DDCI SPEECHES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R001702950057-9
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: August 9, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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NOTE FOR:
FROM: EA/DDCI
SUBJECT: DDCI Speeches
1. In response to your suggestions for trying to be helpful in pro-
viding support to the DDCI for upcoming speeches, I offer the following,
which will be disappointing for you. The DDCI simply does not feel com-
fortable with prepared speeches. He finds it difficult, moreover, to
really focus on preparing for these speeches much more than about a week
ahead of time. Within those limitations, I think the best we can try for
is for you to offer rip candidate topics and eventually an outline `n
bullet form of ideas about those topics and possible backup reading
material. He will then weave his remarks from that material. If you can
try to provide this about two weeks ahead of time, we can try to get some
reaction and provide any more guidance sometime during the following week.
2. With that, in mind, on the Air War College Address scheduled for
12 September:
-- You might provide some bullets on the intelligence process.
-- He would be willing to talk about CIA assistance to the
Iranian hostages, terrorism, Levchenko and Soviet active measures.
-- Because of security/compartmentation concerns, he would not
be willing to discuss satellite and reconnaissance systems or Central
America.
-- My guess is he would feel comfortable replaying themes he
has tended to use in the past, including the Soviet threat, techno-
logy transfer, the rebuilding of the Intelligence Community, etc.
3. If you will work on this and get us something a couple of weeks
ahead of time, that would be helpful. If you could also advise me what
the World Affairs Council scheduled for 30 September is interested in, we
could also get started on that one. Under the circumstances, I think
this is the best we can do.
4. As I have mentioned before, one area in which you could always be
helpful would be providing any anecdotes or local color items.
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 After talking with our contact at the
Air-War College, we've learned that
Mr. McMahon's audience will have Top Secret
clearances. They have also requested that
he address the following topics if 01(
possible: CIA assistance to the.Iranian
hostages,*%trrorism, r Levchenko*and
tovie ctivve measures, -Jluture satellite no
a_ econnasaf~c~ systems, Centraln0
America. We are going o go alead and
see what information we can gather on
these issues. I think.;this will add the
necessary depth to an introductory
discussion on the intelligence process as
given to you in the Army War College speech.
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