FOLLOWING YOUR CONVERSATION WITH SY WEISS EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN HE INDICATED HIS WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A PANEL MEMBER, I PREPARED THESE LETTERS FOR YOU AND THE DIRECTOR.

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• Publication Date: January 7, 1988
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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington. D.C. 20505
National Intelligence Council
NIC #00089-88
7 January 1988
NOTE FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: H. F. Hutchinson, Jr.
Acting Chairman
Following your conversation with Sy Weiss earlier this week when he
indicated his willingness to continue to serve as a panel member, I prepared
these letters for you and the Director.
At Attachment 1 you will find a letter for the Director to send to Sy
thanking him for his service as Chairman of the Military Advisory Panel. At
Attachment 2 are individual letters to members of the MAP from you thanking
them for their service to date and pointing out that the chairmanship will
be changing.
The third attachment is Sy Weiss' personal memo to other members of the
MAP indicating the pending change in the MAP. He dictated this today as a
draft for you to review for consistency with other official notice to the
MAP members.
Your concurrence with Sy's draft would be appreciated as soon as
possible. Obviously, signature on the letters at the other attachments
would be appropriate in the very near future.
Attachments:
As stated
. F. Hutchinson, Jr.
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NOTE FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: H. F. Hutchinson, Jr.
Acting Chairman
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7 January 1988
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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington. D. C.20505
Ambassador Seymour Weiss
Dear Sy:
I wish to express my appreciation for your accomplishments as the
chairman of the Military Advisory Panel. It is clear to me that the panel
has given valuable advice and insight to the National Intelligence Officers,
the DDCI and the DCI.
Your service as chairman has been noted by the DDCI and the Acting
Chairman of the National Intelligence Council as exemplary. Your sense of
duty and diligence in marshaling the broad experience of the panel is deeply
appreciated by them. I am pleased that you will continue to serve as a
member of the panel and look forward to hearing your views on our national
intelligence program in the next year.
Sincerely yours,
William H. Webster
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The Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Washington.D. C.20505
Dear Tom:
Judge Webster asked me to convey his appreciation for the assistance
that the Military Advisory Panel has been to him and especially for the
insights you have provided to the National Intelligence Officers over a
longer period. As a beneficiary of your advice through my tenure as the
Deputy Director for Intelligence, the Chairman of the National Intelligence
Council and as the DDCI, I add my thanks for the help you have provided.
We believe that the chairmanship of the panel should be rotated
occasionally among panel members to provide both a diversity of approaches
to the panel's advice and a relief from the burden of organizing the panel
meetings. Your obligations elsewhere change from time to time and we
realize that your availability for the panel will vary. Ambassador Weiss
has served as chairman with both diligence and distinction for several years
and will continue to serve as a panel member. Judge Webster and I are
deeply indebted for the counsel he has provided on a personal basis and for
his work as chairman. We also appreciate his support in transitioning to a
new chairman.
We hope to have a new chairman in place for the next panel meeting,
perhaps in March. Your suggestions on agenda or modus operandi would be
welcome.
Sincerely,
Robert M. Gates
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The Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
VVashington, D. C. 20505
General Paul F. Gorman, USA (Ret.)
Dear Paul:
Judge Webster asked me to convey his appreciation for the assistance
that the Military Advisory Panel has been to him and especially for the
insights you have provided to the National Intelligence Officers over a
longer period. As a beneficiary of your advice through my tenure as the
Deputy Director for Intelligence, the Chairman of the National Intelligence
Council and as the DDCI, I add my thanks for the help you have provided.
We believe that the chairmanship of the panel should be rotated
occasionally among panel members to provide both a diversity of approaches
to the panel's advice and a relief from the burden of organizing the panel
meetings. Your obligations elsewhere change from time to time and we
realize that your availability for the panel will vary. Ambassador Weiss
has served as chairman with both diligence and distinction for several years
and will continue to serve as a panel member. Judge Webster and I are
deeply indebted for the counsel he has provided on a personal basis and for
his work as chairman. We also appreciate his support in transitioning to a
new chairman.
We hope to have a new chairman in place for the next panel meeting,
perhaps in March. Your suggestions on agenda or modus operandi would be
welcome.
Sincerely,
Robert M. Gates
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The Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Washington. D. C. 20505
Admiral Robert Long, USN (Ret.)
Dear Bob:
Judge Webster asked me to convey his appreciation for the assistance
that the Military Advisory Panel has been to him and especially for the
insights you have provided to the National Intelligence Officers over a
longer period. As a beneficiary of your advice through my tenure as the
Deputy Director for Intelligence, the Chairman of the National Intelligence
Council and as the DDCI, I add my thanks for the help you have provided.
We believe that the chairmanship of the panel should be rotated
occasionally among panel members to provide both a diversity of approaches
to the panel's advice and a relief from the burden of organizing the panel
meetings. Your obligations elsewhere change from time to time and we
realize that your availability for the panel will vary. Ambassador Weiss
has served as chairman with both diligence and distinction for several years
and will continue to serve as a panel member. Judge Webster and I are
deeply indebted.for the counsel he has provided on a personal basis and for
his work as chairman. We also appreciate his support in transitioning to a
new chairman.
We hope to have a new chairman in place for the next panel meeting,
perhaps in March. Your suggestions on agenda or modus operandi would be
welcome.
