NIC ACTIVITY REPORT, 7-10 SEPTEMBER 1982

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 10, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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National Intelligence Council
10 September 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM : Chairman, National Intelligence Council
SUBJECT : NIC Activity Report, 7-10 September 1982
I. DCI/DDCI-Assigned Tasks
Work is proceeding on an accelerated basis to complete a fast-track
SNIE on the Siberian gas pipeline issue for use at the cabinet-level
SIG-IEP meeting on 16 September.
II. Other Interagency Papers
NFIB Reps' coordination meetings will be held next week on drafts
of the Indonesia and INF SNIEs.
Draft Key Judgments of the IIM on Soviet ballistic missile defenses
will be the subject of an NFIB Reps coordination meeting on
13 September, after which the DCI will be consulted about possibly
scheduling the paper for an NFIB meeting.
III. Special Interest Items of the Past Week
C/NIC left on 9 September to attend a NATO High-Level meeting in
Brussels and a workshop in France on "Improved Technologies in a
Changing NATO Strategy," sponsored by the European American Institute
for Strategy Research. He returns here on 21 September.
NIO/AF attended several sessions of the Africa Chiefs of Mission
conference at State. Apart from the intrinsic values of the sessions on
the Horn, Afro-Arab relations and European perceptions of Africa, some
ambassadors expressed some criticism of the Intelligence Community for
failure to get to them sufficient information on Libya. We have turned
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out a constant stream of material on Libya, but it appears there is some
problem in distribution of papers from State to their posts. This will
be corrected at the earliest opportunity. An effort was made to meet
with all of the ambassadors to the African countries the DCI is
visiting, and he will be seeing some of them next week.
NIO/AF and A/NIO/LA had a luncheon meeting
to discuss economic and
political developments in Chile and South Africa, where his firm is
considering investments.
NIO-At-Large Linc Gordon left on a trip to several European
capitals, where he, DDI/EURA Director and NIC/AG
officer will consult US officials and Europeans on issues
relating to the uocoming NIE on strains in the US-European alliance.
A/NIO/WE will join them in Paris next week for discussions there.
NTn_At_1;;rnP Heymann and NIO/SP visited
on 9 September to talk with Air Force o icers
about ow they use con ractors and consultants to help them understand
and assess Soviet technological developments. They had a good session;
the Air Force participants were very informative.
NIO/EA discussed the NSDD on Japan with Gaston Sigur at the NSC and
Deputy Assistant Secretary Rich Armitage at DoD. He also arranged
debriefings of the same two officials regarding the SSCC meeting on
recently held in Honolulu. Formation of a group
of outside consultants to work with the NSC on formation of long range
China policy was also the subject of discussion with Sigur and others.
NIO/EA (Narcotics) met with Acting Assistant Administrator DEA and
Chief Intelligence Division DEA as well as Admiral Murphy of Vice
President Bush's staff to discuss narcotics issues. A visit to
marijuana processing areas of Mexico has been arranged for 21-
23 September.
NI0/GPF met with LTG Merryman, USA, Army Deputy Chief of Staff for
Research, Development and Acquisition, on 8 September to discuss ways of
improving the accuracy and timing of intelligence requirements in
support of major weapons program decisions. General Merryman is
enthusiastic about the effort; more detailed discussions will follow at
the staff level.
NI0/GPF attended a briefing for General Vessey, C/JCS, on the
findings of the Soviet Ground Forces Readiness IIM on 10 September.
General Vessey praised the work and pointed out the impact it will have
on Army and Joint wargaming and plans. He requested copies of key
charts used for individual discussions he plans with US and foreign
officials.
NIO/LA prepared a background paper for the DCI on policy issues on
Central America for his meetings with Secretary Shultz, Secretary
Weinberger, and Judge Clark.
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NIO/LA and his assistant met with US Ambassador Briggs (to Panama)
on 10 September.
NI0/NESA briefed USUN Ambassador Kirkpatrick on various Middle
Eastern issues.
NI0/NESA chaired an IC Staff all=source assessment session on
Pakistan.
NIO/SP briefed a DoD-sponsored "Strategic Employment Concepts
Working Group" on Soviet stra
The working group, chaired by
IV. Future Activities
NI0/AF will attend a Defense Intelligence School conference on
Africa on 16 and 17 September, at which he expects to discuss Kenya with
some academics who have Just returned from there. He will also
participate in debriefings of numerous US ambassadors home from Africa
for a chiefs of mission conference.
NI0/GPF will attend a seminar on the Defense of Central Europe at
the Brookings Institution on 14 Sept
mber
chaired by
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general purpose forces.
NI0/NESA will host a meeting here next week of the Intelligence
Community's senior officers specializing on the MESA area.
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SUBJECT: NIC Activity Report, 7-10 September 1982
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