LETTERS OF INVITATION TO SSCI HEARING ON THIRD WORLD COLLECTION 20 MARCH 1986

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• Publication Date: March 6, 1986
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NOTE FOR: D/ICS
Chief, Legislative Liaison
STAT
SUBJECT: Letters of Invitation to SSCI
Hearing on Third World Collection
20 March 1986
Attached are the signed letters of
invitation to the subject SSCI Hearing, which
I referred to in my memo to you of 4 March.
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SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON. DC 20610
IN RESPOtiSE, PLEASE
REFER TO >~85- 0799
February 27, 1986
Ambassador Morton Abramowitz
Director ~.
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Department of State
2201 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20520
On behalf of the Select Committee on Intelligence,
we wish. to invite you to appear before a hearing the
Committee will hold on March 20th at 4:00 P.M. The purpose
of this hearing is to address issues relating to planning of
intelligence on potentially critical situations in the Third
World. This hearing is being held?as part of the Select
Committee's review of the Fiscal Year 1987 National Intelli-
gence Strategy and the Committee's consideration of guidelines
for the FY 1988 National Intelligence Strategy.
The hearing will be held before the Eull Committee and,
of course, will be closed. Security considerations require
you to furnish a list of all witnesses and staff who will
accompany you to the Committee Clerk at least 24 hours in
advance of the hearing. We ask that your presentation be
as informal as possible and that any prepared statements be
submitted for the record. Your presentation should not
exceed 10-15 minutes so as to allow ample time for questions
by the Committee Members.
In our hearings, we are examining the entire intelligence
process; the levying of requirements; the collection,
analysis, and dissemination of intelligence information; and
the use of this information by the intelligence consumer.
As a key producer of intelligence on the Third World,
the Committee would like you briefly to outline your near-term
priorities for intelligence collection and analysis on
potentially critical situations that could affect important
U.S. interests there.
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Ambassador Morton Abramowitz
February 27, 1986
Page Two
In addition to yourself, we have also invited to
attend our March 20th hearing Secretary of State Shultz,
and Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs, in order to provide the
Committee an intelligence consumer's perspective. For the
views of other intelligence producers we have invited Mr.
Robert M. Gates, Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central
Intelligence Agency and LTG Leonard Perroots, Director,
Defense Intelligence Agency.
To give our staff ample time to prepare briefing materials
for this hearing, please arrange for your representatives
who will be involved in the preparation for the session to
meet with our staff at least ten days before your scheduled
appearance. This will ensure that the Committee will be able
to cover all relevant issues.
If your staff has any questions concerning this hearing,
please have them contact John Desp~es or Bruce Berkowitz, our
staff members who are handling the arrangements for this
session.
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Patrick J. Leahy
Vice Chairman
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WASNINGTON, DC 10610
IN RESPO[vSE, PLEASE
REFER TO X85- 0799
February 27, 1986
Mr. Robert M. Gates
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
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On behalf of the Select Committee on Intelligence,
we wish to invite you to appear before a hearing the
Committee will hold on March 20th at 4:00 P.M. The purpose
of this hearing is to address issues relating to planning of
intelligence on potentially critical situations in the Third
World. This hearing is being held as part of the Select
Committee's review of the Fiscal Ye,er 1987 National Intelli-
gence Strategy and the Committee's"consideration of guidelines
for the FY 1988 National Intelligence Strategy.
The hearing will be held before the full Committee and,
of course, will be closed. Security considerations require
you to furnish a list of all witnesses and staff who will
accompany you to the Committee Clerk at least 24 hours in
advance of the hearing. We ask that your presentation be
as informal as possible and that any prepared statements be
submitted for the record. Your presentation should not
exceed 10-15 minutes so as to allow ample time for questions
by the Committee Members.
In our hearings, we are examining the entire intelligence
process; the levying of requirements; the collection,
analysis, and dissemination of intelligence information; and
the use of this information by the intelligence consumer.
As a key producer of intelligence on the Third World, the
Committee would like you briefly to outline your near-term
priorities for intelligence collection and analysis on
potentially critical situations that could affect important
U.S. interests there.
