CONGRESSIONAL AND MEDIA BRIEFINGS REGARDING U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY ON COMBATTING TERRORISM

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 24, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE WHITE E DJSE
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2 4 APR 18 64 - ,' 3_ I
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NSi?:0.^ ::DUM FOR THE EZVORABLE GEORGE P. SHULTZ
The Secretary of State
THE 1:ONOPABLE CASPAR W. : EINBERGER
The Secretary of Defense .
#"E3 :DNOPABLE HiLLIAM J . CASEY
The Director of Central Intelligence
GZr N .RAL JOHN N. VES.SEY, JR.
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
SUBJECT: Congressional and.Kedia Briefings regarding S.S.
Govczament Policy on Combatting Terrorism (C)
The recent , series of media revelations about NSZ)L?i--138 have
created a quest by various Congressional committees for copies oil
the directive and briefings on our policy. While we share a
common interest, in building Congressional support for our policy,
it is imperative that we present a unified position on the issues
and protect classified information from unauthorized disclosure.
It is equally important that v neither jeopardize the
President's policy, nor create further anxiety among our allies
on this matter before the June Summit. (C)
In order to satisfy these. requi.renments,. State ))r partrne;,t
Legislative A fairs will arrange briefings fog the Congres;;iorta,01_
Leadership and.Chairman, Ranking Minority Mei her, Staff Director
and Minority Staff Director/Counsel of the following cc:amittee
(C)
Senate A-rae;3 Services Cv=ittee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI)
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism
House. Armed Services Committee VIASC)
House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC)
House Pernanent Select Committee on Intelligence
(HPSCI)
House Judiciary Committee
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All requests for other briefings should be deferred until after
th.iz event is held during the week o. April 23-30. Corr ittee
st.=_a asking for briefings and or copies of NSDD-138 should be
inforwed about this briefing. No copies of the ;;SDD m,.y be
reprcduced or desse-inated. }}SC staff will work with appropriate
agencies on developinc: consolidated briefing materials. No
further press "bac::groundingw should take place on this issue.
(C) .
John M. Poindexter
.'Deputy Assistant to the President
for i.ational Security Affairs
cc: Edward V. Hickey, Jr.
Assistant to the President and
Director of Special Support Services
M. B. Oglesby
Assistant to the President
for Legislative Affairs
John E. Otto
Executive Assistant Director Law Enforcement Services
Fed`ral Bureau of Investigation
CONFIDENTIAL
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