STATUS OF WORK IN PROCESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R01142A001900040020-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2005
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: February 28, 1975
• Content Type: OUTLINE

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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS
28 February 1975
STATUS OF WORK I N PROCESS
1. BEFORE USIB
H. USIB PROJECTS IN TRAIN
Action Officer:
Status: Draft pouched to field for coordination
USIB Target: 13 March
Action Officer:
Status: Draft being cabled to field for coordination
USIB Target: 20 March
Action Officer:
Status: Awaiting State/INR revised draft
USIB Target: March
Action Officer:
Status: OCI revised draft being reviewed
USIB Target: April
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5. SNIE 35/36-1?-75: ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT: SHORT-TERM
PROSPECTS
Action Officer:
Status: State/I to raft
USIB Target: Mid-April
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III. OTHER ONGOING PROJECTS
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UNDERSTANDING POLICIES AND FORCE
1. Interagency
VLADIVOSTOK STRATEGIC
UNDER THE SOVIET
OPTIONS Study:
Status: Approval of USIB principals requested by 27
February
Target: Week of 3 March
2. Interagency Study: SOVIET CAPABILITIES TO DEVELOP
STRATEGIC LASER SYSTEMS
Status: At the printer.
Tar et: Week of 3 March
3. NSSM 191: POLICY FOR ACQUISITION OF US NUCLEAR FORCES
Status: Agency coordination on NSSM 191 Executive Sum-
mary completed. Circulation of final draft of entire
report for agency review is awaiting OSD receipt of NSC
Staff comments on the paper.
Tar et: March
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6. Interagency Memorandum: MBFR MONITORING CAPABILITIES
Status: Meetings being held to discuss phase one report
Tar et: March
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7. MC 161/75: NATO MILITARY COMMITTEE ESTIMATES OF SOVIET
BLOC STRENGTH AND CAPABILITIES
Status: USIB Approved 26 February
Tar et: USIB approved US comments to be forwarded to
JCS by 28 February.
WESTERN EUROPE -
8. Interagency Memorandum: SPAIN: PROBLEMS OF THE SUC-
CESSION
Status: OPR draft completed
Target:
March-April
10. Memorandum: EXTREMISM IN WESTERN EUROPE
Status: OCI drafting
Target: March
12. Memorandum: EAST AND WEST GERMANY:
AND ROLE IN EUROPE
Status: OPR drafting
Tar et: Open
MUTUAL RELATIONS
13. Memorandum: POLITICAL AND MILITARY PROBLEMS FACING NATO
Status: OCI and OSR drafting
Tar et: April
*14. Memorandum: POLITICAL SITUATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Status: OCI drafting
Tam: 4 March
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*15. Memorandum: PROSPECTS FOR FOREIGN WORKERS IN WESTERN
EUROPE
Status: OER, OCI to confer on outline
Target: April
MIDDLE EAST -
16. Interagency Memorandum: EAST AFRICAN MILITARY SITUATION
Status: Draft completed; State
meeting.
Target: Early March
chairing representatives'
19. Memrandum: MONITORING OF NON-MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS IN
SYRIAN-ISRAELI
OCI, rranOSR, and IAS
Status: OGCR tinputs
et: Reports as
ffMand State: SINAI, GOLAN AND
20. Research orBthe USC Staff
WEST
Status: Research, maps, reports
Target: Open
21. Interagency Memorandum: GAPS IN THE EGYPTIAN MILITARY
INVENTORY
Status: Draft completed
Tar et: 3 March
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22. Interagency Memorandum: PROBABILITIES OF ARAB-ISRAELI
HOSTILITIES
Status: CIA/OPR organizing with CIA, State/INR, DIA,
NSA, ACSI, AFIS participation
Target: First report in mid-March; bi-weekly thereafter
24. NSSM 217: SECURITY POLICY TOWARD OMAN
Status: First draft completed, IG meeting 3 March
Target: 5 March
ECONOMICS -
25. NSSM 209: POLICY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE URANIUM
ENRICHMENT CAPACITY
Status: NSC redrafting to incorporate interagency views
Target: March
26. Interagency Memorandum: THE LIKELIHOOD AND CONSEQUENCES
OF ARAB USE OF THE OIL WEAPON IN 1975
Status: Draft Part II completed and reviewed by NIO.
Draft Part I received 21 February and under NIO review.
Target: Redraft by 10 March
JAPAN/PACIFIC -
27. NSSM 205: US POLICY TOWARD INDONESIA
Status: New draft being prepared
Target: March
28. Interagency Memorandum: ASIAN REGIONALISM
Status: State/INR drafting
Target: March
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31. Area Study: THE CHILE-PERU BORDER REGION
Status: OGCR preparing
Target: March
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IV. PRO P. I COMPLETED DURI NGWEEK ENDLU_Q_Z FEBRUARY
WESTERN EUROPE -
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4. Memorandum for Defense and State: ETHIOPIA'S ECONOMIC
VIABILITY
Completed 25 February
5. Interagency Assessment for Ambassador Murphy of Soviet
Military Assistance to Syria and Egypt
Completed 22 February
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST ASIA -
6. Interagency Memorandum: COMMUNIST MILITARY AND ECO-
NOMIC AID TO NORTH VIETNAM, 1970-1974
Completed 25 February
7. Joint CIA/DOD Memorandum: SURVEY OF COMMUNIST MILITARY
DEVELOPMENTS IN INDOCHINA
Completed 27 February
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8. Memorandum for State: THE SOVIET-CHINESE-KOREAN
RELATIONSHIP
Completed 25 February
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V, S~aNSITIVE PROJECIS_
WESTERN EUROPE -
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ON-
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OF CERTAIN CANAL DEVELOPMENTS
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Status: Requested by NSC Staff, Assistant NIO drafting
Target: April
VI.
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