NIC ACTIVITY REPORT, 13 - 19 DECEMBER 1985

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2010
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• Publication Date: December 20, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
National Intelligence Council
NIC #06189-85
20 December 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, 13 - 19 December 1985
1. DCI/DDCI-Assigned Tasks
NIO/Africa (Fred Wettering) prepared talking points for the DCI on
Angola.
NIO at Large (MGen David Einsel) prepared a response for the DCI to
the Chairman of HPSCI on Chinese nuclear questions.
NIO/Counterterrorism/Narcotics (Charles Allen) met with the DCI to
discuss a sensitive counterintelligence issue. Mr. Allen met with the
DCI to discuss money laundering and problems involved in disrupting
international narcotics trafficking organizations; and prepared briefing
papers for and accompanied the DDCI to a meeting of the Vice President's
Task Force on Combatting Terrorism.
NIO/Europe (Col. George Kolt) prepared memoranda for the DCI on
Yugoslavia: Intelligence Exchanges and Terrorism,
and with DD , prepare a
memorandum for the DCI on European views of SDI.
NIO/Latin America (Robert Vickers) prepared an update on Nicaragua
for the DCI's use at an upcoming NSC meeting, and provided the DCI with
talking points on Contadora for a meeting with Admiral Crowe.
NIO/USSR (Fritz Ermarth) joined C/NIC in briefing the DCI on Soviet
defense spending.
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Assistant NIO/USSR h ~Iprepared talking points for the
DCI on Soviet relations with East Europe and on the Soviet position in
the Middle East.
NIO/Warning (John Bird) prepared a talking paper for the DCI on the
potential for Syrian-Israeli war.
NIC/AG officer led a seminar at the National War
College in conjunction with an address by the DDCI on intelligence and
policymaking.
NIO at Large (Hal Ford) and NIO/NESA (Graham Fuller) were appointed
Vice Chairmen of the NIC to replace Herbert Meyer when he departs for
the private sector on 31 December 1985.
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III. Of Interest This Week
NI0/Africa (Fred Wettering) chaired a DDI mid-tour debriefing of
Ambassador to Lesotho Shirley Abbott;
Acting Assistant NIO/Africa attended a meeting of an
IG Working Group on Ethiopia an u an at e State Department.
A/ NIO/CBW hosted Community meeting on Soviet
chemical warfare agent stockpile and storage issues; met with
representatives from the Community on preparing release of information
NIO/Counterterrorism/Narcotics (Charles Allen)
discussed issue
papers or the vice resident's Task Force on Combatting Terrorism with
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the General Counsel and OGC officers; and discussed counterterrorism
l issues with NSC staff member Oliver North and of ricers of NPIC; NSA;
NIO/East Asia (Carl Ford) met with Ambassador-Designate to.jNew
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,the CIA CI/CT Task Force to discuss a draft report.
Assistant NIU/Counterterror~ism
;Zealand Paul Cleve land; in response to a request by Congressman Solarz,
briefed members and staff of the house Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific
Affairs on the, military and political situation in and rel d' the
conflict-in Cambodia; attended a HUMINT Committee meeting
chaired by discussed Taiwan withJames
Lilley, Deputy Assistant Se East Asia and PAcific
Aff airs; and with A/NIO/EA attended an OGL
!presentation on an assessment of the political power of various elite
Acting NIO/Economics met with DD/OEA to discuss.
a
Hudson Institute contract on Chinese economic reform; met withib/OALA,
and David,Missert, EA/ADDI, to discuss economic research on Mexico;(and
j chaired a: meeting between NSC staff member David Wigg and SDI officers!'
for discussion of'new economic initiatives on Latin America.
NIO/Europe (Col. George Kolt) discussed European basing problems,
!with Col. Richard O'Lear Director USAF Technical Application Center;
and with A/NIO/Europe ,discussed Eastern European
affairs with Dr.,George Hoffmanlof the Kennan Institute.
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1 Assistant NIO/Europe met with -Col. McNamara, Policy
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1fficer for Yugolavia, OSD/ISA, to discuss Eastern European affairs.
NIO/FDIA H. F. Hutchinson, (Jr.) met with NIO/USSR, along with
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to discuss soviet active measures;' attended a SIG(I) meeting;:'
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!attended with C/CI Staff, a CI/CM Implementation Task Force meeting;'
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;met with ICS, wholis directing the Future SIGINTj;
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Capabilities u y, a ong'with A/NIO/FDIA and C/FDIA.
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Staff DD/CRES, and others to discuss support..to
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discuss Army's participation-inIthe DDAC? and. acc nied;by OM7
CIA's DDAC principal; met with Chief of NSA's
FDIA Staff: C/FDIA Staff made a resentationjto
the Deception Analysis Course? prepared;an
intelligence threat assessment in response to.an IG/CI request.'
NIO/GPF.(MGen Stephen Nichols), with his Assistants, was briefed by
pen..B;ert'Spivy of Martin Marietta on hi views of CDI.
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istant NIO/GPF and A/NIO/GPF
attended an NIO/S&T-sponsored briefing on laser communications.
NIO/Latin America (Robert Vickers), with DO officers, discussed
Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia at a restricted IG chaired by Assistant
Secretar of State Elliott Abrams; discussed El Salvador and Nicaragua
with the Defense Intelligence Officer for Latin America
and UI analysts; and prepared material for and arranged a DDI briefing
on Mexico for NSC staff member Phillip Hughes in support of a scheduled
trip to the area by the President.
NIO/NESA (Graham Fuller) met with the NSC Senior Director for Middle
East Affairs; addressed a high school class on Middle Eastern history:
chaired a HUMINT collection meeting
and met with a Rand specialist on Turkey and the Middle East.
NIO/SP (Lawrence Gershwin) discussed the Joint Net Assessment with
Andrew Marshall Director OSD Net Assessment; and with NIE 11-3/8-86
managers met with the WSSIC to discuss
changes to an estimate of Soviet ICBM silo hardness.
Assistant NIO/SP
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A/NIO/SP and CIA and DIA analysts, briefed members of
the HPSCI on strategic defense.
NIO/S&T (Julian Nall), with A-NIO/S&T attended a STAP
Working Group meeting on technology surprise in New York with
NIO/USSR (Fritz Ermarth) discussed the impact of the Gramm-Rudman
Act with Andrew Marshall; participated in a political simulation at the
NSC Crisis Management Center; discussed aspects of US/Soviet military
investment with officers of OSD/PA&E and SOVA analysts; and with
A/NIO/USSR briefed Ambassadors Kampelman and Cooper on
prospective Soviet strategy toward the US.
Aqr,iqt 0/USSR participated in a debriefing of
a member of the Dartmouth group which recently held
meetings in Moscow with Soviet international affairs experts.
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Officers of the NIC/AG were involved in the following activities:
conducted a seminar on Soviet/Third World relations at
the Foreign Service Institute with SOVA-analysts
Herbert E. Meyer
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SUBJECT: NIC Activity Report, 13 - 19 December 1985
VC/NIC:HM:ba (20 Dec 85)
1 - DCI
1 - DDCI
1 - EXDIR
1 - SA/IA
1 - ER
1 - C/NIC
1 - VC/NIC
1 - Each NIO
1 - NIC/AG
1 - A0/ NI C
1 - PO/NIC
1 - SRP
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