DDI ACTIVITY REPORT, 6-10 DECEMBER 1982
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DDI 10030-82
10 December 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Robert M. Gates
Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT: DDI Activity Report, 6 - 10 December 1982
DCI/DDCI-Assigned Tasks
OGI published a typescript, requested by the DCI, on the health of Andropov.
OEA and SOVA prepared memoranda for the DCI to send to Secretary Shultz on
Sino-Soviet relations.
SOVA prepared memoranda for the DCI on Soviet motivations for the use of
chemical weapons, possible Soviet initiatives at the INF talks, and the state of the Soviet
economy and opportunities for closer US-USSR ties.
SOVA is preparing a paper for the President on Andropov's power and the
opportunities for the US to influence Soviet policy.
ALA briefed Phillip Hughes, Assistant to the Vice President, on internal politics in
Dominica.
EURA and OGI met with Roger Robinson of the NSC Staff to discuss international
financial issues.
EURA provided unclassified material on the peace movement to Bob Simms, the
Special Assistant and Press Secretary to Judge Clark, through the Office of External
Affairs.
NESA briefed HPSCI staffers on intelligence on Lebanon.
NESA sponsored a one-day seminar on Algeria at the Key Bridge Marriott.
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OEA met with State Department officers to discuss Agency support for Secretary
Shultz' trip to the Far East early next year.
OGI met with Michael Driggs, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Automotive Industry Affairs to discuss the impact of market access restrictions on
direct forei n investment 25X1
OSWR and OGI met with Ron Frankum, Deputy Director of OSTP, to discuss the
proposed sale by Belgium of ITT advanced telephone switching systems to China.
OSWR participated in an interagency briefing of the UN-CW experts group two
weeks ago. It appears to have helped. The UN group concluded that "circumstantial"
evidence supports US charges of lethal chemical use by Soviets and their surrogates in
Afghanistan and Southeast Asia.
Looking Ahead
EURA will debrief Bradley Graham of the Washington Post on his experiences in
West Germany and will brief him on the situation in Poland in preparation for his
assignment there.
Briefings
The Directorate was involved in 6 briefings at all levels on the Hill this week.
Robert M. Gates