LETTER FROM DAVID PICKENS TO WILLIAM H. WEBSTER
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NATIONAL DRUG POLICY BOARD
Washington, D.C. 20530
March 14, 1988
The Honorable William H. Webster
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Director Webster:
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Enclosed are the final two draft copies (Intelligence and
Mainstream Adults) of the NDPB Lead Agency Committee Reports on
their strategies and implementation plans as forwarded to 109
members of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Sincerely,
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Pickens
Ex ive Director
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NATIONAL DRUG POLICY BOARD
Washington, D.C. 20530
March 9, 1988
The Honorable William H. Webster
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Director Webster:
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Enclosed are draft copies of the NDPB Lead Agency Reports on
their strategies and implementation plans as forwarded to 107
members of the Senate and House of Representatives today. A
sample letter and list of members to whom the reports have been
sent are also enclosed.
Sincerely,
Dvid ickens
Eecuive Director
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NATIONAL DRUG POLICY BOARD
Washington, D.C. 20530
March 8, 1:988
The Honorable David Boren
United States Senate
453 Senate Russell Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
? Dear Senator BOren:
In March 1987, the National Drug Policy Board (NDPB) was-
created and charged with developing a drug law enforcement and
abuse prevention and treatment stx-ategy. In May 1987, the NDPB.
established nine "Lead Agency Committees" and in August asked
each to develop a strategy and implementation plan for their
particular area of responsibility. Between September .1987 and
February 1988 Lead Agency Committee plans were reviewed at the
staff, agency and Policy Board levels. On February 25 and 26 the
NDPB briefed Senate and House Staffs, respectively, on the
outlines of Committee plans.
Enclosed for your information please find copies of the
following draft Lead Agency Committee reports on their strategies
-and implementation plans: International, Investigation, Interdic-
. tion, Prosecution, Prevention Education, High Risk Youth and
Treatment.. The draft of the Intelligence and Mainstream Adult
reports will be provided at a later date.
The enclosed- are currently in "draft" form: because (1). a
small number of strategy-related issues .require final clearance -
within the Executive .Branch, and (2) the Board would appreciate
any thoughts you ,might have concerning -these reports. . Any, such
comments should be provided to me (633-3435) no later than COB
March 15, 11988..
:It should be remembered that the Chairman has indicated that
these reports represent a responsive and flexible approach to the
drug problem. They will reMain,- therefore-,.in.a 1114bose-leaf"
format and will be updated,- refined- and .-,audited on a.regular
basis. shouldnote.that because much of the 4material - provided
is sensitive and classified "For Official Use Only"; this materi-
al is -for' use by you and your.-staff.. Other more sensitive
portions have .a higher'classification and are not contained in
this material. Upon request, the NDPB will be happy to provide
one-on-one or closed session briefings on these areas.
If you have any questions regarding this prOcess, please do
not hesitate to call me. Your time, assistance and dedication to
our national and international efforts to curb drug trafficking
and abuse are greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Davip Pickens
ExeCutive Director
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National Drug Polioy Board
LEAD AGENCY COMMITTEE REPORTS
ON
STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION
PLANS
NOTE:
THESE DOCUMENTS ARE INTENDED TO BE FLEXIBLE
AND RESPONSIVE TO CHANGES IN THE DRUG THREAT,
AND WILL BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.
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Lead Agency Committee Report on the
INTERNATIONAL
STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
NOTE:
THESE DOCUMENTS ARE INTENDED TO BE FLEXIBLE
AND RESPONSIVE TO CHANGES IN THE DRUG THREAT,
AND WILL BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.
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NATIONAL DRUG POLICY BOARD
International Standing Committee
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FY 88-89
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
STRATEGY/IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Office of the Vice President
Department of State
Department of Treasury
Department of Defense
Department of Justice
Department of Transportation
National Security Council
Central Intelligence Agency
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INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
Narcotics trafficking, has been identified by National Security Decision
Directive (NSDD) 221, signed by the President in April, 1986, as a threat
to the national security of the United States. The Federal Government
was subsequently charged by the President to bring all available
resources to bear on the elimination of narcotics production, trafficking,
and abuse.
International narcotics control is a primary concern of the U.S.
Government. All of the cocaine and heroin, and most of the marijuana
consumed in the United States, originates in foreign countries. While the
worldwide supply of illicit narcotics exceeds the worldwide demand for
drugs, there is evidence, especially in less developed countries, that
excessive supplies of drugs create even greater levels of demand.
