REQUESTS FROM THE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT (OTA) FOR BRIEFING AND PUBLICATIONS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE

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• Publication Date: December 6, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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6 December 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Office of Legislative Liaison
VIA: Chief, Liaison Division, OLL
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Liaison Division
SUBJECT: Requests from the Office of Technology
Assessment (OTA) for Briefing and
Publications on Ballistic Missile Defense
1. As you can see from Sharfman's letter of 28 November
he does not accept our refusal to give OTA access
After extensive research of Agency files and the questioning of
Agency personnel, I have to assume that Sharfman and several
other OTA staffers were allowed to read in 1980 in
connection with OTA's study on MX Missile Basing. OLL records
show nothing beyond the paperwork leading to the granting of
codeword clearances in 1980 to Sharfman, Kaplan, Johns, and
Gibbons specifically for their MX study. Of the dozen or so DI
staffers I have queried, no one can recall the particulars of
OTA's 1980 access.
2. With regard to OTA's request for a briefing on Soviet
attitudes toward ballistic missile defense, DI/SOVA is prepared
to provide a briefing in accord with OTA's two page outline of
questions. This is scheduled for 1330 on 10 December at
Headquarters. I so informed Mr. Rochlin of OTA on 5 December.
I also told him I had no new response to Sharfman's reiterated
request
3. Sharfman is almost certain to continue pressing for the
documents. says Sharfman's legal citation does
not require us to concede. However, Sharfman is likely to
pursue his request at higher levels. (In 1980, he had the
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Chairman of OTA (Morris Udall) petition DCI Turner for codeword
clearances.) You also ought to be aware that
4. At this point. we have several options:
a. write Sharfman a letter over your signature
reaffirming denial of the publications based on tightened
security;
b. provide all or some of the publications OTA wants;
c. not respond directly to the letter and wait to see
Sharfman keeps pushing after the 10 December briefing.
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ULMI:T COOOMnif ON WTIWONICE
WAPHPSOTON. O.C. is 10
Office of Legislative Liaison
Central Intelligence Agency
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Dear
Thank you for your letter of May 31, regarding the
Evans and Novak column in the May 16 Washipgton Post.
Giving informal advice on the matter referred to in your
letter does not appear to be within the scope of my respon-
sibilities with the Select Committee on Intelligence. As
part of the ongoing effort I am sure you are making to
ascertain all of the relevant facts and circumstances
pertaining to this matter, you may be interested in the
attached article from the June 2 Washington Post. You also
might want to consider consultation with the Committee on
Armed Services, and with the Committee on Rules and Adminis-
tration, which has oversight responsibility for the Office
of Technology Assessment.
Sincerely,
Gary . Chase,
Chief Counsel
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