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Mr. Robert M. Gates
February 27, 1986
Page Two
In addition to yourself, we have also invited to
attend our March 20th hearing Secretary of State Shultz,
and Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs, in order to provide the
Committee an intelligence consumer's perspective. For the
views of other intelligence producers we have invited
Ambassador Morton Ambramowitz, Director, Bureau for Intelli-
gence and Research of the Department of State and LTG
Leonard Perroots, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.
To give our staff ample time to prepare briefing materials
for this hearing, please arrange for your representatives
who will be involved in the preparation for the session to
meet with our staff at least ten days before your scheduled
appearance. This will ensure that the Committee will be able
to cover all relevant issues.
If your staff has any questions concerning this hearing,
please have them contact John Desp;res or Bruce Berkowitz, our
staff members who are handling the~arran~ements for this
session.
Patrick J. Leahy
Vice Chairman
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WASHINGTON, pC 20S IO
February 27, 1986
Lieutenant General Leonard Perroots, USAF
Director
Defense Intelligence Agency
The Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20301
IN RESPONSE, PLEASE
REFER TO X85-0799
Dear Lenny:
On behalf of the Select Committee on Intelligence,
we wish to invite you to appear before a hearing the
Co?ittee will hold on March 20th at 4:00 P.M. The purpose
of this hearing is to address issues relating to planning of
intelligence on potentially critical situations in the Third
World. This hearing is being held~?as part of the Select
Committee's review of the Fiscal Yesr 1987 National Intelli-
gence Strategy and the Committee's consideration of guidelines
for the FY 1988 National Intelligence Strategy.
The hearing will be held before the cull Committee and,
of course, will be closed. Security considerations require
you to furnish a list of all witnesses and staff who will
accompany you to the Committee Clerk at least 24 hours in
advance of the hearing. We ask that your presentation be
as informal as possible and that any prepared statements be
submitted for the record. Your presentation should not
exceed 10-15 minutes so as to allow ample time for questions
by the Committee Members.
In our hearings, we are examining the entire intelligence
process; the levying of requirements; the collection,
analysis, and dissemination of intelligence information; and
the use of this information by the intelligence consumer.
As a key producer of intelligence on the Third World, the
Committee would like you briefly to outline your near-term
priorities for intelligence collection and analysis on
potentially critical situations that could affect important
U.S. interests there.
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Lieutenant General Perroots, USAF
Februat~ 27, 1986
Page ?pro
In addition to yourself , we have also invited to
attend our March 20th hearing Secretary of State Shultz,
and Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs, in order to provide the
Committee an intelligence consumer's perspective. For the
views of other intelligence producers we have invited Mr.
Robert M. Gates, Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central
Intelligence Agency and Ambassador Morton Abramowitz,
Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the
Department of State.
To give our staff ample time to prepare briefing materials
for this hearing, please arrange for your representatives
who will be involved in the preparation for the session to
meet with our staff at least ten days before your scheduled
appearance. This will ensure that the Committee will be able
to cover all relevant issues.
If your staff has any questidiss concerning this hearing,
please have them contact John DespYes or Bruce Berkowitz, our
staff members who are handling the arrangements for this
Patrick J. Leahy
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The Honorable Richard Armitage
Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs
The Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20301
IN RESPONSE, PLEASE
REFEk TO #86-0799
Dear Assistant Secretary Armitage:
On behalf of the Select Committee on Intelligence,
we wish to invite you to appear before a hearing the
Committee will hold on March 20th at 4:00 P.M. The purpose
of this hearing is to address issues relating to planning of
intelligence on potentially critical situations in the Third
World. This hearing is being held As part of the Select
Committee's review of the Fiscal Year 1987 National Intelli-
gence Strategy and the Committee's consideration of guidelines
for the FY 1988 National Intelligence Strategy.
The hearing will be held before the Eull Committee and,
of course, will be closed. Security considerations require
you to furnish a list of all witnesses and staff who will
accompany you to the Committee Clerk at least 24 hours in
advance of the hearing. We ask that your presentation be
as informal as possible and that any prepared statements be
submitted for the record. Your presentation should not
exceed 10-15 minutes so as to allow ample time for questions
by the Committee Members.
