LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM JOHN P. EAST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R000701210070-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 6, 2008
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: February 23, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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JOHN r'. EiiST
NORTH CAROLINA
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February 23, 1983
-The Honorable William J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
COMMMTEE9:
JUDICIARY
Dear Director Casey:
A recent article carried by the Washington Times on
February 16, 1983, concerned Cuban involvement in illegal
narcotics trade. I am enclosing a copy for your information.
As a member of the Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism
of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, I am pleased that
the Subcommittee played a role in developing and bringing to
public attention information that led to the indictment of
four Cuban government officials in illegal narcotics smuggling
into the United States. As you _probably know, the indictment
was.handed down by a Federal grand jury in Miami, Florida in
November, 1982.
More recently, I have seen public reports on Bulgarian
drug smuggling, especially in Italy, and other reports of
Soviet and Communist Bloc involvement in drug smuggling.
Against that backgro.und,.I believe it would be helpful.
if the Central Intelligence Agency could prepare a report on,
the extent of the role of the Soviet Union and other Communist
Bloc states and their intelligence and covert action services
in the international illegal traffic in narcotics. Accordingly,
I respectfully request a report from your agency on that subject.
The information would be useful to mein becoming better
informed about Soviet and Soviet-surrogate roles in the drug
traffic and also so that I may make this information available
to the public insofar as that is.feasible. Consequently, I
am not requesting-classified information from the CIA but only
that information which bears on this subject that is available
in unclassified form..
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; ' he H'&no able William J. Casey
February 23, 1983
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Any assistance you or your agency are able to provide
will be greatly appreciated and, I believe, useful in mutual
efforts to better inform the American people concerning the
threat posed to our free society by the methods of Soviet
and Communist Bloc intelligence services.
Sincerely,
olin P : East
United States Senator
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