Charles E. Waterman 0j'
Vice Chairman, National Intelligence Council
FROM Lawrence K. Gershwin
National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Programs
SUBJECT . Support for "Star Wars" Exercise
1. In response to a request from group for support of
the Defensive Technology Study Team, ("Star Wars"), OSWR presented the
following briefings to Team members on 20 and 28 June:
We received no request for additional support from the Technology Team since
these briefings. We reviewed their draft report (Volume I) and provided
some comments on it. We worked closely with the interagency policy study
and prepared a report on Soviet Reactions for the Future Security Strategy
Study in support of this effort. It is not possible at this time to provide
substantial additional support to this effort, since recommendations from
the Senior Interagency Group are due to be sent to the White House by
15 October.
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SUBJECT: Support for "Star Wars" Exercise
2. It appears that the criticism of the intelligence part of the
DTST effort was directed at the work of their panel, and not toward us.
The DTST effort was conducted by a 50-man special team, composed mostly
of DoD personnel and contractors. In my opinion, to the extent that the
discussion of Soviet capabilities and potential responses is found lacking
by their review group, (it seemed OK to us as a first crash effort), the
responsibilit he DTST team itself, and its intelligence panel,
not with CIA.1 bl
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SECRET NIC #6955-83
27 September 1983
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16 September 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Programs
Director, Office of Science and Weapons Research
FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: "Star Wars" Exercise
When I met with the Science and Technology Advisory Panel yesterday.
seemed to be operating with minimal intelligence input?i,.on possible ovie
responses. I commented that Larry Gershwin had done a paper which had
impressed me on how the Soviets might react and that that paper had gone
the members commented that the "Star Wars" exercise
to Ikle on the policy side. We ought to think about whether we can provide
more intelligence input to the technical work being done under the auspices
of the committee.
William J. Casey
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