LETTER TO WILLIAM H. WEBSTER FROM JAMES D. BALES

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Trust not the horse,
STAT Cassandra cried!
11-20-88
The times are out of joint, 0 cursed spite,
That ever I was born to set them right. (Shakespeare)
But what is worse, on me has fallen Cassandra's curse.
(James D. Bales)
James D. Bales,
William H.Webster,Director
CIA
Washington , D. C.
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Dear MY. Webster:
Please send me a copy ofyour talk before the Yale Political Union
which was mentioned in the press Nov.18. It quoted you as saying that glasnot
has not reduced ,but may have increased, the Soviet threat to the U.S.
I am enclosing a statement from Gorbachev which shows what he thinks
of us. It is clear that he thinks we are an evil empire. They identify the
bourgeoisie, capitalism and imperialism as the same evil force, and he said
we are the center of imperialism. Notice that he says Marx's statement ,about
the idol, is more relevant today than it was in the 19th century. He was
talking to his comrades, not to us,, when he said it but they printed it and
they know we can read. They must feel that we shall be blincrty illusions and
not believe that he views us in this manner. We have been blind many times in
the past.
Cordially yours,
James D. Bales
P.S. Years ago I compiled a book called : J.EDGAR HOOVER SPEAKS CONCERNING
COMMUNISM.
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Communists Use The Trojan Horse
Georgi Dimitroff was General Secretary of the Communist
International. In 1935 at the Seventh World Congress of the
Comintern, he declared: "Comrades, you remember the an-
cient tale of the capture of Troy. Troy was inaccessible to the
armies attacking her, thanks to her impregnable walls. And
the attacking army, after suffering many sacrifices, was una-
ble to achieve victory until with the aid of the famous Trojan
horse it managed to penetrate to the very heart of the enemy's
camp.
"We revolutionary workers, it appears to me, should not be
shy about using the same tactics with regard to our fascist
foe, who is defending himself against the people with the help
of a living wall of his cutthroats.
"He who fails to understand the necessity of using such tac-
tics in the case of fascism, he who regards such an approach
as 'humiliating,' may be a most excellent comrade. .but if you
will allow me to say so, he is a windbag and not a revolution-
ary, he will be unable to lead the masses to the overthrow of
the fascist dictatorship." (The United Front, p. 52) Com-
munists view not only Hitler as a fascist but also the United
States: and other non-Conununist countries in Europe.
Quoting Lenin, Bertram D. Wolfe said that although they
are always at war with us. "in the unending war, there can be
frequent pauses, indeed must be pauses. The ideology gives
its possessors the wisdom to know when pauses are necessary,
the pride to 'crawl in the mud on your belly" without a sense ?
of humiliation, the skill to 'keep a clear line for maneuvering,'
for 'renewing the attack' when that becomes possible lest you
lose all you have gained, for 'using treaties as a means of
gaining strength,' bringing up 'fresh forces,' obtaining a 'bet-
ter rather than a worse peace as a respite for another war,' a
'breathing spell.' " (An Ideology In Power, p. 354. The quoted
expressions are from Lenin's Collected Works, 1962, Vol. VII)
Trust not the horse, Cassandra cried, but the Trojans
trusted the horse and lost their city, their freedom and many-
lost their lives. Trust not the Communists, we cry, but many
trust the horse and think that the horse is something other
than what it is. The only time that many will not trust the Com-
munists is when they say they are Communists. In denying
that they are Communists, and will act like Communists, they
are denying the sincerity of the Communists who say they are
Communists. Reality teaches us that the only sense in which
we should trust the Communists is we should trust that they
are Communists. Fred Schwarz has a book whose title says we
can trust them to be Communists. When we believe they are
Communists we are then in a position to know their mind,
goals, strategy, tactics and view of morality. If we believe
that they are something other than Communists, we shall con-
tinue to lose the struggle for freedom.
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Mikhail
GORBACHEV
Selected
Speeches
and
Articles
Second Updated Edition
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Progress Publishers
Moscow
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member of society, the dignity of the individual, and true hu-
manism. Socialism is a realistic option open to all humanity, an
example projected into the future.
Socialism sprang up and was built in countries which were
far from being- economically and socially advanced at that time
and which differed greatly from one another in mode of life
and their historical and national traditions. Each one of them
advanced to the new social system along its own way, confirm-
ing Marx's prediction about the infinite variations and grada-
tions of the same economic basis in its concrete manifestations.
The way was neither smooth nor simple. It was exceedingly
difficult to rehabilitate a backward or ruined economy, to teach
millions of people to read and write, to provide them with a roof
over their heads, with food and free medical aid. The very nov-
elty of the social tasks, the ceaseless military, economic, politi-
cal, and psychological pressure of imperialiStn, the need for
tremendous efforts to ensure defence?all this could not but
influence the course of events, their character, and the rate at
which the sock-economic programmes and transformations were
carried into effect. Nor were mistakes in politics and various
subjectivist deviations avoided.
lint such is life; it always manifests itself in diverse contradic-
tions, sometimes quite unexpected ones. The other point is much
more important: socialism has demonstrated its ability to re-
solve social problems on a fundamentally different basis than
previously, namely a collectivist one; it has brought the countries
to higher levels of development, and has given the working
people a dignified and secure life.
Socialism is continuously improving social relations, multiply-
ing its adtievements purposefully, setting an example which is
becoming more and more influential and attractive, and demon-
strating the real humanism of the socialist way of life. By so
doing, it iq erecting an increasingly reliable barrier to the ideol-
ogy and policy of war and militarism, reaction and force, to
all forms of inhumanity, and is actively furthering social progress.
It has grown into a powerful moral and material force, and has
shown what opportunities are opening for modern civilisation.
The course of social progress is closely linked with anti-colonial
revolutions, national liberation movements, the renascence of
many countries, and the emergence of dozens of new ones.
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Having won political independence, they are working hard to
overcome backwardness, poverty, and sometimes extreme priva-
tion?the entire painful legacy of their past enslavement. For-
merly the victims of imperialist policy, deprived of all rights,
they arc now making history themselves.
Social progress is expressed in the development of the inter-
national communist and working-class movement and in the
growth of the new massive democratic movement of our time,
including the anti-war and anti-nuclear movement. It is ap-
parent, too, in the polarisation of the political forces of the,c.ag-
italist world, notably inthe USA the centre of imperialism.
Here-,?progressiVe -tendencies are forcing their way forward through
a system of monopolistic totalitarianism, and are exposed to
the continuous pressure of organised reactionary forces, includ-
ing their enormous propaganda machine which floods the world
with stupefying misinformation.
Marx compared progress in exploitative society to "that hid-
eous pagan idol, who would not rink the nectar but from the
skulls of the slain."1 He said: "In our days everything seems
pregnant with its contrary. Machinery, gifted with the wonder-
ful power of shortening and fructifying human labour, we be-
hold starving and overworking it. The new-fangled sources of
wealth, by some strange weird spell, are turned into sources of
want. The victories of art seem bought by the loss of character.
At the same pace that mankind masters nature, man seems to
become enslaved to other men or to his own infamy. Even the
pure light of science seems unable to shine but on the dark back-
ground of ignorance. All our invention and progress seem to re-
sult in endowing material forces with intellectual life, and in
stultifying human life into a material force."2
Marx's analysis is striking in its .historical sweep, accuracy,
and depth. It has, indeed,- become- still more relevant with re-
gard to bourgeois reality of the 20th century than it was in
the 19thcn ure?I-577E?)n the one hand, the swift advance of sci-
' K. Marx, "The Future Results of British Rule in India", in:
K. Marx and F. Engels, Selected Works in three volumes, Vol. One,
1976, p..199.
K. Marx, "Speech at die Anniversary of the People's Paper", in:
K. Marx and F. Engels, Selected Works in three volumes, Vol. One,
p. 500.
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ence and technology has opened up unprecedented possibilities
for mastering the forces of nature and improving die conditions
of the life of man. On the other, the "enlightened" 20th cen-
tury is going down in history as a time marked by such out-
growths of imperialism as the most devastating wars, an orgy
of militarism and fascism, genocide, and the destitution of mil-
lions of people. Ignorance and obscurantism go hand in hand
in the capitalist world with outstanding achievements of science
and culture. That is the society we are compelled to be neigh-
bours of, and we must look for ways of cooperation and mutual
understanding. Such is the command of history.
The progress of humanity is also directly connected with the
scientific and technological revolution. It matured slowly and
gradually, and then, in the final quarter of the century, gave
the start to a gigantic increase of man's material and spiritual
possibilities. These are of a twofold nature. There is a qualita-
tive leap in humanity's productive forces. But there is also a
qualitative leap in means of destruction, in the military sphere,
"endowing" man for the first time in history with the physical
capacity for destroying all life on earth.
The facets and consequences of the scientific and technologi-
cal revolution differ in different socio-political systems. Capi-
talism of the 1980s, the capitalism of the age of electronics and
information science, computers and robots, is throwing more
millions of people, including young and educated people, out
of jobs. Wealth and power are being increasingly concentrated
in the hands of a few. Militarism is thriving on the arms race
greatly, and also strives gradually to gain control over the po-
litical levers of power. It is becoming the ugliest and the most
dangerous monster of the 20th century. Because of its efforts,
the most advanced scientific and technical ideas are being con-
verted into weapons of mass destruction.
