BRIEFING OF SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE (SSCI) ON THAILAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91B00135R000701310117-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 15, 2008
• Sequence Number: 117
• Publication Date: April 12, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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OLL 83-0847/1
12 April 1983
SUBJECT: Briefing of Senate Select Committee (SSCI)
on Thailand
1. On 12 April 1983, the Director briefed the SSCI on
the current situation in Thailand. David Gries, NIO/East
Asia, also took part. The closed briefing was held in Room
S-407, the Capitol. A transcript was taken. (U)
2. Present from the Committee were:
Barry Goldwater (R., AZ) Daniel Moynihan (D., NY)
William Cohen (R., ME) Henry Jackson (D., WA)
Richard Lugar (R., IN) (U)
3. Present from the staff were:
Rob Simmons, Staff Director
Vicki Toensing
Tom Connolly
Jim Dykstra
Eric Newsom
Robin Cleveland
.Chip Andreae
Peter Sullivan
Dan Flynn
Sam Bouchard
Lot Cooke'
Dot Roberson
Bill Quinn
Steve Flanagan
Herb Kline
Eric Briendel (U)
4. Chairman Goldwater opened the briefing by saying that
he had met with the Crown Prince of Thailand recently. They
had talked about a number of topics with the result that the
The political situation is volatile, however, and
there is a definite threat from Vietnam. The Director
covered the foreign policy of other neighboring countries
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