YOUR MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: April 20, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director
The Deputy Director
FROM: John L. Helgerson
Director of Congressional Affairs
SUBJECT: - Your Meeting with the Members of the House
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
1. On Thursday, 21 April at 0800 you are scheduled to
host a breakfast for the Members of the Committee.
' 2.. Members may ask =- or would welcome your comments
on the following subjects,' for which talking points are
attached:
Reorganization Regarding Counterintelligence
-- Current Situation
-- Afghanistan War
-- Kuwaiti Airlines Hijacking Aftermath
(CTC tasked)
-- Persian Gulf Events
-- EEO Plan and the Richardson Amendment
? 3-. The current inte l--igence material included here. is
detailed, but I wanted you to see it because
drew on this material in briefing the House Committee during -
our regular current intelligence briefing on Tuesday of this
week. Drawing on the latest information from Thursday
morning's publications would probably be of greatest interest
and use to Members.
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THE SECURITY EVALUATION OFFICE
Based on my agreement with Secretary Shultz, I have
established the Security Evaluation-Of-f-ice-as---a-n=-in-de-pendent
office of the DCI. ormer National
Intelligence Officer for Foreign Denial, will serve as
Director. His deputy will be a senior State Department
officer. This unit will build toward a staff of 60 officers
drawn from the community. The missions of the office are:
--Analyze -the vulnerabilities of foreign missions and the
hostile intelligence ''threat to each.
--Set security standards to"protect missions'from foreign
intelligence activity.
--.Monitor- conformance with,estab-fished standards.
-=Report problems and recoinmend~ations" to -the DCI .
In--addi-t-i-on=two advisory groups are established. The first
is a working-level group, chaired by the Director of Foreign
Missions Security Office, to ease communications and to resolve
issues which may arise. The second a high level board, chaired
by me and on which sits Secretary Shultz, will-consider
recommendations. Issues not resolved by the Board will be
referred to the President for adjudication.
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Update on the Situation in the Persian Gulf
There were no additional military exchanges between US and
Iranian forces last night, and the Persian Gulf remains
relatively quiet.
-- Iranian gunboats, however, attacked a UAE-flag tanker, the
Ton Fal V, in the southern Gulf around 13302 (0530 EDT),
according to press reports. There is no further
information on the extent of damages or casualties.
-- Iranian forces in the northern Gulf are on high alert and
have been ordered to confront any US threat.
-- We have no information to confirm press reports that Iran ?
fired several Silkworm~missi?les at~US warships in the
Strait of Hormuz during yesterday's engagement. At least
two .US combatants detected radar emissions .possibly
.associated with Silkworm firing positions near the western
Strait, but there were. no reported missile launches. 25X1,
We believe the Iranian response-to-the US attacks means we
-can expect Tehran to employ more aggressively its conventional
military and terrorist assets against its opponents..
-- While the threat to US forces in the Gulf has undoubtedly
increased, we are not ready to say that Tehran will now
continue without pause to initiate direct, conventional
attacks on US military targets.
-- We believe what we~have seen over the'past few hours
represents Iran's r-espouse to an immediate situation in
which its forces were under. attack by the United States.
Iranian leaders probably felt Iran would be humiliated and
...Lose all credibility if..it reacted ..with restraint, as it.
did last year when the US captured the Iran Ajr and
attacked the Rostam oil platform.
-- Once the current exchanges die down, we believe Iran
probably will be more cautious about initiating direct
attacks on US military targets, such as launching a
Silkworm missile against a US naval ship.
-- Iran now is left with no doubt that such attacks would
bring even more massive US retaliation, probably including
strikes against important Iranian military installations.
Iran will think twice about ris}:ing such damage to its
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overall military capabilities, especially now that it is
facing a more confident and aggressive Iraq.
