MEETING WITH CHARLES A. TRABANDT CHIEF COUNSEL OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES ON 20 SEPTEMBER 1984 TO DISCUSS IMPLICATIONS OF THE PAKISTANI NUCLEAR PROGRAM

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• Publication Date: September 21, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Diroctor of Central Intelligence
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National Intelligence Council
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Meeting with Charles A. Trabandt, Chief Counsel
of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, on 20 September 1984 to Discuss
Implications of the Pakistani Nuclear Program
CHRO
NIC 05449-84
21 September 1984
1. As a follow-up and update to the briefing for Mr. Trabandt on
6 July 1984, of Office of Legislative Liaison and I met with Mr.
Trabandt in his o ice. 0
2. I gave Mr. Trabandt a very general sense of the conclusions of the
recent Special National Intelligence Estimate on the prospects for
hostilities between India and Pakistan. I also noted that there was not
any significant change in the Chinese relationship to the Pakistani-nuclear
program (see prior Memorandum for the Recorder 04049-84, dated 13 July
1984
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or details of previous discussion).
3. We also discussed the prospects for Senator Cranston to propose an
amendment relating to foreign assistance to Pakistan in the context of
Pakistani efforts to develop a nuclear device. He inquired about whether
any analysis had been done of the accuracy of Senator Cranston's June 21
speech on the floor of the Senate,, and I assured him that a detailed
assessment had been carried out.
David B. Low
National Intelligence Officer at Large
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