DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400360036-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: August 1, 1979
• Content Type: LETTER

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1230 hours, 2 August 19791..
I August 1979
Honorable Frank Church, Chairman
Committee on Foreign Relations
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear tir. Chairman:
It has been a pleasure for me to appear before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee to discuss details of the monitoring capabilities
of the U.S. Intelligence Community with respect to provisions of the
SALT II Treaty. The fact that my appearances were in Executive
Session recognizes the concern of the Committee for the sensitivity
and classification of the information discussed. It has also allowed
me to be totally candid while at the same time fulfilling my responsi-
bility of protecting intelligence sources and methods as is my obligation
under the National Security Act of 1947.
While finding it my duty to keep from public view the details of
my discussions with the Commiittee, I would like to provide the following
unclassified statem
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my conclusions which you may use as you deem
necessary:
74y overall judgement, based on the considerations I
have set forth in my testimony in Executive Session, is
that during the period of the SALT II Treaty the U.S.
Intelligence Community will be able to monitor most of
its provisions well enough to provide confidence that the
Soviets cannot gain.a substantial strategic advantage
through cheating. For the few provisions that we cannot
monitor with this degree of confidence, I believe the
.Soviet perception of' risks versus gains will make such
cheating an unattractive option for them.
I will be happy to return in Executive Session at any time to
answer further questions the Committee may have.