REMARKS OF WILLIAM J. CASEY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BEFORE SOUTHERN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 8 NOVEMBER 1986

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REMARKS OF WILLIAM J, CASEY
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
BEFORE
SOUTHERN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
8 NOVEMBER 1986
320 W, PACES FERRY ROAD, N,W
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
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SOUTHERN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
ATLANTA, GA.
8 NOVEMBER 1986
MR. WHITE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: FIRST OF ALL, LET ME
APOLOGIZE FOR THE LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION OF THE SESSION WE
HAD SCHEDULED EARLIER THIS YEAR, I AM GLAD THAT WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO GET TOGETHER AFTER ALL SINCE THE PROCESS OF BUILDING
THE NATIONAL CONSENSUS ON THE GREAT POLICY ISSUES AFFECTING OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY IS SO VERY IMPORTANT, TODAY I'D LIKE TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT A FEW OF THE THREATS AND CHALLENGES CONFRONTING
THE U,S, THAT HAVE BEEN WEIGHING HEAVILY ON MY MIND AND I
EXPECT ON YOURS AS WELL, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS
COUNTRY'S INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES AND HOW PEOPLE LIKE
YOURSELVES CAN MAKE, AND ARE MAKING, SUCH AN IMPORTANT
CONTRIBUTION TO OUR MISSION.
GIVEN THE DRAMATIC EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN EVOLVING IN THE
SOVIET RELATIONSHIP WITHIN RECENT WEEKS, I AM GOING TO START
OUT ON A SOMEWHAT GENERAL, PERHAPS EVEN PHILOSOPHIC, NOTE ABOUT
OUR COMPETITION WITH THE SOVIET UNION, HONEST MEN AND WOMEN
CAN DISAGREE ABOUT THE PROPER STRATEGY AND TACTICS TO EMPLOY IN
OUR POLICY TOWARD THE SOVIET UNION, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THE U.S. IS INVOLVED IN THE LINEAL
DESCENDENT OF THE SAME CONFLICT THAT WESTERN CIVILIZATION HAS
STRUGGLED WITH FOR MILLENIUMS -- STATE DESPOTISM VERSUS THE
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NOTION THAT THE HIGHEST GOAL OF THE STATE IS TO PROTECT
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND CREATIVITY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
UNDERSTAND JUST HOW DIFFERENT THE SOVIETS ARE FROM US IN THEIR
HISTORY, CULTURE AND OUTLOOK.
LOOK AT THE DANILOFF AFFAIR, THE FACT THAT THE SOVIETS
WERE INCAPABLE OF MAKING A DISTINCTION BETWEEN JOURNALISM AND
ESPIONAGE, BUT PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF INDULGING IN THE MOST
BLATANT FORM OF HOSTAGE-TAKING, TELLS ME THAT WE ARE DEALING
WITH A FUNDAMENTALLY ALIEN AND TOTALLY UNPALATABLE VALUE SYSTEM
THAT THREATENS OUR OWN CHERISHED INSTITUTIONS, LOOK AT THE
KAL-747 SHOOTDOWN. WE SHOULD NOT GET BOGGED DOWN IN THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE SOVIET AIR DEFENSE COMMAND KNEW
FOR A FACT THAT IT WAS SHOOTING DOWN A CIVILIAN 747. ALL WE
NEED TO KNOW ON THAT IS THAT THE SOVIET SYSTEM WAS PERFECTLY
CAPABLE OF SHOOTING DOWN A LARGE UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT ON THE
MERE SUSPICION THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN ESPIONAGE,
IT IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS COUNTRY
NEEDS A STRONG INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITY IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY WE ARE ENGAGED IN A COMPETITION WITH THE SOVIETS IN THE
FIRST PLACE AND WHAT THE REAL NATURE AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF
THE CONTEST IS, A THOUSAND YEARS OF RUSSIAN HISTORY --
REINFORCED ONLY RECENTLY BY MARXISM-LENINISM -- TELLS THE
SOVIET LEADERSHIP THAT CONFLICT IS INEVITABLE, THAT THE CONTEST
FOR GLOBAL SUPREMACY IS UNENDING, THAT ONE SIDE WILL WIN AND
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THE OTHER LOSE, AND THAT GOD, OR AS GOOD MARXISTS SAY "THE
FORCES OF HISTORY," WILL ENSURE RUSSIAN VICTORY,
SO WHAT DOES THIS OUTLOOK MEAN FOR U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
AND FOR OUR INTELLIGENCE MISSION? IT MEANS, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THAT THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP REMAINS COMMITTED TO
BUILDING A MILITARY FORCE THAT COULD FIGHT AND WIN A
CONVENTIONAL OR NUCLEAR WAR. SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II,
THE SOVIETS HAVE MAINTAINED A SIZEABLE EDGE IN CONVENTIONAL
MANPOWER AND FIREPOWER IN EUROPE, AND SOME TIME AGO, THE
SOVIETS BEGAN TO RELENTLESSLY EXPAND A LARGE ARSENAL OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS AIMED AT THE U.S ? EUROPE AND EAST ASIA, NEW MISSILES
AND MISSILE-CARRYING AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES ARE BEING
DEVELOPED, TESTED AND DEPLOYED IN AMAZING PROFUSION. BY 1980
SOVIET STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE FORCES ALREADY HAD CAUGHT UP AND, IN
SOME KEY AREAS, SURPASSED THOSE OF OUR OWN, JUST ONE SOBERING
EXAMPLE: THE SOVIETS ARE NOW PROTECTING THEIR LAND-BASED
MISSILE FORCES BY DEPLOYING MOBILE MISSILES, A MOBILE U.S.
