LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM EDWARD P. BOLAND

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2008
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• Publication Date: April 10, 1984
• Content Type: LETTER

EDWARD P. BOLAND, MASS.. CHAIRh....
ROMJ1i7b L MAZZOU, KY.
NORMAN Y. MINETA. CAUF.
WYCHE FOWLER, JR. GA.
LEE H. HAMILTON. IND.
ALBERT GORE, JR. TENN.
LOUIS STOKES, OHIO
DAVE MCCURDY, OKLA
ANTHONY C. SEILENSON, CALIF.
J. KENNETH ROBINSON, VA.
0. WILLIAM WHITEHURST, VA.
C. W. SILL YOUNG. FLA.
BOB STUMP. ARIZ.
WILLIAM F. GOGGLING. PA.
THOMAS K. LATIMER, STAFF DIRECTOR
MICHAEL J. O'NEIL CHIEF COUNSEL
STEVEN K. BERRY, ASSOCIATE COUNSEL
Honorable William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Mr. Casey:
April 10, 1984
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The President's report to the Congress on Soviet compliance with arms control
agreements has once again raised the critical question of the ability of the United
States to adequately verify such agreements -- not only those which have been
inherited from previous Administrations, but also those which the present
Administration is actively pursuing, and those which, like an anti-satellite
weapons ban or the Comprehensive Test Ban, are actively discussed, although not
presently under negotiation.
It is clear that the present Administration believes that the relationship
between monitoring capabilities and specific arms control provisions has become a
critical issue. No longer is this relationship viewed as just one of many problems
to be dealt with in the effort to work out sound agreements, but a problem which
threatens to block any significant progress in arms control. In the past, the
Intelligence Community has almost always been able to provide monitoring services
that liberated policymakers to pursue sensible arms control measures. If a gap is
now emerging between what the community can provide and what policymakers in this
or a subsequent Administration may need, that would be a matter of concern to the
Congress generally, and to this Committee specifically.
With the above in mind, I invite you (or your designee), as I have the Secretary
of State and the Director of ACDA, to represent the Administration at executive
session briefings designed to get at this question. Because of the extensive scope
of the problem, the Committee has set aside a substantial period of time on April
24 and 25, 1984 for this purpose. Finally, the Committee plans to arrange a third,
public session on April 26, 1984 to involve former ranking officials of previous
Administrations, to get their perspectives on the adequacy of intelligence
monitoring capabilities to support arms control.
Enclosed herewith is a proposed schedule for the briefings. Mr. Leon Fuerth,
of the Committee staff, will be the Committee's point of contact for further
arrangements. He can be reached at 225-0788.
With every good wish, I am
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