LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM JOHN H. CHAFEE

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May 8, 1986
The Honorable Will
iam J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligen
ce Agency
Washington, D.C.
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Dear Bill:
Thank you very much for the Agency seal
medallion and generous citation which you
presented to me this morning. I am greatly
honored to have received these.
As you know, I feel deeply about the
importance of, and have high admiration for, the
skills of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Thus, such recognition by you and that
organization is very pleasing to me. I also
thank you for the photograph album with pictures
of the agency now and in earlier years.
The breakfast with you and the top people
of your team was most pleasant. I was glad to
have the chance to be brought up to date on what
is taking place in the agency and some of the
challenges you face.
If I can ever be of help, please do not
hesitate to call on me.
Sincerely,
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The Honorable William J. Casey
May 8, 1986
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P.S. I will read your speech to the American
Society of Newspaper Editors. Efforts to
prevent leaks of secret material are of great
interest to me.
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7 May 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Dave Gries~
You are scheduled to host breakfast for Senator Chafee on
Thursday, 8 May at 8:00 a.m. in the DCI Dining Room. The
purpose of the breakfast is to present Senator Chafee with the
Agency Seal Medallion in honor of his prior service as a member
of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Also to be
presented are the citation and photo album.
For your background, Senator Chafee is a cosponsor, along
with Senator DeConcini, on legislation requiring strict security
measures for all Stinger antiaircraft missiles sold by the
United States. The legislation is attached.
In addition, as a member of the Senate Finance Committee,
Senator Chafee sponsored an amendment that could preserve the
three year recovery rule for federal retirees. It appears from
press reports, however, that the rule will be phased out in two
years beginning in January 1988. You might ask Senator Chafee
what the status is and whether there is a chance the three year
recovery rule could be preserved at some later point in the
legislative process.
9t_t~er attendees at the breakfast will be: Messrs. Gates,
George, Kerr, Donnelly and myself. A biography of
Senator Chafee is attached for your information.
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May 1, 1986 COIVGRES
betng delivered to the Aghani and An- bents f
Bolan resistance forces without the fee for
strict security requirements we place week, t
on the Stingers vve sell to other coun- that ye
tries. the chances are greatly increased The
that Stingers could find their way into Lhe ho
the hands of terrorists. Our legislation dedicat
takes steps Lo prevent. this. found
The bill requires that the launcher plied c
and missile components of each Sting- treater
er be stored in separate areas. Each jured ~
area must have afull-time guard and Lal me
an intrusion-protection system, and times
must be surrounded by a 6-foot. fence presen
on steel or reinforced concrete posts. In 1
Other requirements include strict ac- the fL
counting of the number of missiles, in- the M;
spection by U.S. officials, protection of ~, jj
tnforrnation relating to the Stringer, North'
and a separate key system under part a
which two people are necessary in In 18 i
order Lo open the storage area. nursiL
Mr. President, I see no point to piss- the td~
ing strict security requirements on the ical S+
Stingers we send to some countries, an off
but not on those we send to Angola May
and Afhanistan. Either we believe ter- in lgr
rorists will try to obtain this weapon hospt'
or we do not, and if we do, we must cance
work to thwart them. I urge my col- Chica
lno miPS to consider the tragic possibili- jfor w~
+L RECORD - SEItirATE May 1, 1986
ant a bill close to the
3. Mr. President. I ask
~riai be prinked in the
letter of endorsement for the reform
measures of S. 2261 from Mr. David Y.
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Denholm, president of the Pu
Sen?ice Research Council of Vienna.
VA. The Public Sen?Ice. Research
Council has been a leading organiz~-
lion which aggressively has SUPPo1'ied
efforts iIt Congress to Promote free ,
and open competition In the work-
place. I commend the PSRC for its ex?
cellent work in educating the public
on the reforms of S. 2261? I ask that.
the letter of support from Mr. Den-
holm be printed in the Rgcoan.
The letter follows:
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PUBLIC SERVICE RE&r.ARCH COti NCIL.
Vienna, VA. April 23. 1986.
ThP Hon. CioR[X1N jjtjMpHREY,
LCS. Scnatc.
R~ashington. DC.