Before the developing countries the scientific and technolog-
ical revolution is setting this most acute question: arc they to
enjoy the achievements of science and technology in full meas-
ure in order to gain strength for combating rreocolonialism and
imperialist exploitation, or will they rem:till on the periphery of
world development? The scientific and technological revolution
,hows in bold relief drat many socio-econornic problems imped-
ing progress in that part of the world arc unresolved.
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Socialism has everything it needs to place modern science
and technology at the service of the people. But it would be
wrong to think that the scientific and technological revolution
is creating no problems for socialist society. Experience shows
that its advance involves improvement of social relations, a change
of mentality, the forging of a new psychology, and the ac-
ceptance of dynamism as a way and a rule of life. It calls in-
sistently for a continuous reassessment and streamlining of the
prevailing patterns of management. In other words, the scien-
tific and technological revolution not only opens up prospects,
- but also sets higher demands on the entire organisation of the
internal life of countries and international relations. Certainly,
scientific and technological progress cannot abolish the laws of
social development or the social purpose and content of such de-
velopment. But it exercises a tremendous influence on all the
processed that are going on in the world, on its contradictions.
It is quite obvious that the two socio-economic systems differ
substantially in their readiness and in their capacity to compre-
hend and resolve the problems that arise.
Such is the world we are living in on the threshold of the
third millennium. It is a world full of hope, because people
have never before been so amply equipped for the further de-
velopment of civilisation. But it is also a world overburdened
with dangers and contradictions, which prompts the thought
that this is perhaps the most alarming period in history.
The first and most important group of contradictions in terms
of humanity's future is connected with the relations between
countries of the two systems, the two formations. These contra- I
dictions have a long history. Since the Great October Revolu-
tion in Russia and the split of the world on the social-class prin-
ciple, fundamental differences have emerged both in the assess-
ment of current affairs and in the views concerning the world's
social perspective.
Capitalism regarded the birth of socialism as an "error" of
history which must be "rectified". It was to be rectified at any
cost, by any means, irrespective of law and morality: by armed
intervention, economic blockade, subversive activity, sanctions
and "punishments", or rejection of all cooperation. But nothing
could interfere with the consolidation of the new system and
its historical right to live.
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PAO 88-0387
14 November 1988
JUDGE:
Kingman Brewster, Jr., a Yale graduate who later became President of Yale
University, died on 8 November 1988. Mr. Brewster led Yale from 1963 to 1977
during an especially tumultuous period for American education in general and
Yale in particular.
His accomplishments included increasing minority enrollment and admitting
women students. He wrote, in a letter to the faculty: "We have not only
protected, but we have encouraged controversy and have indulged dissent, no
matter how extreme, whether by students, faculty and visitors."
On 16 November, you will be addressing the Yale Political Union. Because
you may wish to make some reference to Kingman Brewster, Jr. and the tradition
of active political involvement he represents, we have attached the obituary
that appeared in the Washington Post.
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C8 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988 ... i4
OBITUARIES
Ex-President of Yale
Kiligman Brewster Dies
By Bart Barnes
washington Post Staff Writer
Kingman Brewster Jr., 69, pres-
ident of Yale University from 1963
to 1977 and U.S. ambassador to
Great Britain from 1977 to 1981,
died of a 'brain hemorrhage yester-
day at a hospital near Oxford, Eng-
land.
Mr. Brewster's presidency at
Yale coincided with a period of tur-
bulence and controversy on college
campuses across the nation, and as
head of the university he became an
outspoken advocate of students'
right to.dissent and a harsh critic of
U.S. involvement in the war in Viet-
nam.
His position at the helm of one of
America's oldest and most presti-
gious universities helped make his
comments widely quoted in the
press and on television, and his can-
dor and bluntness often drew the.
wrath of high government officials
and Yale alumni.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
called for his resignation in 1970
following Mr. Brewster's comment
that he was "skeptical of the ability
of black revolutionaries to achieve a
fair trial anywhere in the United
States," and his trip to Washington
with 1,200 Yale antiwar demonstra-
tors.
When President Carter named
him ambassador to Great Britain in
1977, Mr. Brewster is said to have
joked privately that his resignation
as Yale president probably was
worth $100 million to the univer-
sity's fund-raising efforts.
In his four years as ambassador
to Great Britain, Mr. Brewster is
said to have had good relations with
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher,
and he traveled widely on speaking
trips about the country. He re-
ceived 11 honorary degrees from
British universities in this period.
But he was not the newsmaker that
he was while at Yale.
At his death Mr. Brewster was
master of University College at Ox-
ford, the oldest of the 20 colleges
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had held that post since 1986.
A native of Longmeadow, Mass.,',
Mr. Brewster grew up in Boston,'
and he entered Yale as an under-1
graduate in 1937. As editor of thel
Yale Daily News, he attacked Yale's;
exclusive senior societies, and he"
turned :down membership in " the
most prestigious, Skull and Bones,
by hiding in a basement lavatory -
when its members sought to inform
him of his selection. ?
As a senior, he fought with uni-
versity President Charles Seymour,
a leading internationalist, by leading
the isolationist America First chap-
ter on campus.
Upon graduation he came to
Washington to work in the office of
Inter-American Affairs, which was
then headed by Nelson Rockefeller.
In 1942, Mr. Brewster joined the
Navy and served as an aviator on
antisubmarine patrols in the North
and South Atlantic until the end of
World War II.
After the war, he enrolled at Har-
vard Law. School, where he was
treasurer and editor of the Law Re-
view and graduated magna cum
laude. Later he worked in Paris as
an assistant to a special represent-
ative to the Marshall Plan, the U.S.-
financed program for the economic
recovery of postwar Europe.
He joined the faculty of Harvard
Law School in 1950, and in 1953, at
34, he was named a full professor.
At Harvard, Mr. Brewster lectured
occasionally in the department of
economics and served in the grad-
uate school of public administration.
While teaching at Harvard, Mr.
Brewster spent his summers on
Martha's Vineyard, where one of
his neighbors was A. Whitney Gris-
wold, then the president of Yale.
At Griswold's behest, Mr. Brew-
ster resigned from Harvard in 1960
to become provost at Yale, the
highest educational officer of the
university after the president and
the supervisor of faculty members
and educational budgets.
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Bewwbqsytharm, tall
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quent guest on television hews pro-
grams. GitirsiTnFlea0;.**1,969 Yale.
graduate, 1,chxled Vit#..khis comic
strip Tripiiitelitiy4; ,ffie name
of "Kine.
This was the time of rising de-
mands and expectations by black
students, it was the period when
the postwar baby boom children
were entering college, and it was
the era of antidraft and antiwar
demonstrations.
Mr. Brewster appointed a new
admissions director, who recruited
blacks and other minorities aggres-
sively while sharply cutting back on
the admission rate of alumni sons.
In 1969, for the first time in 268
years, Yale began admitting women
undergraduates.
When the federal government
announced in 1969 that students
receiving federal aid faced cutoffs if
they violated criminal laws during
student disruptions, the university
announced that it would not treat
students receiving federal funds
differently from other students.
"We have not only protected, but
we have encouraged controversy
and have indulged dissent, no mat-
ter how extreme, whether by stu-
dents, faculty and visitors," Mr.
Brewster said in a letter to the
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He resisted requests that he dis-
cipline assistant history professor
Staughton Lynd and university
chaplain William Sloan Coffin Jr.
after they visited Hanoi in 1965. In
1970, Mr. Brewster made Yale fa-
cilities available to about 12,000
demonstrators who converged on
New Haven, Conn., to protest the
murder trial of black activist Bobby
Seale and other Black Panther lead-
ers in the slaying of Black Panther
Alex Rackley.
In a 1977 interview with The
Washington Post, Mr. Brewster
said of that period, "This was a time
when the generation gap was real
and not a metaphorical phenomenon
. . . . The activist students were
sure that the university was a tool
of the military-industrial complex,
and the conservative parents were
sure that the university was just a
tool of the radic-libs."
In 1977, after Carter appointed
Mr. Brewster ambassador, The Ob-
server newspaper of London inter-
viewed him at Winthrop House, the
ambassadorial residence in London.
"The ambassador, sipping a Hei-
neken beer on the terrace, Was
graceful, humorous at times, and,
though he doesn't take himself se-
riously, plainly a man to be taken
seriously by others," the interview-
er wrote.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Mary Louise Phillips, and
five children.
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PAO 88-0389
14 November 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: William M. Baker
Director, Public Affairs Office
SUBJECT: Trip to New Haven, Connecticut to Address
the Yale Political Union
1. This is background information for your trip to New Haven, Connecticut
to have dinner at Mory's, address the Yale Political Union, and attend a
student reception on Wednesday, 16 November. I will accompany you on the trip
and remain throughout the program. Yale University Security Phone:
[phone].
2. Dinner at Mory's Restaurant: You are asked to be at Mory's
Restaurant, 306 York Street at 6:30 p.m. where you will be met by President of
the Yale Political Union, Larry Friedman, and Vice President, David Stemerman,
and escorted to your table for a private dinner with the following:
Dr. H. Bradford Westerfield
Larry Friedman
David Stemerman
Ed Washecka (WASHCKCA)
Kevin Kordana
John Wertheim
Rachel Timoner
John Malis
Kimberly Gully
Jason Kaune (KONNEE)
Alana Black
William M. Baker
(See tab for additional
biographical data.)
