STAFF MEETING MINUTES OF 7 JULY 1980

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• Publication Date: July 7, 1980
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0 SECRET
7 July 1980
Fitzwater reported continuing concern and confusion re payments of
SIS bonuses for 1980, noting that for this year the number of SIS personnel
eligible for bonuses has been reduced from 50 percent to 25 percent. He
said recommendations for bonuses are due by 1 October and that payments
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Staff Meeting Minutes of 7 July 1980
The Director chaired the meeting.
from the 1981 budget will probably be made in January.
Fitzwater announced the SIS promotion ceremony is scheduled for 1000
hours on 14 July in the auditorium.
Fitzwater reported, in response to complaints and a chronic shortage
of clerical personnel, that 0 such personnel entered on duty in June--the
largest number ever for a single month. He said _[prospective employees
have been cleared for entry against 0 vacancies. he Director questioned
the shortage of clericals and indicated his continuing concern re limited
promotion opportunities for secretaries in particular. Relatedly, Fitzwater
said he met recently with the Secretarial/Clerical MAG and found that job
dissatisfaction expressed by most secretaries currently centers less on
salary than on manager/supervisor underuse of various secretarial skills,
noting that emphasis seems to be more on typing than on other skills. He
said he will continue his dialogue with the MAG.
Lipton said we can expect to hear this week from OMB re our request for
travel allowance relief. He noted that if OMB approval is not forthcoming
we will have to pursue another course of action.
Hetu reported the Publications Review Board has requested that Frank
Snepp delete one name from the manuscript for his second book. Hetu noted
that, though the manuscript deals in fictional,mattpr it contains a mix of
both real and fictional names of CIA officers.
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Hetu said that immediately following last week's ne ative court
decision re former employee0 lawsuit, he submitted a
426-page manuscript for review by the PRB. Hetu said the manuscript
alleges widespread corruption and other illegalities within CIA. He said
that this
expose-type product is i e
to pose numerous problems.
Mr. Carlucci asked ~ to develop the best way to quickly inform
Oversight Committee members of our views pertaining to recent press
reports implicating CIA in Jamaica's political turmoil and relatedly the 5
July attack on the Kingston home of U.S. Consulate Officer Richard Kinsman.
The Director said he is especially incensed at New York Times manipulative
reporting yesterda of the situation (see clippings attached) implicating
CIA. (Action: LC)~
Briggs said thel (decision re thel (case precluded
any need for court testimony by Agency officers.
reported that coverage of Cuba's Mariel Harbor has been moved
from demand coverage to routine priority. The Director advised the DDO and
others, however, to keep a sharp eye on activity in Mariel Harbor. A brief
discussion followed re the 4 July departure from Mariel Harbor of a sizable
ship fraudulently registered in Miami; he said the U.S. Coast Guard inter-
cepted the ship in international waters and found no Cuban refugees aboard.
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the Director noted the President's trip abroad and that he (the Director)
will be leaving Thursday for Los Angeles to attend a luncheon with business-
men on Friday and to attend a National Academy of Achievement function on
Saturday. He said he will return to Washington on Sunday.
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NEW YORK TIMES 40
(6 July 1980)
Jamaicans Weathering Economic and Social Storm'!
By JO THOMAS
Specks/ to The New York Times
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 5 - De- i
spite continuing murders in the slums of i
Kingston and the shooting up of the home
of a United States diplomat, Jamaica
? seems to be holding up far better, both
politically and economically, than any-
one was predicting several weeks ago.
~. ` The banks still have reserves of foreign
exchange, shortages of goods have
abated somewhat and businesses and fac.
tones keep operating, although realists
have written off the summer tourist sea
Most important, the electoral office has
doggedly continued to sign up voters for
parliamentary elections expected this
fall, counting 700,000 so far and experi-
encing delays only in Kingston neighbor-
hoods, the worst hit by violence. The
count, which was to have been completed
tomorrow, has been extended to July 20 to
/include everyone who is eligible, an
achievement that most people were
doubting not long ago.
Jamaicans seem convinced that the
elections, announced last February, a
year ahead of schedule, will probably
take place in October, although there
have been accusations, unsupported so
far, that the United States and Cuba are
trying to meddle in events here.
U.S. and Cuba Say Nothing
American and Cuban diplomats are
saying nothing. Tice name of the Cuban
Ambassador, Ulises Estrada, is spray-
painted on walls all over Kingston with
accusations that include "Killer." Tliere
are also references on the walls to the
Cuban intelligence service, some of
whose alleged members were identified
months ago by the leader of the opposi-
tion Jamaica Labor Party. -
This week 15 people in the American
Embassy in Kingston were alleged to be
in the employ of the Central Intelligence
Agency. The names were distributed at a?!,
news conference held Wednesday by
Louis Wolf, co-editor of Covert Action In-
formation Bulletin, a newsletter pub-
lished in Washington. Mr. Wolf contended
that the C.I.A. had been engaged in a
huge effort to undermine Jamaica's so-
cialist Government.
Mr. Wolf's allegations were followed
within 48 hours by the machine-gunning
of the home of N. Richard Kinsman,
whose name and address were disclosed
by Mr; Wolf after he described him as the
C.I.A. station chief in.Kingston. At least
20 bullets struck the walls of the.house
and.two bullets went through the bed-
room window of Mr. Kinsman's daugh-
ter. Only Mr. Kinsman was at home at
the time and he was not hurt.
;Pinemler Deplores the Attack ..
Prime Minister Michael N. Manley de-
plored the attack in a statement yester.'
day. Jamaicans and~rs *ho had
hoped the shootings the
Kings-
ton slums would not move up the hills tq
the affluent suburbs were on edge.
There have been more than 250 killings,`
most of then in the poorest neighbor-t
hoods of the capital, since Mr. Manley an.
the elections. five months ago.;
Many of those killed have been shot to)
death; the victims have Included police
men and schoolchildren.
the vast drug trade and how many slmply+
criminal acts or acts of personal revenge./
Meanwhile, the country. somehosy'
seems to be getting by in conditions',
that;,
have Improved the daily routine in recernt
weeks. It is now possible for housewives
to find chicken parts, cooking oil ?arld'
soap, Items that were scarce seve-'
dieted p iu
business forecasts were;'app~iv(
' has beenabe to8 et some
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NEW YORK TIMES
(6 July 1980)
:.'C.I. !-.' Dangerous
Label in Jamaica
At least 243 people have been killed
since February in pre-election vio-
lence in Jamaica. Last week, an
American target in Kingston escaped
injury when his lase was shot up by
unknown assailants. N. Richard Kins-
man had been identified by Covert Ac-
tion Information Bulletin, a Washing
ton newsletter, as the Central Intelli-
gence Agency station chief for Ja-
maica. The State Department saidhe
was an embassy Political officer-
Pr ime Minister Michael N. Manley,
who has stressed friendly relations
with Fidel Castro of Cuba, charged be-
fore the shooting that "there is a calcu-
lated and deliberate gdestabilization
program at work."
were "C.I-A: people in Jamaica," he
said, adding "I draw no conclusion
from that fact."
milt Freodenbela
and Barbara Slavin
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