PRESIDENT AGREES TO REPLACE ALLEN IN SECURITY POSTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000302450040-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2012
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: January 3, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE WASHINGTON POST
ON PAGE 41 3 January 1982
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By John M. Goshka; 3.
Washington Post Staff Writer
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President Reagan has .aireed to a .
plan to increase the power of his na-
tional security affairs adviser and
will name Deputy Secretary of State
William P. Clark to replace Richard
V. Allen in that post early.this week
senior administration sources said
last night. -
The sources said Reagan tenta-
tively made the decision after a ,
lengthy meeting with close political
advisers in Palm Springs, Calif., yes-
terday. However, the sources contin-
ued, the president wants to defer a
formal announcement until after his
return here today and further dis-
cussions with advisers, including
presidential counselor Edwin Meese
III, who was not present at the palm
Springs meeting.
Reagan met yesterday with Sec-
retary of State Alexander 114. Haig
Jr. for 30 minutes at the estate of
Walter Annenberg, where the pres-
ident is a guest. They' were later
joined by Clark and White House
deputy chief of staff Michael K.
Deaver. .
Barring the unexpected,'-' the
sources stressed, Clark will be
named?possibly on Monday or
Tuesday?to the restructured secu-
rity adviser's post with powers that
will put him at ,the top, levels; of the
White House decision-making " pro-
It was reported that Allen had
asked to meet with the president on
Monday. . ? ? ?
The sources said no decision has
been made about Clark's replace-
ment at principal deputy to Haig.
But, they added, those under discus-
sion as potential replacements ate
U.N..Ambassador Jesne Ji. Kirkps-
tricic!. James L BuckfeiAtdersec.i.
retary of state . for. security affairs;
and Lawrence A. Eaglebufger, assist-
ant secretary for Europeakeffairs.
Pr?dent
To Replace
In ecuri
The decision:to replace Allen and
upgrade thep security adviser's job
was motivated partly by the problem
of Allen's recent difficulties over his
receipt of a $1,000 honorarium from
a Japanese magazine and partly by a
consensus in the White House top
echelon that the national security
apparatus had not worked effectively
during Reagan's first year in office.
Allen, who reported to Reagan
p'ugh Meese, was far more circum-
bed in his authority than previ-
ous occupants of the post .
1 Allen is on administrative leave
and was cleared recently by the Jus-
tice Department of allegations in-
volving his receipt of the $1,000 and
of three watches, as well as questions
over his financial disclosure state-
ments. He is still awaiting a final
White House review of the propriety
of his conduct. ,
It was not immediately clear
whether,Allen will be offered anoth-
er job in the ,administration if the
review absolves him.
Under the new system, tentatively
approved by Reagan yesterday, the
sources said,' the national security
adviser will have direct, day-to-day
operational responsibility for all
matters involving foreign relations,
defense 'end intelligence. He will
meet daily with the president and
will deal directly with Haig, Defense
Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger
and CIA Director William J. Casey.
Tfie practical effect of this new
division of reeponsibilities will be to
put Clark on a par with the trium-
virate of Meese,' chief of staff James
A. Baker LII and deputy chief of
, ,
:it:4f ? Deaver;:', Mit; have, run the
White House policy-making...?and
daily operations...
This upgrading represents -a turn=
about from the administration's orig-
inal desire to avoid concentrating so
much authority in the national se-,
curity adviser's job. Instead, Allen
. had been subordinated to 'Meese in
the hopes of averting the kinds of,.
conflicts that 'Occurred in previous,'
administrations between the nation-?.
al security adviser and Cabinet of-j,
ficials. ? . ,?,
However, senior officials 'revealed:
'last week that it had been decided
that the .national security poli-
making machinery machinery - had become
bogged down in confusion and lack
of coordination because there was no
single - focal point in ? the White
House for Contact with top officials
.of State, the Pentagon and the CIA. .-
In addition, the situation
been compounded by personality
conflicts between Allen and other
officials, most notably Haig. ?
Clarlr, 50, is it former California
Supreme Court justice and a long-
time political associate of the pres,
ident. He served- as Reagan's first
chief, of staff while Reagan was gov-
ernor of California in the 1960s.
Clark had no experience in foreign;
, policy when he came-to Washington: ,
and was criticized heavily for show-
ing an embarrassing lack of expertise
in international, affairs during his
Senate confirmation hearings last
February. In the months since, how-
ever, he has carved out an important
'niche at' the State Department
through his ability to Mediate bets-'
ween Haig and such old political as-
sociate:4 as Meese and Deaver at the
.,White House.
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