In our hearings, we are examining the entire intelligence
process; the levying of requirements; the collection,
analysis, and dissemination of intelligence information; and
the use of this information by the intelligence consumer.
As a key intelligence consumer, the Committee would like you
to outline the needs you foresee for intelligence collection,
analysis, and support to anticipate and manage potentially
critical situations that could affect important U.S. interests
in the Third World. We would also like you to address
the specific priorities you believe the Intelligence
Community should adopt in addressing these needs and longer-
term requirements for future intelligence on the Third
World.
~initcd ~tatcs Senate
SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
WAEMINGTON. OC 20610
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The Heaerable Richard Armitage
Febru~t} 27, 1986
Peggy '!'ro
Yn addition to yourself , we have also invited to
attend our March 20th hearing Secretary of State Shultz,
to provide the'Committee views on these issues from the
perspective of foreign policy planners. For the views of
intelligence producers, we have invited Mr. Robert M. Gates,
Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence
Agency; LTG Leonard Perroots, Director, Defense Intelligence
Agency; and Ambassador Morton Ambramowitz, Director, Bureau
for Intelligence and Research of the Department of State.
To give our staff ample time to prepare briefing materials
for this hearing, please arrange for your representatives
who will be involved in the preparation for the session to
meet with our staff at least ten days before your scheduled
appearance. This will ensure that the Committee will be able
to cover all relevant issues.
If your staff has any questions concerning this hearing,
please have them contact John Des~es or Bruce Berkowitz, our
staff members who are handling the'~arrangements for this
session.
uren~er
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Pa hick J. Leahy
Vice Chairman
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The Honorable George Shultz
Secretary of State.
2201 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20520
IN RESPONSE, PLEASE
REFER TO #86- 0799
Dear Mr. Secretary:
On behalf of the Select Committee on Intelligence,
we wish to invite you to appear before a hearing the
Committee will hold on March 20th at 4:00 P.M. The purpose
of this hearing is to address issues relating to planning of
intelli once on potentially critical situations in the Third
World. his hearing is being held as part of the Select
Committee's review of the Fiscal Year 1987 National Intelli-
gence Strategy and the Committee's consideration of guidelines
for the FY 1988 National Intelligence Strategy.
The hearing will be held-before the full Committee and,
of course, will be closed. Security considerations require
you to furnish a list of all witnesses and staff who will
accompany you to the Committee Clerk at least 24 hours in
advance of the hearing. We ask that your presentation be
as informal as possible and that any prepared statements be
submitted for the record. Your presentation should not
exceed 10-15 minutes so as to allow ample time for questions
by the Committee Members.
In our hearings, we are examining the entire intelligence
process; the levying of requirements; the collection,
analysis, and dissemination of intelligence information; and
the uae of this information by the intelligence consumer.
As a key intelligence consumer, the Committee would like you
to outline the needs you foresee for intelligence collection,
analysis, and support to anticipate and manage potentially
critical situations that could affect important U.S. interests
in the Third World. we would also like you to address
the specific priorities you believe the Intelligence
Community should adopt in addressing these needs and longer-
term requirements for future intelligence on the Third
World.
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The Honorable George Shultz
February 27, 1986
Page Tro
In addition to yourself, we have also invited to
attend our March 20th hearing Richard Armitage, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, to
provide the Committee views on these issues from the per-
spective of the Defense policy planners. For the views of
intelligence producers, we have invited Mr. Robert M. Gates,
Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence
Agency; LTG Leonard Perroots, Director, Defense Intelligence
Agency; and Ambassador Morton Ambramowitz, Director, Bureau
for Intelligence and Research of the Department of State.
To give our staff ample time to prepare briefing materials
for this hearing, please arrange for your representatives
who will be involved in the preparation for the session to
meet with our staff at least ten days before your scheduled
appearance. This will ensure that the Committee will be able
to cover all relevant issues.
If your staf f has any questidci~ concerning this hearing,
please have them contact John Despl~es or Bruce Berkowitz, our
staff members who are handling the .arrangements for this
session.
Patrick J . Leahy
Vice Chairman
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