STATUS OF WORK IN PROCESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R01142A001900050012-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2005
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: October 10, 1975
• Content Type: OUTLINE

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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS
10 October 1975
STATUS OF lACR~K IE? PECCESS
I, BEFORE USIB
1. NIE 11-5-75: THE SOVIET ASSESSMENT OF THE US
Action Officer:
Status: To USIB 9 October
USIB Target: 9 October
2. NIE 85-1-75: CUBA'S CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ROLE
Action Officer: I
Status: Representatives met 2 October
USIB Target: 16 October
II. USIB PROJECTS IN TRAIN
1. NIE 11-10-75: SOVIET MILITARY POLICY IN THE THIRD WORLD
Action Officer:
Status: DIA drafting
USIB Target: Fall
2. NIE 11-3/8-75: SOVIET FORCES FOR INTERCONTINENTAL CON-
FLICT THROUGH THE MID-1980s
Action Officer: I
Status: Representatives' meetings un er way
USIB Target: 23 October
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3. Memorandum to Holders, SNIE 4-1-74: PROSPECTS FOR FURTHER
PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Status: Draft in preparation
TTCTR maraet? October/November
5. Memorandum to Holders, NIE 24-1-74:
OF THE ELECTION
ITALY: IMPLIC ITUNb
Action officer: sentatives' meeting
Status: OCI draft circulated tor
on 7 October
Tar et: 23 October (will be ready for USIB discussion)
6. NIE 70-1-75: PROSPECTS FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA AND IMPLICATIONS
FOR THE UNITED STATES
Action Officer:
Std- terms of reference circulated 8 October;
OCI CIA drafting
Target: November/December
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III, OTHER ONGOING PROJECTS
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2. Interagency Memorandum: ASSESSMENT OF SOVIET SLBM SYSTEM
ACCURACIES
Status: GMAIC reviewing draft.
Target: October
3. Interagency Memorandum: PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN LOW
ALTITUDE AIR DEFENSE OF THE SOVIET UNION
Status: Draft undergoing review
Target: October
4. Interagency Memorandum: SOVIET DEPENDENCE ON SPACE SYSTEMS
Status: Changes being made to revised draft.
Target: October
5. Interagency Memorandum: MONITORING A SALT TWO AGREEMENT
Status: Drafts of sections of the report being circulated
for comments.
Target: Mid-November
CONVENTIONAL FORCES -
6. Interagency Memorandum: MBFR MONITORING CAPABILITIES
Status: Draft Phase One report under review
Target: October
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9. NSC-U-149B: SIGNIFICE OF SOVIET ACQUISITION
WESTERN TECHNOLOGY
Status: State preparing final draft
Ta et: Fall
CHIN.(-
10. Intelligence Memorandum: CHIAO KUAN-HUA AS FOREIGN MINISTER
Status: Being drafted by OPR
Tar et: October
11. Intelligence Memorandum: SUCCESSION LEADERSHIP IN THE PRC
Status: Being drafted by OCI/CRS
Tar et: October
12. Intelligence Memorandum: THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINESE
LEADERSHIP
Status: OPR/Outside Contractor
Tar et: No completion date
13. Interagency Memorandum: PRC ILIT RYHOPTIONSSIN 1976 IN
THE TAIWAN AREA AND
Status: Being drafted. by DIA/DE
Target: October
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WESTERN EUROPE --
15. Memorandum: EAST AND WEST GERMANY: MUTUAL RELATIONS
AND ROLE IN EUROPE
Status: OPR drafting
Target: Open
16. NSSM 222: US AND ALLIED SECURITY POLICY IN SOUTHERN EUROPE
Status: Under Secretary of State to chair meeting soon
on semi-final draft.
Target: October
17. Interagency Memorandum: GREECE
Status: Meeting of Agency representatives to review draft
9 October
Target: October
MIDDLE EAST t
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21. Memorandum: MONITORING OF NON-MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS IN
SYRIAN-ISRAELI DISENGAGEMENT AREAS
Status: OGCR action, inputs from OCI, OSR, and IAS
Target: Reports as developments warrant
22. Research for the NSC Staff and State: SINAI, GOLAN AND
WEST BANK DISENGAGEMENT
Status: Research, maps, reports
Target: Open
23. NSSM 220: US POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Status: Intelligence Community contributions completed;
periodic meetings of Special NSC Ad Hoc Committee.
