REPORT ON 29 AUGUST 1988 NIO/COUNTERNARCOTICS WARNING AND FORECAST MEETING

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2013
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: October 7, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
National Intelligence Council NIC #03148-88
7 October 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH: National Intelligence Officer for Warning
FROM: William R. Kotapish
National Intelligence Officer for Counternarcotics
SUBJECT: Report on 29 August 1988 NIO/Counternarcotics
Warning and Forecast Meeting
1. The 29 August 1988 Warning and Forecast Meeting featured: a
presentation from our CIA's Office of General Counsel on current legislative
initiatives on narcotics; a review of the Haitian drug situation; and a
discussion of Brazilian narcotics issues.
2. Legislative Initiatives:
Counsel/CIA, discussed the House
just begun discussion
for the establishment
Cabinet status.
hammered out in conference.
of its own
of a "drug
of the Office of General
drug bill and mentioned that the Senate had
legislative package. The House bill calls
czar," but does not give the position
the "drug czar" issue would have to be
DoD authorization bill was also discussed
The
with special emphasis on the fact that the bill contains provisions for 1) a
DoD role in detection and monitoring interdiction and 2) a DoD role in the
integration of C3I assets dedicated to interdiction.
3. Haiti: As stressed by CIA's Directorate of Intelligence, Haiti has
become a major drug transshipment point with ships using ports in southern
Haiti and aircraft using the north coast.
? There have been major seizures of cocaine over the past year
in Haiti.
? The Haitian interdiction effort is severely hampered by lack
of material and personnel.
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? There is virtually no drug enforcement in Haiti.
? A significant number of Colombian drug operatives have moved
into Haiti.
4. Brazil: The DEA representative painted a fairly grim picture of the
narcotics threat in Brazil:
? There is some low grade coca growth in the northeast section
of the country.
? Sophisticated HC1 processing labs are being found in the
country. The major labs are on the common borders with Peru
and Bolivia.
? Coca eradication in northwest Brazil (the Dog's Head) is being
carried out; little eradication of marijuana is being effected.
? Narcotics-related violence is on the increase.
? Brazilian nationals are becoming more involved in the
processing of cocaine.
? Precursor chemical seizures are down; supplies are coming into
Manaus from Surinam; Brazilian legal and enforcement measures
have been somewhat effective in reducing use of
Brazilian-produced ether and acetone.
? Brazil remains a major transshipment point for cocaine into
the US and Europe.
? With 1000 percent inflation and other economic problems, the
country will have fewer resources to commit to the narcotics
effort in the future.
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