LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM DONALD PAUL HODEL

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• Publication Date: October 4, 1984
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THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
WASHINGTON, O.C. 20585
October 4, 1984
Honorable William J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Executive
84- 9158
Dear Mr. Casey:
A year ago we discussed the need to strengthen the Department of Energy's
(DOE) intelligence program and the need for an experienced senior manager
to develop and manage an enhanced DOE intelligence effort. In response to
my request for assistance, you provided rom the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to perform this important --readership role. (U)
During this past year, I feel thaT~has done an excellent job as my
Senior Intelligence Officer and as the Department's principal representa-
tive to the Intelligence Community. He designed and implemented a new
Intelligence organization for the Department and served as the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Intelligence at the head of that new organization,
recruited fourteen new people into the Department's intelligence effort,
and testified before Congress both on the Department's intelligence program
and on developments in the Persian Gulf which could affect world oil supplies.
He has also caused the Department's main intelligence requirements to be
reflected in the National Intelligence Topics (NITS) and to be better articu-
lated before the various Intelligence Community Collection Committees. (U)
I would like to request your agreement to extend
Accordingly
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reimbursable detail to the DOE for another year. If you agree, I will ask
him to focus the DOE's intelligence effort on two areas of great concern to
me. First, I want him to work to improve the Department's ability to detect,
process, and analyze foreign events which could lead to an oil supply dis-
ruption. To this end, I will ask him to develop and coordinate the implemen-
tation of an Intelligence and Crisis Management Information System which can
rapidly and automatically process and disseminate intelligence and other
time-sensitive information within the Department. Second, I will ask him to
work with the Intelligence Community collection agencies to improve our
knowledge of Soviet nuclear weapons designs and capabilities. Both Secretary
Weinberger and I are very concerned about possible enhancements in the Soviet
nuclear arsenal which could be used to counter President Reagan's Strategic
Defense Initiative or to provide the Soviets with similar capabilities. Both
these areas are now well covered in your current NITS, and I greatly appre-
ciate your support in getting these important requirements before the
Intelligence Community. More collection is needed, however, especially to
determine what goes on inside the Soviet nuclear weapons complex. (S)
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In recognition of his strong managerial abilities a standing job
he has done for the Department, I strongly recommen " for promotion. (U)
Thank you for your assistance in helping me to revitalize the Department's
intelligence effort. With improved capabilities both at Headquarters and
in the intelligence elements of our National Laboratories, I look forward
to the Department making a greater contribution to the national intelligence
effort in the future. (U)
Donald Paul Hodel
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