DCI MEETING WITH DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, 5 NOVEMBER 1982

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• Document Release Date: July 2, 2007
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• Publication Date: November 4, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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National Intelligence Council
4 November 1982
NIC 8962-82
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH
FROM
SUBJECT
National Intelligence Officer for Latin America
DCI Meeting with Deputy Secretary of Defense,
5 November 1982
1. Yesterday I met with Under Secretary Fred We for an
intelligence briefing on Latin America and a discussion of the NSC
Cuba review. He indicated that Defense would be interested in what the
CIA paper will look like and suggested that it was especially important
that the intelligence community make a judgment about whether or not
the Castro regime might be willing to normalize relations.
2. The attached two-page draft summary of the CIA paper for the
NSPG review leads off with this issue and also would permit the DCI to
indicate the general nature of the forthcoming CIA analytic paper.
3. I also think the NSPG meeting should address directly (though
not necessarily in writing) the issue of whether the current "interdict/
harass and negotiate" strategy vis a vis Nicaragua is likely to meet the
current threat.
4. As you know, I believe it will not because either the Cuban/
Nicaraguan forces will militarily defeat the anti-Sandinistas or because
if that fails a false negotiated solution will be agreed to which will
see the anti-Sandinista groups disbanded and demoralized to be followed
by the revival of the full range of Nicaraguan support to the Central
American guerrillas. In case it is of interest, my one-page chart of
October 1981 on this subject is also attached.
Constantine C. Menges
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