NIC ACTIVITY REPORT FOR 12-16 DECEMBER 1983

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• Publication Date: December 16, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
National Intelligence Council NIC# 9090-83
16 December 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM : Herbert E. Meyer
Vice Chairman, National Intelligence Council
SUBJECT : NIC Activity Report for 12-16 December 1983
I. DCI/DDCI-Assigned Tasks
NIO/AL (David Low) attended a SIG on international economic policy
for the DCI and also participated in a senior long-range planning
conference with the DCI, DDCI, C/NIC, and Community principles.
NIO/AL (Lincoln Gordon) prepared a memorandum for the DCI on
problems of potential "rapid warfare" with Cuba following the initiation
of Radio Marti.
NIO/GPF (MG Ted Atkeson) prepared a speech for the DCI and
accompanied him to the US Army's Command and General Staff College at
Fort Levenworth, Kansas, where the DCI delivered the Omar N. Bradley
Lecture to selected students and faculty members.
NIO/Narcotics (David Gries) reviewed 1983 developments with the DCI
and members of the community narcotics core-group. He also attended a
meeting of the Executive Board of the National Narcotics Border
Interdiction System for the DDCI.
II. Interagency Papers
NIO/Africa (Montgomery Rogers) initiated a typescript on the Horn
of Africa for an IG meeting on 20 December.
NIO/LA (John Horton) conducted coordination meetings throughout the
week for an IIA on Grenada and began work on a vulnerability assessment
of Nicaragua.
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NI0/NESA (Graham Fuller) reviewed the draft of a fast-track SNIE on
the implications of the military balance in Lebanon prior to
coordination by NFIB representatives next week.
Estimates approved at NFIB on 14 December:
SNIE 82.1-2-83: Near Term Military Prospects in El Salvador
Fast-Track
NIE 11-7-83: Soviet Energy Prospects into the 1990's
NIE 11-12-83: Soviet Military Technology and Research and
Development
III. Of Special Interest This Week
NI0/AF and A/NIO/AF met with community referents for informal
discussions on Africa.
NIO/AL (Hal Ford) met with NPIC and OIA officers for discussions on
the question of Soviet support for terrorism, and with
0GI met with Ambassador Dugan to begin planning for the mid-January WARC
preparatory conference in Geneva.
NIO/AL (David Low) participated in discussions on a technical
evaluation of Argentina's uranium enrichment capa at a meeting
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of the Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Comm
A/NIO/AL briefed OTE's Scientific/Weapons
Intelligence Course for opera ions officers on the inter-relationships
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NIO/LA, with C/LAD, attended a meeting chaired by Assistant
Secretary of State Motley for discussions on policy in Central America;
with NI0/NESA, attended a meeting at State with the Policy Planning
Staff; and, with A/NIO/LA, briefed OAS Ambassador Middendorf on Mexico.
NI0/Narcotics hosted a luncheon for the community narcotics core-
group.
NI0/NESA met with a former senior NSC staffer; discussed problems
in Lebanon and the Gu with the Assistant Secretary of State for the
Middle East; met with to discuss Soviets in the
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NIO/SP, with briefed the Strategic Forces
Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Soviet ABM and
laser developments at hearings for the President's Strategic Defense
Initiative; and with attended interagency meetings on
verification findings prior to next week's NSC meeting on arms control
compliance. NIO/SP also met with the Deputy Director of the USAF's
National Strategic Target List to discuss findings of a recent estimate
on Soviet strategic forces; was briefed by Navy scientists on non-
acoustic ASW; and briefed the Scowcroft Commission on Soviet ABM and
laser developments.
NI0/S&T and the Chairman, STIC briefed the estimate on Soviet
military technology and research and development to the President's
Science Advisor, the Assistant Chief of Staff of the USAF, and the
Deputy Chief of Staff for (USAF) Research, Development, and Acquisition.
Nrn/USSR-EE arranged a community seminar
discontent; with the A/NI0/USSR-EE, met the new Ambassador to
Czechoslovakia, William Luers; and attended discussions between DDI
analysts and Ambassador to Yugoslavia Anderson.
A/NI0/USSR-EE, with of the NIC/AG, met with USAF
Lt. General Tighe (retired to
intelligence officials
NIO/WE, with NIO/USSR-EE and A/NI0/USSR-EE, met with US INF
Delegation Deputy Chairman Michael Glittman.
NIO/W hosted a visit and briefings by two officials of the Los
Alamos National Laboratory; with the A/NI0/W, visited CENTCOM and REDCOM
at McDill AFB for briefings on missions and functions of the Commands.
He also spoke at McDill on NIC warning goals, progress, and programs.
IV. Future Activities
(Nothing of special interest to report at this time.)
Herbert E. eyer
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