PROPOSED DSB TASK FORCE ON SOVIET STUDIES
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September 13, 2011
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Publication Date:
October 7, 1985
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MEMO
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Central Intelligence Agency
MEMORANDUM FOR: Dr. Paul J. Berenson
Executive Officer
Defense Science Board
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B CT: Proposed DSB Task Force on Soviet Studies
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1. Thank you for the opportunity to review the draft TOR
for the proposed DSB Task Force.
2. The Intelligence Community's most important mission is
to anticipate and correctly evaluate Soviet courses of action and
initiatives. As you point out, this type of analysis is critical
to the US decisionmaking process.
3. Frankly, I believe that the DSB is unaware of the broad
range of work on the USSR being done in CIA, DIA and the rest of
the Intelligence Community. The research program for the DI for
FY 1986 is now available and should be brought to'the attention
of the DSB. Bibliographies and other lists of research papers
completed since 1981 also are available. The Board also may not
be aware of the extraordinary scope of Community contacts with
individuals outside the Community. This takes the form of
contracts, consultants and seminars, and helps ensure that our
work is exposed to other views.
4. In summary, I believe that the DSB should better inform
itself about what has been done and is underway in the Community
on the USSR before deciding whether a task force is needed. If
you think it useful, once the DSB has examined what has been done
in the Community, I and presumably Lt Gen Perroots would be happy
to talk with the Board at an appropriate time.
Robert M. Gates
Deputy Director for Intelligence
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SUBJECT: Proposed USU Task Force on Soviet Studies
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