D3~AR Goanox: On behalf of the member's
of the Public Service Research Council, 1
want to express our strong support for the
Sen?ice Contract Reform Act. S. 2261.xhich
yoo introduced on March 27. 19~ of leglsla
This is a ser5' well crafted p
lion. It fs responsive Lo the cocnerns of
~~ who desire to mt.ain the origins]
intent of the SCA a-hUe at the same time
gl-eatly lessenin8 the lll eftects inherent In
such laws.
The urgent need for the government to
eliminate waste and reduce spending should
make S 2261 a very popular proposal- We
look toravard to working with You to mobi?
laze support for this vitally gnportant legis?
ration.
Sincerely Yours.
DAVID Y. DBNHOLffi,
priesident.?
I follows: York Times. Mar. 29. l9ssl Nor F'Rec ar l,i,sr fo u;drn your bar9f canal d,,~pr ,ny harbor In th poli[ics. Americans hale p with pork. Typically, the st Federal dollars to water td a lot to do with deal- e R-ith economic merit.. Noa. cede of stubborn effort bt' the system is on the verge of sled bS both the Rouse and al beneficiaries Of improve- transport Irrigation, flood tnicipal supply will have to expense. Neither bill 15 per- e's version, authorizing t20 lrojecis, la downright profit- ~,-sharing is likely to survive illation and should progres- e moss deplorable boondog? wasteful or envimnmentall}? 'r projects have sometimes d in Congress, and occasion- tut the battles hace had to be a time, and the odds against always been long. Et?erT ngress mows Lhat the next .hack may be his oa-n. after challenged this ccrq~ ', questioning wasteful water under war' and refusing to ~, president Reagan has kept re, threatening vetos to en- rium on au new protects until
ed to reform. Now, after a
t a single nlaior new sutholi-
islators are reluctantly Biting
,ed by Lhe Senate last week re
1t Lhe cost of aU inland nnvl
eel would offset up Lo 45 per-
wsts of harbor maintenance.
control projects. communities
Dover 25 to i5 percent of con-
. with 5 percent Paid up front.
wing provisions in the House
,derabty weaker. The House.
ose Lo authorize dozens of
haven't even been declared
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ration, which originally asked
t cost sharing. sensibly a?arna
npromise leaning Coward the
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tough battles tie ahead, some
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ER,VICE CONTRACT
ORM ACT OF 1986
fPHREY. Mr. President, on
f this year, I introduced the
~Lract Reform Act of 1986.
.t this time, eight dist[n-
:embers, Senators Iiscxz.
EAST. IILZMS, ZoRItQSKY,
SY>taalS, and CrRAMM have
z me in cosponsoring this
egislation. Support for S.
so come Isom private-sector
~ns. On April 25, I received s
' TI ~ ~ISSILIES AND
? ~, CHAFEE- Mr. President, I am
pleased today to cosponsor Senator
DSCONCINI'S legislation, S. 2286, re-
quiring strict security measures for all
Stinger antiaircraft missiles sold by
the United States. If enacted, this leg-
islation will help prevent these dan-
gerous and extremely accurate at?eap-
ons from getting into the wrong
hands. I would like to commend Sena-
tor DsCoxclxl for his leadership on
this issue. and for putting together
this important bill.
It vt?as revealed a few weeks ago that
rebel forces in _Allgola and Afghani-
stan had begun receiving shipments of
Stingers from the IInited States. This '
concerns me because of the danger
that some of these shoulder-fired mis-
siles, which have a range of 5 lriiome-
ters, might be diverted to the black
market and become available to terror-
ists. The Stinger-with its advanced
infrared targeting system and lethal
precision--can destroy an airplane
from 3 miles away. and is more ad-
vanced and reliable than comparable
Soviet weapons. I have little doubt
that the same fanatical terrorists who
have recently singled out Americans
for attack are greedily eyeing the
Stinger.
The delivery of Stingers to rebels in
Aighanisi.an and Angola provides a
new opportunity for terrorists to
obtain these weapons. Since LheY .are
military technology to shoot innocent
Americans out of the sky. With that
terrible scenario in mind, I hope they
will support this legislation.- __,
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like to take this opportunity Lo recog- navel
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pioneer in community health care.
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neither of the two hospitals then open
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staffs, and one would not admit
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John H. Chafee (R)
p(' Wttrwick - F:Itxl.txi l97(i
Born: Oct. 2'L, 1922, I'nwidcnce, I(.I.
gducntion: Pale (L, li A. 1947; Hf+rvanl U., I.1, li. 195U.
