NIC ACTIVITY REPORT, 7 - 11 JANUARY 1985

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 30, 2009
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: January 11, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C.20505
NIC# 00169-85
National Intelligence Council 11 January 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Herbert E. Meyer
Vice Chairman, National Intelligence Council
SUBJECT: NIC Activity Report, 7 - 11 January 1985
I. DCI/DDCI-Assigned Tasks
Assistant NIO/Africa prepared a memorandum for the
DCI on the Southwest Indian Ocean Islands.
NIO/Europe (Col. George Kolt) prepared talking points for the DCI on
European views of the SDI.
NIO at Large (Hal Ford) met with the DCI to discuss preparation of
the draft DCI Worldwide Briefing for congressional committees, and invited
NIO contributions.
NIO/Latin America (Robert Vickers) prepared a Central American update
for the DCI's use at a meeting with Secretary Weinberger.
NIO/USSR (Fritz Ermarth) and A/NIO/USSR( (prepared
talking points for the UCI on Soviet leadership developments and reactions
to Geneva.
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III. Of Interest This Week
Assistant NI0/Africa
the NSDD: Food for Progress:
attended an NSC-chaired IG on
NIO at Large (Hal Ford) reviewed 1964 and 1966 CIA documents for
suitability of release to official US historians; and, with the assistance
of officers of the NIC/AG, responded to an OGI request for comments on the
Political Instability Quarterly.
Assistant NIO at Large attended a briefing by
Leonard Weiss, Staff Director of the Senate Subcommittee on Energy,
Nuclear Proliferation and Government Processes, on his recent trip to
India and Pakistan with Senators Nunn, Glenn, Johnson, and Sasser;
of OSWR joined the NIC as Assistant NIO at Large
for duties related to BCW issues.
Assistant NIO/EA met with INR Deputy Director
Tom Thorne to discuss the estimates production schedule; discussed ground
rules for a 15-17 January political/military simulation on the Philippine
insurgency with an official of the JCS; and debriefed the former Consul
General to Surabaya on continued mystery killings in Indonesia.
Acting NIO/Ecpnomics avid Low) and Assistant NIO/Economic s
met with of EURA to discuss preparation for the May
Economic Summit in Bonn; discussed the same topic with of
the IC Staff; met with Maurice Ernst of the Hudson Institute and NIC/AG
officers to discuss economic issues;
NIO/Europe (Col. George Kolt) met with Jeremy Azrael, State Policy
Planning Staff, to discuss the current US policy on relations with Europe;
discussed DoD thinking on US relations with Greece, Spain and Portugal
with George Bader, Deputy Principal Director for European Policy, OSD/ISP;
met with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy Analysis, James
Blaker, to discuss possible US initiatives for European out-of-area
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military activities; and, with A/NIO/EUR, land officers of
DDI and DDO, attended an interagency meeting in conjunction with an NSSD
on Malta.
NI0/FDIA (R. P. Hazzard) met with Deputy Under Secretary of the Air
Force Jimmie Hill on matters of mutu interest. A NIO FDIA
was briefed by NSA/WO-7 on
incidents of reported interference (often unintentional) with mi itary
satellites; reviewed material provided by the FBI in connection with an
unauthorized-disclosure case; and disseminated copies of a forthcoming
book about the intelligence community to appropriate officers in relevant
agencies.
NIO/Latin America (Robert Vickers) met with NSC Staff member
Constantine Menges to discuss current developments in Latin America, and
in response to Mr. Menges' request, prepared for him information on
threats against the Pope that originated in Latin America; attended a
Council on Foreign Relations Discussion Group in New York regarding
Nicaragua; with an officer of the Central America Task Force, met with
Phillip Hughes of the Vice President's office and NSC Staff member Oliver
North to discuss the Nicaraguan insurgency; and, with NIO/USSR (Fritz
Ermarth), met with Mike Epstein of Senator Byrd's office to discuss
Soviet/Cuban attitudes toward Nicaragua.
Assistant NIO/Narcotics and officers of the DDI and
DDO attended a State Department narcotics coordination meeting chaired by
the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics Matters.
NIO/NESA (Graham Fuller) met with the State Department Arabian
Peninsula Director, discussed Iran and Afghanistan with the new chief of
the NSC Middle East section; met with a Brookings scholar regarding
Persian Gulf security; discussed Syria with an academic specialist; met
with a University of Chicago specialist; and briefed an Agency
producer/consumer relations training course on the estimates process.
NIO/SP (Lawrence Gershwin) met with PFIAB member
Assistant NIO/SP Imet with Agency officers to
plan a review of Soviet Military Power, 1985; and met with Don Linger of
the Defense Nuclear Agency to discuss Soviet capabilities to attack US
mobile targets.
NIO/S&T (Julian Nall), A/NIO/EA and the
Chairman of TTAC attended a SIG-TT meeting on the transfer of fiber optics
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technoloov to China; with A/NIO/S&TI and NIC/AG officer
estimate on other S /T issues; met with
Community S/T Principals;
NI0/Warning (John Bird) met separately with Adm. John Butts
as a part of a continuing series of initial
visits with the Community; met with Dr. Thomas Etzold of ACDA to discuss
the warning implications of arms negotiations and confidence-building
measures as they relate to military planning;
IV. Future Activities
NI0/Counterterrorism (David Whipple) will complete duty with the NIC
on 31 January, and will assist NIO/CT-designate (Charles Allen) with
orientation briefings when he joins the NIC on 16 January.
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SUBJECT: NIC Activity Report, 7-11 January 1985
VC/NIC:HM:lm (11 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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