INFORMATION REVIEW & RELEASE (IRR) NEWS FOR 21 MARCH-1 APRIL 2005 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05578156
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2019
• Case Number: F-2010-01471
• Publication Date: April 1, 2005

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Information Review & Release (IRR) News for 21 March-1 April 2005
Executive Summary
Future Planning Calendar
(U//kftift) 13 April 2005: Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP): Next Liaisons'
meeting at NARA in Washington, DC.
(UHAWEI) 25 May 2005: Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP): Next Principals'
meeting at EEOB in Washington, DC.
(U/4414:+13)* 31 December 2006: The Automatic Declassification Date per Executive Order 12958, as amended.
Overview of IRR Activities--Last Two Weeks
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(UHA-11344) FOIA Requests
(U/htttit)) Interest in Indonesia
(UHAIU ) The National Security Archive submitted separate requests concerning "all finished intelligence
generated between 1975-1980 relating in whole or in part to the guerilla movement Fretilin operating in the
Indonesian-controlled territory of East Timor," and "all documents generated between 1 December 1976 and 1
March 1977 relating in whole or in part to the Free Aceh Movement's 4 December 1976 declaration of independence
for the Indonesian province of Aceh."
� The F01,4 case manager accepted the requests,7
(UHAMIZI) Request on New Jersey Governor
(U//XITTIrl'he requester seeks information on Richard J. Codey, Acting Governor of New Jersey. He notes that
"Mr. Codey assumed office during the transition in CIA leadership between Mr. Tenet and Mr. Goss. Whether or
not all CIA infiltration of state government is illegal, I claim at least Mr. Codey's involvement in state government
has included a surreptitious relationship with the CIA which obviously violates both the letter and sprit of Title 50
United States Codes Section 401 et seq."
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(UHAILTO) From the Archives:
(11//AcIRIII) George F. Kennan's Continuing Advice on the Soviet Union
(UHAPe143) Former Ambassador to the Soviet Union George F. Kennan, who died last week at 101, wrote letters to
influential figures in the foreign policy establishment until very late in his life, according to a Carter collection
document under review. Kennan typed the six-page letter by hand on 28 November 1978, noting that he was nearly
75 and did not want to enter public debate with his limited "means and energy." He addressed his critique of trends
in foreign policy toward the Soviet Union to New York Times journalist James "Scotty" Reston, who then sent it to
National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinslci on 3 January 1979. Kennan decried "the relatively recent outpouring
of propaganda, agitation, and polemic, designed to persuade us all. . .that the Soviet regime is a ruthless dictatorship.
. .and that they are rapidly acquiring the military wherewithal to realize this dream." He said the trend began "in the
aftermath of Watergate" and that the "alarmist talk" had no basis in any "sudden and dramatic. . .enthusiasm on the
part of the Soviet leaders for the development of their military forces." Noting that most of this information "comes
in the form of leaks from the Pentagon and CIA," he said "the sources of the information. . .are almost never
revealed" and that the leaked information is "of such poor quality. . .that it will not stand the most minimum
scholarly scrutiny." Stressing that he did "not wish to be misunderstood" and had "no desire to idealize these Soviet
leaders," he was nevertheless "prepared to say that today the Soviet leadership definitely does not want anything
resembling a military conflict with this country."
� Comment: The tendencies that worried Kennon found a sympathetic ear in the Reagan Administration, which
called the Soviet Union the "evil empire," but that Administration's policies also contributed to the collapse of
Communism from its own internal contradictions--as Kennan had predicted in his famous "Mr. X" article on
"The Sources of Soviet Conduct" published in Foreign Affairs in 1947. In an address at Princeton last year
on the centenary of Kennan's birth, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell revealed that Kennon had sent him a
"long and wonderful and loving letter" filled with advice when he became Secretary of State in George W.
Bush's first term. When Powell replied that he hoped to receive many more such letters, Kennan wrote back,
saying "I'm 97 years old. I do not intend to write you letters on a regular basis." But a few months later,
Powell said, he received another letter from Kennon.
(UHARR3TIVIum's the Word
(UHAIIII) According to the New York Times from 26 January 1979, Leslie Dirks received the National Security
Medal from President Carter. Although his source was "usually reliable," the Times' reporter who covered this story
for the "Notes on People" section of the paper could not confirm its accuracy as no reporters or photographers could
watch the ceremony. Mr. Dirks "allegedly was at the White House yesterday. Reportedly, he is the Central
Intelligence Agency's deputy director for science and technology, and, ostensibly, he was cited for his 'outstanding
contribution in creating and directing a major intelligence program of great national importance.' What exactly was
it? According to aides in the White House press office, the answer to that it is so classified they were never told."
� Comment: Leslie Dirks served as the Deputy Director for Science and Technology from I June 1976 until 3
July 1982.
( UllAirtrVision of the Intelligence Community Circa 1978
(U//k1-130) The Carter Library has a 10 October 1978 memo to National Security Advisor Brzezinslci from NSC
staffer Paul Henze. Henze wrote, "Went out to CIA this afternoon to hear Clark Clifford deliver an address on the
past and future of the intelligence community; key points were: need for new legislation; need for congressional
coordination; need for broadened collection operations in view of wider range of U.S. responsibilities in the world
and proliferation of centers of power; need for covert action operations into the indefinite future -- 'not as much as in
the past, perhaps, but more skillfully carried out and with briefing of Congress.' He endorsed the concept of a
'Director General of Intelligence,' but strongly criticized notion that the intelligence community should provide
information directly to the public -- 'the intelligence community's responsibility is to the senior officers of the
government�it has no business trying to provide services to the public.' (This latter point goes very much against
[former DCI Adm. Stansfield] Turner's current approach�he has been addressing 1-2 public groups per week and
promising to provide businessmen information that will be useful to them...)"
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