DI PUBLICATION FOR PASSAGE TO SENATOR BENTSEN

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2011
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: May 19, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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Central Intelligence Agency
Office of the Deputy Director for Intelligence
DDI 02453/86/1
19 May 1986
NOTE T0: Deputy Director of Intelligence
FROM: Executive Assistant/DDI
SUBJECT: DI Publication for Passage to
Senator Bentsen
Attached is a letter for your signature
transmitting a copy of a SOVA research paper
entitled "Soviet Needs for Western Petroleum
Technology and Equipment." As DDI, Bob Gates
sent a copy of the unclassified version to the
Senator and mentioned that the DI would soon be
publishing a classified version. The Senator
sent a letter on 29 April in response to Bob's
letter telling him he was looking forward to
receiving the paper. D/OCA was given the action
which was due 8 Ma .
The DDCI will
be away all week and Diane said if you had no
problem with it, to have you sign the memo.
STAT
STAT
STAT
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SECRET
Central Intelligence Agency
1 9 MAY }g86
The Honorable Lloyd Bentsen
Select Committee on Intelligence
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Enclosed is a copy of the classified version of the research
paper, "Soviet Needs for Western Petroleum Technology and
Equipment," that Bob Gates referred to in his letter of 1~4 April
1986. I hope you will find it informative. If I can be of any
further assistance, please let me know.
Richard Kerr
Deputy Directo~or Intelligence
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The Honorable Lloyd Bentsen
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~iYiteb ~tate~ senate
April 29, 1986
Mr. Robert M. Gates
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
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FINANCE
ENVIRONMENT ANO PUBLIC WORKS
JOINT ECONOMIC
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
Executive R?gistry
86- 1079X/1
First, let me extend my congratulations on your confirmation
as DDCI. I am confident that you will live up to all the
confidence that has been shown in you by so many people. I
look forward to working successfully with you in your new
capacity as much as I did in your old one.
Second, I appreciate your work in having the study on the
"Role of Western Equipment in Soviet Oil and Gas Development"
sanitized and released in an unclassified version. As I
indicated in my letter to Bill Casey, it is always useful to
have available for the public debate as much relevant
information as possible. I am also looking forward to the
new study on this topic, which you indicated will be
published shortly.
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14 April 1986
The Honorable Lloyd Bentsen
Select Committee on Intelligence
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
In response to your letter to Bill Casey of March 11th, we
have sanitized our study on the "Role of Western Equipment in
Soviet Oil and Gas Development." An unclassified version of this
paper is enclosed for your use. We also are providing copies to
the Department of Defense, Commerce and the Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence for their use.
We will soon publish a classified major research paper on
this topic which should provide additional information, although
it would not be available for public use.
Sincerely,
Robert M. Gates
Deputy Director for Intelligence
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