Target: Indefinite
24. Interagency Memorandum: ARAB-ISRAELI HANDBOOK
Status: Being printed
Target: 14 October
Status: Being drafted
Target: October
Status: CIA (OCI) drafting
Target: Mid-October
27. Interagency Memorandum: LEBANON AT THE CROSSROADS
Status: OCI drafting
Target: Mid-October
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*29. Briefing for Special Subcommittee on Investigations (House
International Relations Committee) on Middle East Military
Balance
Status: OSR/OCI drafting
Ta` rget: NIO/ME presentation 21 October
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30. NSSM 225: REVIEW OF US POLICY TOWARD THAILAND
Status: Comments on final draft transmitted to State
Target: Indefinite
31. Interagency Intelligence Memorandum: POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS
IN THAILAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE US
Status: Representatives' meeting scheduled for 14 October
Target:
JAPAN/PACIFIC -
Week of 14 October
32. NSSM 205: US POLICY TOWARD INDONESIA
Status: NSC draft under review
Target: Indefinite
33. NSSM 218: US POLICY TOWARD US AND SOVIET MILITARY ACCESS
TO SINGAPORE
Status: Draft completed
arget: Indefinite
34. NSSM 226: REVIEW OF US POLICY TOWARD KOREAN PENINSULA
Status: Drafting
Target: Indefinite
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35. Area Study: THE CHILE-PERU BORDER REGION
Status: OGCR preparing
Target: October
36. Interagency Memorandum: ETHOPIA: NEARTERM PROSPECTS AND
IMPLICATIONS FOR UNITED STATES INTERESTS
Status: INR/State drafting
Target: October
37. Interagency Memorandum: THE SHORT-TERM OUTLOOK FOR ANGOLA
Status: Representatives met on 8 October: new draft being
prepared
Target: October
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IV. PROJECTS COMPLETED DURING 1EEK ENDING 10 OCTOBER
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*1. Intelligence Alert Memorandum: MOROCCAN INVASION OF
SPANISH SAHARA
Completed 3 October
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST ASIA
2. Interagency Intelligence Memorandum: THE INDIAN EMERGENCY
AND THE COUP IN BANGLADESH: REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
IMPLICATIONS
Completed 3 October
'4 New Item commissioned and completed/reported during this week.
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ESTIIIP,TES PUBLISHED DUC:INC THE
FIRST THREE fUARTERS OF 1975
DATE
00: WORLD WIDE
10: COMMUNIST STATES
NIE 11-14-75
SNIE 11/30-1-75
NIAM 11/20-1-75
SNIE 14.2-1-75
Warsaw Pact Forces opposite
NATO
Possible Soviet Military
Intervention in a Syrian-
Israeli War
Soviet Policy Toward Selected
Countries of Southern Europe
North Korean Military
Capabilities and Intentions
Toward South Korea
15 Sept 75
30 Jan 75
4 Feb 75
22 May 75
20: WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE
75
NIAM 27.1-1-75
Spain: Problems of the
15 May
Succession
30:- MIDDLE EAST
NIE 31-1-75
Near-Term Prospects for
22 May 75
India
SNIE 30-1-75
Next Steps in the
27 Mar 75
Middle East
9 May 75
NIE 34-1-75
Iran
SNIE 35/36-1-75
Arab-Israeli Conflict:
Short-Term Prospects
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30: MIDDLE EAST (continued)
NIAM 35/36-2-75
Memo to Holders
SNIE 30-1-75
40: FAR EAST
50: SOUTHEAST ASIA
Arab-Israeli Hostilities
Next Steps in the Middle
East
NIE 52-1-75
Prospects for Thailand and
Implications for the US
9 Jan 75
Prospects for Cambodia
Through August 1975
13 Feb 75
SNIE 53/14.3-
Assessment of the Situation
27 Mar 75
1-75 (mis-
printed
without "1")
in South Vietnam
Prospects for Indonesia
60: NORTH AND WEST AFRICA
70: SOUTH AND EAST AFRICA
80: CARIBBEAN AREA
SNIE 84-1-75
90: AMERICAN STATES
A Panama Canal Treaty:
Likely Consequences of
Certain Contingent
Developments
18 Apr 75
NIE 94-1-75
Prospects for Chile
NIE 93-1-75
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