LETTER TO WILLIAM WEBSTER FROM JAMES MEASON

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October 21, 1988
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90GO1353ROO1500180007-4 kT Ir ROUTING SUP Remarks ACTION INFO DATE INITIAL 1 DCI X 2 DDCI X 3 EXDIR 4 D/ICS 5 DDI 6 DDA 7 DDO 8 DDS&T 9 Chm/NIC 10 GC 11 IG 12 Compt 13 D/OCA 14 D/PAO X 15 D/PERS 16 D/Ex Staff 17 18 19 20 21 22 ?. 3637 (148,, STAT U Exe6tiO Secretary 28 Oct '88 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90GO1353R001500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03 CIA-RDP90GO1353ROO1500180007-4 rCD TARIAT 3637 ACTION INFO DATE INITIAL 1 DCI X 2 DDCI X 3 EXDIR 4 D/ICS 5 DDI 6 DDA 7 DDO 8 DDS&T 9 Chm/NIC 10 GC 11 IG 12 Compt 13 D/OCA 14 D/PAO X 15 D/PERS 16 D/Ex Staff 17 18 19 20 21 22 U 4 d =-,cam:., ..- f.?~. 'Lr '88 Gill f~ Date Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03 CIA-RDP90GO1353R001500180007_4 ?-- ` STAT Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90GO1353R001500180007-4 0; Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90GO1353R001500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353RO01500180007-4 COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS FOUNDING CHAIRMEN ELLSwoRTN BDNIER (1983-1984) W. AVERELL HARRIMAN (1983-1986) HONORARY CHAIRMEN JOHN SHERMAN COOPER KENNETH RUSH CO-CHAIRMEN DAVID ABSHIRE WILLIAM J. VANDEN HEUVEL PRESIDENT WILLIAM MCC. BLAIR, JR. VICE CHAIRMEN ANGIER BIDDLE DUKE WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD FRANKLIN H. WILLIAMS MILTON A. WOLF VICE PRESIDENTS JOHN D.J. MOORE SALLY A. SHELTON-COLBY TREASURER HENRY L. KIMELMAN SECRETARY DAVID S. SMITH BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILLIAM MCC. BLAIR, JR. WALTER J.P. CURLEY PETER H. DAILEY SHELBY CULLOM DAVIS GUILFORD DUDLEY, JR. ANGIER BIDDLE DUKE JOSEPH S. FAALAND ALBERT FAY GEORGE J. FELDMAN RICHARD N. GARDNER JAMES DAY HODGSON JOHN G. HURD PHILIP M. KAISER HENRY L. KIMELMAN WILBERT J. LEMELLE WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD ANNE CLARK MARTINDELL GALE W. MCGEE GEORGE C. MCGHEE LLOYD I. MILLER JOHN D.J. MOORE ROBERT G. NEUMANN CHRISTOPHER H. PHILLIPS PAUL H. ROBINSON, JR. KENNETH RUSH NICOLAS M. SALGO SALLY A. SHELTON-COLBY DAVID S. SMITH JOAN E. SPEED WILLIAM J. VANDEN HEUVEL FRANKLIN H. WILLIAMS MILTON A. WoLF COUNSELOR DAVID D. NETVSOM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAMES E. MEASON The Honorable William H. Webster Director of Central Intelligence Washington, D.C. 20505 Dear Director Webster: October 21, 1988 The Council of American Ambassadors extends you a warm invitation to inpa FaF -mweee ang -on ceme`?ls't & the 5tat ! -rtm The Council, a bi-partisan organization, is comprised of approximately 200 current former non-career U.S. Ambassadors. One of its many activities has been the sponsorship of eight highly successful international affairs oriented semi-annual meetings. Past participants have included, among others, Vice President Bush, Secretary Shultz, William Casey, William Colby, Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Senators Lugar and Percy, Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Caspar Weinberger, Admirals Crowe and Yost, General Vernon Walters, Dr. David Warnke, and Paul Nitze. I am enclosing, for your information, copies of our membersip list and Spring 1988 meeting program. Our program will concern two basic issues: the foreign policy transition (morning session) and aspects of Reagan Administration foreign and national security policy (afternoon session). Your experience and insight would prove to be a valuable addition to the