STAFF MEETING MINUTES OF 13 FEBRUARY 1980

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• Publication Date: February 13, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Staff Meeting Minutes of 13 February 1980
The Director chaired the meeting; Mr. Carlucci was out of the city.
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The Director introduced
in his office.
as a new Special Assistant
McMahon reported briefly on the following:
that the Soviets are in
trouble re g ants an military, e.g., Soviets are being shot at.
The Director noted a good piece on this in today's NID. McMahon
reported also indications that the Soviets may lose control in Paktia
province. A brief discussion followed on several aspects of this
situation including problems created by the Soviet use of Afghanistan
military before using Soviet troops.
--McMahon reported briefly on attendance at
yesterday's Mini-SCC(I) meeting on E Salvador. He said David Aaron
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Assistant Secretary of State (LA) Bowdler today re increased coverage
of the Caribbean and Central America.)
Fitzwater reported a complaint received from Edwin Moore, former Agency
employee convicted of espionage, that he has been forced to wait in a queue
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noting there were = in December ~in January and= so far this month. 25X1
A brief discussion followed on reasons for so many retirements and on 25X1
concerns that the average retirement age of Agency employees has dropped
sharply in recent years from 57 to 52. It was agreed that generous retire-
orted his office is being swamped with retirements,
Fitzwater re
Hetu said as a result of yesterday's White House meeting re the
President's press conference scheduled for today we are to provide 1)
authoritative figures on casualties in the Afghanistan situation, 2)
intelligence on Soviet activities in the Transcaucasus area, and 3) an
agreed upon number within the intelligence community of Soviet troops in
the Afghanistan area. Relatedly, Clarke provided a report to the Director
on a meeting attended by Ray Huffstutler, OSR, yesterday on interagency
ground rules to be established for reporting on Soviet strength in
Afghanistan. Clarke suggested the President be advised to stick with
his previously announced figure of about 100,000 Soviet troops involved in
Afghanistan. Discussion followed on the validity of this count. The
Director said we should leave it to the White House as to how to use such
figures but that we should provide the best figures we have on Soviet
ground troops in Afghanistan, Soviet troops operating from airfields near
the USSR-Afghanistan border, and other Soviet forces poised against
Afghanistan.0 25X1
Hetu reported that as a follow-up to the President's State of the
Union Address, the NBC "Today" show intends to produce a three-part series
on the new situation for U.S. foreign intelligence. He said this will
require NBC filming at Headquarters and that the series is scheduled to be
presented in early March. Hetu noted also that New York Times columnist
Tad Szulc is following up the State of the Union Address with an article on
the state of U.S. intelligence.0 25X1
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ment benefits is the driving force.
Hitz reported Diane Lavoy, HPSCI staffer, had met with Ire
Committee interest in the quality of our reporting) an that
Ms. Lavoy's queries were apparently satisfied. Hitz added, however, his
continued concern re Ms. Lavoy's probing technique of attempts at direct
contacts with our officers (Taylor noted she had made direct contact with
a DDS&T officer), and the possibility of her accessing raw intelligence,
e.g., cables. 0
Hitz reported the SSCI has asked to be briefed 19 February on the
and suggested Mr. Carlucci make the
presentation. a Director agreed and noted that if Mr. Carlucci is
unavailable, would be able to handle it.
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Silver reported he has forwarded to the Director a memorandum from
Dr. Brzezinski which was LDX'd last night which explains that the Director
will be the principal spokesman for the Administration re Charters Legisla-
tion. The Director said he will meet today with David Aaron to review the
situation as described in a report received from Silver yesterday. Hitz
commented that though our interests seem to be holding well in most instances
re Charters it appears we are los ound on the issue of prior notification
to the Congress re covert action 25X1
Wortman reported that as a result of inflation and more probably because
of the soaring costs of silver, Eastman-Kodak has raised prices 50 percent
which is likely to impact heavily on NPIC. With particular regard for the
Operations Directorate and the Office of Communications, Wortman reported a
State Department bill has been prepared which will raise household replacement
values of overseas personnel from $15,000 to $25,000. He suggested the bill
will also be retroactive. The Director asked if his special authorities
could be exercised in this matter for Agency personnel. Wortman will look
into it.
Wortman reported that special efforts to increase the attendance of new
employees in orientation courses has been very successful. The Director
noted his pleasure at this report and noted also that 25X1
should be able to take advantage of this re APEX. Wortman repor e aiso
te has taken an 8 percent cut in travel but with higher impact
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implications for our Agency personnel, e.g., communications. Wortman said
he has asked Ed Sherman, Director of Finance, to look into this and to
review the details with Maur Lipton to determine how we should address the
problem with State 25X1
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The Director reported yesterday's 1981 Program and Budget Authorization
hearings at the HPSCI went well. He said, however, he needs to provide addi-
tional information to the Committee on staffing in the Operations Directorate.
While noting the Directorate's 1981 position strength is adequate, the Director
said additional data are needed by the HPSCI re DO overseas position strength,
particularly in Latin America and Africa Divisions. McMahon explained added
positions in these areas were taken from Headquarters strength. Citing a
memorandum he has forwarded to the Director, McMahon said the DO cannot
function adequately at its current overall strength--since preparation of
the 1981 budget, increased tasking especially in covert action coupled with
errors in previous calculations of DO cutbacks has raised the need for
additional positions. The Director said he will deal with this separately,
but that he remains firm in terms of the 1981 program level. The Director
asked Fitzwater to provide him with statistics re the Bill Wells' 25X1
reduction--statistics are to include reductions by component and grade 25X1
levels in order to remove HPSCI confusion re positions versus eople.
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