GAO REPORT ON ALLEGED NUCLEAR DIVERSION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R001500050016-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 30, 2004
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: October 6, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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S E C R E T
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a. Clear the sanitized report for passage
to GAO:
(1) Pro -- This is responsive to GAO's
request.
MEMORANDUM FOR:
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Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intellige
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FROM
John H. Stein
Acting Deputy Director for Operations
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SUBJECT
GAO Report on Alleged-Nuclear Diversion
REFERENCE .
Our memorandum on the same subject,
dated 30 August 1978
1. Action Requested. Review. options outlined
in paragraph 3`-and note recommendations.
2. Background. Since forwarding Reference to
GAO, there has been no response to our letter. We
assume the report, as previously drafted, will stand.
GAO has asked us to declassify our contributions to
this report. We have worked on sanitization of the
report, and this version is attached. The FBI also
has been asked to sanitize their contribution and is
taking the position that they will not declassify.
The Department of Energy's positions also is that
they do not want to declassify their portion.
3. Staff Position. This leaves us with two
options:
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'(2) Con - In our sanitized report,
every effort was made to protect intelligence
sources and methods
owever, e
sanitized report still would reveal sensitive
information when considered together with the
unclassified collateral material which
has appeared in the press and which the House
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs has
published in a booklet,
b. Advise GAO that we cannot declassify our
1...) report because of the need to have a coordinated
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Executive Branch position and our desire to protect
a sensitive and valuable liaison equity.
(1) Pro - (Our reasons are identical
to those stated in paragraph 3a(2) above.)
(2) Con - This is unresponsive to GAO's
desires.
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4. Coordination. This has been coordinated with