STATEMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BEFORE THE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE OCTOBER 8, 1987

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 27, 2014
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• Publication Date: October 8, 1987
• Content Type: REPORT

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STATEMENT OF ThE
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
BEFGRE ThE PERVANENT SUBCOkEITTEE or INVESTIUTIONS
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
UNITEL STATES SENATE
OCTOBER 8, 1987
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INTRODUCTION
rR. CHAIRMAN, MEMEERS OF THE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON
INVESTIGATIONS, I Am PLEASED TO APPEAR HERE TODAY AND SHARE
WITH YOU my THOUGHTS ON AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT: PERSONS WHO FLEE
FROM THE COmmuNIST Eq_OC TO THE UNITED STATES AND HOW OUR
COUNTRY MIGHT BETTER TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THEY HAVE TO OFFER.
LET ME BEGIN EY DISCUSSING BRIEFLY THE ONE AREA TO WHICH I
CAN SPEAK OFFICIALLY AS THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE:
THE VERY SMALL FRACTION CF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE,OF INTELLIGENCE
INTEREST TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. THE INTELLIGENCE
COmmuNiTy, OVER WHICH I AS DIRECTOR PRESIDE, HAS A SYSTEM To
IDENTIFY AND COLLECT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION AND ADDRESS OTHER
INTELLIGENCE CONCERNS WITH RESPECT TO THESE PERSONS. THE
SYSTEM IS COMPREHENSIVE, VERY ACTIVE AND HIGHLY SUCC:SSFUL.
THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF OUR WORK IS, OF COURSE, CLASSIFIED AND
CANNOT BE DISCUSSED IN THIS FORUM. I CAN SAY, THOUGH, THAT I
-Am SATISFIED THE COMMUNITY IS WORKING VERY HARD AND, INDEED,
HAS MADE IMPROVEMENTS IN EXISTING EFFORTS.
TODAY, HOwEvER, THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOCUSES NOT ON THESE FE.
INDIVIDUALS BUT ON THE LARGER GROUP: THOSE PERSONS NOT OF
SPECIAL INTELLISENCE INTEREST TO THE UNIT;:
SONFRNmENT,
DIRECTOR OF ,L TRAL INTELLIGENCE IS r:07 OFFICIALLY CHARGED
THF PFSFONSIFILITY' FOR DEA; INC wITH THIS LARGER GROUP.
LCNFTHELRcS, PLEASE D TO SHARE MY THO SHTS ON THE SUEJECT
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THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED
I WILL REFER TO THIS LARGER CATEGORY OF PERSONS AS
"RESETTLEMENT CASES", RATHER THAN AS "DEFECTORS," DUE TC THE
FACT THAT FOR US IH THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY THE WORD
"DEFECTOR" IS A TERM WITH A VERY LIMITED, SPECIFIC MEANING.
RESETTLEMENT CASES HAVE CHOSEN TO COME HERE OF THEIR OWN
FREE WILL AND INITIATIVE, JUST AS HAVE SO MANY MILLIONS OF
IMMIGRANTS THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, EEINC HUMAN, THEIR
MOTIVATIONS, AMBITIONS AND CAPABILITIES VARY WIDELY. THERE
ARE, HOWEVER, TwO CHARACTERISTICS WHICH ALL SEEM TO SHARE.
ON THE ONE HAND, THEY ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE 'RESTRICTIVE
SOCIETIES FROM WHICH THEY HAVE COME AND LOCK FORWARD TO
ENJOYING THE LIBERTIES WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. ON THE OTHER HAND,
THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE DIFFICULTIES OF READJUSTMENT TO LIFE
IN A NEW SOCIETY IN WHICH THE MORES, CUSTOMS, LANGUAGE, RULES
AND REGULATIONS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE TC WHICH THEY 4E
ACCUSTOMED.
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THE LATTER POINT MAY SEEM APPARENT BUT I THINK IT DESERVES
SOME EMPHASIS. AMERICANS WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR RESIDENCES
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES ARE AWARE OF THE SIMPLE FRUSTRATIONS
INVOLVED: DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF TRASH* COLLECTION; DIFFERENT
WAYS OF CALCULATING STATE INCOME TAXES; VARIANCES IN WHETHER
RENTALS NORMALLY INCLUdE REFRIGERATORS AND STOVES, AND SO ON.
THIS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY. THINK HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES .HC ARE ATTEMPTING TO BUILD A NEW LIFE
UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH ALL THE RULES HAVE CHANGED AND THE
LANGUAGE IS DIFFICULT TO SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND. ALSO, I NOTE
THAT ON OCCASION THOSE WHO corE HERE HAVE UNREALISTIC
EXPECTATIONS AND PLANS THAT SIMPLY DC NOT MATERIALIZE.
THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZES ROUTINELY AND TO A VERY MODEST
EXTENT THE INITIAL RESETTLEMENT EXPENSES OF MANY RESETTLEMENT
CASES. THESE FUNDS ARE DISTRIEJTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO THE
VOLUNTARY ACENCY WHICH SPONSORE: THE INDIVIDUAL. EEYOND THIS
ASSISTANCE, WHICH COVERS ONLY THE FIRST WEEKS FOLLOWING ARRIVAL
IL THE UNITED STATES, THERE IS NC ORGANIZED SYSTEM THROUGH
WHICH THE CCAERNMENT OFFERS ASS STANCE TO SUCH INDIVIDUALS.
FrT HELPINC TO SMCCTh THE TRANSITION AND ADJUSTMENT Fo:'; sc
r;\: OF THE RESETTLEMENT CASES AND THEIR FAMILIES, rucH CREflIT
PRISE :STC THE v_
,TARs1 AGENCIES LHD ssur: THE .
Cvr.RWHFLMINS TASK OF REcFTTLINr MANY THOLSANES OF THESE
-TUAL EACH Th17 ThE SLFIOmmITT=;-
EA FI;OL SOME OF THEIR --PPEE-EV7ATIVEE TOrORFC'v,.
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GIVEN THE RELATIVELY LIMITED RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM, THEY
ACCOMPLISH A GREAT DEAL.
BEYOND THESE, THERE IS ALSO A ROLE FOR INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS
TO PLAY HERE. ANY OF US MAY, AT SOME POINT, HAVE OCCASION TO
ENCOUNTER THESE PERSONS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF SETTINGS...AS
NEIGHBORS, AS COLLEAGUES IN THE WORKPLACE CR AS FELLOW MEMBERS
OF RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS. IN SUCH INSTANCES, WE SHOULD TAKE
THE INITIATIVE AND OFFER ASSISTANCE, SUGGESTIONS AND GUIDANCE
ON DEALING WITH AMERICAN LIFE. LKILE THIS MAY SEEM A SMALL
THINO, IT CAN MEAN A GREAT DEAL TO A PERSON COMING FROM A
CLOSED, HIGHLY STRUCTURED, REPRESSIVE SYSTEM TO ONE WHOSE
OPENNESS, BREADTH ANL FREEDOM OFFER A SENSE OF LIBERATION BUT
ALSO A SOMETIMES ElwILDERINC RANGE OF CHOICES.
1-1A.T THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE To OFFER
LOOKING BEYOND THE EARLY STAGES OF RESETTLEMENT, THESE
INDIVIDUALS HAVE A POTENTIAL TO CONTRIELTE TO OUR SOCIETY IN A
vARIETy OF WAYS, HEY POSSESS A PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDINC CF THE IR FORMER CuLTuRES ANL POLITICAL SYSTEMS
wHICH THEY COULD, PROVIDE TO INTERESTED PARTIES WERE THE EFFORT
NAE TO REACH OUT TO THEM. :0m.E POSQFSS LNICLF LANGUAGE
ILLS, f- POINT w,-.IGH I BELIEVE L,ENERAL Coo. MAA ADDRESS IN
.LRE LE AIL IN HE TESTImON'T. Pc,TENTIAL RFOIPIENTS OF T,,FSF
EENEFITS ,NCLULR: ACADErIC IN5T7T:LTIONS, P-HOL,tRc, CIvIO
? P. r-:7LTr?
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SOMETIMES, HOWEVER, THERE IS A PROBLEM IN MATCHING THESE
INDIvIDUALS WITH POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS. AGAIN, THE VOLUNTARY
AGENCIES PERFORM AN IMPORTANT SERVICE HERE. THESE AGENCIES,
HOwEvER, CANNDT BE EVERYWHERE AND IN TOUCH WITH ALL PEOPLE AT
ONCE. I
NDIvIDuAu INITIATIVE BY THE POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS TC
SEEK OUT SUCH PEOPLE AND OFFER THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
THEIR PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS wouLD SIMULTANEOUSLY PROVIDE THEM
WITH A SENSE OF SATISFACTION AND ENRICH OUR SOCIETY. THIS IS
OBVIOUSLY AN AREA ON WHICH THE SUBCOMMITTEE MAY WISH TO FOCUS.
I NOTE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE IMMIGRATION AND
I\ATLRALIZATION SERVICE, AS THE PRIMARY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS FROM OVERSEAS
TO THIS COUNTRY, HAVE IMPORTANT ROLES TO PLAY HERE AND I WOULD
ASSUME THE SUBCOMMITTEE PLANS ON CONSULTING THEM.
IN THESE BRIEF OPENING REMARKS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TOUCH
ONLY IN THE MOST GENERAL TERMS ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. THE
pROELEmS AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE AS VARIED AND INDIvIDUAL AS YOU
NIGHT EXPECT .ITh PERSONS CF WIDELY DIFFERING AGES, EDUCATIONAL
EACKC:E.01,NDS, EXPERIENCE AND FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES. AT THIS
POINT, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO CONCLuEE my
GENERAL COMMENTS AND RESPOND TO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS wHICH LAY BE
OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO YOU.
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STATEMENT OF THE
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
BEFORE ThE PER ANENT SUBCMEITTEE ON INVESTIG?ION
COEMITTEE ON COVERWENTAL AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES Sr:NATE
OCTOBER 8, 1987
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