LETTER TO PATRICK J. BUCHANAN FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88B00443R001704340043-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 2009
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: August 9, 1985
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washing on D C 20505
9 August 1985
The Honorable Patrick J. Buchanan
Assistant to the President and
Director of Communications
The White House
Executive Registry
85- 3166
This is the document I spoke to you about yesterday. It is probably the
biggest intelligence coup gotten from the Soviets ever. They certainly feel
it has done them enormous damage. If properly put out, it would constitute
a great propaganda blow, educate the public on Soviet designs and how they
work, and put added pressure on our contractors to protect their technology
and secrets.
The most important thing is to see that it gets attention. When we
sanitized it for the first time for our annual assessment of Soviet strategic
forces and briefed it to the Senate Armed Services Committee, it got very little
newspaper play. We have to guard against this. One way would be to send
100,000 copies around the world to defense contractors, etc.
In putting it out my thought was to first give George Bush the opportunity
to talk about it at a press conference. Another way would be for the two
Chairmen of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees to have a press
conference and put it out. I am assuming the President probably should not do
it. One of the things I am looking for you to do is to figure out how best to
build up anticipation to assure that it gets a network play and top press
attention and a sustained follow-through.
Two or three months later the Department of Defense should put out a 60-page
paper on how to protect our technology and designs. Give me a call if you
need any help. Meanwhile it would be well to hold this tight, although what I
give you is no longer classified.
Sincerely,
William J. Casey
Enclosure
"Soviet Acquisition of Militarily
Significant Western Technology"
6 August 1985
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