THE WHITE HOUSE HAS PUT TOGETHER A SEMINAR ON NARCOTICS FOR OUR AMBASSADORS (APPROX. 23).

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The White House has put together a seminar on
narcotics for our Ambassadors (approx. 23).
It is being held in the Treaty Room on 6-7 Oct.
The first day will cover the demand side of
the narcotics situation and the second day
the supply side.
They (NSC/State) would like you to speak on
the second day (7 Oct at 1:30 - 2:00) and
present an overview of CIA's involvement in
the narcotics issue -- our role in this new
national security threat -- touch on worldwide
trafficking patterns.
On the day you would speak the sequencing of
speakers would be -- President, Secretary of State,
Vice President, Ed Meese.
FYI - that morning you will be speaking at AFCEA
on low intensity conflict.
What do you think??
Schedule?
Katopish draft remarks??
POC: Kathryn Shaw (State) 647-6936
de/26Sept
STAT
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AGENDA/CONFERENCE SCHEDULE ( ~'~~ ? ~~"~y`^
The following is the schedule as it stands now for the
two-day conference:
900-9:30
930-9:40
9:40-10:00
10:00-10:45
10:45-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:30
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
Preconference Meeting
Administrative Arrangements
Preliminary-working Group Meetings
Ambassadors will meet with members of their
working groups in a preliminary session
First Lady Nancy Reagan Speaks with Two
Young People in Treatment
Donald Regan, The President's Chief of Staff
Details of the President's new antidrug
initiative
Panel on Private Sector Initiatives in
Preventing Drug Abuse
---Shirley Coletti, Chairman of the Board
National Federation of Parents for
Drug-Free Youth, Florida
---John Ziegler, President
National Hockey League
---Joe Clark, Principal
Eastside High School, Patterson, N.J._
---Kevin Wanzer, Co-Chairman,
World Youth Against Drug Abuse
12:30-2:00 Lunch
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger
The Decline in Drug Use Among U.S. Military
Personnel; the Role of the Military in
Narcotics Control
Ambassadors Panel: Ambassadors O'Donohue
(Burma), Hinton (Pakistan), Rowell (Bolivia)
Discussion of Problems/ Progress in three
INM Program Countries
Secretary of_HRS, Dr. Otis Bowen
The Role of HHS.in the Fight Against Drugs
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4:00-4:15 Break
4:15-5:15 Ambassadors Working Groups
#1: Narcotics Trafficking:
Ambassador Gillespie, Colombia, CHAIRMAN
Ambassador Davis, Panama
2fAmbassador Levitsky, Bulgaria
Ambassador Lyman, Nigeria
Ambassador Okun, United Nations
Ambassador Shlaudeman, Brazil
Ambassador Reich, Venezuela
Ambassador Rondon, Ecuador
#2: Narcotics Consumption/ Demand
Ambassador Burt, FRG, CHAIRMAN
Ambassador Chapman, UNVIE
' Ambassador Hallett, Bahamas
Ambassador Hinton, Pakistan
Ambassador Rabb, Italy
#3: Narcotics Production
Ambassador Brown, Thailand, CHAIRMAN
Charge Ealum, Afghanistan
Charge Isom, Laos
Ambassador O'Donohue, Burma
Ambassador Pilliod, Mexico
Ambassador Rowell, Bolivia
Ambassador Sotirhos, Jamaica
Ambassador Watson, Peru
The Working Groups will produce recommendations to the
President for enhancing the international narcotics control
program
5:30-6:00 Working Group Chairmen Meeting
6:00-8:00 Reception for Ambassadors, Ben Franklin Room
Department of State hosted by Secretary Shultz
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9:30-10:15
10:15-11:00
11:00-11:15
11:45-12:45
12: 45-1: 00
1:00-1:30
2:00-2:30
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13
Administrative Arrangements
Attorney General Edwin Meese III
Justice's Role in the War on Drugs
CIA Briefing on Narcotics, Robert Gates
Deputy Director, CIA
Final Working Group Meeting
Vice President George Bush
The Role of the National Narcotics Border
Interdiction System
Lunch
Move to Cabinet Room
Secretary of State George Shultz
Narcotics as a Foreign Policy Issue;
Discussion of Ambassadors Recommendations
.to the President
President Ronald Reagan
Press Readout: Two Ambassadors and
Selected Administration Spokesman
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LIST OF AMBASSADORS PARTICIPATING IN CONFERENCE:
Ambassador
Maxwell M. Rabb
Italy
Ambassador
Daniel O'Donohue
Burma
Ambassador
Deane R. Hinton
Pakistan
Ambassador
Melvyn Levitsky
Bulgaria
Ambassador
William Brown
Thailand
Ambassador
Edward Rowell
Bolivia
Ambassador
Charles Gillespie
Colombia
Ambassador
Fernando Rondon
Ecuador
Ambassador
Richard Burt
FRG
Ambassador
Bruce Chapman
UNVIE
Ambassador
Michael Sotirhos
Jamaica
Ambassador
Herbert Okun
United Nations
Ambassador
Arthur Davis
Panama
Ambassador
Otto Reich
Venezeula
Ambassador
Harry Shlaudeman
Brazil
Ambassador
Carol Hallett
Bahamas
Ambassador
Princeton Lyman
Nigeria
Ambassador
Charles Pilliod
Mexico
Ambassador
Alexander Watson
Peru
Charge Maurice Ealum
Afghanistan
Charge Harriet Isom
Laos
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