LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM ALFRED E. ECKES, JR.

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• Publication Date: January 4, 1983
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Request for Unclassified Agency Economic
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dob would like ycu all *_o draft a
response, for the OCI's signature, to the
a"t ached request. it appears that the
;;rmmission is aseina fer the unclassified
trade statist;cs, et.c., we produce. Please
have your response, %,.iong with a covering
meiao fcr the Di to sign and send to the i)%I,
oy COG l3 January. thanks.
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Honorable ;dillian J. Cass~v
Director, Central Into?ligence P,aency
4!ashington, D. C. 20SG5
Dear Pir. Casey:
As you may be aware, the United States International Trade Commission
conducts i!lvestigaticns concerning the eccnomir. conditions of competition,
of ma,inr u!dustYies is the United ;;rates. ~!ost of our reports are in the
pU~:~110 dOL?ain, Berl Ved fl'oal ques la OnYlall'e5 and pUb1lC testimony at hear-
ings. 4vhen tit Corru;?issien :-eaches a conclltsion, the "interested parties"
have access through protective order tc the full record in any subsequent
suit her"or^ th.~ L',S. Court cf Ir.ternat;onal Trade and the U.~. Court of
Appeals for rile f edera i C-i rcui i.
ide weu?d appreciate haviny regular access to your public eccnomir and
trade reports. From time tc time, 1?~e hav~a used parts of published CIA
re,rnrt?: in vur w^rk arld have found them extremely helpful.
If .you have any questions reyarding i:he Commission, I have designated
~1r. Charles tr. Ervin, Director of Gperations, as our point of coniact {tele-
phone r:un:bcr 2C2 5.^3-4;63). Enclosed is a "Summary of Statutory Provi-
sienc Related tc Import R?lief" under which we operate.
Thank you i~or your consideration.
Sincerely,
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Alfred E. Eckel, Jr.
Chairman.
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NIDVLYiAPIDLNI FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FRCM Robert M. Gates
Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECC Request for Unclassified Agency Economic and
Trade Reports by Alfred E. Eckes, Jr.,
Chairman, US International Trade Carmission
1. Action Requested: Your signature on a reply to a letter from Chairman
Eckes asking that the International Trade Commission have regular access to unclassified
economic and trade reports.
2. Background: On 4 January Chairman Eckes requested Agency assistance in
providing material, which would be in the public domain, concerning competitive
conditions for major industries in the United States. He indicated that the ITC has used
parts of public Agency reports in the past and found them extremely helpful.
R` bert M. Gat s
Attachment:
As stated
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Alfred E. Eckes, Jr.
Chairman, United States International Trade Commission
Washington, D. C. 20436
I am aware of the importance of the Commission's work in ensuring that US trade
practice laws are implemented fully and effectively, and I am pleased to know that
unclassified CIA economic reports have been useful to you in the past.
The Agency currently publishes only a limited number of unclassified economic and
trade reports, but we will be happy to make them available to you. The following items
are published on a regular basis, and I believe the Commission receives copies of most of
them.
- Economic do Energy Indicators (biweekly)
- International Energy Statistical Review (monthly)
- China: International Trade (quarterly and annual statistical
supplement)
- Handbook of Economic Statistics (annually)
As you probably know, we publish numerous studies on the Communist economies through
the Joint Economic Committee of the Congress. Occasionally we also release selected
economic studies directly to the public. You may find helpful a study to be published
soon by the Department of Commerce on international differences in the cost of
financial capital. It grew out of an interagency study under the auspices of the Cabinet
Council on Commerce and Trade.
I am enclosing the most recent listing of the Agency's unclassified reports. It will
be updated this spri ions about any of the reports listed, please
have Mr. Ervin call Chief, Information Management Center on
telephone numbe
Let me know if the Agency can assist you further.
Sincerely,
~s/ William J. Cas~;i.
William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
Enclosure:
As stated
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