MEETING WITH MORT ABRAMOWITZ AND MIKE ARMACOST, 5 SEPTEMBER, 12:30 IN THE DCI DINING ROOM

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2011
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• Publication Date: September 4, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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4 September 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Associate Deputy Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
Meeting with Mort Abramowitz and Mike Armacost, 5 September,
12:30 in the DCI Dining Room
TAB A Arms Control. At Tab A, you will find memo to the DCI
yesterday outlining the status of?and his concerns about?various arms
control issues.
TAB B
The Daniloff Case. You may wish to discuss this case with State. At
Tab B, you will find a memo from who attended a meeting at
the White House on the issue Wednesday, as well as a NODIS cable.
NO TAB Afghanistan. You may wish to pass on a few new developments on the air
defense issue:
bentio. 11Vit
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TAB D Angola: Possible New Government Offensive. You will recall that Fred
Wettering raised this issue at Wednesday's NIO meeting. He believes that
there are several signs pointing to a new government offensive against
UNITA territory:
Fred argues that the MPLA will likely move on UNITA within the next week
or so. At Tab D, you will find talking points.
TAB F
Abu Nidal. You may wish to share the information and judgments coming out
of the debriefing of an Abu Nidal defector. At Tab F, you will find
talking points from CTC on Abu Nidal's East European connection.
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CONFIDENTIAL
Departnient of State
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FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9894
CONF IDENT I ALMOSCOW 15206
NODIS
E. 0. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL. UR. US
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON DANILOFF CASE
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REF: ;STATE 275834
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.2. THE FOLLOWING INFOPMATION MAY BE RELEVANT TO
DELIBERATIONS REFTEL.
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MORTIMER ZUCKEPMAN EDITOR IN CHIEF OF U.S. NEWS
r:Er'.RT i4.15 71ETING v:ITH YCP DANILOFF
THE SOVIET 1%.,15T!Y-TOR ';;AS FP_ESENT TH!
mLETING TAKING COPIOUS NOTES. THE DISCUSSION'
EE11.4EN 2LIGKE;MAN AND DANILOFF CONCEPNED IHE
E.;ThOFF 5 :IRREST IN GREAT r2J'Ail.
!N THIS CONNECTION 2LICEERMAN QUESTIONED E,ANILOFF
EXTENSIVELY ON THE HISTORY OF HIS RELATIONSHIP
.WITH -MISHA.? THE FRIEND FROM FRUNZE WHO HANDED
C"-.NILOFF THE PACKAGE OF -CLIPPINGS." jJANILOFF
CIO !:OT KNOW MI SHA S LAST NAME. 1:=NLOFF SAID
THKT HE HAD MET MISHA FOUR YEARS AGO AND HAD ASKED
HIM TO PROVIDE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS FROM CENTRAL 4S1A
I HC r'-?1TI II
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TO ASSIST IN HIS COVERAGE OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.
SUBSEQUENTLY MISHA DID PROVIDE SUCH MATERIALS FROM
TIME TO TIME. INCLUDING ON OCCASION SOME PICTURES
OF SOVIET TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN. DANILOFF INDICATED
THAT HE HAD ALREADY PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION TO
THE SOVIET INVESTIGATOR, UNDER QUESTIONING.
4. TOWARD THE END OF THE SESSION, ZUCKERMAN
EXPLAINED TO THE INVESTIGATOR THAT THE AMERICAN
PRESS HABITUALLY REACHES BEYOND "OFFICIAL- SOURCES
FOR INFORMATION, AT TIMES MANAGING TO OBTAIN VERY
SENSITIVE INFORMATION ABOUT U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY.
THE INVESTIGATOR RESPONDED THAT THE ISSUE HERE WAS
HOW CORRESPONDENTS OBTAINED INFORMATION THEY WERE
NOT AUTHORIZED TO POSZESS IN THE SOVIET UNION.
5. THE INVESTIGATOR APPEARS TO BE PURSUING A
LINE Of INOUIRY THAT WILL PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR
CHARGING DANILOFF WITH IMPROPER CONDUCT UNDER
SOVIET PROCEDURES. THE DEFINITION Of ESPIONAGE
IN ARTICLE 65 OF THE RSFSR CRIMINAL CODE INCLUDES
THE -1FANSMISSION OR COLLECTION AT THE PEOUEST OF
FOREI4O iNTELLISENr.,E OF ?THEP YL'EPIALS TO EE L)1".0
TO DAMAGE THE INTERESTS 07 THE USSR IF THE
ESP;;NtGE !S CARRIED IAT 3Y C:T;:LNS
STATELESS REPSONS." .;N THIS CONTEXT 'OTHER m7E.RILLS-
v,oULD .EEM:TO INCLUDE NON-SECRET MAiERiAL. ) 'LAUER
THIS DEFINITION THE FACT THAT -misH;' Pt7,.OVIDED
DANILOEF SENSITIVE OR
JNCLASSIFIED -- EVIDENTLY COULD BE Ul.ED TO BOLSTER
A CASE OF ESPIONAGE.
6. WITH REGARD TO REPORTS FROM MRS. tIANILOFF THAT
HER HUSBAND WILL BE HELD TEN DAYS, A!,D THEN ChARGED
OR RELEASED. THIS IS NORMAL PRACTICE IN ACCORDANCE
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WITH ARTICLE 121 OF THE RSF SR CODE OF CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE FOR THE FIRST STAGE OF INVESTIGATION.
THIS STAGE -- DURING WHICH PERSONS UNDER SUSPICION
ARE DETAINED AND INTERROGATED, WITNESSES ARE
QUESTIONED, AND EVIDENCE IS COLLECTED -- IS
RESTRICTED TO TEN DAYS. IN "EXCEPTIONAL CASES" THE
LENGTH OF THIS STAGE MAY BE EXTENDED BY THE
PROCURATOR. AFTER THIS STAGE. THE CASE IS TRANSFERRED
TO ANOTHER AUTHORITY FOR "PRELIMINARY INVEST IGAT ION, "
WHICH CAN LAST UP TO FOUR MONTHS, AND EVEN LONGER
IN "COMPLICATED" CASES. WE BELIEVE THAT IN QUOTING
THE TEN DAY PERIOD TO DANILOFF (AS U.S. PRESS HAS
REPORTED), THE INVESTIGATOR WAS SIMPLY RESPONDING
TO MRS. DANILOFF' S QUESTIONS ABOUT HER HUSBAND' S
STATUS BY EXTRAPOLATING FROM NORMAL SOVIET LEL
PROCEDURE. COMBS
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