MEETING WITH SSCI STAFF

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00985R000300130007-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 10, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: March 16, 1983
• Content Type: MFR

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SUBJECT: Meeting with SSCI St~UTINTL
STATINTL
1. At the suggestion ofi Chief of t
Legislative Liaison Division, Utticeof External Affairs,
and I met with Chip Andrea of the SSCI Staff on 1
to discuss 5.2919, the Lugar-Biden bill to fund Soviet studies at
US universities. Andrea told us that they plan to introduce the
bill (copy attached) through the Foreign Relations and Labor
Committees shortly and that they expect it to reach the floor
during the current session. There had been some problems with
Senator Pell's staff, but Andrea expects them to be resolved this
week.
2. We exchanged views on the state of US expertise on the
USSR and I pointed to the need for a new generation of
Kremlinclogists and economic specialists, and to an insufficient
supply of foreign policy analysts with knowledge of both the USSR
and key regions of Soviet interest, as the most serious gaps. We
discussed the need for strong management of the planned endowment
and in particular the necessity of providing an equitable
distribution of funding and an appropriate focus on younger
scholars with innovative ideas. I suggested that attention also
be given to the demand side of the Soviet studies problem --
ensuring that career prospects are available in the government and
elsewhere for aspiring specialists on the USSR. Andrea readily
accepted this notion and hinted that requests for modest increases
in slots for Soviet political analysis would be received favorably
on the hill.
3. On an unrelated matter, Andrea mentioned that Senator
Goldwater and others were pressing for the Agency to declassify
its dollar comparison of US and Soviet defense activities. We
noted that unclassified papers had been published in the past and
that the DCI presumably would discuss this proposal with the SSCI.
STATINTL
Attachment:
As stated.
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Distribution:
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1 - D/SOVA
1 - D/OEXA - 7B24 HQ
1 - DDI/CAA
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97TH CONGRESS
2t SEsSIOY
S. 2919
To help ensure the Nation's independent factual knowledge of Soviet-bloc coun-
tries, to help maintain the national capability for advanced research and
training on which that knowledge depends, and to provide partial financi..:
support. for national programs to serve both purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 16 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 8), 1982
Mr. LIGAR (for himself and Mr. BIDE:) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Foreign Reiations arc
Labor and Human Resources, by unanimous consent
A.. wLLL
To help ensure the Nation's independent factual knowledge of
Soviet-bloc countries, to help maintain the national capabili-
ty for advanced research and training on -which that knowl-
edge depends, and to provide partial financial support for
national programs to serve both purposes.
1 Be it enacted I~' the Senate and House of R _
2 oil",'! c U ited States of ricriea in Congress assembled,
3 That this Act may be ciTed as the "Soviet-Bloc Research and
4 Training, Act of 1982".
O FINDINGS AND DELL Ar .T;0Ns
6 SEC. 2. (a) The Congress finds ar,C decL re_ that-
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?) factual knowledge, independent':: v~-ified,
about Soviet-bloc countries is of the utmost importance
3 for the national security of the United ?ta es, or the
4 furtherance of our national interests in the Induct of
5 foreib relations, and for the prudent management of
6 our dome = ; is affairs;
(2) the development and maintenance of knowl-
edge about Soviet-bloc countries depends upon the na-
9 tional capability for advanced research DI y highly
10 trained and experienced specialists, available for serv-
11 ice in and out of Government;
12 (3) certain essential functions are necessary to
13 ensure the existence of that knowledge and the capa-
14 bility to sustain it, including-
15 (A) graduate training;
16 (B) advanced research;
17 (C) public dissemination of research data,
18 methods and findings;
19 (D) contact and collaboration amonsr Govern-
20 ment and private specialists and the facilitation of
21 research based on the extensive data holdings of
22 the United States Government; and
23 (E) first-hand experience of `ov-ier- ,loc coun-
24 tries by American specialists inclu~ in on-site
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conduct of advanced training and research to the
9 extent practicable;
3 (4) three existing institutions already- organized to
4 conduct the functions described in this section on a na-
5 tional s( ale are. the National Council for Soviet and
6 East !European Research, the Woodrow, r-
i national Center for Scholars, and the Internaticnu' ;e-
8 search and Exchanges Beard of the America -o
u.nc"
9 e Learned Societies; and
10 (, : it i= in natiorai interest `.1: he Tee.. ai
11 Government to sure' ?ment the suppclr
1 tions described in this section f~:rnish J b: locki, State,
1 regional, and private agencies, organizations, and i
14 viduals, anc' thereby to stabilize the conduct of these
15 functions on a national scale, consistently, and on a
16 long range basis.