Professor, Political Science
(See tab for Dr.
Westerfield's article on the
relationship between the
academic and intelligence
communities)
Political Science major,
Class of '90
History major, Class of '90
Class of '90
Political Science/Economics
major, Class of '91
History major, Class of '90
Political Science major,
Class of '91
Class of '91
Political Science major,
Class of '90
History major, Class of '90
Philosophy major, Class of '91
Dinner will adjourn at approximately 7:30 p.m.
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3. Arrangements for Your Address of the Yale Political Union:
Larry Friedman and David Stemerman will escort you to Sterling, Sheffield and
Strathcona Hall (SSS #114), where you will have approximately 20 minutes free
time in a private room prior to the program. (See tab for map of campus.) At
approximately 8:00 p.m. President Friedman will open the meeting, announce the
student reception following the program and introduce you. You are scheduled
to speak on "Intelligence and National Security" at 8:15 p.m. The suggested
format is 30 minutes of remarks followed by 30 minutes of questions and
answers which will be moderated by the speaker of the Union, John Wertheim.
Both Union members will remain with you on stage. A podium and microphone
will be available on the dais in this auditorium-style room. DCI Security
will tape your remarks for the Agency's historical files.
Audience: We have just learned that the program is open only to members
of the Yale Political Union and faculty members. Approximately 95% of the
audience will be undergraduates, however a few members of the Union are
graduate students.
Demonstrations: Yale University will permit silent protesters inside the
auditorium, but a disruptive group would be moved out. However, we do not
know of any organized demonstrations for your visit. According to Chief
Dorfman of the Yale Police, the University has frequent demonstrations, but
most of these have been against apartheid and recently the Dean of the School
of Organization and Management. (See tab for background information.) The
Agency recruiter did not have demonstrators during his visit several weeks
ago.
Media Coverage: The Yale paper, THE DAILY NEWS, and the Yale radio
station will cover your speech. THE NEW HAVEN REGISTER and THE NEW HAVEN
CHRONICLE are expected to be present as well as the local TV station WTNH, an
ABC affiliate, and several local radio stations. Although THE NEW YORK TIMES
and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL will receive the press release, we do not know
whether a reporter will be sent. The media will be seated in the front row to
your left facing the audience. Although the students ask most of the
questions in the Q & A session, the media may participate. Following your
talk there will be an opportunity for a brief meeting with the press in
attendance in a room adjacent to the auditorium.
Background Information: The Yale Political Union has a membership of 900
and is the largest student organization at Yale. The cost of a membership is
$15. Since its founding in 1934 by Dean Acheson and McGeorge Bundy, it has
evolved into a national forum for nonpartisan political discussion. Union
guests have included President Reagan, former President Jimmy Carter, Vice
President Bush, Caspar Weinberger, and Stansfield Turner. Other speakers in
the Union's program this fall have included President of the Communist Party
Gus Hall, Chairman of the Republican Party Frank Fahrenkopf, US Attorney for
New York Rudolph Guiliani, ACLU Chairman Ira Glasser, and
Congressman Stephen J. Solarz. Later this year former Chief Justice Warren
Burger and former Associate Justice Lewis Powell are scheduled to speak.
A panel of representatives of the PLO, Arab League, and the Israeli
right-of-center party the Likud --Prime Minister Shamir's party-- will debate
at the Yale Law School Auditorium on the same evening of your address. The
law school auditorium is a block from the location where you will be
appearing.
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4. Arrangements for the Student Reception: You will be escorted by
Larry Friedman and David Stemerman to the student reception across the street
in the Common Room of the Silliman College. The reception is scheduled to
begin at 9:30 p.m. and you can expect 50-75 students to attend.
After the reception, you are scheduled to return to Washington.
William M. Baker
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS/CONTACTS
Trip to New Haven, Connecticut
Address of the Yale Political Union
Wednesday, 16 November 1988
Depart p.m. National Airport
Noncommercial airplane; flying time, 1 hour and 15 minutes
Arrive p.m. New Haven Airport
6:30 p.m.
Arrive Mory's Restaurant
Dinner meeting
306 York Street
Phone: [phone]
Met by President of Yale Political Union Larry Friedman and
Vice President David Stemerman
7:30 p.m. Adjournment
7:40 p.m. Arrive, Sterling, Sheffield, and Strathcona Hall (SSS)
Corner of Grove St. and Prospect St.
Preparation time
8:00 p.m. Meeting, Yale Politcal Union
SSS, room #114
8:15 p.m. Introduction, President, Yale Political Union Larry Friedman
Address, The Honorable William H. Webster
30 minutes of remarks, 30 minutes of Q&A
9:15
p.m.
Adjournment
9:18 p.m. Meeting with press in attendance
Room adjacent to auditorium
9:28 p.m. Adjournment
9:30 p.m. Arrive, Silliman College, student reception
10:00 p.m. Adjournment
10:30 p.m. Depart, New Haven Airport
approx.
11:45 p.m. Arrive, Dulles Airport
Contacts: Assistant Chief of Yale Police, Chief Richard Dorfman
[phone]
Vice President, Yale Political Union, David Stemerman
[phone]
Press Secretary David Abramovitz
[phone]
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4 November 1988
JUDGE:
You are scheduled to address the Yale Political Union in New Haven on
16 November. We anticipate an audience of about 500 students, faculty, and
members of the community, and your 30-minute speech will be followed by 30
minutes of questions and answers.
In the introduction, you might want to briefly mention your previous
meetings with the Yale Political Union. You may recall that as Director of
the FBI you spoke to the group on three occasions -- 21 September 1982 in New
Haven; 14 March 1984 in New Haven; and 13 March 1986 in Washington, D.C.
As we discussed, these remarks are very similar to your speech at Trinity
University on 4 October and address three intelligence issues -- the Soviet
Union, terrorism, and narcotics -- as well as a discussion of process. The
Soviet section is drawn primarily from your remarks to the World Affairs
Council of Washington, D.C. on 25 October. The process section includes a
discussion of covert action and oversight.
Your proposed remarks are attached.
Attachments:
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PROPOSED REMARKS
BY
WILLIAM H. WEBSTER
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
BEFORE THE
YALE POLITICAL UNION
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
NOVEMBER 16, 1988
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((YOU MIGHT WANT TO REFER TO YOUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS WITH
THE YALE POLITICAL UNION WHILE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI))
DURING THE ELEVEN YEARS I HAVE BEEN IN WASHINGTON, I CANNOT
REMEMBER A TIME WHEN MORE THINGS WERE GOING ON AROUND THE
WORLD -- FROM SOVIET TROOPS LEAVING AFGHANISTAN, TO ETHNIC
UNREST IN YUGOSLAVIA, TO THE EMERGENCE OF CHINA AS A MAJOR ARMS
SUPPLIER. SUCH EVENTS CONTINUE TO MAKE INTELLIGENCE VITAL TO
OUR GOVERNMENT.
MY GOOD FRIEND, GENERAL VERNON WALTERS, FORMER DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF THE CIA AND NOW OUR AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED
NATIONS, DESCRIBES A VIEW HELD BY MANY IN THIS COUNTRY ABOUT
INTELLIGENCE. "AMERICANS," HE SAID, "HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN
AMBIVALENT ATTITUDE TOWARD INTELLIGENCE. WHEN THEY FEEL
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THREATENED, THEY WANT A LOT OF IT, AND WHEN THEY DON'T, THEY
TEND TO REGARD THE WHOLE THING AS SOMEWHAT IMMORAL."
WITH SO MUCH GOING ON AROUND THE WORLD THAT AFFECTS OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY, I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT A LOT OF
INTELLIGENCE. AND TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DOES ITS JOB OF SUPPORTING U.S.
FOREIGN POLICY AND PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. I WANT TO
FOCUS ON RECENT EVENTS IN THE SOVIET UNION AND WHAT THEY MEAN
FOR INTELLIGENCE. THEN I'D LIKE TO CONCENTRATE ON TWO PROBLEMS
THAT ARE NOT CONFINED TO NATIONAL OR REGIONAL BORDERS --
PROBLEMS THAT HAVE GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE LAST DECADE --
TERRORISM AND NARCOTICS.
AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, THOSE OF US IN THE INTELLIGENCE
BUSINESS HAVE BEEN KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON LEADERSHIP CHANGES
AND REFORM EFFORTS IN THE SOVIET UNION. AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE
WITH YOU A STORY THE PRESIDENT TOLD ME RECENTLY.
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((THE STORY ABOUT GORBACHEV'S REPRESENTATIVE VISITING A SMALL
VILLAGE IN THE UKRAINE, ASKING ABOUT TELEVISION SETS AND
REFRIGERATORS))
ALTHOUGH THE RANGE OF INTELLIGENCE ISSUES THAT WE FACE
TODAY IS BROAD, THE SOVIET UNION IS -- AND WILL CONTINUE TO
BE -- THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF OUR INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND
ANALYSIS. ITS MILITARY CAPABILITY, ITS EFFORTS TO INCREASE
GLOBAL INFLUENCE, AND ITS AGGRESSIVE INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
ARE A SERIOUS THREAT TO U.S. INTERESTS.