-- The close proximity of US and Iranian forces, however, and
the heightened tensions between them increases the chances
of unintended clashes that could quickly escalate. 25X1
In any case, -we--be-l-i-eve I-ra-n will respond to today's events
with terrorist strikes against US targets.
even more massive US retaliation. 25X1
- Iranian revenge also is likely to be directed against US
allies in~the Gul-f and to take the form of increased terrorist
" and'cdnventional military strikes on selected targets in the Gulf~~
Arab states. Iran's options include:
?against the United States while limitin the ros ects of
-- Iranian intelligence officers world-wide have in recent
months engaged in extensive surveillance of potential US
targets. 'ndicate Iran has formulated 25X1
contingency plans for operations against the United States.
-- Iranian leaders probably will conclude that terrorism by
- Iranian surrogates.s the best.method.of delivering a,blow ,
--Increased attacks on non-escorted shipping in the Gulf with
small boats, aircraft, and naval combatants--provided any
of the latter are left.
-- Launching Silkworm missiles against Kuwaiti oil economic
facilities.
----Small boat attacks. on Kuwaiti anal -Saudi offshore-..oil
facilities.
-- Sabotage of Kuwaiti oil facilities by pro-Iranian
dissidents.
Saudi target abroad since March.
-- Terrorist bombings of Saudi and Kuwaiti facilities
worldwide, such as the bombing yesterday of the Saudia
---airlines office in Frankfurt--the seventh such attack on a
Iraq's Offensive on the Al Faw Peninsula
Iraq says its offensive to recapture Iranian-held territory
on the Al Faw peninsula is continuing and that Iraqi forces have
retaken the disused port city of AI--Faw. Iran claims Iraqi
forces used chemical weapons and press reports indicate that
fighting continues.
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Iraqi forces
had advanced some eight or nine miles (13-14 kilometers
east along the southern flank of the Iranian salient.
-- The attack indicates that Baghdad is more confident of its
military position on-the ground and--in conjunction with
its missile war--has decided to retake the initiative to
press Tehran to negotiate on ending the war.
-- Iran claims that Kuwait allowed Iraqi troops to stage from
Bubiyan Island and that US helicopters assisted the Iraqis.
-- Tehran almost certainly will believe that US and Iraqi
actions have been coordinated, possibly strengthening its
desire to retahiate against the US.
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RICHARDSON AMENDMENT CALLING FOR EEO PLAN
During the House Intelligence Committee's mark-up of the
Fl' 1989 Intelligence Authorization Act, Represenative Eill
Richardson (D-NM) introduced an amendment on Equal Employment
Opportunity. Under the provisions of the amendment the Agency
and NSA will be required to submit, ninety days after
enactment, an analysis of their minority representation and to
develop a plan for rectifyin-g--an-y--un-de-riep-resentation. In
addition, interim reports detailing the progress made a1ould be
required in 1989, 1990 and 1991.
You can tell Messrs. Stokes and Hyde that we have
examined this bill and we have no problems with what is
proposed. Indeed, you have an aggressive EEO program in the
Agency and so has NSA which should show very positive results.
While we may have to workout some of the details, you certainly
support the spirit and intent of this amendment... Lt is on.e to
-which we all can commit ourselves. ~ ~ '
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(No. 1124 in D/OCA library)
DCI Breakfast with F3PSCI I~,embers
with DDCI & D/OCA
Thursday, 21 April
8:00 a.m.
EDR
Democrats
Republicans
Chairman Louis Stokes
Anthony C. Beilenson
(D.,
(D.,
OH)
CA)
Henry Hyde (R., IL)
Dick Cheney (R., WY)
Robert
Roe
(D., NJ)
Robert Livingston (R.,
LA)
Matthew
Bernard
Barbara
F.
J.
B.
McHugh (D., NY)
Dwyer (D., NJ)
Kennelly (D., CT)
Bob i7cEwen (R., OH)
Daniel Lungren (R., CA)
Bud Shuster (R., PA)
Dan Glickman (~.', KS).
Bill Richardson (D.,.NM)
Robert~H. Michel (R:; IL)
Thomas K.' Latimer, Staff Di?rector
Thomas-R: Smeeton, Associate Counse-1
Nicholas T~4avroules (D., MA)
Thomas S. Foley (D., WA)
Charles Wilson (D., TX)
Robert W. Kastenmeier (U., WI)
cc: DCI
DDCI
D/OCA
Regrets
Republicans
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