REQUEST FOR OFFICIAL STATEMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00885R000100050039-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2007
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: November 10, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: NIO/NESA
Executive Assistant to the DDCI
Regarding the attached, Mr. McMahon wants to make
sure that you include SIGINT as appropriate in your
response, even though Long states that he intends to
ask the Director of NSA separately. John believes
the DCI should be responsible for providing all of
the information. If you have any questions, give me
a buzz.
OSD Review
Att: ER 83-5421/1
Date 6 December 1983
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SA/IA
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AO/DCI
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DOD COMMISSION ON BEIRUT
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BIA)
TERRORIST ACT, 23 OCT 1983
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OSD Review
completed
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Subj: Request for Official Statements
To ensure that we have a thorough understanding of the
events relative to the Beriut International Airport Terrorist
Act of-23 October, 1983, request you provide the Commission an
official statement encompassing the following:
a. A synopsis. of the total intelligence information on
the subject which was available prior to the incident. Please
include actual intelligence reports as an enclosure.
b. The distribution of this information and any restrictions
placed on further distribution.
c. Your assessment of the intelligence information's impor-
tance as a warning instrument to the Marines or others in their
chain-of-command to the extent that. it would enable them to iden-
tify a specific threat and cause a change in posture or Rules of
Engagement.
d. Your assessment of the overall adequacy of U.S. intelli-
gence to provide warning of terrorist threats to U.S. personnel
and facilities.
e. Any of your own observations which you feel would enable
the Commission to have a better understanding of the. events
before, during or after the event. ?
I further request that the Director, National Security
Agency, from his SIGINT vantage point, also provide me the
SIGINT perspective of these same five points iAi an official
statement.
R. L. J. ONG
Admiral, S. Navy (Ret)
Chairman
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