NBC MEET THE PRESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000201370006-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2008
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 9, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NJL MEET THE PRESS
9 September 1984
Reporter Rowland Evans of the Chicago Sun-Times; Secretary of State George Shultz
ROWLAND EVANS: Mr. Secretary, you said in an answer to Bill Monroe that you
didn't consider the situation as particularly dangerous between the U.S. and the
Soviet Union. A high official in the CIA has prepared a memorandum which is?iiow
on Bill Casey's desk, I understand, which states that the period immediately
ahead, contrary to what you said, may be the most dangerous the two countries
have ever faced. He said, 'because they may chose a high-risk course to change
the correlation of East-West forces before the West gets too strong.' Does the
CIA know something, sir, that the State Department does not? SHULTZ: Probably
they know lots of things we don't know, but they try to keep us well informed.
In fact, their job is to see that important intelligence goes to the president
and to me and to others involved in our foreign policy. I don't know whether
you're quoting the memorandum that you published in your column the other day,
or not...
EVANS: Yes, sir. Yes, sir. SHULTZ: That is the opinion of an individual, and
individuals have lots of different opinions in the CIA. They have a process, we
have a process in the government of people putting their opinions on the line
and evaluating them and coming to some judgment. And the judgment. that that
memorandum comes to is not the overall judgment. There are a number of things
in there that we consider to be wrong. However, let me just add one more thing.
I don't think it's a good idea for documents in the CIA to be leaked, I don't
think it's a good idea for them to published, and I don't intend to engage in
further discussion of it.
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