afternoon session. Our programs are run on a non-attribution basis. am willing to discuss the nature of your participation at your earliest convenience. An individual address would be preferable, perhaps speaking to the role of the Intelligence Community in foreign policy formulation, the problems encountered with Congress in the intelligence area, and the impact of rapid technological innovation on intelligence gathering capabilities. A luncheon will be served for all participants, Council members, and guests in the Benjamin Franklin ballroom at State. The luncheon address will be given by Ambassador David Abshire, President of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and concern the future of the Atlantic .Alliance. While the panelists for the transition program will, out of necessity, remain undetermined until after the election, a Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90GO1353R001500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353RO01500180007-4 number of individuals have been invited to participate in the afternoon session. They include Secretary George Shultz, the Honorable William Taft, Lt. Gen. Colin Powell, the Honorable Robert McFarlane, and General Robert Herres. As you can see, quite a program has been planned. The Council would be honored by your acceptance of our invitation. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Respectfully yours, James E. Meason Executive Director Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353RO01500180007-4 y Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353RO01500180007-4 COlJNCIL OF AMERICAN AMASSADORS SPRING--1958- MEETING Department of State, Room 1105 April 21, 1988 8:15 Officers' Meeting & Building Passes 8:45-9:00 Registration 9:05-9:15 Opening Remarks The Honorable William McC. Blair, Jr. The Honorable William J. vanden Heuvel Morning Session: "Prospects for Middle East Negotiations' 9:15-9:45 Morning Keynote Address: Mr. Edward P. Djerejian Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs 10:00-11:30 Panel Discussion Moderator: The Honorable William J. vanden Heuvel Dr. Muhammad Hallaj Director, Palestine Research and Educational Center The Honorable Rita Hauser Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan The Honorable Harold H. Saunders Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Dr. David Sidorsky Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University 11:45-12:00 "The Changing Nature of Multilateral Trade Diplomacy: GATT's Uruguay Round" The Honorable Michael A. Samuels United States Trade Representative to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 12:00-1:15 Luncheon Benjamin Franklin Room Luncheon Address: "The Run for the Presidency" Mr. Eddie Williams President, Joint Center for Political Studies Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353RO01500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 Afternoon Session: "The Foreign Policy Aspects of Drug Trafficking" 1:45-2:45 Afternoon Keynote Address: The Honorable Charles B. Rangel Chairman of the House of Representatives Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control 3:00-4:30 Panel Discussion Moderator: The Honorable John A. Gavin The Honorable Mathea Falco Former Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters The Honorable Michael Sotirhos U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica Mr. Jerrold Mark Dion Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters Admiral Paul A. Yost, Jr. Commandant of the United States Coast Guard Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 ' Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 