CIPC MONTHLY REPORT--JUNE 1983

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• Publication Date: July 6, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C 20505
Critical Intelligence Problems Committee
6 July 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
VIA:
FROM:
Deputy Director, Intelligence Community Staff
Chairman
SUBJECT: CIPC Monthly Report--June 1983
1. The regularly scheduled monthly Committee meeting was held on 20 June
1983. Chief, Arms Control Intelligence Staff, presented a 25X1
most informative briefing on the monitoring/verification process and the role
of his staff in support of that process. Most of the remaining time was
devoted to a report on the narcotics study (see paras 2-4 below for
details). A status report on the cruise missile study was removed from the
agenda because of time limitations. A written status report on this subject
is being provided separately to members. 25X1
NARCOTICS
2. At the 20 June CIPC meeting, the Chairman of the Narcotics Working
Group discussed the Working Group's concern over the estimative procedures in
narcotics crop production--an essential element in the narcotics intelligence
equation. The increasing policy level demands for such estimates severely tax
current capabilities, call for the improvement of collection capabilities and 25X1
analytical effort, and interagency coordination. The NWG is especially
concerned with the resolution of competing priorities from
The Chairman also discussed the analytical desirability
of issuing forecasts to provide the consumer with alert to potential
problem areas in advance of crop estimates.
3. The Chairman asked for CIPC endorsement of the preliminary
recommendations of the NWG. These recommendations focus attention on the need
for the NWG to deal directly with Intelligence Community collection and
exploitation committees to consider collection requirements and
capabilities.
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The NWG
will attempt to clarify the responsibilities between the Intelligence
Community and the Law Enforcement Community for coordinatin narcotics crop
estimates. The Principals endorsed these recommendations.
5. The Narcotics Working Group met on 14 and 28 June. Included in their
deliberations was a review of staff recommendations resulting from the visit 25X1
to the South Florida Task Force in Miami.
CRUISE MISSILES
7. The Cruise Missile Working Group met on 6 and 27 June. At the 27
June meeting preliminary drafts of various sections of the final report were
submitted for review and comment by the membership. I
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14. Regarding the PRC posture review, we have received comments from all
CIPC principals and we are in the process of preparing a paper summarizing
these responses and identifying issues for discussion by the committee at its
15. With respect to the ACDA request that a study be undertaken on the
prospects for CW/BW treaty monitoring, we have held initial discussions with
the originating individuals at ACDA and with informal sources within the
Community. Our current thinking is that a Working Group will be required for
July meeting.
this task and we are currently pursuing this course of action.
16. The next meeting of the CIPC is scheduled for 25 July 1983.
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