LETTER TO KENNETH RUSH FROM GEORGE V. LAUDER

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: March 5, 1986
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Phone: [phone]
The Honorable Kenneth Rush
Council of American Ambassadors
1150 Seventeenth Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Dear Mr. Ambassador:
5 March 1986
Mr. Casey has asked me to confirm that the Central
Intelligence Agency will host the Council of American
Ambassadors at our Headquarters Building in Langley, Virginia
on Thursday, 3 April from 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
If his schedule permits, the Director hopes to be
available to give the opening remarks of the meeting. Senior
CIA officers will brief members of your Council for the
remaining time. As you know, the briefings will be
unclassified.
A member of my staff will soon be in touch with your
Executive Director, Mr. William L. Sharpless, in order to make
the necessary arrangements.
We are looking forward to the Council's visit.
Sincerely,
George V. Lauder
Director, Public Affairs
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19 December 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: George V. Lauder
Director, Public Affairs Office
SUBJECT: Invitation to Address the Council of American Ambassadors
1. Action Requested: Accept or decline an invitation from the Council
of American Ambassadors either to address them at their spring, luncheon
meeting in Washington or to organize a program at Headquarters where you and
other senior Agency Officers would brief their group.
2. Possible Agenda: Co-Chairman of the Council of American Ambassadors
Kenneth us requested that you have the group at the Agency for their Spring
meeting. Briefings from you and your Directors were proposed., Executive
Director of the Council William Sharpless suggested as a proposed agenda a
morning of briefings at the Agency followed by meetings on Capitol Hill with
the Intelligence Oversight Committees. We would be responsible for the
morning session. If this is not possible, you are invited to address the
group at a luncheon at State Department.
*Luncheon Address at State:
If you opt for a luncheon to be held at State Department, the suggested
format is 20 minutes of off-the-record remarks followed by 20 minutes of
Questions and Answers. You could expect an audience of between 50 - 100
former ambassadors, many of whom are on boards of directors oflFortune 500
Companies and publishing houses. Neither the press nor foreign nationals
would be present.
*Meeting with the Members at Headquarters:
If you opt for a program at Headquarters, Ambassador Rush suggested that
you and your chief directors brief the Council for a morning session. A
suggested program is for you to give the welcoming remarks followed by
John McMahon and then Bob Gates on the "Challenges of Intelligence Today."
When the Council was briefed in November at the Pentagon, the attendees felt
that the talks were too low level and substantive information was not
provided. Briefing them at the Agency would involve obtaining clearances on
each individual in order to provide them with the level of classified
information that they would expect in the Headquarters environs--a
considerable chore for the Office of Security.
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SUBJECT: Invitation to Address the Council of American Ambassadors
3. Possible Dates: The Council plans to have its Spring meeting
sometime between Marc 27 - April 3. If you accept this invitation my staff
4. Background: The Council of American Ambassadors, founded in 1983,
has as its goals: to advance public understanding of diplomacy; to make
available to the government the knowledge, experience, and perspectives
gained by its members during their respective ambassadorial services; to
provide a forum for exchange of views between career and non-clareer
diplomats; and generally to support the foreign policy objectives of the
United States. Those eligible for membership are Ambassadors of the U.S.
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate who are not career
Foreign Service Officers. (See membership list opposite.)
The Council, as one of its most important activities, has been hosted by
the State Department, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and the Defense
Department. Secretary Shultz, Ambassador Kirkpatrick, and Secretary
Weinberger along with their senior assistants have provided briefings at
these sessions. Other speakers have included Henry Kissinger,
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Paul Warnke and Senators Percy, Pell, Lugar, Levin and
Rudman. Vice President Bush also spoke at their last meeting And hosted a
reception for the Council at his residence. (See agendas opposite.)
5. Recommendation: As Ambassadors, members of this group have worked
with many of us in the field. Many of them hold influential positions on
boards of leading corporations and elsewhere. However, giving'i them a
classified briefing at Headquarters which would involve clearances and
significant commitment of your and the deputy directors' time would seem to
be overkill. Alternatively, it would, I believe, be useful for you or John
McMahon to address the Council at its luncheon meeting. I defier to you which
of these alternatives you prefer.
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SUBJECT: Invitation to Address the Council of American Ambassadors
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Host Council at Headquarters for Briefings:
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COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS
December 3, 1985
HONORARY CHAIRMEN
ELLSWORTH BUNKER (1983-1984)
JOHN SHERMAN COOPER
W. AVERELL HARRIMAN
C6Q1AIKMEN
KENNETH RUSH
WILLIAM J. VANDEN HEUVEL
PRESIDENT
WILLIAM MCC. BLAIR, JR.
VICE CHAIRMEN
WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD
FRANKLIN H. WILLIAMS
MILTON A. WOLF
VICE PRESIDENTS
JOHN D. J. MOORE
JOAN E. SPERO
TREASLWER
ANGIER BIDDLE DUKE
S& ETARY
DAVID S. SMITH
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WILLIAM MCC. BLAIR, JR.
ANNE COX CHAMBERS
WALTER J. P. CURLEY
PEER, H. DAILEY
SHELBY CULLOM DAVIS
GUILFORD DUDLEY, JR.
ANGIER BIDDLE DUKE
JOSEPH FARLAND
GEORGE J. FELDMAN
RICHARD GARDNER
JAMES HODGSON
JOHN HOMES
JOHN G. HURD
PHILIP KAISER
HENRY L. KIMELMAN
WILBERT LEMELLE
W LLI
IAM MACOMBER
WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD
GALE McCEE
GEORGE MCGHEE
LLOYD MILLER
JOHN D. J. MOORE
ROBERT NEUMANN
ROBERT PAYTON
KENNETH RUSH
SALLY SHELTON-COLBY
DAVID S. SMITH
JOAN SPERO
WILLIAM J. VANDEN HEUVa
MARVIN L. WARNER
FRANKLIN WILLIAMS
MILTON A. WOLF
COUNSELOR
DAVID D. NEWSOM
EXFLv IVE DIRECTOR
WILLIAM L. SHARPLEss
The Honorable William J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
The Council, as one of its most important activities,
has been hosted by the State Department, U.S. Mission
to the United Nations and the Defense Department. Secretary
Shultz, Ambassador Kirkpatrick and Secretary Weinberger
along with their senior assistants have provided briefings
at these sessions. Other speakers have included Henry
Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Paul Warnkd and Senators
Percy, Pell, Lugar, Levin and Rudman. Vice President
Bush also spoke at our last meeting and hosted a reception
for us at his residence. I am enclosing full programs for
these sessions.
During the last meeting, much interest was evinced by the
Ambassadors in having briefings at the Spring meeting at
the Central Intelligence Agency by you and your top directors.
We have some of the most distinguished public figures in
America and they are keenly interested in substance. Thus,
the hope is to secure as much inside information as can
possibly be given us.
The Council of American Ambassadors, founded in 1983,
has as its goals: to advance public understanding of
diplomacy, to make available to the government the knowledge,
experience, and perspectives gained by its members during
their respective ambassadorial services, to provide a forum
for exchange of views between career and non-career diplomats,
and generally to support the foreign policy objectives of
the United States. Those individuals appointed by the
President and confirmed by the Senate as Ambassadors of the
United States, who are not career Foreign Service Officers
are eligible for membership. I am also enclosing a list of
our members.
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The Honorable William J. Casey December 3, 1985
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I personally would much appreciate and also on behalf of the
Council would hope that you would be able to designate someone
on your staff to help us organize a program at the CIA.
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