Members of the Council of American Ambassadors As of July 27, 1988 POST(S) AND DATES OF SERVICE David Abshire Gardner Ackley Samuel C. Adams, Jr. Weston Adams Thomas H. Anderson Anne L. Armstrong William Attwood Mark Evans Austad George W. Ball Ralph E. Becker Milan Bish Shirley Temple Black William McC. Blair, Jr. (Founding Member) Theodore R. Britton, Jr. Keith L. Brown H. Monroe Browne NATO, 1983-1987 Italy, 1968-1969 Republic of Niger, 1968-1969 Malawi, 1984-1986 Barbados, 1984-1986 Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1976-1977 Guinea, 1961-1963; Kenya, 1964-1966 United Nations Delegate 1973 Finland, 1974-1977 Norway, 1981-1984 United Nations, 1968 Honduras, 1976-1977 Barbados, Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, 1981-1984 Ghana, 1974-1976 Denmark, 1961-1964; Philippines, 1964-1967 Barbados and Grenada, 1974-1977 Lesotho, 1982-1983 New Zealand, 1981-1985 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 James F. Campbell Walter C. Carrington Henry E. Catto, Jr. Anne Cox Chambers. William H. Crook Walter J.P. Curley (Founding Member) Kenneth Curtis Peter H. Dailey (Founding Member) Francis L. Dale Arthur H. Davis Shelby Cullom Davis (Founding Member) True Davis C. Douglas Dillon (Founding Member) John E. Dolibois Diana Lady Dougan POST(S) AND DATES OF SERVICE E1 Salvador,-1974-1976 Senegal, 1980-1981 El Salvador, 1971-1973; European Office of U.N. (Geneva), 1976-1977 Belgium, 1977-1981 Australia, 1968-1969 Ireland, 1975-1977 Canada, 1979-1981 Ireland, 1982-1984 Special Envoy to NATO Countries European Office of U.N. (Geneva), 1974-1976 Paraguay, 1982-1986 Panama, 1986- Switzerland, 1969-1975 Switzerland, 1963-1965 France, 1953-1957 Luxembourg, 1981-1985 U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, 1982-1988 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 H. Eugene Douglas POST(S) AND DATES OF SERVICE Ambassador-At-Large and U.S. Coordinator for Refugee Affairs, 1982-1985 Edward R. Dudley Guilford Dudley, Jr. (Founding Member) Angier Biddle Duke (Founding Member) Ralph Earle II John S. D. Eisenhower Richard M. Fairbanks, III Joseph S. Farland (Founding Member) Albert Fay (Founding Member) George J. Feldman (Founding Member) Glenn W. Ferguson Kenneth Franzheim, II David B. Funderburk John Kenneth Galbraith Richard N. Gardner Liberia, 1948-1953 Denmark, 1969-1972 El Salvador, 1952-1953; Spain, 1965-1968; Denmark, 1968-1969; Morocco, 1979-1981 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, 1977-1980 Belgium 1969-1971 Ambassador-at-Large, 1984 - 1985 Luxembourg, 1973-1976 Dominican Republic, 1957-1960; Panama,1960-1963; Pakistan, 1969-1972; Iran, 1972-1973 Trinidad and Tobago, 1976-1977 Malta, 1965-1967; Luxembourg, 1967-1970 Kenya,'1966-1969 New Zealand, Western Samoa, Fiji and Kingdom of Tonga, 1969-1972 Romania, 1981-1985 India, 1961-1963 Italy, 1977-1981 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 John A. Gavin Jean Gerard Joseph Ghougassian Rosemary L. Ginn Robert F. Goheen Arthur J. Goldberg Lincoln Gordon Ernest Gross James W. Hargrove Ulric S. Haynes, Jr. William A. Hewitt James Day Hodgson John G. Hurd (Founding Member) Robert S. Ingersoll John N. Irwin, II Mari-Luci Jaramillo William J. Jorden Geri M. Joseph Philip M. Kaiser POST(S) AND DATES OF SERVICE Mexico, 1981-1986 UNESCO, 1981-1985 Luxembourg, 1985- Qatar, 1986- Luxembourg, 1976-1977 India, 1977-1980 United Nations, 1965-1968 Brazil, 1961-1966 The United Nations, 1949- 1953 Australia, 1976-1977 Algeria, 1977-1981 Jamaica, 1982-1985 Japan, 1974-1977 Republic of South Africa, 1970-1975 Japan, 1972-1973 France, 1973-1974 