WASHINGTON WHISPERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000100170014-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: October 31, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARTICLE APPEARED. 1
n C r t US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
31 October 1983
STAT
R000100170014-9
Washington 'Mho@p@M'o
One of Robert McFarlane's first tasks
as Reagan 's new national-security
aide, insiders say, will be to convince
Defense Secretary Weinberger and
CIA Director Casey that he is not a
"captive" of the Stare Department
and will fairly present to the Presi-
dent their hard-line views on foreign
and defense issues.
U.S. intelligence analysts are baffled
by Soviet President Yuri Andropov's
long absence-more than six weeks
-from public view. One theory is
that Andropov has been sidelined by
serious illness.
STAT
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