NIC ACTIVITY REPORT, 26 JULY - 1 AUGUST 1985

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 18, 2010
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• Publication Date: August 2, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director o entra me igence
Washington. D.C. 20505
National Intelligence Council
NIC #03852-85
2 August 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Herbert E. Meyer
Vice Chairman, National Intelligence Council
SUBJECT: NIC Activity Report, 26 July - 1 August 1985
I. DCI/DDCI-Assigned Tasks
NIO/Africa (Fred Wettering), with C/AF/DO, prepared talking points
for and briefed the DCI on USSR and the situation in South Africa prior
to an NSC meeting; briefed the DCI on a State/AID proposal to deploy US
military elements t W stern Sudan to distribute f amiane aid;
NIO at Large (Hal Ford), with the assistance of the NIOs, prepared a
draft NIC Threat Outlook for DCI and C/NIC review.
NIO/Counterterrorism/Narcotics (Charles Allen) prepared talking
points for the DCI/DDCI's use at an NSC meeting, chaired by the
President, on the status of security at US nuclear weapons-related
facilities in the US and abroad.
Assistant NIO/C terrorism with DO officers,
Acting Chief DO/CPNand the CIA Executive Secretary, briefed the
DCI and DDCI prior to a meeting of the Vice President's Task Force on
Counterterrorism.
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Assistant NIO/USSR
DCI on the Gorbachev succession.
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III. Of Interest This Week
NIO/Africa (Fred Wettering), with DI analysts, attended a Community
mid-tour briefing for US Ambassador to Sudan Hume Horan;
NIO at Large (Hal Ford) spoke to an OTE course on the NIC and
producer-consumer relations; and with the assistance of OGI and OSWR
officers, prepared certain materials for C/NIC concerning Soviet radio
jamming.
Acting NIO at Large (David Low) hosted an off-site conference on
nuclear proliferation for representatives from the intelligence and
policy communities; with VC/NIC (Herbert Meyer) and NIO/NESA (Graham
Fuller), received a briefing from Gary
Saymore of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories; and met with
Dr. Thomas Welch, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for
Chemical Warfare Matters, to discuss CW issues.
NIO/Counterterrorism/Narcotics (Charles Allen) briefed ADM James
Holloway, Director of the Vice President's Task Force on
Counterterrorism, on counterterrorism issues; at the request of OGC,
prepared comments on draft House of Representatives anti-terrorism
legislation; met with the Director of the ICS Program and Budget staff
to discuss potential R&D funding enhancements for counterterrorism
activites; briefed prospective CINCEUR Director for Operations (J3),
RADII James F. Dorsey, USN, on counterterrorism issues related to Western
Europe and the Middle East, and co-hosted a luncheon for him with DI
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officials; met with) to discuss
potential areas of research and development in counterterrorism; in his
capacity as Chairman IICT, approved and disseminated to the Community
coordinated TERREP message format guidelines drafted by the IICT
Subcommittee on Warning; with A/NIO/Narcotics and
A/NIO/CT , met with General Gorman, Genera i ehead, and
Admiral Holcombe--consultants to the Vice President's Task Force on
Counterterrorism--to discuss Community counterterrorist programs; with
A/NIO/Narcotics met with RADM Clyde Robbins, USCG Chief
of Operations to discuss Community support to Coast Guard counter-
narcotics activities; met with the new Assistant Army Attache to Mexico
to discuss narcotics issues related to that country
traveled to Miami at the
invitation of NNBIS Southeast Regional Coordinator RADM Richard P.
Cueroni, USCG, to attend a planning session for a drug interdiction
operation and to discuss with Admiral Cueroni issues related to
long-term NNBIS requirements for intelligence support; with officials of
the DEA intelligence office, briefed the SSCI on the international drug
trafficking threat and Community capabilities to support policy and law
enforcement agencies; with OLL officers, met with Senator Chiles to
brief him on the drug trafficking threat from Latin America--
particularly cocaine--and prospects for controlling the drug flow into
the US from abroad.
NIO/East Asia (Carl Ford) received a briefing from
DIA on political prisoners in Vietnam; briefed Senate staffers on East
Asian matters; met with staff member Gaston Sigur to discuss Asian
issues; and met with Assistant Deputy Director
of DIA for Collection Management.
Assistant NIO/Economics with NIO/LA (Robert
Vickers), attended an NSC staff meeting to raft a revised set of
talking points for Treasury Secretary Baker's trip to Peru for the
inauguration of Alan Garcia.
NIO/Europe (Col. George Kolt), with A/NIO/EUR met
with Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Luers
Assistant NIO/Europe attended a briefing for the
Ambassador-Designate to East Germany; briefed William Rau, Consul-
General-Designate/Istanbul; participated in a briefing for the
DCM/Bucharest; and prepared a memorandum for C/NIC on the draft Malta
policy study.
NIO/FDIA (H. F. Hutchinson, Jr.) with C/CI Staff and the Special
Counsel/DO, met with DoD representatives on special projects; and with
representatives of FBI, State, OGI, and SOYA, briefed Senator Pressler,
Chairman of the European Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, on Soviet active measures.
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Assistant NIO/FDIA Imet with NSA and DIA DDAC members
to resolve matters related to the draft DCID, which were raised by
Generals Odom and Williams.
C/FDIA Staff briefed the Undersecretary of the Air
Force for Space Systems on a ovie intelligence-threat issue.
NIO/Latin America (Robert Vickers) attended a DoD briefing by the
Central American Joint Intelligence Task Force; and participated in a
military exercise at the Naval War College.
Assistant NIO/Latin America attended a meeting of
the Interagency Caribbean Steering Group chaired by Admiral Burkhalter
at the ICS.
NIO/NESA (Graham Fuller) met with the US Ambassador to Algeria;
conferred with a Baltimore Hebrew College scholar on Soviet/Middle East
activities; conferred with a CSIS scholar on the Arabian Peninsula; and
met with a Rand Corporation scholar on the Northern Tier countries.
NIO/SP (Lawrence Gershwin), with A/NIO/SP briefed
BGen May and MGen Williams of USAF R&D programs, on ovie s rategic
force developments; and with C/ACIS and Chairman/WSSTC, met with NSC
staff members to discuss SS-19 accuracy.
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to discuss the technical merits and completeness of
the study on START/INF cheating scenarios.
NIO/S&T (Julian Nall) with A-NIO/S&T met with
Dr. Sidney Singer of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Dr. Singer will serve on Dr. Keyworth's staff as Associate Director for
SDI.
NIO/USSR (Fritz Ermarth) discussed Soviet relations with Dr. Fred
Ikle, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy.
NIO/Warning (John Bird) discussed the role of the NIC at the OTE
Seminar on Producer-Consumer Relations.
Assistant NIO/Warning participated in Global War
Games '85 at the Naval War College.
National Intelligence Officers for Africa, East Asia, Latin America,
NESA, and USSR met with Richard Clark, newly-appointed Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Regional Analysis, INR.
Herbert E. Meyer
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SUBJECT: NIC Activity Report, 26 July - 1 August 1985
VC/NIC:HM:ba (2 Aug 85)
1 - DC I
1 - DDCI
1 - SA/IA
1 - ER
1 - C/NIC
1 - VC/NIC
1 - Each NIO
1 - NIC/AG
1 - EO/NIC
1 - PO/NIC
1 - SRP
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