SOVIETS, THE UK, AND SDI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87-00462R000100120009-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 18, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 2010/08/06: CIA-RDP87-00462R000100120009-4
The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
National Intelligence Council 18 April 1985
NOTE FOR THE DIRECTOR
FROM: Herbert E. Meyer
Vice Chairman, National Intelligence Council
RE: Soviets, the UK, and SDI
1. The April 15 edition of Pravda carried a commentary con-
gratulating Foreign Secretary Howe for his recent SDI speech in which
he "warned of the danger of the destabilization of the international
situation and the intensification of the arms race as a result of the
forcing through of the US star wars program."
2. The commentary went on to report that "during meetings
between'Soviet parliamentarians and representatives of British and
business circles the opinion was expressed that in the very near
future it will be possible to increase the volume of mutual trade
between the two countries by 40-50 percent."
3. This explicit linkage between Howe's speech and the promise
of a 50 percent boost in trade is causing something of a backlash
in London, or so I am told. On the other hand, I suspect the implicit
Soviet reward will not go unnoticed in the UK or elsewhere.
4. The Soviets sure are crude.
5. The Pravda text in translation is attached. I've marked
the relevant sectios.
Herbert E. Meyer
Approved For Release 2010/08/06: CIA-RDP87-00462R000100120009-4