Honduras, 1977-1980 Panama, 1974-1978 Netherlands, 1978-1981 Senegal and Mauritania, 1961-1964; Hungary, 1977-1980; Austria, .1980-1981 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 -5- POST(S) AND DATES OF SERVICE Henry L. Kimelman (Founding Member) William R. Kintner Philip M. Klutznick (Founding Member) V. John Krehbiel L.W. Lane, Jr. T. Vincent Learson Wilbert J. LeMelle Sol M. Linowitz John L. Loeb, Jr. John J. Louis, Jr. (Founding Member) Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr. Patrick J. Lucey Patricia Gates Lynch William B. Macomber William P. Mahoney, Jr. William S. Mailliard Warren D. Manshel Haiti, 1980-1981 Thailand, 1973-1975 U.N. Economic and Social Council, 1961-1963 Finland, 1973-1975 Australia and Nauru, 1985- U.N. Law of the Sea Conference, 1975-1977 Kenya and the Seychelles, 1977-1980 Organization of American States, 1966-1969; Middle East Peace Negotiations, 1979-1981 Denmark, 1981-1983 United Kingdom, 1981-1983 El Salvador, 1976-1977 Mexico, 1977-1979 Madagascar and Comoros 1986 Jordan, 1961-1963; Turkey, 1973-1977 Ghana, 1962-1965 Organization of American States, 1974-1977 Denmark, 1978-1981 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 Anthony D. Marshall Anne Clark Martindell (Founding Member) Marquita M. Maytag (Founding Member) H. Carl McCall POST(S) AND DATES OF SERVICE Madagascar, 1969-1972 Trinidad and Tobago, 1972- 1974; Kenya, 1974-1977 Seychelles, 1976-1977 New Zealand, 1979-1981 Nepal, 1976-1977 United Nations, 1979-1980 George C. McGhee Donald F. McHenry Robert M. McKinney (Founding'Member) Dr. Thomas Patrick Melady J. William Middendorf, II David Charles Miller, Jr. Lloyd I. Miller (Founding Member) John D.J. Moore Ambler Holmes Moss, Jr. Organization of American States 1977-1981 Turkey, 1951-1953; Federal Republic of Germany, 1963-1968 Ambassador-at-Large 1968-19.69 United Nations, 1977-1981 International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1957-1958; Switzerland, 1961-1963 Burundi, 1969-1972; Uganda, 1972-1973 The Netherlands, 1969-1973; Organization of American States, 1981-1985, European Communities 1985- Tanzania 1981-1984 Zimbabwe 1984-1986 Trinidad and Tobago, 1974-1975 Ireland, 1969-1975 Panama, 1978-1982 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90GO1353R001500180007-4 NAME Daniel Patrick Moynihan Charles J. Nelson Mr. Robert D. Nesen Robert G. Neumann Barbara Newell Herman Nickel POST(S) AND DATES OF SERVICE India, 1973-1975 United Nations 1975-1976 Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland, 1971-1974 Australia, 1981-1985 Afghanistan, 1966-73 Morocco, 1973-76 Saudi Arabia, 1981 U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1979-1980 South Africa 1982-1986 .Victor H. Palmieri Robert L. Payton (Founding Member) Cynthia Shepard Perry Christopher H. Phillips Robert H. Phinny (Lifetime Member) Alberto M. Piedra John Charles Pritzlaff, Jr. Maxwell M. Rabb Sidney A. Rand Joseph Verner Reed U.S. Coordinator for Refugee Affairs, 1979-1981 Cameroon, 1967-1969 Sierra Leone, 1986- United Nations, 1969-1973 Swaziland, 1982-1984 Guatemala, 1984- Malta, 1969-1972 Italy, 1981- Norway, 1980-1981 Morocco, 1981-1985 United Nations, 1985-1987 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353RO01500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 POST(S) AND DATES OF SERVICE Otto J. Reich Ogden R. Reid Walter Rice Elliot L. Richardson Paul H. Robinson, Jr. Joe M. Rodgers James Roosevelt Francis S. Ruddy Donald H. Rumsfeld Kenneth Rush (Lifetime Member) Fred J. Russell Nicholas Ruwe Nicolas M. Salgo Herbert Salzman Michael A..Samuels Venezuela, 1986- Israel, 