25 AUGUST MEETING OF THE NATIONAL NARCOTICS BORDER INTERDICTION SYSTEMS COORDINATING COMMITTEE

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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 29, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
National Intelligence Council
MEMORANDUM FOR : Acting Director of Central Intelligence
NIC #6143-83
29 August 1983
FROM : Acting National Intelligence Officer for Narcotics
,SUBJECT : 25 August Meeting of the National Narcotics Border
Interdiction Systems Coordinating Committee
1. The meeting was chaired by Admiral Murphy, who opened the meeting by
reviewing the current status of the program. He expressed displeasure about
the current "flood" of cocaine in the United States -- despite the sizeable
narcotics seizures which had taken place since the 10th of June: over a
million pounds of marijuana, 7222 pounds of-cocaine, 44 pounds of heroin,. and
34,000 pounds of Thai sticks. He was upbeat concerning the efforts the
agencies were making -- especially Defense. Nevertheless, he was concerned
about the seeming inability of this expanded effort to more effectively
interdict the flow of narcotics coming into the country. GCps in radar
coverage and other resource shortcomings were discussed but found to be
difficult to rectify without budgetary action. He commended the Intelligence
Community for its improved narcotics-related product. Special narcotics
interdiction operations are being planned for the October-December period.
2. Next week, Admiral Murphy will be going to Canada for talks aimed at
getting Canadian assistance on border interdiction. The Canadians, however,
appear to be more concerned about drugs flowing into Canada from the US than
from Canada to the US. Murphy concluded his presentation by restating the
President's personal interest in the entire drug program, specifically his
interest in "forfeiture" as a way of stiffening the penalties for drug
traffickers.
3. Following Murphy's presentation, the representatives of each of the
agencies present gave their view concerning the NNBIS program. Most agency
statements were general and upbeat. Coast Guard dealt with the specifics of
programs, equipment, and personnel that were being applied to the effort. I
did the same for the Intelligence Community, noting that:
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-- several narcotics-related NIES have recently been published, and more
are under way;
-- the Cuba working group has identified potential contributions NSA can
make once legal problems are resolved;
-- we are focusing our analytic abilities to more precisely target
international narcotics information;
-- we have identified three CIA annuitants to conduct training at the
five Border Interdiction Stations;
-- and finally, that the Intelligence Community effort will further
increase when the additional personnel funded in the '84 budget come
on board.
4. All agencies present agreed that the real payoffs from NNBIS would
occur further in the future than Murphy or the Vice President had initially
anticipated. Based on Murphy's comments I expect that the 8 September meeting
will include Vice Presidential pressure to accelerate efforts so that
quantifiable results will be available sooner.
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