ICBM WILL NOT BE DEPLOYED UNTIL THE 1990s AT BEST,
PERHAPS EVEN MORE ALARMING, THE SOVIETS ARE IN THE MIDST OF
A MAJOR LONGTERM MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM -- THEIR OWN "STAR
WARS," IF YOU WILL, INVOLVING SOME 10 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
FACILITIES AND THOUSANDS OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, THEY
LONG AGO DEPLOYED AN ABM SYSTEM AROUND MOSCOW AND THEY ARE
EMBARKED ON A CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM FEATURING A HUGELY
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EXPENSIVE AND AMBITIOUS UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION AND
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES TO ENSURE THE SURVIVABILITY OF THEIR
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP DURING A NUCLEAR WAR. IN MISSILE DEFENSE,
WE ARE THE NEWCOMERS ON THE BLOCK, ALTHOUGH YOU WOULD NEVER
KNOW IT BY LISTENING TO SOVIET PROPAGANDA CONDEMNING THE
PRESIDENT'S STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE AS "DESTABILIZING."
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN UNDERSTANDING THE MILITARY
CAPABILITIES OF OUR PRINCIPAL ADVERSARY WAS THE ONLY PART OF
OUR INTELLIGENCE MISSION THAT REALLY MATTERED. THAT DAY IS
LONG PAST. THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION, FOR EXAMPLE, MADE IT
PAINFULLY CLEAR THAT THE LONGER TERM INTERESTS AND SECURITY OF
THIS COUNTRY CAN BE DIRECTLY AT STAKE IN THE THIRD WORLD. IN
THE WAKE OF OUR SAD EXPERIENCE IN IRAN, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY
EXPANDED OUR EFFORT TO MONITOR AND ANTICIPATE INSTABILITY AND
UNREST IN COUNTRIES OF KEY IMPORTANCE TO THE U.S.
ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE OUR HANDS FULL. MUCH OF THE THIRD WORLD
IS IN CRISIS, ONE NEEDS TO LOOK NO FURTHER THAN JUST BEYOND
OUR SOUTHERN BORDER TO SEE A GOOD CROSS-SECTION OF THE
PROBLEM: CRUSHING DEBT, A GROWING DISEQUALIBRIUM IN FOOD
SUPPLY, RAPID POPULATION GROWTH, AND EXPLOSIVE URBANIZATION,
A FEW HOURS AGO, IN AN ADDRESS I GAVE AT THE CENTER FOR THE
STUDY OF THE PRESIDENCY, I TALKED ABOUT THE ENORMOUS STAKES
INVOLVED IN OUR COMPETITION WITH MOSCOW FOR INFLUENCE IN THE
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THIRD WORLD AND THE ENORMOUS POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES THE WEST HAS
IN THIS STRUGGLE. THE PENDULUM OF HISTORY SLOWLY BUT SURELY IS
SWINGING AWAY FROM SOVIET-STYLE COLLECTIVISM AS A MODEL FOR THE
THIRD WORLD AND TOWARDS THE CONCEPTS OF DEMOCRACY AND FREE
MARKET ECONOMICS, THE STOCK OF COMMUNISM AS AN IDEOLOGY AND AS
A PREDICTABLE SOLUTION FOR THIRD WORLD SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ILLS
HAS NEVER BEEN LOWER, NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE WEST TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THIS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY AND COME TO GRIPS WITH
THE CORE DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE THIRD WORLD. IN MY
OPINION, THE WEST'S TECHNOLOGICAL INGENUITY, ITS
ENTREPRENEURIAL TALENTS, AND ITS FREE MARKET ECONOMICS,
REPRESENT THE BEST -- INDEED THE ONLY LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR
BOTH THE THIRD WORLD AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WEST'S OWN
STRATEGIC INTERESTS,
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE THREAT TO THIRD WORLD STABILITY DOES
NOT COME SOLELY FROM INHERENT DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS, THERE IS
ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE THIRD WORLD CRISIS -- NAMELY OVERT AND
COVERT SOVIET ACTIVITIES AIMED AT SUBVERTING OR DESTABILIZING
GOVERNMENTS FRIENDLY TO THE U.S, AND, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE
HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DEAL RIGHT NOW WITH THIS IMMEDIATE
CHALLENGE OR ELSE WE MAY AS WELL FORGET ABOUT THE LONG-TERM
SOLUTIONS.