1959-1961 Australia, 1969-1973 United Kingdom, 1975-1976; U.N. Law of the Sea Conference, 1977-1980 Canada, 1981-1985 France, 1985- U.N. Economic and social council-, 1965-1967 Equatorial Guinea, 1984-1988 North Atlantic Treaty Organi- zation, Brussels, 1973-1974 Federal Republic of Germany, 1969-1972; France, 1974-1977 Denmark, 1971-1972 Barbados, St. Kitt, Antigua, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Dominica, 1986- Iceland, 1985- Hungary, 1983-1986 Organization for Economic and Community Development, Paris, 1977-1981 Sierra Leone, 1975-1977 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 1986- Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 Aiam B. Saxbe in A. Scali 3lph W. Schmidt :kwell A. Schnabel lliam B. Schwartz, Jr. iliam W. Scranton orge M. Seignious, II lliam V. Shannon lly A. Shelton-Colby argent Shriver lliot P. Skinner vid Shiverick Smith (Lifetime tuber) rl E. T. Smith obert Solwin Smith arion H. Smoak ichael Sotirhos oan E. Spero (Founding member) arry F. Stimpson, Jr. obert S. Strauss POST(S) AND DATES OF SERVICE India, 1975-1977 United Nations, 1973-1975 Canada, 1969-1974 Finland, 1986- Bahamas, 1977-1981 United Nations, 1976-1977 Arms Control Negotiations, 1979-1980 Ireland, 1977-1981 Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Dominica, 1979-1981 France, 1968-1970 Upper Volta, 1966-1969 Sweden, 1976-1977 Cuba, 1957-1959 Ivory coast, 1974-1976 Chief of Protocol, 1974 Jamaica, 1985- U.N. Economic and Social Council, 1980-1981 Paraguay, 1959-1961 Special Trade Representative 1977-1979; Middle East Negotiations, 1979 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353RO01500180007-4 -10- Robert Strausz-Huge Robert D. Stuart, Jr. J. Fife Symington, Jr. William H. Taft, III Phillips Talbot Gerald E. Thomas Marietta Tree William Cochrane Turner John E. Upston, Jr. Abelardo L. Valdez William J. vanden Heuvel (Founding Member) Jack Hood Vaughn John A. Volpe Robert F. Wagner Richard L. Walker William N. Walker Vernon A. Walters POST(S) AND DATES OF SERVICE Ceylon and Maldives, 1970-1972; Belgium, 1972-1974; Sweden, 1974-1976; NATO,. 1976-1977; Turkey, 1981 Norway 1984 Trinidad and Tobago Ireland, 1953-1957 Greece, 1965-1969 Guyana, 1981-1983 Kenya 1983-1986 United Nations, 1961-1965 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 1974-1977 Rwanda, 1985-1987 Chief of Protocol, 1979-1981 European Office of the U.N. (Geneva), 1977-1979; United Nations, 1979-1981 Panama, 1964-1965;_ Colombia, 1969-1970 Italy, 1973-1977 Spain, 1968-1969 South Korea, 1981-1985 Multilateral Trade Negoti- ations, 1975-1977 Ambassador-at-Large, 1981-1985 United Nations, 1985- Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353RO01500180007-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4 Marvin L. Warner Paul Warnke Leon J. Weil John C. West James Russell Wiggins Franklin H. Williams Richard S. Williamson William A. Wilson James W. Wine Curtin Winsor, Jr. Milton A. Wolf (Lifetime Member) Leonard Woodcock W. Howard Wriggins Jerauld Wright Fred M. Zeder II POST(S) AND DATES OF SERVICE Switzerland, 1977-1979 International Arms Control Negotiations, 1977-1978 Nepal, 1984- Saudi Arabia, 1977-1981 United Nations, 1968-1969 U.N. Economic and Social Council, 1963-1965; Ghana, 1965-1968 U.N. Agencies, Vienna 1983-1985 Holy See, 1984-1986 Luxembourg, 1961-1962; Ivory Coast, 1962-1966 Costa Rica, 1983-1985 Austria, 1977-1980 People's Republic of China, 1977-1981 Sri Lanka, 1977-1980 Republic of China, 1964-1966 Micronesian Status Negotiations, 1982-1987 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/03: CIA-RDP90G01353R001500180007-4