Sincerely,
Robert M. Gates
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The Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Washington.D C 20505
Dr. Richard S. Pipes
Dear Dick:
Judge Webster asked me to convey his appreciation for the assistance
that the Military Advisory Panel has been to him and especially for the
insights you have provided to the National Intelligence Officers over a
longer period. As &beneficiary of your advice through my tenure as the
Deputy Director for Intelligence, the Chairman of the National Intelligence
Council and as the DDCI, I add my thanks for the help you have provided.
We believe that the chairmanship of the panel should be rotated
occasionally among panel members to provide both a diversity of approaches
to the panel's advice and a relief from the burden of organizing the panel
meetings. Your obligations elsewhere change from time to time and we
realize that your availability for the panel will vary. Ambassador Weiss
has served as chairman with both diligence and distinction for several years
and will continue to serve as a panel member. Judge Webster and I are
deeply indebted for the counsel he has provided on a personal basis and for
his work as chairman. We also appreciate his support in transitioning to a
new chairman.
We hope to have a new chairman in place for the next panel meeting,
perhaps in March. Your suggestions on agenda or modus operandi would be
welcome.
Sincerely,
Robert M. Gates
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The Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
vvashington.D.C.20505
General John Vogt, USAF (Ret.)
Dear John:
Judge Webster asked me to convey his appreciation for the assistance
that the Military Advisory Panel has been to him and especially for the
insights you have provided to the National Intelligence Officers over a
longer period. As a beneficiary of your advice through my tenure as the
Deputy Director for Intelligence, the Chairman of the National Intelligence
Council and as the DOC, I add my thanks for the help you have provided.
We believe that the chairmanship of the panel should be rotated
occasionally among panel members to provide both a diversity of approaches
to the panel's advice and a relief from the burden of organizing the panel
meetings. Your obligations elsewhere change from time to time and we
realize that your availability for the panel will vary. Ambassador Weiss
has served as chairman with both diligence and distinction for several years
and will continue to serve as a panel member. Judge Webster and I are
deeply indebted for the counsel he has provided on a personal basis and for
his work as chairman. We also appreciate his support in transitioning to a
new chairman.
We hope to have a new chairman in place for the next panel meeting,
perhaps in March. Your suggestions on agenda or modus operandi would be
welcome.
Sincerely,
Robert M. Gates
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The Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Washington. D. C. 20505
General Jasper A. Welch, USAF (Ret.)
Dear Jasper:
Judge Webster asked me to convey his appreciation for the assistance
that the Military Advisory Panel has been to him and especially for the
insights you have provided to the National Intelligence Officers over a
longer period. As a beneficiary of your advice through my tenure as the
Deputy Director for Intelligence, the Chairman of the National Intelligence
Council and as the DDC, I add my thanks for the help you have provided.
We believe that the chairmanship of the panel should be rotated
occasionally among panel members to provide both a diversity of approaches
to the panel's advice and a relief from the burden of organizing the panel
meetings. Your obligations elsewhere change from time to time and we
realize that your availability for the panel will vary. Ambassador Weiss .
has served as chairman with both diligence and distinction for several years
and will continue to serve as a panel member. Judge Webster and I are
deeply indebted for the counsel he has provided on a personal basis and for
his work as chairman. We also appreciate his support in transitioning to a
new chairman.
We hope to have a new chairman in place for the next panel meeting,
perhaps in March. Your suggestions on agenda or modus operandi would be
welcome.
Sincerely,
Robert M. Gates
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The Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Washington. D. C.20505
Dr. Edward L. Warner
Rand Corporation
2100 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Dear Ted:
Judge Webster asked me to convey his appreciation for the assistance
that the Military Advisory Panel has been to him and especially for the
insights you have provided to the National Intelligence Officers over a
longer period. As a beneficiary of your advice through my tenure as the
Deputy Director for Intelligence, the Chairman of the National Intelligence
Council and as the DDCI, I add my thanks for the help you have provided.
We believe that the chairmanship of the panel should be rotated
occasionally among panel members to provide both a diversity of approaches
to the panel's advice and a relief from the burden of organizing the panel
meetings. Your obligations elsewhere change from time to time and we
realize that your availability for the panel will vary. Ambassador Weiss
has served as chairman with both diligence and distinction for several years
and will continue to serve as a panel member. Judge Webster and I are
deeply indebted for the counsel he has provided on a personal basis and for
his work as chairman. We also appreciate his support in transitioning to a
new chairman.
We hope to have a new chairman in place for the next panel meeting,
perhaps in March. Your suggestions on agenda or modus operandi would be
welcome. -
Sincerely,
Robert M. Gates
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(dictated by Amb. Weiss on 7 Jan 88)
to each member of the MAP
Dear
(date)
I wanted to alert you to a pending change in our Military Advisory Panel.
Though I have greatly enjoyed chairing the Panel, you will not be
surprised to learn that it has been quite demanding on my time. The
preparation for the meetings and the follow-up to them are several times
more time-consuming than the meetings themselves. For this reason, based on
discussions with Bob Gates, he and Bill Webster will be arranging for a
change in chairmanship. Indeed this may well have the added advantage of
bringing a new and useful perspective to the direction of the Panel. I
assume the new chairman will come from amongst the present membership,
though at this point I do not know that such a decision has been made.
I appreciate your contribution over the past many months. To the extent
time permits, I look forward to continuing to serve with you as a member of
the Panel.
Seymour Weiss
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