SINCE THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR, THE SOVIET UNION HAS BEEN
BUSILY TESTING WHETHER THE U.S, WILL RESIST FOREIGN PROVOKED
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AND SUPPORTED INSTABILITY AND INSURGENCY IN THE THIRD WORLD,
IT HAS DEVELOPED AN AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY WHICH AVOIDS DIRECT
CONFRONTATION AND INSTEAD TAKES MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE OF THIRD
WORLD SURROGATES LIKE CUBA, VIETNAM, LIBYA AND NICARAGUA TO
OBTAIN SOVIET OBJECTIVES.
THIS CREEPING IMPERIALISM HAS, IN MY VIEW, TWO PRIMARY
TARGETS -- THE OIL FIELDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST WHICH ARE THE LIFE
LINE OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE AND THE ISTHMUS AND CANAL OF
PANAMA WHICH DIVIDE NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. AFGHANISTAN,
SOUTH YEMEN, ETHIOPIA, AS WELL AS CAM RANH BAY IN VIETNAM, AND
MOZAMBIQUE AND ANGOLA IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, BRING SOVIET POWER
MUCH CLOSER TO THE SOURCES OF OIL AND MINERALS ON WHICH THE
INDUSTRIAL NATIONS DEPEND AND PUTS SOVIET NAVAL AND AIR POWER
ASTRIDE THE SEA LANES WHICH CARRY THOSE RESOURCES TO AMERICA,
EUROPE AND JAPAN.
TIME AND AGAIN WE HAVE WATCHED THE SOVIETS AND THEIR
SURROGATES MOVE IN TO EXPLOIT AND INSTIGATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
DISCONTENT, THEY GAIN AN INSURGENT BASE, EXPAND IT WITH
TRAINED MEN AND MILITARY ARMS, DRIVE OUT INVESTMENT, AND WAIT
FOR ANOTHER COUNTRY TO FALL, SINCE 1975, MOSCOW HAS ADDED FIVE
NEW CLIENT STATES IN THE THIRD WORLD AND THREATENS MORE THAN A
DOZEN OTHER REGIMES VIA CROSSBORDER MILITARY OPERATIONS,
INSURGENCIES AND SUBVERSION,
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IT'S NOT A PRETTY PICTURE, MARXIST-LENINIST POLICIES AND
TACTICS HAVE UNLEASHED THE FOUR HORSES OF THE APOCALYPSE,
THROUGHOUT THE THIRD WORLD WE SEE FAMINE IN AFRICA, PESTILENCE
THROUGH CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS IN AFGHANISTAN AND
INDO-CHINA, WAR ON THREE CONTINENTS, AND DEATH EVERYWHERE, IN
THOSE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES IN WHICH MARXIST REGIMES HAVE BEEN
EITHER IMPOSED OR MAINTAINED BY EXTERNAL FORCES, THERE HAS
OCCURRED A HOLOCAUST COMPARABLE TO THAT WHICH NAZI GERMANY
INFLICTED IN EUROPE SOME 40 YEARS AGO. SOME FOUR MILLION
AFGHANS, MORE THAN ONE-QUARTER OF THE POPULATION, HAVE HAD TO
FLEE THEIR COUNTRY. IN CAMBODIA, 2 TO 3 MILLION PEOPLE,
SOMETHING LIKE ONE-QUARTER OF THE PRE-WAR POPULATION, HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN THE MOST VIOLENT AND BRUTAL MANNER BY BOTH INTERNAL
AND EXTERNAL MARXIST FORCES.