GORBACHEV'S EFFORTS TO REFORM HIS COUNTRY HAVE NOT
FUNDAMENTALLY ALTERED THESE TRUTHS. IN FACT, THEY MAKE THE
SOVIET UNION OF EVEN GREATER CONCERN TO U.S. INTELLIGENCE.
LIKE MANY OF YOU, I HAVE BEEN FASCINATED BY WHAT IS
OCCURRING IN THE SOVIET UNION. GORBACHEV HAS STIRRED UP THE
STEW -- BRINGING NEW LIFE AND DYNAMISM TO SOVIET POLITICS AND
PUSHING A SERIES OF REFORMS THAT NONE OF US COULD HAVE FORESEEN
FIVE YEARS AGO.
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THE FORCES OF DEMOCRACY ARE MAKING SOME POLITICAL AND
ECONOMIC INROADS. ALTHOUGH THE USSR CERTAINLY IS NOT HEADED
TOWARD DEMOCRACY AS WE KNOW IT, TODAY'S SOVIET LEADERS APPEAR
TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR SYSTEM IS FALTERING LARGELY BECAUSE IT
HAS NOT GIVEN THE PEOPLE ENOUGH BREATHING ROOM -- ROOM TO
INNOVATE, ROOM TO INQUIRE, ROOM TO UNLOCK CREATIVITY.
CHANGE IS OCCURRING IN THE AREA OF FOREIGN POLICY AS WELL.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SOVIETS ARE LEAVING AFGHANISTAN AND THEY ARE
ELIMINATING A WHOLE CLASS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS UNDER THE INF
TREATY -- A PROCESS THAT INCLUDES UNPRECEDENTED ON-SITE
INSPECTIONS OF SOVIET MILITARY FACILITIES.
THE DRAMATIC NATURE OF THESE POLICY CHANGES CLEARLY HAS
PROVOKED CONTROVERSY WITHIN THE SOVIET UNION. A MAJOR POWER
STRUGGLE IS UNDER WAY BETWEEN REFORMERS, WHO BELIEVE RADICAL
CHANGES ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE THE COMMUNIST SYSTEM WORK, AND
CONSERVATIVES, WHO FEAR SUCH CHANGES COULD DESTABILIZE THE VERY
SYSTEM THEY ARE TRYING TO SAVE. THE OUTCOME OF THIS STRUGGLE
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WILL AFFECT HOW FAR AND HOW FAST REFORM PROGRESSES, THE EXTENT
TO WHICH CENTRAL AUTHORITY IS RELAXED, THE GENERAL WELFARE OF
THE INDIVIDUAL, AND HOW COMPETITIVE THE SOVIET SYSTEM WILL BE
OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES.
JUST TWO MONTHS AGO, GORBACHEV SUCCESSFULLY CHALLENGED A
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE SOVIET HIERARCHY -- UNDERTAKING
THE MOST SWEEPING OVERHAUL OF THE TOP PARTY LEADERSHIP SINCE
KHRUSHCHEV OUSTED HIS CHIEF OPPONENTS IN 1957. THE CHANGES
MADE SHOULD ALLOW GORBACHEV TO PUSH HIS POLICY AGENDA AT HOME '
AND ABROAD WITH RENEWED MOMENTUM.
YET THIS IS ONLY ONE VICTORY IN A VERY LONG-TERM
UNDERTAKING TO REFORM THE SOVIET SYSTEM. THE PROCESS WILL BE
LONG AND DRAWN OUT AT BEST, REQUIRING GORBACHEV TO OVERCOME
ENORMOUS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL OBSTACLES.
THERE ARE STRONG REASONS TO QUESTION WHETHER A SYSTEM
DESIGNED TO CENTRALIZE AUTHORITY, MAXIMIZE GOVERNMENT CONTROL
OVER ITS PEOPLE, AND CONCENTRATE RESOURCES ON BUILDING UP THE
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NATION'S MILITARY STRENGTH CAN BECOME MORE DECENTRALIZED AND
DEMOCRATIC IN ITS DECISIONMAKING AND MORE SOLICITOUS OF ITS
PEOPLE. THE NATIONALIST UNREST IN THE BALTIC STATES, ARMENIA,
AND OTHER REGIONS OF THE USSR IS CURRENTLY TESTING THE SOVIET
SYSTEM'S ABILITY TO MAKE REFORMS WORK.
BUT IF THE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE TAUGHT US ANYTHING AT ALL,
IT IS THAT GORBACHEV IS A HIGHLY SKILLED POLITICIAN, AND WE
CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE CAN, ULTIMATELY, PULL
OFF A "REVOLUTION FROM ABOVE" THAT ACTUALLY INCREASES AUTHORITY
BELOW.
THE SOVIET REFORM EFFORT PRESENTS THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY WITH SOME FORMIDABLE CHALLENGES. WE MUST PAY CLOSER
ATTENTION THAN EVER TO THE POLITICAL STRUGGLES AND ISSUES BEING
RAISED AS GORBACHEV CHALLENGES THE ESTABLISHED INTERESTS OF
INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS WITHIN HIS COUNTRY.
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WE MUST ALSO HELP THE POLICYMAKER SORT OUT HOW REFORM WILL
AFFECT SOVIET MILITARY AND ECONOMIC CAPABILITIES AND -- EVEN
MORE DIFFICULT -- HOW IT MAY CHANGE MOSCOW'S FOREIGN POLICY.
WE MUST MANAGE THE INFORMATION EXPLOSION THAT GLASNOST HAS
PRODUCED WHICH/ THOUGH WELCOME/ CHALLENGES US TO SORT OUT WHAT
IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT IS NOT/ WHAT IS REAL VERSUS WHAT MOSCOW
WANTS US TO HEAR.
WE MUST SUPPORT U.S.-SOVIET ARMS CONTROL TALKS. AS THESE
NEGOTIATIONS PROGRESS, THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WILL BE
INCREASINGLY ASKED TO ASSESS SOVIET MOTIVATIONS AND MONITOR
SOVIET COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF AGREEMENTS. AND THE
AMOUNT OF SUPPORT REQUIRED IS TREMENDOUS. THE INF TREATY HAS
REQUIRED THE UNITED STATES TO MONITOR ABOUT 120 FACILITIES
DECLARED BY THE SOVIETS. MONITORING THE START TREATY/ WHICH IS
BEING NEGOTIATED IN GENEVA/ COULD INVOLVE AS MANY AS 2,500
WEAPON LOCATIONS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE SOVIET UNION.
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YET WHATEVER ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS THE U.S. MAKES WITH
THE SOVIETS, OUR RELATIONSHIP IS LIKELY TO REMAIN ADVERSARIAL.
POLICYMAKERS WILL DEPEND ON THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO MAKE
QUICK AND ACCURATE ASSESSMENTS -- AND EVEN TO ANTICIPATE
GORBACHEV'S SOMETIMES UNORTHODOX AND UNEXPECTED INITIATIVES.
BUT THE SOVIET UNION IS CERTAINLY NOT OUR ONLY FOCUS. TWO
PROBLEMS OF INCREASING IMPORTANCE TO U.S. POLICYMAKERS ARE
TERRORISM AND NARCOTICS -- PROBLEMS THAT THREATEN NOT ONLY OUR
CITIZENS, BUT PEOPLE IN ALL NATIONS.
TERRORISM HAS BEEN WITH US FOR CENTURIES, BUT ITS NATURE
HAS CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS. IT HAS BECOME MORE INTENSE AND
MORE WIDESPREAD, AND ITS TARGETS HAVE GROWN. TERRORISTS TODAY
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOPHISTICATED WEAPONRY, ADVANCED ELECTRONICS,
AND IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS. PERHAPS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT,
TERRORISM HAS BECOME A TOOL OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, AS SOME
COUNTRIES DIRECT OR SPONSOR TERRORISM AS PART OF THEIR FOREIGN
POLICY.
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LAST YEAR THE CITIZENS AND PROPERTY OF OVER 84 NATIONS WERE
THE VICTIMS OR TARGETS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ATTACKS --
ATTACKS THAT RESULTED IN NEARLY 3,000 CASUALTIES. INFORMATION
COLLECTED FOR THIS YEAR INDICATES THAT THE CITIZENS AND
PROPERTY OF ALMOST 70 COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN THE VICTIMS
OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF INCIDENTS WILL RISE FROM 800 -- AN ALL-TIME HIGH TWO
YEARS AGO -- TO 900 BY THE END OF 1988.
THE NUMBER OF TERRORIST INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR WITHIN THE
UNITED STATES HAS REMAINED LOW IN RECENT YEARS. YET OUR NATION
REMAINS A PRIME TARGET OF TERRORIST ACTS OVERSEAS. OUR
CITIZENS AND FACILITIES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC; OUR
NATIONAL POLICIES ARE DIRECTLY OPPOSED TO THE INTERESTS OF MANY
TERRORIST GROUPS; AND OUR NATION FREQUENTLY SUPPORTS
GOVERNMENTS THAT TERRORISTS ARE TRYING TO DESTABILIZE.