The U.S. Government's international narcotics control strategy, carried
out by eight Federal agencies, is a multi-faceted endeavor which
includes eradication of illicit narcotic crops, law enforcement activities,
development assistance, training, and public diplomacy.* The
international narcotics control strategy has the reduction of the supply
of narcotics entering the United States as its principal goal. A second,
but equally important goal of the Government 's strategy, is a reduction
in the amount of illicit narcotics cultivated, processed, and consumed
worldwide.
As noted above, the U.S. Government 's international narcotics control
strategy has both diplomatic and programmatic aspects, but it has, as its
major focus, the reduction in the supply of drugs from the major drug
producing and trafficking nations.
* U.S. Government agencies involved in international narcotics control
are: Department of State (Bureau of International Narcotics Matters,
U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Information Agency);
Department of Justice (Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal
Bureau of Investigation); Central Intelligence Agency; Department of
Transportation (Federal Aviation Administration, Coast Guard);
Department of the Treasury (U.S. Customs Service); and the Office of
the Vice President (the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System).
The Department of Defense, while not directly involved in narcotics
control, does provide logistical support to other U.S. Government
agencies so involved. All these agencies are, however, represented on
the National Drug Policy Board and its International Standing Committee.
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At the present time, reducing the supply of cocaine produced and shipped
from Latin America is the U.S. Government's first international
narcotics control priority, closely followed by reducing the supply of
heroin from Mexico and Asia, and marijuana from the Western
Hemisphere.
Illicit crop cultivation and production can be reduced mainly by
eradication programs. At present, 21 drug-producing countries,
including the United States, are eradicating narcotic crops; 14 countries
are financially and technically assisted by the U.S. Government in their
eradication campaigns. Eradication is the most cost-effective and
efficient method of reducing the availability of opium, coca, cannabis
and their derivatives. By attacking the first and least lucrative, link in
the grower-to-user chain, eradicating countries reduce the profits,
corruption, and costs of law enforcement activities which must increase
in magnitude as the drugs move further from their source and into
international trafficking channels.
To date, eradication programs have not been able to keep pace with the
expansion of narcotics crops. This is especially true of coca cultivation
which expands by an estimated ten percent each year. If significant
progress is to be made in coca control, it is first necessary to stop
expansion of coca cultivation. No real progress can be made until Peru
and Bolivia, the two largest coca producing countries, control the coca
producing areas, clearly delineate licit from illicit coca cultivation and
agree to use an effective, environmentally safe, aerially-applied
herbicide if one can be found.
Moreover, coca eradication must be carried out in conjunction with an
effective law enforcement program in all producing countries, making
coca cultivation and trafficking an unprofitable venture for all so
engaged.
Effective law enforcement efforts are a prerequisite to a viable crop
eradication program. International law enforcement objectives include:
the physical control of producing/ processing areas within cooperating
host countries; the destruction of coca paste and cocaine laboratories,
heroin refineries, and clandestine airstrips; the identification,
investigation and immobilization of major, multi-national drug
trafficking organizations and money launderers; the interdiction of
narcotic crops enroute to their final destination; the interdiction of
precursor chemicals necessary for the manufacture of narcotics; the
sharing of actionable intelligence; the seizure of laundered narcotics
profits through forfeiture proceedings; the strengthening of legal and
judicial systems to assure the arrest and prosecution of narcotics
offenders; and the seizure of narcotics-related assets.
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In formulating an international strategy, the U.S. Government must also
appreciate the resource constraints facing most drug producing and
transiting countries. Other vital issues, such as political and economic
instability, minimum health and education standards, and pervasive
unemployment problems, may become priority areas of concern to
foreign governments and compete with narcotics control initiatives. The
U.S. Government must recognize these limitations and work with foreign
officials to improve narcotics control programs within prevailing
operating constraints. Moreover, Government narcotics control officials
also need to recognize that narcotics control is just one concern of U.S.
foreign affairs policy makers who must address a number of other and no
less critical issues in bilateral relationships.
With respect for, and mindful of the differences among legal and judicial
systems, the U.S. Government must work with countries to develop
narcotics control strategies that are workable and consistent within our
overall bilateral relationships. In the final analysis, it is the terms of our
bilateral agreement which define the operating environment within the
host country.
When carried out in conjunction with the other domestic aspects of the
President's national drug strategy, the U.S. Government's international
narcotics control strategy can result in the reduction of worldwide
supply of illicit narcotics. Gains in international narcotics control will,
however, be meaningless if concomitant progress is not made in reducing
domestic demand for drugs.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
International Narcotics Control Strategy/Implementation Plan
The International Narcotics Control Strategy/Implementation Plan
addresses all aspects of the international narcotics control problem, with
special emphasis on cocaine. Eradication, enforcement, development
assistance, training, and public
diplomacy are the key elements of the strategy/implementation plan
which features regional and country-specific plans, where appropriate.
