LETTER TO THE HONORABLE EUGENE V. ROSTOW FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY REGARDING START INITIATIVES OF PRESIDENT REAGAN

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: October 25, 1982
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington. D. C. 20505
The Honorable Eugene V. Rostow
Director, United States Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency
Washington, D.C. 20451
I share your concern and agree that we must have adequate verification
resources to support the START initiatives of President Reagan. Due to FY
1984 fiscal constraints it is difficult to foresee a start of a major new
I Icollection. I will be
reviewing this in a next m inform you of what I plan to
recommend to the President. 1 11
You can be assured that I am supportive and will give strategic arms
reduction verification requirements priori tion in the formulation of.
our FY 1984 national intelligence budget.
Si4 erely,
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