LETTER TO THE HONORABLE JOHN MCMAHON FROM JOHN M. CLARKE REGARDING A "SEMINAR ON PUBLIC POLICY" BEING SPONSORED BY THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R002400010028-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: October 1, 1982
• Content Type: LETTER

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The 'Brookings Institution III
1775 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE N.W. /WASHINGTON D.C. 20036/CABLES: BAOOKINST/TELEPHONE: (202) 797-6000
Advanced Study Program
The Honorable John McMahon
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
The Central T >;gence Agency
Washington, II. C. 20505
Dear John:
This letter seeks your help with a "Seminar on Public Policy" being
sponsored by The Brookings Institution in cooperation with Nova
University on 14-17 November 1982.
It specifically asks for the opportunity to visit CIA on November 17,
1982, have a lunch in the Executive Dining Room (to be paid by
Brookings) followed by a short briefing with opportunity to ask
questions and/or make observations within the confines of unclassified
content. We hope this can be accomplished with an arrival at 12:30,
and a departure no later than 3:30. Note: if that date and tire
is unsuitable, either the 15th or 16th can be arranged in our program
schedule.
You may recall that I brought a similar group of Nova alumni to
the Agency last year. Bobby Inman it with us for a short period
following the substantive coverage. Hopefully, your schedule will
perm-.&t you to ~... t with us for s--'I-- part of the visit. I take
personal pride in having them meet you and be exposed to the in-
sights gained by your own public management experiences.
The participants in the program have earned their doctorates in
business and public administration; they are employed in public
service careers at the Federal, State, or local levels or in business,
education and criminal justice functions. They are in their 40's
and active practitioners, and are U.S. citizens. They seek to
better understand the management issues facing government and busi-
ness in the public context and to get a first-hand exposure to
substantive areas of foreign affairs. An unclassified, off the
record, informal briefing on the Middle East, Central America, etc.
or on such matters as the International Economic Outlook would be.
most appropriate. Coverage in discussion of Agency administrative
tasks, processes, constraints and scope would also prove topical
for this group. Their program schedule includes visits with policy
people across Executive agencies and the Congress. Therefore, the
role of intelligence in relation to such groups will provide imm-
portant insight. _
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The Brookings Institution I
Advanced Study Program
The visit to.CIA last year was the high point of the Seminar. As
i told AdmiraL Inrnan, the perspective gained of the Agency's cony-
mitment to purpose, orderliness in execution of its mission, quality
of its people, and depth of insights into carr lex international.
matters provided an experience beyond description that has been
lasting to these public managers. I sincerely hope we can repeat
this year, and I look forward to personally escorting the group
there.
The senior Brookings. staff person directing the conference for
Brookings is Pater Nalof . Peter is ]mown to many Agency persons
and has a distinguished. career. He is available to Agency staff
at 797 6281 to work out the details. Please name a contact point
he may use. I shall be working directly with the program for Nova,
but may be reached at Brookings 797 6281, at Nova in
783 1044, or after 12 October 1982 at my home number
I alerted that this letter would be corning and also that I
will be looking forward to arranging our elusive lunch when you
return in late OcWbaLjar~arly November and will be seeing you
on November 1, at
Warm regards,
obn M. Clarke
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