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Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP90-00552R000100170014-9
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
K
Document Page Count: 
1
Document Creation Date: 
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date: 
June 23, 2010
Sequence Number: 
14
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
October 31, 1983
Content Type: 
OPEN SOURCE
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/23: CIA-RDP90-00552 ARTICLE APPEARED. 1 n C r t US NEWS & WORLD REPORT 31 October 1983 STAT R000100170014-9 Washington 'Mho@p@M'o One of Robert McFarlane's first tasks as Reagan 's new national-security aide, insiders say, will be to convince Defense Secretary Weinberger and CIA Director Casey that he is not a "captive" of the Stare Department and will fairly present to the Presi- dent their hard-line views on foreign and defense issues. U.S. intelligence analysts are baffled by Soviet President Yuri Andropov's long absence-more than six weeks -from public view. One theory is that Andropov has been sidelined by serious illness. STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/23: CIA-RDP90-00552R000100170014-9
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