,Military Career. i~tarin+? Corps, 19x2.45, 1951 52.
Occupation: Lawtcr.
Family: Wife, Virginia Coates; five children.
Religion: Episcopalian.
political Career. R.I. House, 1957-63, minority leader,
(959-63; f2.1. governor, 196:1-69; defeated for re-
election es governor, 19fi8: Republican nominee fur
(t.S. Senate, 1972.
Capitol Office: 5f7 1)irksen Bldg. '2(1510; 224-2921.
In R'aehington: After mare than 25 years
,n politics and government, Chafee gives cul-
IeaKucs the irnprrssiun he has seen it all. Rum
plrf{. K+x)d natured and irreverent, he brings to
the senate a style some hard-driving junior
{{epublic?ans ma}? nut entirely understand. Cha-
fee was governor of his state when some of
then) were in junior high schcx)1.
If hr dues not seem emotionally driven,
though. Chafee has nut lost his enthusiasm fur
h+s work. He still relishes a gfx>d fight and can
hr a formidable figure when aroused Lu ectinn.
And unlike some of his allies on the liberal
!{epr+blic?an side, he has enough appeal to can
:ervatives to get elected to a leadership pusi-
tion in a Repuhlic?an Senate contingent dumi-
-nated be a point of view he dues not share.
Chafee's election as chairmen of the GOP
Conference in the 99th Congress was in part a
~~ictor~~ (nr a coalition of mfxlera to senators
from the Northeast and Midwest. But his 28-25
win user .Jake Darn of Utah also was e product
of the Rhode Islander's personal popularity
and :harm.
Much of Chafee's legislative energy has
gone inur efforts U, mudifc the Reagan budget
priorities. He is one of the most prominent of a
small group of Republican mfxle?ratcs w?ho have
been pressing, with some success, for more
rmux?v fur domestic programs and less for de~
fensr.
Chf+fee's diflerences with President f{ea
Kan became apparent early in 1981, when he
offered the best-organized challenge to the fast
round .d Reagan budget cuts- Fie drew 40 rute?s
w'uh his amendnu?n1 t.. restore $I billion to thf?
budt;ct for primnr}' education, n)ass transit.
low inronu? fuel assistance and other urhnn
ont?ntf?d programs
He hod better luck n) 1St;:{. whf?n he
teamed with four other Republican moderates
u, present an alternative to the GOP leadership
budget. ?1'he moderates' plan, which won thf?
third time it came up fur a vote, called fur $1 I
billion less in deficits than the leaders' prt,?
posal.
Chafee insisted et the lime that deficits,
not rebellion, were his chief concern. "\\?e've
been loyal soldiers in the ranks," he said. He
end his moderate allies chose a conciliaton?
stance in 1984, clearing the way for action on
the budget by agreeing to a compromise with
the administration that added a mcxlest ~'?
billion w nondefense programs.
But Chafee has found himself in sharper
cunllict with the administration in the 99th
Congress over the issue of taxes. He is ohe of
the must vuc?al advocates nn the Finance Cum
mittee of adeficit-reducing tax increase. de
spite Rengnn's adamant opposition. "1 just
know that. when we're finished, we're going to
need taxes," he said as budget debates got
under way in 1985. "1'he year before, he had
sought without success to force en effective lax
increase by delaying implementation of the
scheduled indexing of tax rate..
On the E;ncintnment and Public \Vorks
Committee, Chafee has been a consistent voice
for encironment.al protection and a key r+Ilv of
panel chr+irman Robert "I'. Stafford of Vermont
As chairman of the I'ollutiun Subcmm~uitee.
Chafee was at the center of debate in the Stith
Congress over fi number of key envirunmenu+l
laws.
Chaff?e's biggest envirunmenwl suc?ces~
was pmssage of legislntiun strengthening the Inw
that regulates disposal of hazardous wastes. He
w?as onr? ..f t he chief architects of the bill. w'hu'h
banned fur the first time the disposal on land ..I
all liryuid and sunu? amid hnzardous sanstcs.