17 DEFINITIONS
1s SEC. S. As used in this Act-
19 (1) the tern. "Board" means the International Be-
20 search and Exchanges Board o, ganized in 1968 ray the
21 American Council of Learned Societies and the Social
22 Science Research Council;
23 (2) the term "Center" means the Woodrow
24 Wilson Internatio :al Center for Schol rs of r.e S: ith-
25 sonian Institution;
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1 (3) the term "Fund" means the Soviet-Bloc Re-
2 : earc.. and Training Fund established under section 4;
3 (4) the term "institution of higher education" has
4 the same meaning given such term in section 1201(a)
5 of the Higher Education Act cf 1965;
6 (5) the term "National Council" means the -'-,a-
7 tional Council for Soviet and East European Research,
8 a not-nor-profit corporation organized under the laws of
9 the District of Columbia in 1978; and
10 (6) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of
11 the Treasury.
12 OF THE SOVIET-BLOC RESEARCH AND
13 TRAINTNG FUND
SEC. 4. There is establishe : in the Treasur-- of the
15 United States a trust fund to be known as the Soviet-Bloc
16 Research and Training Trust Fund. The Fund shall consist
17 of-
18 (1) amounts appropriated to it by section 5; and
19 (2) interest and proceeds credited to it under sec-
20 tion (8)(c).
21 APPROPRIATIONS TO THE FUND
22 SEC. 5. There are appropriated to the Fund, out of any
23 money in the Treasury not --thersvise appropriated,
24 $50,000,000.
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1 PAY?_'NTS FEO1I THE FUND; USES OF PAY .%ENTS
SEC. 6. (u) The interest on any obligations field in ;:ie
3 Fun' =1.~..:.lt available, as provided in a ance ~~ ? -::,_ . -
J "i~t M
4 ation Acts, for payments to the Nationu. Council for use in
5 t': this section.
6 (b)('i) One-quarter of the payment- made in each .,seal
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7 year sh: i be used by the National Council to--
8 (A) develop and conduct a research &enda of a
9 mcionai research program at the postdoctoral or eqt i --
10 ai 'n level in the field of Soviet a._d East E i o2,~u::
11 studies to be designed in consultation with aff::c lti of
12 the y e4era Government designated by the Secretary
13 o State;
14 (B) disseminate information about the research
15 program described in clause (A) and solicit proposals
16 for research contracts from American institutions of
17 higher education and not-for-profit corporations, xhieb
1S contracts shall contain shared-cost provisions; and
19 (C) award contracts for such research project's as
2U the Board of Trustees of the Council determines will
21 best serve to carry out the purposes of This Act after
22 reviewing the proposals submitted under clause (B).
23 (2) One part of the payments made in each fiscal year
24 shall be used by the National Council to-
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1 (A) establish and carry out a program of graduate,
2 postdoctoral, and teaching fellowships for advanced
3 training in Soviet studies and related studies conducted
4 (i) at American institutions of higher education and (ii)
5 on a shared-cost basis;
6 (B) disseminate information on the fellowship pro-
f gram described in clause (A) and solicit applications for
8 fellowships from qualified institutions of higher educa-
9 Lion and qualified individuals;
10 (C) award such fellowships as the Board of Trust-
11 ees of ,he -National Council determines will best serve
12 to carry out the purposes of this Act after reviewing
13 applications submitted under clause (); and
14 (D) disseminate research, data, and findings on.
15 Soviet studies and related fields in such a manner and
16 to such extent as the B jard of Trustees of the National
17 Council determines will best serve to carry out the
18 purposes of this Act.
