MEMO TO DEANE HOFFMAN FROM ROBERT H. GATES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92T00533R000100040008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 5, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRAL IN1 IGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
5 November 1986
NOTE-FOR: Deane Hoffman
NIO/Economics
Deane,
I am a little concerned that the paper
spends proportionately too much time examining
the problem and/or outlining the constraints
thelSoviets will face, rather than the trouble
they could cause (the last 2 pages). I still
feel that the international economic arena is
one of the West's relatively unguarded fronts,
mostly because it's been our preserve for so
long, but also because the mechanisms are
becoming increasingly free of national control
(and therefore more vulnerable).
Rob rt
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