The vast supply of narcotics available on a worldwide basis is,
unfortunately, growing. As supplies increase, the global demand for
drugs shows a concomitant increase. Unless the supply of narcotics is
significantly reduced, the world will be forced to struggle with the
attendant problems of violence, corruption, decreases in productivity,
and the erosion of social institutions.
The cocaine situation is particularly severe. An estimated 170,000
hectares of coca are under cultivation in South America today.
Moreover, the crop level is increasing faster than current eradication
efforts; therefore, it is incumbent upon us, in preparing a U.S.
Government-wide strategy, to propose realistic means for halting the
rate of coca expansion. Manual eradication simply has not, and will not,
reduce the availability of coca. Consequently, the International
Narcotics Control Strategy/Implementation Plan relies heavily on
negotiations with governments of countries where coca is produced for
the purpose of reaching bilateral agreements on eradication methods and
targets. The intention is to begin discussions immediately concerning
the application of aerially-applied herbicides for large-scale coca
eradication beginning in 1988. These negotiations are now possible
because, for the first time, the U.S. 'Government is. able to support
wide-scale aerial eradication programs in Latin America.
As emphasized in the strategy, agreement must be reached on the use of
herbicides and the narcotics assistance required to deliver both manual
and aerial applications. Eradication, however, is not the complete
answer and will not be possible in the Andes without parallel
enforcement efforts, development assistance, training, and an effective
public diplomacy campaign.
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POLICY GOAL
Reduce the amount of cocaine shipped from Latin America to the United
States through an integrated program of narcotics control.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The U.S. Government's international cocaine control program is a
combination of joint efforts with the host governments of drug producing
and trafficking countries; the program is focused on eradication,
enforcement, development assistance, training, and, to some extent,
public diplomacy directed primarily at the Andean region of Latin
America. The cocaine control program addresses each stage in the
cultivation, processing, and shipment of cocaine from Latin America to
the United States. Coca production can be reduced through an
aggressive balanced program of eradication and economic assistance in
an effort to strengthen central governments by giving them the
resources to confront more effectively drug production and trafficking
problems. Interdiction efforts to suppress cocaine refining by destroying
laboratories and interrupting the flow of both precursor chemicals and
finished products have the parallel benefit of depressing prices paid for
coca leaf and discouraging further planting and harvesting. Enforcement
and judicial training are provided to Latin American and Caribbean
countries to enhance their capability for interdicting cocaine, precursor
chemicals and illicit profits and to make their legal and judicial systems
more efficient and effective in investigating and prosecuting drug
traffickers.
The three areas of concentration in the multi-agency program are: coca
producing countries (Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil); cocaine
refining countries (Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil); and cocaine
transiting countries (Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile,
Argentina, Paraguay, Bahamas, Panama, Central America, Jamaica,
Mexico, Dominican Republic, Antilles, Haiti, and the Caribbean Basin).
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POLICY GOAL
Reduce the amount of heroin shipped from Asia and Mexico to the
United States through an integrated program of narcotics control.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The U.S. Government 's international heroin control program is a
combination of bilateral eradication, enforcement, development
assistance (limited to Asia) efforts with host governments in Southeast
and Southwest Asia, and Mexico. Training and, to some extent, public
diplomacy, also play significant roles in our bilateral narcotics control
programs in Asia and Mexico. The program focuses on three areas of
the world: Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia and Mexico. The program
also targets the heroin trafficking countries in Asia and Africa, as opium
is processed into heroin and trafficked to the United States and Europe.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
1. Reduce the amount of opium cultivation in the Golden Crescent and
Triangle regions through more accurate crop estimates, improved
eradication programs, and continued development assistance for farmers,
who forego traditional opium production.
2. Decrease the amount of opium cultivation in the Mexican Tri-state
area (Durango, Sinaloa, Chihuahua) and in the states of Guerrero and
Michoacan through the development of more accurate crop estimates
and improvements in the opium eradication program.
3. Build regional and co.untry-specific law enforcement and support
capabilities through training, intelligence sharing, and professional
exchanges.
4. Identify and destroy heroin refineries, intercept caravans in major
opium-producing countries; and work with the governments of other
countries, and their respective law enforcement agencies to improve
intelligence sharing, to introduce tighter controls on precursor chemicals
used in heroin processing, and to encourage regional initiatives to inhibit
trafficking.
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