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INTELLIGENCE HELPS US UNDERSTAND TERRORISM AND TAKE
EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO PROMOTE OUR SECURITY AND SAFETY. THE
CIA, COOPERATING WITH OTHER INTELLIGENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
ORGANIZATIONS, HAS COLLECTED VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT
TERRORIST GROUPS. SOME OF THE MOST USEFUL INFORMATION HAS COME
FROM WALK-INS -- TERRORISTS WHO WISH TO DEFECT FROM THEIR
ORGANIZATIONS. BY PROTECTING AND IN SOME CASES RESETTLING
THESE INDIVIDUALS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GAIN THEIR
COOPERATION. THEY HAVE TOLD US MUCH ABOUT THEIR FORMER
COLLEAGUES AND ORGANIZATIONS.
SUCH INFORMATION HELPS PROTECT BOTH U.S. AND ALLIED
INTERESTS. WE LEARNED, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE PALESTINIAN
TERRORIST, ABU NIDAL, HAD AN EXTENSIVE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL
NETWORK THAT DEALT IN THE GRAY ARMS MARKET. THIS NETWORK HAD
KEY OFFICES IN POLAND, EAST GERMANY, AND SEVERAL OTHER
COUNTRIES. USING THIS INFORMATION, THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
APPROACHED THE GOVERNMENTS OF THESE COUNTRIES EXPRESSING
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CONCERN ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF THESE BUSINESSES. AS A RESULT,
THE COMPANIES WERE CLOSED DOWN.
WE ALSO KEEP TRACK OF THE MOVEMENTS OF TERRORISTS AND
PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OUR OWN JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES AND TO
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. IN SOME CASES, THE UNITED STATES ASKS FOR
EXTRADITION. IN THE CASE OF FAWAZ YUNIS, WANTED FOR THE JUNE
1985 HIJACKING OF A JORDANIAN AIRLINER THAT CARRIED U.S.
CITIZENS, OUR INFORMATION ENABLED THE FBI TO FIND AND ARREST
YUNIS. INFORMATION HAS ALSO BEEN USED TO DENY ENTRY AND SAFE
HAVEN TO KNOWN TERRORISTS AND THEIR ASSOCIATES.
DURING THE PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN
OVER 250 CASES IN WHICH SOME SORT OF COUNTERTERRORIST ACTION
WAS TAKEN ON THE BASIS OF INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION COLLECTED
AND DISSEMINATED BY THE CIA. IN ONE SUCH CASE, THE AGENCY
RECEIVED A REPORT THAT TERRORISTS PLANNED TO ASSASSINATE A
SENIOR AMERICAN DIPLOMAT IN A MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY WHEN HE
ARRIVED FOR A MEETING. WHEN THE DIPLOMAT WAS INFORMED OF THE
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REPORT, HE CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD SUCH AN APPOINTMENT. AT THE
LAST MOMENT, HE CHANGED THE LOCATION OF THE MEETING AND ESCAPED
AN ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE.
IN RECENT YEARS, THE AGENCY HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF PLANNED
TERRORIST ATTACKS ON OUR EMBASSIES IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT LATIN
AMERICAN COUNTRIES. IN EACH CASE, THE EMBASSY, UPON RECEIVING
SUCH A REPORT, INCREASED ITS SECURITY. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, A
SOURCE HAS SUBSEQUENTLY INFORMED US THAT THIS INCREASED
SECURITY PERSUADED THE TERRORIST GROUP INVOLVED TO CANCEL ITS
PLANS TO ATTACK.
DUE TO HARD WORK, VIGILANCE, AND EFFECTIVE COOPERATION
BETWEEN CIA'S COUNTERTERRORIST CENTER AND OTHER INTELLIGENCE
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, BOTH WITHIN THE U.S. AND
INTERNATIONALLY, WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS AGAINST TERRORISM.
THERE ARE FAR MORE TERRORISTS IN PRISON IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE
WORLD THAN THERE WERE JUST TWO YEARS AGO. COUNTRIES AROUND THE
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WORLD HAVE SPENT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS MAKING THEIR PEOPLE AND
PROPERTY SAFER AND MORE SECURE.
YET ALL OF THE CURRENT TRENDS INDICATE THAT INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM IS A CONTINUING THREAT AND AN UNPREDICTABLE ONE. IT
WILL REMAIN A PRIORITY ISSUE FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
LIKE TERRORISM, THE NARCOTICS PROBLEM IS NOT CONFINED TO A
SINGLE NATION OR REGION. LIKE TERRORISM, NARCOTICS IS A
SERIOUS THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. IT, TOO, IS
CHARACTERIZED BY VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION AND IT, TOO, CAN
EXACT GREAT HUMAN COST. NARCOTICS, LIKE TERRORISM, IS AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. AND OUR
INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT HAS BEEN VITAL TO U.S. COUNTERNARCOTICS
EFFORTS.
YOU ARE ALL AWARE OF THE ALARMING EXTENT OF NARCOTICS ABUSE
IN OUR OWN COUNTRY. MORE THAN 70 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE TRIED
AN ILLEGAL DRUG, AND 12 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IS THOUGHT TO
HAVE USED AN ILLEGAL DRUG IN THE PAST MONTH. ALMOST 40 PERCENT
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OF ORGANIZED-CRIME ACTIVITY IN OUR COUNTRY IS RELATED TO DRUGS,
GENERATING AN INCOME ESTIMATED TO BE AS HIGH AS $110 BILLION.
AND INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE HAS BEEN LINKED TO 35 PERCENT OF KNOWN
AIDS CASES IN NEW YORK CITY. WHICH HAS MORE AIDS CASES THAN ANY
OTHER CITY IN THE COUNTRY.
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE, WE HAVE DOCUMENTED
EVER-INCREASING RATES OF DRUG PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING.
NARCOTICS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY A HORRIFYING
INCREASE IN VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION -- ESPECIALLY IN LATIN
AMERICA. DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN COLOMBIA ROUTINELY USE VIOLENCE.
JUDGES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, BUSINESSMEN AND
JOURNALISTS IN THAT COUNTRY HAVE BEEN THE TARGETS OF BRIBERY,
INTIMIDATION, AND ASSASSINATION.
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COLLECTS AND ANALYZES
INFORMATION ON EVERY STEP IN THE OPERATION OF NARCOTICS
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, DISTRIBUTION, AND THE LAUNDERING OF
PROFITS. OUR EFFORTS ARE DESIGNED BOTH TO MEET IMMEDIATE NEEDS
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FOR INTELLIGENCE AND TO HELP FASHION LONGER-TERM DRUG CONTROL
STRATEGIES.
WE PROVIDE INTELLIGENCE TO THE FBI; THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION, THE CUSTOMS SERVICE, AND THE COAST GUARD TO
ASSIST THEM IN THEIR DRUG INTERDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT
EFFORTS. JUST THIS FALL, THE U.S. COAST GUARD ACTED ON OUR
INTELLIGENCE TO SEIZE OVER 1,200 POUNDS OF COCAINE AND ARREST
FIVE PEOPLE.
OUR INTELLIGENCE ALSO ASSISTS FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS IN THEIR
COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAMS. SEVERAL LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
ARE UNDERTAKING A MAJOR COOPERATIVE EFFORT TO DESTROY DRUG
PROCESSING LABORATORIES, AIRSTRIPS, AND CHEMICAL HOLDING
AREAS. WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING AN INTERDICTION OPERATION AT THE
SOUTHWEST BORDER THAT INVOLVES FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL
AUTHORITIES IN BOTH COUNTRIES.
OUR INTELLIGENCE CAN HELP FOREIGN COUNTRIES MEASURE THE
EXTENT OF THEIR OWN DRUG PROBLEM. USING SOME OF OUR
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INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS, U.S. DIPLOMATS WERE ABLE TO SHOW ONE
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT THE EXTENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE DONE BY
THE SLASH-AND-BURN AGRICULTURE OF ITS NARCOTICS GROWERS. THE
GOVERNMENT INTENSIFIED ITS ERADICATION EFFORTS AND MADE A MAJOR
DENT IN DRUG PRODUCTION. BUT THE NARCOTICS INDUSTRY IS
RESILIENT. IN THIS CASE, NARCOTICS PRODUCTION CAME DOWN, BUT
THE COUNTRY HAS INCREASINGLY BECOME A REGIONAL TRANSIT POINT
FOR NARCOTICS.
INTELLIGENCE IS ALSO USED TO HELP CARRY OUT ANTI-DRUG
LAWS. THE ANTI-DRUG ABUSE ACT OF 1986 AND THE BILL RECENTLY
PASSED BY CONGRESS CALL FOR THE UNITED STATES TO WITHHOLD SOME
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FROM NATIONS THAT ARE NOT WORKING TO COUNTER
DRUG ACTIVITY WITHIN THEIR BORDERS. TO SUPPORT SUCH
LEGISLATION, WE MONITOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DRUG TRAFFICKERS
AND ANALYZE HOW WELL OTHER COUNTRIES' COUNTERNARCOTICS MEASURES
ARE WORKING.
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BUT POLICYMAKERS RECOGNIZE THAT INTELLIGENCE, IMPORTANT AS
IT IS, DOES NOT PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO THE NARCOTICS PROBLEM.
