DDI ACTIVITY REPORT 6-10 JANUARY 1986

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90G01359R000200070027-2
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2011
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: January 10, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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DDI 00161-86
10 January 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Robert M. Gates
Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT: DDI Activity Report 6-10 January 1986
DCI/DDCI Assigned Tasks
OEA prepared talking points on the election campaign in the
Philippines.
OSWR prepared a briefing paper for the DDI and a letter for
the DCI in response to a memorandum from the Director of NSA
regarding the proposed sale of a US Cyber 205 supercomputer to
India.
OGI and NESA prepared a White Paper on Libyan support for
terrorism and political violence. The President passed on his
thanks for the fine work and noted that the White Paper will be
issued under his seal for passage to a variety of heads of state.
NESA provided talking points for the DCI on Libyan political
reactions to the Vienna and Rome attacks and the status of the
Libyan military alert, and talking points for the DDCI on Libyan
reactions to US sanctions. NESA also prepared a typescript for
the DCI on Libya's likely response to the President's special
measures against Libya.
ALA prepared a typescript for the DCI that assessed the
recent series of articles on South Africa in The Washington Post.
ACIS, in conjunction with NIO/SP, SOYA, and OSWR, completed
a report to the President on US responses to Soviet arms control
violations.
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SOVA provided talking points for the DDCI on the likely
Soviet approach to the next round of the Nuclear and Space Talks.
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Policy Support
OSWR briefed several Department of Defense officials
including: Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategic and
Theater Nuclear Weapons, Dr. Woodruff, on the Soviet Blackjack
bomber; Don Fredericksen, General Funk and others from the Office
of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, on the Soviet Air
Defense; and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Negotiation Policy, Doug Faith, on Soviet techniques for net
military-technical assessments and weapons for forecasting.
EURA prepared a typescript looking at the extent of Western
Europe's economic relationships with Libya for Deputy Secretary
of State Whitehead. Mr. Whitehead is going to Western Europe
next week to seek support for US policy toward Libya.
EURA briefed the Ambassador to Hungary, Salgo on Hungary's
domestic situation, its relationship with the USSR, and prospects
for relations with the West. The meeting also involved State and
DoD.
OGI and NESA are making contributions to a daily situation
report requested by NSC's Don Fortier on terrorism indicators in
the aftermath of the imposition of US economic sanctions on
Libya.
OGI participated in reviewing Libya's oil situation in
support of policy formulation for US economic sanctions.
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NESA prepared a typescript for the JCS on Libyan military
and intelligence targets and US objectives.
ALA briefed Sam Watson, Special Assistant to Vice President
Bush, on Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
ALA prepared a typescript for the Secretary of State's
Advisory Committee on South Africa on the current viability of
the Rockefeller Commission Report entitled, "South Africa: Time
Running Out."
ACIS reports that the SALT Monitoring Report draft for the
period 1 June through 32 December 1985 has been disseminated.
ACIS participated in several meetings with delegations and
others on the Nuclear and Space Talks, the Conference on
Disarmament, and CW proliferation.
ACIS and SOVA briefed Ambassador Bremmer, The Hague, on
Soviet INF. SOVA also briefed Ambassador Glitman and the INF
delegation on Soviet strategic targeting of Europe.
SOVA published a typescript on Shevardnadze's visit to
Japan. Shevardnadze's official talks with Foreign Minister Abe
in Tokyo will offer a significant test of Gorbachev's ability to
deal with geopolitical trends that run against the grain of
Soviet interests.
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OCR opened its new Information Center, providing a central
contact point for Agency employees to access OCR's services.
OSWR provided update briefing to Vice
Admiral DeMars, the new DCNO for Submarine Warfare.
EURA and SOVA analysts met with Professor Bud Collier of the
University of Houston to discuss the East German system of
managing the economy and Soviet attitudes toward it.
A EURA economist attended a seminar at the Federal Reserve
Bank in New York on Hungary's economic prospects.
OGI participated in the first meeting of the National
Narcotics Intelligence Consumers Committee--sub-committee on
production. This interagency sub-committee will provide
narcotics production estimates for the annual naroctics
intelligence estimate.
SOVA briefed General Doyle, Director of Intelligence for
CINC, SAC, and members of his staff at SAC Headquarters on our
latest military-economic assessments of Soviet defense programs.
Briefings on the Hill
There were 7 briefings on the Hill this past week.
OGI briefed senior staffers on the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee on the situation in Colombia, Bolivia, and 25X1
Peru.
NESA briefed SSCI members on Libyan links to Abu Nidal and
Libyan sponsorship of terrorism. NESA also briefed Cass Yost,
Senate staffer, on Jordan, Israel, and Syria in preparation for
his trip to the Middle East.
Robert i.-Gates
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