STATEMENT BY THE DCI ON HIS ROLE IN SALT MONITORING -- TO BE RELEASED ON THE OCCASSION OF HIS FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE THE CONGRESS ON THAT SUBJECT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400390126-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 2004
• Sequence Number: 126
• Content Type: STATEMENT

Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000400390126-0
(STATEMENT BY THE DCI ON HIS ROLE IN SALT MONITORING--TO BE
RELEASED ON THE OCCASION OF HIS FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE THE CONGRESS
ON THAT SUBJECT
Verification of the SALT treaty is a policy function ultimately
performed by the President of the United States with the specialized
advice of many individuals and agencies. Intelligence monitoring of
the treaty is only one of those inputs.
The role of the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) is t
monitor Soviet performance with respect to the provisions of the treaty--
not to judge whether an activity constitutes a violation of them. He
gives his best estimate of our national capabilities to monitor the
quantity and quality of the Soviet weapons controlled under the
agreement. It is his responsibility to advise the policymakers on how well
he can monitor each of the terms of the treaty. He will provide full
detail of his estimates of monitoring capabilities to the Senate in
the course of its debate. Whether the advantages of the treaty outweigh
the. risks is a judgment of the policymakers who submit it and the Senators
who approve it, not the DCI.
The monitoring process must remain highly classified. The DCI will
have no further public comments on his role in the SALT monitoring and
verification process.
Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000400390126-0