INTELLIGENCE CAN ILLUMINATE AN ISSUE -- TRACK, CLARIFY, AND
PREDICT AN OUTCOME. BUT THE ONLY SOLUTION -- IN THIS COUNTRY
AND WORLDWIDE -- IS A REDUCED DEMAND FOR NARCOTICS, COUPLED
WITH A REAL REDUCTION IN SUPPLY.
A RECENT SURVEY OF AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS SUGGESTS WE
ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS WITH REDUCING DEMAND. IN 1987, FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SURVEY BEGAN, THE NUMBER OF HIGH
SCHOOL SENIORS REPORTING COCAINE USE IN THE PAST YEAR WENT
DOWN. AND ATTITUDES SEEM TO BE CHANGING AS WELL -- ABOUT HALF
OF THE STUDENTS SURVEYED FELT THAT EVEN ONE-TIME USE OF COCAINE
COULD BE DANGEROUS. FEWER OF THE STUDENTS SURVEYED ARE USING
MARIJUANA, AND MORE BELIEVE THAT EVEN LIMITED USE OF THAT DRUG
COULD BE HARMFUL.
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THE U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE INCREASED THEIR
EFFORTS AGAINST THE DRUG PROBLEM. THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION ACHIEVED A 15-PERCENT INCREASE IN ARRESTS OF THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT DRUG OFFENDERS IN 1987 OVER 1986, AND
CONVICTIONS IN 1987 WERE ALSO HIGHER THAN THEY WERE THE
PREVIOUS YEAR. IN 1987, THE FBI ACHIEVED OVER 2,800
CONVICTIONS -- A HUGE INCREASE OVER THE 1983 FIGURE OF 471. IN
ONE FBI INVESTIGATION OF COLOMBIAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS, CALLED
"CASHWEB EXPRESSWAY," 114 CONSPIRATORS WERE INDICTED AND THE
FBI SEIZED $22.5 MILLION IN CASH, 2,100 POUNDS OF COCAINE AND
22,000 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA.1
PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN
FIGHTING THE DRUG PROBLEM HAS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY. IN 1987,
23 NATIONS JOINED THE U.S. IN ERADICATING DRUG CROPS -- IN
1981, THERE WERE ONLY TWO.
EFFORTS TO REDUCE SUPPLY ARE DESIGNED TO CAUSE AS MUCH
PAIN, CONFUSION, AND FRUSTRATION AS POSSIBLE AMONG DRUG
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PRODUCERS, TRAFFICKERS, AND MONEY LAUNDERERS. THIS
INTERNATIONAL EFFORT RELIES ON ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT DRUG
TRAFFICKERS, THEIR ACTIVITIES, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
COUNTERMEASURES. NARCOTICS -- WORLDWIDE CULTIVATION,
PROCESSING, TRANSPORT, SALE, AND USE -- WILL REMAIN AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE BEEN MAKING THE POINT THAT EFFECTIVE
COUNTERTERRORISM AND COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAMS ARE CRITICAL TO
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, AND THEY ARE CERTAINLY CRITICAL TO THE
SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS. BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AS WELL THAT
HOW THE CIA AND OTHER INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES CARRY OUT THEIR
REPONSIBILITIES IS OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE TO OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE
SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC LAWS AND ARE GOVERNED BY OVERSIGHT.
OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE INTELLIGENCE TO POLICYMAKERS. WE
DO NOT MAKE POLICY. WE DO, HOWEVER, PLAY A ROLE IN
IMPLEMENTING POLICY. THIS IS DONE THROUGH COVERT ACTION
PROGRAMS, AND I WANT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THE PROPER; LEGAL ROLE
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OF COVERT ACTION IN ADVANCING U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, AS WELL AS
THE TYPE OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT GOVERNS OUR ACTIONS. AS I DO
SO, I THINK I SHOULD ADD THAT ALTHOUGH OUR COVERT ACTION
PROGRAMS ATTRACT A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST AND CRITICISM, THEY
REPRESENT ONLY THREE PERCENT OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S
RESOURCES.
THE CAPABILITY FOR COVERT ACTION IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR
FOREIGN POLICY. FASHIONED EFFECTIVELY, COVERT ACTION PROGRAMS
COMPLEMENT OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, INCLUDING
DIPLOMACY AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, AND THEY OFFER AN
ALTERNATIVE TO MILITARY ACTION.
PROPOSALS FOR COVERT ACTION ARE EXAMINED WITHIN THE CIA BY
THE COVERT ACTION REVIEW GROUP. THE GROUP ASKS THREE BASIC
QUESTIONS IN CONSIDERING WHETHER TO RECOMMEND A COVERT ACTION:
IS IT LEGAL? WILL IT EFFECTIVELY PROMOTE UNITED STATES FOREIGN
POLICY? AND, DOES IT MAKE SENSE?
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IF THESE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED SATISFACTORILY, THE
PROPOSAL IS FORWARDED FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE NATIONAL
SECURITY COUNCIL -- FIRST BY A WORKING GROUP AND THEN BY THE
NATIONAL SECURITY PLANNING GROUP, WHICH IS CHAIRED BY THE
PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE DECISION TO USE COVERT ACTION
IS A POLICY DECISION MADE BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.
UNDER THE LAW, THE PRESIDENT MUST SIGN A DOCUMENT CALLED A
FINDING TO AUTHORIZE THE COVERT ACTION. AND, BY LAW, IT IS
CIA'S RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPLEMENT THE COVERT ACTION. FINDINGS
ARE SHARED WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES -- THE
HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE AND THE SENATE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE. UNDER A RECENTLY ESTABLISHED
PROCEDURE, THE PRESIDENT AND THE N.S.C. REVIEW ALL THE CIA'S
COVERT ACTION PROGRAMS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
THE CIA IS GOVERNED BY OVERSIGHT AS WELL AS BY LAW. IN
FACT) OVERSIGHT OCCURS AT THREE LEVELS. THE FIRST IS AN
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INTERNAL ONE/ DIRECTED BY THE AGENCY'S OFFICE OF GENERAL
COUNSEL AND OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. STRENGTHENING THE
MANDATE AND RESOURCES OF THESE OFFICES WAS ONE OF MY FIRST
PRIORITIES UPON BEING APPOINTED DIRECTOR IN MAY 1987.
THE CIA IS ALSO SUBJECT TO OVERSIGHT WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH. AND THEN, OF COURSE/ THERE ARE THE STATUTORY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEES IN CONGRESS.
I BELIEVE IN THIS SYSTEM OF OVERSIGHT -- IT BUILDS, RATHER
THAN ERODES, TRUST BETWEEN THOSE WHO HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE
RESPONSIBILITY AND THOSE WHO ARE ELECTED TO REPRESENT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THERE IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT I WANT TO MAKE ABOUT OUR
WORK. AND IT IS THAT THE INTELLIGENCE WE PROVIDE TO
POLICYMAKERS ON TERRORISM, NARCOTICS/ AND MYRIAD OTHER ISSUES
IS NOT EASY TO COME BY. IN FACT/ IT SOMETIMES COMES AT GREAT
COST TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE. AND IT IS
THEIR CREATIVITY, THEIR DETERMINATION, THEIR BRILLIANCE, AND
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THEIR COURAGE THAT SPELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND
FAILURE.
A GERMAN POET WAS ONCE ASKED HOW THE MEDIEVAL GERMANS EVER
BUILT THOSE LOFTY CATHEDRALS. HE REPLIED, "MEN IN THOSE DAYS
HAD MORE THAN JUST AN OPINION, THEY FELT A COMMITMENT."
I THINK OUR PEOPLE SHOW A SIMILAR COMMITMENT, AND I HOPE
THAT WE CONTINUE TO ATTRACT THOSE BEST SUITED TO CARRY OUT OUR
MISSION. WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RISK TAKERS, BUT
NOT RISK SEEKERS. PEOPLE WHO ARE DEDICATED AND RESPONSIVE TO
OUR LAW. PEOPLE TO WHOM FAME AND FORTUNE ARE NOT A NECESSARY
PART OF THEIR LIFE; BUT WHO CAN FIND IN OUR WORK AN AVENUE TO
PURSUE THEIR HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS FOR A SAFER AND BETTER WORLD.
THIS BLEND OF REQUIREMENTS WAS BEST EXPRESSED BY AN OLD
FRIEND -- SIR WILLIAM STEPHENSON. IN THE INTRODUCTION TO THE
BOOK, A MAN CALLED INTREPID, WHICH CHRONICLED HIS REMARKABLE
INTELLIGENCE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR,
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SIR WILLIAM WROTE:
"PERHAPS A DAY WILL DAWN WHEN TYRANTS CAN NO LONGER
THREATEN THE LIBERTY OF ANY PEOPLE. WHEN THE FUNCTIONS OF ALL
NATIONS, HOWEVER VARIED THEIR IDEOLOGIES, WILL BE TO ENHANCE
LIFE, NOT TO CONTROL IT. IF SUCH A CONDITION IS POSSIBLE IT IS
IN A FUTURE TOO FAR DISTANT TO FORESEE. UNTIL THAT SAFER,
BETTER DAY, THE DEMOCRACIES WILL AVOID DISASTER, AND POSSIBLY
TOTAL DESTRUCTION, ONLY BY MAINTAINING THEIR DEFENSE.
