NIC ACTIVITY REPORT, 22-25 JANUARY 1985

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: January 25, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington. D.C. 20505
National Intelligence Council
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
NIC# 00425-85
25 January 1985
FROM: Herbert E. Meyer
Vice Chairman, National Intelligence Council
SUBJECT: NIC Activity Report, 22-25 January 1985
I. DCI/DDCI-Assigned Tasks
NIO at Large (Hal Ford) prepared the DCI's Worldwide Briefing for the
Senate Armed Services Committee; arranged for the sanitization and release
of an unclassified portion of that briefin to the Committee; and with
Acting NIO/GPF arranged for release of a
classified section o t e briefing to DIA.
National Intelligence Officers Fritz Ermarth (USSR), Graham Fuller
(NESA), Lawrence Gershwin (SP), David Low (at Large), George Montgomery
(GPF), Julian Nall (S&T), Robert Vickers (LA), and David Whipple (CT)
participated in the DCI's Worldwide Briefings of the Senate Armed Services
Committee.
Acting Assistant NIO/East Asial (coordinated
preparation of a memorandum on intelligence issues in the Pacific for the
DDCI.
Assistant NIO/Latin America) I prepared a Central
American update for the DCI's use at meetings with Mr. McFarlane and
Secretary Weinberger.
NIO/S&T (Julian Nall) attended a meeting with the DCI and Erich
Bloch, Director of the National Science Foundation.
Assistant NIO/USSR( I prepared talking points on
Chernenko's illness and Soviet leadership developments for the DDCI.
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III. Of Interest This Week
NIO Africa (Frederick Wettering) and A/NIO/AF met
with the OGI Instability and Insurgency Center to
discuss likely troublespots in Africa in 1985, the growing incidence of
low-level insurgencies, and a possible IIM on the subject.
also attended a State-Department-chaired meeting on refugees in Africa,
and a meeting on Senegal chaired by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
James bishop.
NIO/Counterterrorism (Charles Allen) attended introductory briefings
with selected officers of the DDI and DDO;
paid a courtesy call on the DDO and ADD ; and
assumed the Chairmanship of the Interagency Intelligence Committee on
Assistant NIO/Counterterrorism
Military Intelligence Association.
addressed the National
Acting NIO/Economics (David Low) attended a SIG-IEP on a variety of
economic issues, including preparations for King Fahd's visit to the US.
Assistant NIO/Economics attended an OGI seminar on
International Economic Policy which included a discussion by Dr. C. Fred
Bergsten, Director of the Institute for International Economics; attended
an IG-IEP on International Debt, chaired by Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury David Mulford; and with DD/OALA, attended a meeting chaired by
NSC staff member William Martin on the implementation of NSSD 2-85:
Economic Development for Central America.
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NIO/Europe (Col. George Kolt) met with Ambassador Rentshler to
discuss the latter's view of the Maltese situation; with C/SOYA/Theater
Forces Branch, met with Ambassador Abshire to discuss possible briefings
for NATO Secretary-General Carrington; and chaired a meeting of the State
Department Inspection Team and DDI analysts to discuss reporting from US
Embassies in Spain and Portugal.
Assistant NIO/Europe with DDI/EURA Branch Chief
attended a working group scuss preparation of a paper
the NSC on "Next Steos with Poland"; attended an IG on Malta
and participated in discussions
with the State Department Inspection Team and DDI analysts on reporting
from Embassies in Rome, The Holy See, and Malta.
Assistant NIO/FDIA attended the CC&D Technical Review
Group quarterly meeting at the Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego;
discussed Denial and Deception-related matters with Air Force officers at
os Angeles and Sunnyvale Air Force Stations; and was
briefed on pertinent space-related activities by officials at Rockwell
International, Hughes Aircraft, and Lockheed Missiles and Space Company.
NIO/Narcotics (Charles Allen) and A/NIO/Narcotics met
with Dr. Carlton Turner, Director of the White House Office of Drug Abuse
Policy, with DDI and DDO officers, to discuss Dr. Turner's concerns
regarding the production of intelligence on narcotics and the Terms of
Reference for a forthcoming IIM on the international cocaine market.
NIO/NESA (Graham Fuller) met with a Carnegie Institute Israeli
specialist to discuss Arab/Israeli problems; met with an Army War College
specialist regarding the Persian Gulf; met with the NSC Director of Middle
East Affairs to discuss South Asia; attended an NSC meeting on US/Afghan
policy; and with A/NIO/NESA attended a NESA-sponsored
conference on Israel After the 1984 Election.
Assistant NIO/NESA attended a lecture on Soviet Policy in
the Middle East at the National War College.
NIO/SP (Lawrence Gershwin) met with D/INR, Morton Abramowitz; and met
with a member of the DCI's Nuclear Intelligence
Panel, to discuss Soviet ABM developments and Soviet perceptions of
nuclear effects.
Assistant NIO/SP and NIC/AG officer met
with officers of the Los Alamos National Laboratory to discuss new
research on nuclear winter.
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NIO/S&T (Julian Nall), with the Chairman of the TTIC, attended an
executive meeting of the SIG on technology transfer; and with Associate
N10/S&T attended the Navy Center for International. Scilence
and Technology Committee meeting.
k NIO/USSR (Fritz Ermarth) attended a meeting of the Afghan P'olitilcal
Action Group at the NSC,.
AssistantNlO/USSR discussed Soviet/Europe'an
relations with NSC staf member yrus o b; and attended an in-house
seminar on leadership depths and political stability in key countries.
NIO/Warning (John Bird) met1with Commodore Bill Studeman of the,
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to complete preparations for a;
late-January Navy-sponsored two day off-site seminar on crisis development
and warning; and with A/NIO/Warning discussed
warning of,war;and national mobilization planning with FEMA officials.
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SUBJECT: NIC Activity Report, 22-25 January 1985
VC/NIC:HM:ba (25 Jan 85)
Distribution:
1 - DCI
1 - DDCI
1 - SA/IA
1 - ER
1 - C/NIC
1 - VC/NIC
1 - Each NIO
1 - NIC/AG
1 - E0/NIC
1 - PO/NIC
1 - SRP
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