NSSD-2/82

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01013R000300400045-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2008
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: June 10, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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10 June 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: INSSD-2/82 Study Director
FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: NSSD-2/82
This will take a lot of picking to put together. The defense is very
comprehensive and very well organized but not very specific. I found the
FBI quite good. I have indicated to you some questions I raised. The CIA
one-'is rather spotty and the point very weak, for example, the treatment
of defense against active measures. It seems to me the CIA responses are
the most meager compared to the range of threat with which it has to deal.
One critical task which, it seems to me, will need to be-addressed is a
discussion of the relative significance of the various threats, i.e.,
espionage/SIGINT, imagery/security, etc., and the relative effectiveness
and cost of the various countermeasures. Everything can't be considered:
Certainly everything can't be done at once. Therefore, the things that are
most critical that can be addressed the most quickly and that will counter
the critical threats most effectively need to be defined and tackled first.
I haven't read the State paper. I will get around to that sometime.
William "Casey
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