AMONG THE INCREASINGLY INTRICATE ARSENALS ACROSS THE WORLD,
INTELLIGENCE IS AN ESSENTIAL WEAPON, PERHAPS THE MOST
IMPORTANT. BUT IT IS, BEING SECRET, THE MOST DANGEROUS.
SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT ITS ABUSE MUST BE DEVISED, REVISED, AND
RIGIDLY APPLIED. BUT, AS IN ALL ENTERPRISE, THE CHARACTER AND
WISDOM OF THOSE TO WHOM IT IS ENTRUSTED WILL BE DECISIVE. IN
THE INTEGRITY OF THAT GUARDIANSHIP LIES THE HOPE OF FREE PEOPLE
TO ENDURE AND PREVAIL."
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I SUBSCRIBE FULLY TO THIS STATEMENT, AND I BELIEVE DEEPLY
THAT A NATION DEDICATED TO THE RULE OF LAW CAN PROTECT ITSELF
AND ITS HERITAGE IN NO OTHER WAY.
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FOOTNOTES
1 Information on the FBI investigation of Colombian drug traffickers was
drawn from a 1988 report from the National Drug Policy Board entitled "Toward
Am
a Drug-Free erica." The relevant passage is attached.
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Chapter 4
In of Progress
The comprehensive Federal, state and local effort outlined in the National Drug
Strategy already has achieved significant progress. While drugs still threaten our na-
tion greatly, our past success against drugs provides prudent reason to look with
confidence toward a drug-free future. The following is a very brief synopsis of
progress in the past year.
First Ever Reduction in
Cocaine Use.
The most hopeful sign that we are
making progress in drugs comes
from the annual Survey of High
School Seniors. In 1987, for the
first time since the survey began
a decade ago, the number of high school
seniors reporting cocaine use in the past
year went down ? from almost 15 percent
in 1986, to 10.3 percent in 1987. In addition,
about half of the high school seniors indicat-
ed that any use of cocaine ? even one time
experimentation ? is hazardous. The trend
toward reduced marijuana use among high
school seniors continues with 2.5 percent
fewer users in 1987 than in 1986. Further,
there was a three percent increase in the
number of high school seniors perceiving
that even the limited use of marijuana was
potentially harmful.
Progress in Drug
. Intelligence
The strategy notes that effective
and timely intelligence can en-
hance all drug enforcement oper-
ations. In 1987, drug intelligence
capabilities improved markedly
with new Bureau of Prisons, Federal Avia-
tion Administration and other data bases
available to the multi-agency El Paso Intelli-
gence Center. DEA, Defense Intelligence
Agency, Customs Service and Coast Guard
all achieved improved intelligence gather-
ing, use and communications capabilities
during 1987. Improved analytic capabilities
generated new and successful investiga-
tions ? including a DEA analysis of a drug
organization's telephone records to expand
an investigation, which resulted in 29 ar-
rests, and the seizure of 70 tons of mariju-
ana and nearly a ton of cocaine.
Progress in International
Narcotics Control
n 1987, 23 nations joined the U.S. in
eradicating drug crops ? in 1981,
there were only two. About 283
metric tons of opium, 5,046 metric
tons of coca leaf, and 17,585 tons of
cannabis were destroyed around the world.
Eradication has virtually removed Thailand
from the ranks of the major opium
producers. Jamaica's marijuana eradication
program reduced production from 1,755
metric tons in 1986 to only 325 metric tons
in 1987; and U.S. assisted aerial eradication
in Belize destroyed 80 percent of the mariju-
ana crop.
Carlos Lehder, suspected as a leader in
the Colombian drug cartel, was extradited to
the U.S. International money laundering in-
vestigations cut deeply into drug organiza-
tions. In one FBI investigation of Colombian
drug traffickers, called Cashweb/Express-
way: 114 conspirators were indicted; $22.5
million in cash, 2,100 pounds of cocaine
and 22,000 pounds of marijuana were
seized; and forfeiture proceedings have tar-
geted $11 million in bank accounts.
The Bureau of International Narcotics Mat-
ters' aircraft participated in eradication oper-
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REMARKS:
The DCI has to be at Headquarter
on November 16th at 2:00 p.m.
to introduce Katharine Graham.
He will not be able to leave
until about 3:00 p.m.
What time is he expected at
Yale?
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STAT
JUDGE:
RE: Speaking Invitation
The Yale Political Union
New Haven, Connecticut
Convenient Fall Date
11 August 1988
You have accepted an invitation to address the Yale Political Union at a
convenient date this fall. The proposed format includes dinner at Mory's with
the Union executive board followed by your keynote address. After your speech
it is suggested that you have either a press conference or a reception with
the students. (See opposite.) The Union suggests the best time to schedule
your appearance would be the week of 14 November - either Tuesday, 15 November
or Wednesday, 16 November. The later date is preferable for the Union.
Prefer:
frV
Prefer:
Wednesday, 16 November
Tuesday, 15 November
V/ reception with students
press conference
Disagree, would prefer another date
Bill Baker
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JUDGE:
RE: Speaking Invitation
The Yale Political Union
New Raven, Connecticut
Convenient Fall Date
11 August 1988
You have accepted an invitation to address the Yale Political Union at a
convenient date this fall. The proposed format includes dinner at Mory's with
the Union executive board followed by your keynote address. After your speech
it is suggested that you have either a press conference or a reception with
the students. (See opposite.) The Union suggests the best time to schedule
your appearance would be the week of 14 November - either Tuesday, 15 November
or Wednesday, 16 November. The later date is preferable for the Union.
STAT
Prefer:
Prefer:
STAT
STAT
Wednesday, 16 November
Tuesday, 15 November
reception with students
press conference
Disagree, would prefer another date
Bill Baker
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President
LAURENCE A. FRIEDMAN
Via President
DAVID I. STEMERMAN
Secretary
KEVIN KORDANA
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Speaker
JOHN V. WERTHBM
The Yale Political Union
For over 50 Years the National forum at Yale
1951 YALE STATION
NEW HA.VEN, CT 06520
[phone]
Mr. William Webster
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 40505
Dear Mr. Webster:
17 Lincoln Rd
Scarsdale, NY 10583
May 30, 1988
Board 4 Advisors: Alin1111i
KINGMAN BREWSTER
WILUAM F. BUCKLEY, JR.
McGEORGE BUNDY
WILUAM P. BUNDY
GERALD R. FORD
JOHN KERRY
EDWIN MEESE, III
CYRUS R. VANCE
Board of Advison: Faculty
GUIDO CALABRESI
WILLIAM NORDHAUS
BENNO SCHMDT
H. BRADFORD WESTERFIELD
On behalf of the Yale Political Union, I have the honor of
inviting you to speak at Yale this fall.
The Union was founded over fifty years ago by McGeorge and
William Bundy in conjuction with Dean Acheson with the intention of
providing a forum for student debate on pressing political issues. -
In 1965, then Union President, Senator John Kerry (D-MA), expanded
the program by inviting leaders of national stature to either debate
students, prominent Yale faculty or other guests, or to give a
keynote address. Since-that time,-Union-guests have included Ronald
Reagan, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, George McGovern, Howard-Baker,
Arthur Laffer, Judy Goldsmith, William F. Buckley, Jr., and Wilson
Goode. Last semester, a cabinet officer described the Union as "the
most prominent campus forum for political ideas in America."
A typical visit to the Union includes dinner at Mory?s with the
Union executive board, debate on the Union floor or a keynote address
- whichever the guest prefers, and either a press conference or an
informal reception with students following the meeting.
Although it has always been a policy of the Union not to offer
honoraria to guest speakers, we will cover your travel expenses to
and from New Haven, as well as lodging, should you choose to spend
the night at Yale. Our schedule for the fall is still quite
flexible, and can accommodate-almost any-evening from Sunday. through
Thursday, between September 13 and December 9.
If you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them.
Through September 3, you can best reach me at the New York address
above or by phone at 914-472-7521.-1 hope that you can join us this
fall so that I may have the pleasure of welcoming you to Yale.
Sincere y,
David Stemerman
Vice-President
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JUDGE:
RE: Speaking Invitation
The Yale Political Union
New Haven, Connecticut
Convenient Fall Date
5 July 1988
Vice President of the Yale Political Union, David Stemerman, has invited
you to speak to the Yale Political Union between 13 September and 9 December.
The proposed format includes dinner at Mory's with the Union's executive board
followed by the evening program of either a debate with members of the faculty
and students or a keynote address (30 minutes of remarks and 30 minutes of
questions and answers). You could expect media coverage. The audience of
approximately 300-500 would include students -,-both-undergraduate.and
graduate -- faculty, and a small representation from the community. After the
program, you are invited to have a press conference .or an informal meeting
with 50 students.
The Union is the largest student organization at Yale. Since its founding
in 1934 by Dean Acheson and McGeorge Bundy, it has evolved into a national
forum for nonpartisan political discussion. Union guests have included
President Reagan, former President Jimmy Carter, Vice President Bush and
Caspar Weinberger. The then Secretary of Defense was interrupted several
times by hecklers. Last year William Buckley, Stansfield Turner and
Arthur Laffer spoke to the Union. You spoke to this group in 1982 and 1984
and also hosted Union members at FBI Headquarters.
