DDCI SPEECH TO PORCUPINE CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00901R000100230079-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 79
• Publication Date: August 30, 1978
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO: PRIORITY DIRECTOR INFO DCD/HEADQUARTERS.
FOR: PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE (0 25X1A
SUBJECT: DDCI SPEECH TO PORCUPINE CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
1. DDCI CARLUCCI WILL SPEAK TO THE NEWLY-FORMED PORCUPINE CLUB (PC)
OF SAN FRANCISCO AT ITS INITIAL MEETING ON 7 SEP 78 AT THE BOHEMIAN
CLUB IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE PC IS COMPRISED OF 48 TOP-LEVEL BUSINESS
EXECUTIVES (32 HAVE INDICATED THEY WILL ATTEND) FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA AND CONSTITUTES THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS GROUP THAT COULD
BE ASSEMBLED TO HEAR AN AGENCY SPEAKER. NO PUBLICITY WILL BE
GIVEN TO THE EVENT AND THERE WILL BE NO PUBLICATION OR ATTRIBUTION
OF REMARKS. PC ORGANIZERS HOPE FOR A RELAXED, OFF-THE-CUFF,
CANDID PRESENTATION OF 30 MINUTES OR LESS ON PROBLEMS OF OPERATING
IN TODAY'S CLIMATE, WITH A 15 MINUTE QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION
TO FOLLOW. BECHTEL GENERAL COUNSEL CASPAR WEINBERGER WILL PERFORM
THE INTRODUCTION AND CHAIR THE Q&A SESSION. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECT26X1A
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD RICHARD H PETERSON WILL CHAIR THE MEETING.
SUBJECT TO THE DDCI'S APPROVAL. TWO OF THE THREE NEWSPAPER MEMBERS
(SF CHRONICLE AND SF EXAMINER) HAVE DECLINED TO ATTEND BUT G
GORDON STRONG, PUBLISHER OF THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE, HAS ACCEPTED.
3. THE DDCI SHOULD BE APPRISED THAT THE PC IS AN UNCONNECTED
OFF-SHOOT OF THE DENVER PC WHICH WAS ORGANIZED BY A BUSINESS EXECUTIVE
NOW RESIDING HERE. (THE DENVER PC WAS VISITED BY HERBERT HETU THIS
SPRING.) THE SAN FRANCISCO PC WAS FORMED IN MAY 1978, PLANS TO
MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH AFTER THIS INITIAL MEETING, AND ASKS
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NOTHING OF ITS MEMBERS BUT OFFERS THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOCIALIZE
WITH THEIR PEERS AND TO HEAR SPEAKERS ON VITAL CURRENT ISSUES.
L. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE DDCI TO REALIZE THAT ALTHOUGH HIS
AUDIENCE IS IMPRESSIVELY PRESTIGIOUS, IT WOULD BE INAPPROPIATE TO ASSUME
ANY SOPHISTICATION OR WELL-INFORMED BACKGROUND ON THE AGENCY OR THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE MEMBER SUGGESTED THAT HE
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW vvHAT THE DDCI VISUALIZES "AS THE GREATEST SECURITY
PROBLEM IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA -- ISN'T IT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
AT BERKELEY?" THIS ILLUSTRATES THE PROBABLE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING
AMONG THE PC AUDIENCE FOR THE AGENCY'S STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITIES
AND ROLE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THE DDCI COULD POINT OUT THAT THE
AGENCY HAS NO DOMESTIC SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, OR INVESTIGATIVE
V FUNCTIONS AND CONCENTRATES ON FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE MATTERS. IT
WOULD BE INSTRUCTIVE FOR THE PC IF HE COULD MENTION THAT WE ASK US
BUSINESSMEN AND SCHOLARS TO SHARE SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC
INFORMATION ABOUT FOREIGN COUNTRIES BECAUSE IT IS IN THE NATIONAL
INTEREST TO DO SO.
5. HAS BEEN GIVEN AN ADVANCE COPY (EXPRESS-MAILED TO
HETU T D OF A LOCALLY-DISTRIBUTED, SENSATIONALISTIC, COUNTER-CULTURE
MAGAZINE CALLED MOTHER JONES FEATURING A TEN PAGE ARTICLE ENTITLED,
"THE BECHTEL FILE: HOW THE MASTER BUILDERS PROTECT THEIR BEACHHEADS,"
WHICH PROMINENTLY ALLEGES A STRONG CONNECTION. BY THE25X1A
TIME OF THE DDCI'S SPEECH HERE, THIS ARTICLE WILL VERY LIKELY BE
THE FOCUS OF ATTENTION AND CONCERN IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT
CIA CONTACTS CAN JEOPARDIZE THEIR PUBLIC IMAGE. A COROLLARY TOPIC
THAT UNDOUBTEDLY WILL BE BROUGHT UP BY THE PC WILL BE THE MATTER
OF SOURCE CONFIDENTIALITY. IT IS CLEAR TO QTHAT CONFIDENCE 1 5X1A
RAPIDLY WANING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR HERE REGARDING THE
THE AGENCY'S ABILITY AND DETERMINATION TO KEEP SOURCE AND METHOD
INFORMATION OUT OF THE MEDIA.
6. A SHOCKING REVELATION SURFACED RECENTLY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH
A BANK PRESIDENT WHO IS COINCIDENTALLY A MEMBER OF THE PC. (IT IS
NOT KNOWN YET WHETHER HE WILL ATTEND THE DDCI'S PRESENTATION.
THE NIO FOR POLITICAL ECONOMY PARTICIPATED WITH IN THE MEETIP5X1A
AND COULD PROVIDE PERSPECTIVE IF DESIRED.) THE BANKER VOLUNTEERED
THAT HE BELIEVES (AND IMPLIED WIDER ACCEPTANCE) THAT THE CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION WOULD USE ECONOMIC INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM HIS
BANK TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S OWN PURPOSES IN ADVANCING ITS GOALS
AS DIFFERENTIATED FROM NATIONAL GOALS. THE DDCI SHOULD BE PREPARED
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TO COMMENT ON THE ROLE OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AS AN ADVISOR
TO THE PRESIDENT.
7. THE DUCT SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED TO COPE WITH QUESTIONS
STEMMING FROM THE DCI'S PUBLIC TALK ABOUT MORE OPENNESS IN US
INTELLIGENCE AND HIS DESIRE TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE US BUSINESS
COMMUNITY. ONE PC MEMBER HAS ASKED OFOR ACCESS TO THE PRESI1 3X1AL
DAILY BRIEF AS A POSSIBLE QUID-PRO-QUO FOR COOPERATION WITH THE
AGENCY. THE EXTREME ABSURDITY OF SUCH A REQUEST WAS NOT APPARENT
TO THE BUSINESSMAN AND OTHERS WILL NO DOUBT BE TEMPTED TO FOLLOW
SUIT IF THEY HAVE SEEN PUBLICITY ON THE TOPIC OF SHARING INFORMATION.
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