IRAQI NUCLEAR PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87R00029R000200300017-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: June 13, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASH NGTON
SECRET
IR TO.
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'S-I FROM:
June 13, 1981
INR m Ronald I. Spiers
C a Robert C. McFarlari
SUBJECT: Iraqi Nuclear Program
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Could I ask that the followinc questions concerning
the Iraqi Nuclear Program be examiied by the Intelligence
Community and that answers be provided by Noon, Tuesday,
June 16, 1981.
o Do we have evidence that indicates that Iraq has
attempted to induce various suppliers to provide it with
unsafeguarded nuclear equipment or!materials?
o Is there evidence that Ira has sought to purchase
equipment and technology specifiea.ly optimized for the
production of.weapons usable material?
o Are Iraqi energy needs of Such a character as to
legitimize a nuclear research program oriented toward the
"back-end" of the nuclear fuel cycle?
o Do we have evidence to suggest that Iraq may have
used duplicitois techniques to enable its citizens to gain
entry into nuc1.ear research programs in other countries?
o Is the ! Iraqi economy sophisticated enough to profit
from the technological spill-over of its nuclear research
program?
o What eh dence do we have of special underground
facilities at the t.ra.gi nuclear research site? What type
of facilities might the Iraqi's have wanted to emplant near
the research reactor?
o Leaving aside the inherent difficulties of proving
"intentions" to go nuclear as opposed to-merely demonstrating
that adequate capabilities exist, are our intelligence assets
in Iraq such as to give us high-confidence with respect to
judgments on decision-making within the Iraqi atomic energy
bureaucracy?
State Dept. review completed.
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o What would have been the physical m and probable
political-consequences of a strike once the Iraqi reactor
had gone critical?
o Are there identifiable patterns to Iraqi requests
for specialized training in other countries, e.g. Italy?
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