NATO CONVENTIONAL FORCES IMPROVEMENT INTERAGENCY GROUP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86M00886R000800090008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 4, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM- FOR-r~
- NATIONAL, SECURITY COUNCIL
WA5 4 NGTON. O.G. 20506
September 4, 1984
ARLES HILL
_= iaiutive Secretary
apartment of State
--COL R. J. AFFOURTIT
executive Secretary
Department of Defense
CDR. ALTON KEEL
erector for National
w -Security and Intl. Affairs
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--- 6i ffice of Management & Budget
ecutive Secretary
central Intelligence Agency
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--- SUBJECT: NATO Conventional Forces Improvement Interagency
Group (U)
-This memorandum tasks the NATO Conventional Forces and Arms
' _ control Interagency Grovp to develop, coordinate, and agree on
S Government positions on efforts to improve NATO conventional
-defenses. (U)
-chairmen of the IG w1.11 remain the Assistant Secretary of
'Defense for International Security Policy (ASD/ISP) and the
[rector, Bureau of Pol9.tico-Military Affairs at the Department
f State. (U)
MOther regular members wj.11. be representatives from:
Office of the Vice President
-- Department of State, Bureau of European
and Canadian Affairs
Department of Defense, Office of USDRE
Department of Defense, Office of ASD/MI&L
Office of Management and Budget
Central Intel).igence Agency
National Security Council Staff
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Arms Control wind Disarmament Agency
Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency
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Executive Asst. to the
Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
WILLIAM B. STAPLES
Executive Secretary
Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency
THE HON. LOUIS GIUFFRIDA
'Director, Federal Emerg.
Management Agency
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Other agencies or offices should be invited to IG meetings as
iequired, when topics of interest to their particular agency are
-=finder discussion. (U)
? - e-`IG should, by 30 September 1984,
1) Compile and eva).uate the status of existing US-sponsored
initiatives for imprpving NATO's conventional forces;
2) Develop a framework for work to integrate USG efforts to
pursue these initiatives;
* -'3) Evaluate any existing or proposed initiatives from other
NATO sources (e.g., SACEUR, SYG Carrington);
4) Coordinate the integration of these initiatives into the
broader policy conte:ct;
=-5) Coordinate and publish detailed terms of reference for the
responsibilities. included in this project. (C)
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the IG should then purst4.e a work program designed to prepare for
;- an NSC meeting in November 1984 which will review the current
testate cif' efforts to improve NATO's conventional defense. it is
-j-.- -anticipated that the NSA meefping will result in further tasking
-to select specific programs or emphasis and to develop the
methods' for integrating USG )views into a coherent, hopefully
:?NATO-sponsored program which will elicit a maximum response from
'.'----other:) ATO members to agcomp;~ish substantial results from this
;-; initiative.
(C) ,
The IG should, as a part of 4ts work program, determine the most
---__likely avenues of success foW priority emphasis and an
;;;approximation of when selected programs could be expected to
: oduce substantive results. (U)
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Robert M. immitt
Executive Secretary
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