CIA BRIEFS REAGAN ON MIDDLE EAST CRISIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505420108-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 108
• Publication Date: October 5, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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LOS ANGELES TIMES
5 October 1980
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Reaganca'fied it'.mostinterestin would not have'started if the.shh
g ;had been in power':
Fdr mote :than an hour before the - But Bush, whose background as
briefing bVgan;Reagan.was.closet ,
ed with some::?of, hig~-:defense and . ` CIA director has not been empha-
foreign policy.'', advisers-former- sized; much in, the Reagan-Bush
Secretary,of State Henry -A i~issitc ? '. campaign,- told reporters after - the
ger,'former White . House chief of- briefing that "it-was not our purpose
staff- and NATO. commander Gen.-: to get information' with which to at-
Alexander M. Haig Jr., and the for- tack President Carter.
mer:chairman of the Joint Chiefs of .,we are not going to sally forth
from here to launch an attack on the
Staff, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer.
Reagan then was' accompanied' President. Our purpose was to un-
into-the briefing-conducted by the derstand force levels in the area,
CIA,. director,. Adm,.'S_lansfieid what some of the best minds in_the1
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When the two-hour session end lion in ran. a a. c g
ed aZ his leased estate near here, " F, fighting between Iran and Iraq
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tor four years ago,=gave.Carter his Bush said he was impressed with
MIbDLEBURG~ va. =Republican '
P ., .the professionalism of the briefing.;
presi3ential candidate Ronald Rea- ?. `'` briefing as ..the~'then. Democratic
g g presidential nominee officers and said ".,we feel uninhibit-:
an t his first briefing from the
Centcal Intelligence Agency ;Satur Bush told reporters that Reagan's ed" by the briefing ..~ >.1
day-Ybut only on'the Middle East,- 'briefing.. covered the_,'Iran-Iraq -:Under usual : CIA briefing.proce-.I
crisis; fighting and touched briefly or? con dares, each -recipient is required to
Until now, the former California , .ditions in Afghanistan an d on the "sign off" or acknowledge recepit of
governor has steadfastly, refused to.. , U.S.hostages held in Iran. the individual :facts' given them:
accept President Carter soffer-of.a ;_Feel Better Informed". These acknowledgements go into
CIA contending'-that intelligence files so authorities have;
8 '!'It was a professional, non-policy ;a :record . of : what was sandvasn t:
own sources of mformation are ade briefing," B. said "and we do feel =i,en to those briefed. +
xf. cam ai n ui poses`' ' ~:
uate for ` j
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Bu. afte3?the:7ran-Iraq war broke Reagan has been sharply critical'
out. Reagan decided!:to~accept-the'- of Carter's handling ;of foreign poll-,
offer; insisting that; the briefing be, -cy matters. particularly'inthe Mid--
limited to the Middle East. because die East. The' RepvbIican-candidate
he did notw.anttobe inhibited in his , was a strong admirer of ,the late
future attacks on Carter by any un- Shah Mohammed~Reza Pahlavi'and
necesary'access to classified infor- has. attacked. Carter for not using
matien. ~?: , : - U.S. force or in#'luence ao ?assist the
Session 'Most Interesting' shah's regime against the revolu-
r ed that the
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BS RICHARD BERGHOLZ ' `- Turner and his aides by, his run- intelligence community feel is hap-
G e Bush- CIA"direc= -.??'pening in the war
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