I BELIEVE THE STAKES IN CENTRAL AMERICA ARE PARTICULARLY
HUGE AND HISTORIC, A SOVIET MILITARY BASE ON THE AMERICAN
CONTINENT DIVIDING NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA IS BEING PUT INTO
PLACE -- A TOEHOLD OF SOVIET MILITARY POWER AND SUBVERSION THAT
COULD ENDANGER THE PANAMA CANAL IN THE SHORT TERM AND MEXICO IN
THE SOMEWHAT LONGER TERM. RIGHT NOW THE SANDINISTA ARMY WITH
CUBAN HELICOPTER PILOTS AND COMBAT DIRECTION, AND A HALF
BILLION DOLLARS OF SOPHISTICATED SOVIET WEAPONRY, IS GOING ALL
OUT TO DESTROY THE NICARAGUAN RESISTANCE BEFORE NEW ASSISTANCE
CAN REACH IT, IN THE MEANTIME, THE SANDINISTAS ARE STICKING TO
THEIR BLUEPRINT OF BUILDING AN ALL-POWERFUL STATE SECURITY
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APPARATUS, THE STRONGEST ARMED FORCES IN CENTRAL AMERICA, AND
IN DEVELOPING A CENTER FOR EXPORTING SUBVERSION AND TERRORISM
TO THE REGION,
IN THIS LATTER REGARD, THE LINK BETWEEN LIBYAN-AND
CUBAN-SPONSORED TERRORISM IN CUBA AND NICARAGUA IS LARGE AND
GROWING LARGER, FOR SOME YEARS, THE LIBYANS HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTING THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT IN NICARAGUA WITH
SOMETHING LIKE $100 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. WE NOW SEE
NICARAGUA TRAINING YOUNG MEN FOR VIOLENCE AND SUBVERSION,
SENDING THEM AS FAR DOWN INTO SOUTH AMERICA AS CHILE. YOUNG
MEN FROM LATIN AMERICA ARE BEING SENT TO LIBYA FOR TRAINING IN
THE TERRORIST CAMPS THERE AND THEN ARE BROUGHT BACK TO BE
PLANTED AMONG THE POPULATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA, IN VENEZUELA,
IN ECUADOR, IF THE SANDINISTA REGIME CONSOLIDATES ITSELF, WE
CAN EXPECT MANAGUA TO BECOME THE BEIRUT OF THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE,
AND OF COURSE, THERE IS NO WAY THIS COUNTRY CAN IMMUNIZE
ITSELF FROM SUCH AN INFECTION, ALREADY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF NICARAGUANS AND SALVADORANS HAVE FLED THEIR COUNTRIES AND
HEADED NORTH, CAN ANYONE DOUBT THAT AS SOON AS IT BECOMES
APPARENT THAT THE COMMUNISTS ARE ABOUT TO COMPLETE THEIR
CONQUEST OF NICARAGUA, ANOTHER SIGNAL WILL BE FLASHED AND
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL LEAVE CENTRAL AMERICA, AND ULTIMATELY
MEXICO, TO CROSS THE BORDER INTO THE UNITED STATES,
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THERE IS NOTHING INEVITABLE ABOUT THIS SCENARIO. TWO CAN
PLAY THE SAME GAME. JUST AS THERE IS A CLASSIC FORMULA FOR
COMMUNIST SUBVERSION AND TAKEOVER, THERE ALSO IS A PROVEN
METHOD OF OVERTHROWING REPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT THAT CAN BE
APPLIED SUCCESSFULLY IN NICARAGUA,
THE NEW MONEY RECENTLY VOTED BY CONGRESS WILL MAKE IT
POSSIBLE TO FURTHER TURN UP THE HEAT ON THE SANDINISTAS BY
STEADILY EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF RESISTANCE TROOPS IN THE FIELD
AND BY OPENING NEW AREAS OF OPERATION, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
MATCHING THE SANDINISTAS WEAPON-FOR-WEAPON OR OF ACHIEVING A
CLASSIC MILITARY VICTORY. HISTORY SHOWS THAT A COMBINATION OF
NAGGING INSURGENT MILITARY PRESSURE AND PROGRESSIVE WITHDRAWAL
OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT IS WHAT BRINGS DOWN OR
ALTERS AN UNPOPULAR GOVERNMENT, BELIEVE ME, THIS PROCESS
ALREADY IS UNDERWAY IN NICARAGUA. I'M CONVINCED THAT WITH ONLY
VERY MODEST MILITARY ASSISTANCE FROM THE WEST, THE
ANTI-COMMUNIST LIBERATION MOVEMENTS NOW UNDERWAY THERE AND
ELSEWHERE IN THE THIRD WORLD CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
EVENTUALLY BRING DEMOCRACY TO THOSE COUNTRIES,
BUT WE SHOULD NOT KID OURSELVES ABOUT MOSCOW'S RESOLVE TO
STAY IN THIS GAME -- TO FIGHT FOR ITS TOEHOLDS AND SEEK NEW
ONES.