3One part of such payments made in each fiscal year
?0 to the National Council shall be used for pas-mt nts to the
21 Center to-
2 (_a.? provide fellowship support and res,2arc f .oili-
`?3 ties in WashIinr;ton, District cif
24 =pecialists in the field of Soviet studies to conduct ad-
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1 vanced research with particular en=phasis upon the use
2 of data on Soviet-bloc countries:
3 and
.4 (B) conduct seminars, conferences, and other simi-
5 lar workshops designed to facilitate research collabora-
6 tion between 0:- ernment and private specialises in the
7 field of Soviet and East European studies.
8 (4) One part of such payments made in each fisca year
9 to the National Council shall be used for payments to the
? 0 Board to conduct specialized programs in advanced traiii,g
11 and research on a reciprocal basis in the T; nien of Soy, :et
12 Sociaiis: republics and other nations of Eastern Europe de-
13 signed to facilitate access for American specialists to research
14 institutes, personnel, archives, documentation, and other re-
15 search and training resources located in the 'Union of Soviet
16 Socialist Republics and such nations.
17 (c)(1) Payments under this Act shall be made as soon
18 after a.ppro-,-al of the application as practicable.
LI (2) Payments under this Act ma-,? be made in install-
20 ments, in advance or by way of reimbursement with neces-
21 s_-r`? adjustments on account of overpayments and under2 4.y-
22 ments.
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1 APPLICATIONS
2 SEC.. 7. (a) The National Council shall prepare and
3 submit an application to the Secretary once each fiscal year.
4 Each such application shall-
5 (1) provide a description of the purposes for which
6 the payments will be used in accordance with section
7 (6); and
8 (2) provide such fiscal control and such accounting
9 procedures as may be necessary (A) to insure a proper
10 accounting of Federal funds paid to the applicant under
11 this Act, and (B) to insure the verification of the costs
12 of the continuing education program furnished by the
13 applicant.
14 (b) The Secretary shall expeditiously approve any appli-
15 cation that meets the requirements of this section.
16 MAN_~GEMIENT OF THE FUND
17 SEC. S. (a) It shall be the duty of the Secretary to invest
10- such portion of the Fund as is not, in his judo ent, required
19 to meet current withdrawals. Such investments may be made
20 only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in
21 obligations guaranteed, as to both principal and interest by
22 the United States. For such purpose, such cbliaaons may be
23 acquired (1) on original issue at the issue ?rice, or (2) by
24 purchase of outstanding lbligations at the mar bet price. The
25 purposes or which obligations of the United States niay be
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1 is :~ ~1 and In ~ eoiid Li" rte Bor.:. _~et -re e:r7- de:' to
u1101o) :, -,
!ire at 1~ :; spec;.,' iig riot.: :clusi~ e-
3 Iv to tin- pec al (`'i i a,`10I~_; '' bear interest at
4 a rate to the aver:--e rate rest, comn':ted as to
5 the end o, the calends - month next rec=-, ing the J:,te oaf
6 such ;-;Sue. l'urne by li ,. I -rbetabl: it.i?rest-bead::.;; obiig A-
i tic, of the United States then forming a part of tine public
8 c% iit; except that where such average rate is not a multiple of
9 one-eighth of 1 per centum, the rate of interest of such spe-
10 cia' obligations sL ?i be the multiple of o:.nne-ei ;hth of I per
11 ~ "' I ext L i~. . C '-r {Y ~.-
~ent~.z::. ~ . nvcr than Such mute. special
1_ gations shall be issued only if the Secretary deter :.fines that
13 the purchase of other interest-bearing obligations of the
14 United States, or of obligations guara.,teed as to both
15 pal and interest by the United States on original issue or at
16 the market price, is not in the public interest.
1 i (b) Any obligation acquired by the Fund (except special
15 obligations issued exclusively to the Fund), may be sold by the
i? Secretary at the market price, and such special obligations
20 may be re eemed at par plus accrued interest.
2I (c) `hi-, interest on, and the proceeds from the sale or
22 redemption of, any obligations held in the Fund shall be cred-
23 iced to and form a part, of the Fund.
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1 REPORT
`? SEC. 9. The National Council shall prepare and submit
3 to the President and the Congress at the end of each fiscal
4 year in which the National Council receives assistance under
5 this 'pct a report of the activities of the National Council, and
6 the activities of the Board and the Center, supported by as-
7 sistance under this Act, together with such recommendations
8 as the National Council deems advisable.
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