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On other environmental legislation, huw-
cver, Chafee ran into more problems. He
helped push nn extension of the Clean Water
Act through the Environment Committee in
1987, but the hill never made it to the Senate
Ilnor even though it had been modified to meet
some objections from industry groups. He also
played en important role in 1984 in moving the
"Superfund" chemical waste cleanup bill,
which was reported from committee but did
not reach the Senate floor.
In the 97th Congress, Chafee was the chief
sponsor of the one important new environmen-
tal bill to emerge during those two years, a
measure aimed at eliminating federal subsidies
for development on fragile "barrier beaches"
along the Atlantic end Culf Coasts.
On economic issues, Chafee's chief cause is
international trade. He has been one of the
most ardent free traders in the Senate, end a
champion of Americans who do business over-
seas.
Chafee has strongly opposed "Buy Amer-
ica" provisions that forbid the government to
buy products from abroad. He led the success-
ful fight against nn amendment to the 1982 gas
tax bill that would have required that steel
used in highway construction be made in the
United States. Chafee warned that the provi-
sion would cause retaliation by other countries,
leading to "a lull-scale trade war from which no
one would gain and many would lose."
Chafee convinced the Finance Committee
to accept a provision, eventually included in a
different form in the 1981 tax cut bill, to reduce
- Che-high tax-rates imposed on Americans work-
ingabroad. He later pushed through the Senate
a bill to modify the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act, which prohibits bribery of foreign officials
by U.S. corporations, es well es an amendment
to allow tax deductions for business-related
"grease payments" to foreign officials.
By 1985, however, Chafee was moving to-
ward aslightly tougher trade stance, particu-
larly in relation to Japan. "We've now reached
the point where we've got to consider some
form of retaliation" against Japan, he said,
because of that country's reluctance in bilateral
trade talks to open its own markets to U.S.-
mede goods.
At Ilome: Chafee's affable personality and
mcxlerate record have allowed him to survive
more than 20 years of politics in Rhode Island,
winning most of the time and recovering easily
from defeat.
His survival was a close question in 1982,
??hen Democratic challenger ,Julius C.
Aichaelson came within 10,000 votes of victory
simply by emphasizing that Chafee belonged to
the party u( Ronald Reagan and shat Ito;,r;,,,,
was no friend of 12hode Island. Michaelson, .,
liberal former state attorney genentl, con
tended that Chalee had been a "very essential"
supporter of the Reagan program.
It was not a had Democratic strategy. NW
only did Reagan fail to carry RhcKFe Isltuul m
1980, but he drew a smaller share of the vote
(37 percent) than he did in any other state.
Chafee fought off Michaelson b.
reasserting his value to Rhode lslanci. H.?
boasted of his role in negotiations that ron
vinced the General Dynamics Electric Runt
division to keep its large shipyard in the state
Chafee sought to underline his indepen
dent politics by inviting moderate GOP sans
tors such as Oregon's Bob Packwood int~~
Rhode Island nn his behalf, but he did nut g~~
out of his way to pick arguments with Reagan
He noted disagreements with the White House
on defense programs, but praised the president
for his efforts to cut government spending
Michaelson, he implied, was aweak-kneed la
bon stooge who would not cast the necessan
votes to balance the budget. Michaelson saH' it
another way. It takes "no guts to be a Reagan
robot," he said. "It takes a strong stomach."
The position Chafee held on the Finance
Committee end his efforts to ease the burden
on American businesses abroad helped him
build a campaign treasury twice as large .+~
Michaelson's. The challenger, who was general
counsel to the stale AFL-C10, depended
heavily on union support.
Michaelson carried Democratic Providencr
end the industrial Blackstone Valley by nearly
20,000 votes, a margin that Chalee barely offset
by sweeping the rest of the slate.
The close result was not unusual for Cho
fee. When he ran for governor in 1962, after
serving as state House minority leader in the
early 1960x, he won by 398 votes over Democrat
John A. Notte Jr. The incumbent had damaged
himself by advocating a state income tax -the
same issue that was to cause Chafee trouble sic
yens later.
Aa a three-term governor in the 19fUs.
Chafee pushed for an increase in Rhcxie Is
land's social and welfare s{ending, calling it ":~
state version of the Great Society." He won re
election easily in 1964 end in 1966.
In 1968, however, running against Dem~~
trot Frank Licht, he got caught un the H?mn{:
side of what turned out to he a referendum on
state taxes. Chafee insisted an income tax