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-- IN ANGOLA, NEW SHIPMENTS OF SOVIET AND CUBAN MILITARY
SUPPLIES CONTINUE TO FLOOD INTO PLACE IN ORDER TO KEEP
THE PRESSURE ON SAVIMBI'S RESISTANCE FIGHTERS (OVER 2
BILLION DOLLARS OF SOVIET MILITARY ASSISTANCE SINCE
1983),
-- DON'T BE MISLED BY THE BLATANTLY PHONY STAGED
WITHDRAWAL OF SOVIET COMBAT UNITS FROM AFGHANISTAN, THE
SOVIETS CONTINUE TO WAGE THEIR CRUEL WAR OF OCCUPATION
AND CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS TO PRESSURE AND INTIMIDATE
PAKISTAN FROM SUPPORTING THE AFGHAN RESISTANCE,
THE INCREASING APPEARANCE OF VIETNAMESE-SUPPLIED U.S, ARMS
IN TROUBLE SPOTS AROUND THE WORLD IS A PARTICULARLY GRAPHIC
EXAMPLE OF THE AGGRESSIVE NATURE OF MOSCOW'S EXPANSIONISM.
SOME OF THE TREMENDOUS STOCKPILE OF U.S. WEAPONRY SEIZED BY THE
VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS IN 1975 HAS BEGUN TO SHOW UP IN VARIOUS
PLACES IN ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA -- IN HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR,
JAMAICA AND COLOMBIA WITH CUBA, WE BELIEVE, DOING THE DELIVERY,
MOST RECENTLY, WE HAVE DISCOVERED AN ENORMOUS CACHE OF SUCH
WEAPONS IN CHILE--SOME 3400 U.S. M-16 RIFLES AND MORE THAN A
HUNDRED U.S. ANTI-TANK WEAPONS, THIS IS THE LARGEST BATCH OF
SUCH WEAPONS WE HAVE DETECTED TO DATE. BUT IT IS A TRIVIAL
AMOUNT COMPARED TO THE STOCKPILE THE COMMUNISTS ARE SITTING ON
IN VIETNAM AND APPARENTLY ARE NOW READY TO EXPORT FOR
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SUBVERSIVE PURPOSES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE ESTIMATE THE COMMUNISTS
HAVE AT THEIR DISPOSAL OVER 200,000 U,S, RIFLES, OVER 100,000
PISTOLS, OVER 60,000 ANTI-TANK WEAPONS, OVER 60,000 GRENADE
LAUNCHERS, NOT TO MENTION LARGE NUMBERS OF MACHINE GUNS AND
MORTARS, AGAIN, U.S. POLICY HAS TO DEAL, RIGHT NOW WITH THE
REALITY OF A SOVIET AND SOVIET-SURROGATE NETWORK OF THIRD WORLD
SUBVERSION, IT CANNOT BE WISHED AWAY.
I TOLD YOU I WOULD DISCUSS THE STATE OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE.
THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS, I CAN TELL
YOU THAT OUR INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM TODAY IS MORE ROBUST THAN AT
ANY TIME IN OUR HISTORY AND IN FAR BETTER SHAPE THAN 6 OR 7
YEARS AGO, WE HAVE MADE ENORMOUS PROGRESS ACROSS THE BOARD IN
INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.
