LETTER TO RICHARD S. BEAL FROM DAVID Y. MCMANIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91B00776R000100030041-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2008
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: September 1, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
National Intelligence Council
Dr. Richard S. Beal
Special Assistant to the President
Room 303
Old Executive Office Building
Dear Richard,
1 September 1983
It has been some time since we have discussed the more
abstract issues of warning, having focussed our attention on
support to the CMF from the other centers in town. However, now
that the CMF mission is getting sorted out, and with an added
emphasis coming from continuity of government activities, we
should perhaps return to some of the more critical issues.
Because of our dealings with you, Ben Lewis, the military
operators, and many others on issues of mobilization and
readiness, we have discovered and are attempting to articulate
the very strong relationship between warning and mobilization.
It is a most complex relationship because of the inherent
ambiguity in warning; but the hard requirement to make decisions
early enough in an escalating crisis to be able to take actions
to avoid or ameliorate the threatened harm dictates the need to
strengthen the relationship.
I am enclosing a draft which could serve as the basis for
discussion. It was prepared for a different audience but is
equally applicable to your environment. The thrust of this
version is military preparedness but, through the magic of word
processing, it can be issued in a civil preparedness version.
David Y. McFlanis
National Intelligence Officer for Warning
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