In the spring of 1986 the Yale Political Union debated the resolution:
"Resolved: CIA Discrimination tgainst-Homosexuals?is Justified." As is true
of many college campuses, Yale has had student demonstrations protesting
apartheid.
Although the Yale campus is politically active and has its share of
demonstrations, I believe that you should igive-a keynote address to this
academic group sometime after the November elections. If you agree, please
sign the attached letter of acceptance.
i4 CAILIAOLAX
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2 9 JUL 1988
Mr. David Stemerman
Vice-President
The Yale political Union
1951 Yale Station
New Haven, Connecticut 06520
Dear Mr. Stemerman:
I accept with pleasure your kind invitation to address The Yale Political
Union in New Haven this fall. I enjoyed speaking to the Union previously and
I will look forward to meeting with the Yale students and faculty members once
again. Looking at my schedule and if dates are available in your program, I
would prefer a time in mid November to early December. A member of Public
Affairs staff will contact YOU concerning-the arrangements.
Best regards.
Sincerely yours,
William H. Webster
William H. Webster
Director of Central Intelligence
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JUDGE:
RE: Speaking Invitation
The Yale Political Union
New Haven, Connecticut
Convenient Fall Date
5 July 1988
Vice President of the Yale Political Union, David Stemerman, has invited
you to speak to the Yale Political Union between 13 September and 9 December.
The proposed format includes dinner at Mory's with the Union's executive board
followed by the evening program of either a debate with members of the faculty
and students or a keynote address (30 minutes of remarks and 30 minutes of
questions and answers). You could expect media coverage. The audience of
approximately 300-500 would include students -- both undergraduate and
graduate -- faculty, and a small representation from the community. After the
program, you are invited to have a press conference or an informal meeting
with 50 students.
The Union is the largest student organization at Yale. Since its founding
in 1934 by Dean Acheson and McGeorge Bundy, it has evolved into a national
forum for nonpartisan political discussion. Union guests have included
President Reagan, former President Jimmy Carter, Vice President Bush and
Caspar Weinberger. The then Secretary of Defense was interrupted several
times by hecklers. Last year William Buckley, Stansfield Turner and
Arthur Laffer spoke to the Union. You spoke to this group in 1982 and 1984
and also hosted Union members at FBI Headquarters.
In the spring of 1986 the Yale Political Union debated the resolution:
"Resolved: CIA Discrimination against Homosexuals is Justified." As is true
of many college campuses, Yale has had student demonstrations protesting
apartheid.
Although the Yale campus is politically active and has its share of
demonstrations, I believe that you should give a keynote address to this
academic group sometime after the November elections. If you agree, please
sign the attached letter of acceptance.
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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington. D. C. 20505
Mr. David Stemerman
Vice-President
The Yale Political Union
1951 Yale Station
New Haven, Connecticut 06520
Dear Mr. Stemerman:
11 July 1988
I accept with pleasure your kind invitation to address The Yale Political
Union in New Haven this fall. I enjoyed speaking to the Union on two previous
occasions and I will look forward to meeting with the Yale students and
faculty members once again. Looking at my schedule and if dates are available
in your program, I would prefer a time in mid November to early December. A
member of Public Affairs staff will contact you concerning the arrangements.
Orig of the att letter in file going to DCI as of
Sincerely yours,
William H. Webster
11 Jul '88. or of Central Intelligence
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Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. David Stemerman
Vice-President
The Yale Political Union
1951 Yale Station
New Haven, Connecticut 06520
Dear Mr. Stemerman:
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, I would prefer a time in mid November to early
Affairs staff will contact you concerning the
Sincerely yours,
William H. Webster
Director of Central Intelligence
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STAT
JUDGE:
RE: Speaking Invitation
The Yale Political Union
New Haven, Connecticut
Convenient Fall Date
Vice President of the Yale Political Union, David Stemerman, has invited
you to speak to the Yale Political Union between 13 September and 9 December.
The proposed format includes dinner at Mory's with the Union's executive board
followed by the evening program of either a debate with members of the faculty
and students or a keynote address (30 minutes of remarks and 30 minutes of
questions and answers). You could expect media coverage. The audience of
approximately 300-500 would include students -- both undergraduate and
graduate -- faculty, and a small representation from the community. After the
program, you are invited to have a press conference or an informal meeting
with 50 students.
The Union is the largest student organization at Yale. Since its founding
in 1934 by Dean Acheson and McGeorge Bundy, it has evolved into a national
forum for nonpartisan political discussion. Union guests have included
President Reagan, former President Jimmy Carter, Vice President Bush and
Caspar Weinberger. The then Secretary of Defense was interrupted several
times by hecklers. Last year William Buckley, Stansfield Turner and
Arthur Laffer spoke to the Union. You spoke to this group in 1982 and 1984
and also hosted Union members at FBI Headquarters.
In the spring of 1986 the Yale Political Union debated the resolution:
"Resolved: CIA Discrimination against Homosexuals is Justified." As is true
of many college campuses, Yale has had student demonstrations protesting
apartheid.
Although the Yale campus is politically active and has its share of
demonstrations, I believe that you should give a keynote address to this
academic group sometime after the November elections. If you agree, please
sign the attached letter of acceptance.
Bill Baker
ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNAL USE ONLY
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President
LAURENCE A. FRIEDMAN
Vice President
DAVID I. STEMERMAN
Secretary
KEVIN KORDANA
Treasurer
EDWARD WASHECKA
Speaker
JOHN V. WERTHEIM
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The Yale Political Union
For over 50 Years the National forum at Yale
1951 YALE STATION
NEW HAVEN, CT 06520
[phone]
Mr. William Webster
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
Dear Mr. Webster:
17 Lincoln Rd
Scarsdale, NY 10583
May 30, 1988
Board of Advisors: Alumni
KINGMAN BREWSTER
WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, JR.
McGEORGE BUNDY
WILLIAM P. BUNDY
GERALD R. FORD
JOHN KERRY
EDWIN MEESE, III
CYRUS R. VANCE
Board of Advisors: Faculty
GUIDO CALABRESI
WILLIAM NORDHAUS
BENNO SCHMIDT
H. BRADFORD WESTERFIELD
On behalf of the Yale Political Union, I have the honor of
inviting you to speak at Yale this fall.
The Union was founded over fifty years ago by McGeorge and
William Bundy in conjuction with Dean Acheson with the intention of
providing a forum for student debate on pressing political issues.
In 1965, then Union President, Senator John Kerry (D-MA), expanded
the program by inviting leaders of national stature to either debate
students, prominent Yale faculty or other guests, or to give a
keynote address. Since that time, Union guests have included Ronald
Reagan, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, George McGovern, Howard Baker,
Arthur Laffer, Judy Goldsmith, William F. Buckley, Jr., and Wilson
Goode. Last semester, a cabinet officer described the Union as "the
most prominent campus forum for political ideas in America."
A typical visit to the Union includes dinner at Moryes with the
Union executive board, debate on the Union floor or a keynote address
- whichever the guest prefers, and either a press conference or an
informal reception with students following the meeting.
Although it has always been a policy of the Union not to offer
honoraria to guest speakers, we will cover your travel expenses to
and from New Haven, as well as lodging, should you choose to spend
the night at Yale. Our schedule for the fall is still quite
flexible, and can accommodate almost any evening from Sunday through
Thursday, between September 13 and December 9.
If you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them.
Through September 3, you can best reach me at the New York address
above or by phone at 914-472-7521. I hope that you can join us this
fall so that I may have the pleasure of welcoming you to Yale.
Sincere y,
David Stemerman
Vice-President
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PAO 88-0224
STAT
JUDGE:
RE: Speaking Invitation
The Yale Political Union
New Haven, Connecticut
Convenient Fall Date
5 July 1988
Vice President of the Yale Political Union, David Stemerman, has invited
you to speak to the Yale Political Union between 13 September and 9 December.
The proposed format includes dinner at Mory's with the Union's executive board
followed by the evening program of either a debate with members of the faculty
and students or a keynote address (30 minutes of remarks and 30 minutes of
questions and answers). You could expect media coverage. The audience of
approximately 300-500 would include students --. both undergraduate and
graduate -- faculty, and a small representation from the community. After the
program, you are invited to have a press conference or an informal meeting
with 50 students.
The Union is the largest student organization at Yale. Since its founding
in 1934 by Dean Acheson and McGeorge Bundy, it has evolved into a national
forum for nonpartisan political discussion. Union guests have included
President Reagan, former President Jimmy Carter, Vice President Bush and
Caspar Weinberger. The then Secretary of Defense was interrupted several
times by hecklers. Last year William Buckley, Stansfield Turner and
Arthur Laffer spoke to the Union. You spoke to this group in 1982 and 1984
and also hosted Union members at FBI Headquarters.
In the spring of 1986 the Yale Political Union debated the resolution:
"Resolved: CIA Discrimination agatnst-Homosexuals'is Jos-rifted." As is true
of many college campuses, Yale has had student demonstrations protesting
apartheid.
Although the Yale campus is politically active and has its share of
demonstrations, I believe that ydu should give a keynOte address to this
academic group sometime after the November elections. If you agree, please
sign the attached letter of acceptance.
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