IN OUR BUSINESS WE CAN'T AFFORD TO STAND STILL. THE KGB
AND ITS ALLIED INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AND FRONT ORGANIZATIONS
CONSTITUTE A WORLD-WIDE APPARATUS THAT IS WORKING TO STEAL OUR
TECHNOLOGY, DAMAGE OUR REPUTATION, DIVIDE US FROM OUR FRIENDS,
AND DESTABILIZE, SUBVERT, AND OVERTHROW GOVERNMENTS FRIENDLY TO
US, THEIR RUMORS, AGENTS OF INFLUENCE, AND FORGERIES,
SPREADING POISON AROUND THE WORLD, HAVE TO BE SPOTTED AND
COUNTERED. CIA IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN THE WEST WITH THE
RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES NECESSARY TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH
THIS CHALLENGE. WE ARE IN ACTION EVERY DAY TRACKING AND
COUNTERING DRUG-RUNNERS AND GUN-SMUGGLERS, THE SOME 300 FIRMS
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ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION; THE VIOLENT
REVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATIONS AND TERRORIST TRAINING CAMPS AROUND
THE WORLD.
AND WE ARE BEING DRAWN INTO NON-TRADITIONAL AREAS OF
COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS AT A BREATHTAKING PACE. I AM TALKING
ABOUT THE KIND OF INTERNATIONAL ISSUES THAT ARE IMPOSING
INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES TO OUR SOCIETY.
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HEADS THE LIST BUT THE LIST IS LONG --
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS, THE
PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, JUST
TO MENTION A FEW OTHER ITEMS.
I'M PROUD OF THE MANNER IN WHICH WE HAVE MOVED SMARTLY TO
EXTEND OUR REACH TO DEVELOP NEW COLLECTION TECHNIQUES, HIRING
NEW KINDS OF ANALYSTS, AND DEVELOPING NEW TECHNOLOGIES. WE
KNOW THAT IF WE DON'T TAP THE IMPRESSIVE SOURCES OF EXPERTISE
OUTSIDE OUR BUILDING, OUR OWN CAPITAL STOCK OF KNOWLEDGE AND
IMAGINATION WILL RAPIDLY DEPLETE, WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO
REBUILD OUR BRIDGES TO THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY FOLLOWING THE BAD
OLD DAYS OF THE VIETNAM ERA, WE SUBMIT MANY OF OUR MOST
IMPORTANT ASSESSMENTS FOR REVIEW BY OUTSIDE ACADEMIC EXPERTS
WHO WORK WITH US ON A CONSULTANT BASIS.
THE PRIVATE BUSINESS SECTOR IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT SOURCE OF
OUTSIDE EXPERTISE. IN ADDITION TO ALL THE COMMERCIAL
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INFORMATION SERVICES WE SUBSCRIBE TO, THE PUBLICATIONS WE
PURCHASE, THE DATABASES WE RECEIVE OR COMPILE, AND OUR OWN
PEOPLE OVERSEAS, WE LISTEN CLOSELY TO WHAT THE U.S. BUSINESS
COMMUNITY HAS TO TELL US. WE FIND U.S, BUSINESSMEN -- WHETHER
THEY BE MANUFACTURERS, BANKERS, OR COMMODITY DEALERS -- READY
AND WILLING TO SHARE THEIR INSIGHTS WITH US ON SUBJECTS RANGING
FROM HIGH-TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE AND JAPAN TO THIRD
WORLD DEBT PROBLEMS TO SOVIET GRAIN PURCHASES AND MANY MORE.
WE KNOW THEY'RE OUT THERE DEALING WITH THEIR FOREIGN
COUNTERPARTS EVERY DAY AND HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND IDEAS
THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CANNOT GET IN ANY OTHER WAY. WE HAVE
REORGANIZED OUR COMPONENT RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING IN TOUCH WITH
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND WE ARE DEVOTING SOME OF OUR BEST
TALENT -- AND A LOT OF IT -- TO THE ENDEAVOR,
WELL, I'VE BARELY SKIMMED THE SURFACE -- BOTH IN TERMS OF
THE WORLD SITUATION AND WHAT THE AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY IS DOING IN SUPPORT OF U.S, POLICY. IT'S YOUR TURN
NOW. I'LL BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER
WHAT I'VE SAID OR TOPICS ON WHICH I'VE FAILED TO TOUCH. BUT IN
CONCLUSION, LET ME ASK FOR YOUR HELP, OUR EFFECTIVENESS
DEPENDS ON RECRUITING GOOD PEOPLE. YOU CAN DIRECT TALENTED
PEOPLE OUR WAY. SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND ACCESS. SUPPORT US
IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION, WE ALL BENEFIT FROM A STRONG
INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITY, WE WILL ALL PAY IF IT IS WEAKENED.
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