DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01554R003400110017-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2006
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: May 19, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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19 May 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Science & Technology
Deputy Director for Operations
FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
1. After my talk to the Defense Science Board on Wednesday night,
Dr. Fubini and Dr. Herzfeld asked if we would like help in three directions:
advice on technical systems that might aid human intelligence-gathering;
aid in our anti-terrorism activities or in counterintelligence. What
they offered to do is have a small panel from the Defense Science Board
work with us. They don't know enough about our requirements to know how
they might help.
2. I'd appreciate your views.
E2 IMPDET
CL BY DCI
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Tape 13
Side A, 0- 1/16
18 MAY 1978
I told Dr. Fubini at the dinner Wednesday night that I'd like
to get together with him the week after next. Will you try to set up
a 30-minute meeting.
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 GuerrillasQuit
Namibia '!alks,
Citing Atta .1
By Murrey +. a de
Washington Post Staff Wiitbr
Peace talks with the Western _pbew-
collapsed yesterday as the guerrilla
organization fighting for the territo-
ry's independence quit New York, cit-
ing the "grave situation" created by
the South African paratroop attack on
its bases in Angola.
The abrupt cancellation . by the
Southwest Africa People's Organiza-
ti'.on of discussions on the Western
plan to convert the South African-'
ruied territory of Namibia into an in-
dependent, black-ruled nation this
year, disrupted nearly a year of com-
plex diplomacy.
Until the South African. raid into
Angola last Thursday, the United
States, Britain, Canada, France and
West Germany counted Namibia as
the brightest prospect. for a settle-
nient in Africa's racial conflicts.
"Of course it's serious," a senior
U.S. official said of this latest bJw to
the Carter administrati9A!a-foreign
policy goals. "But hint( everyone in-
volved realizes .th'3t the risks are so
great," if,,,the' diplomatic path is aban-
doned,-'"that SWAPO will come back
te"the talks eventually."
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them the pace of South African troop
withdrawal from Namibia and replace-
ment by a U.N. peacekeeping force.
SWAPO's misgivings are bound to be
intensified now American sources.
"The United Stites continues to
hope that SWA)IO will accept the
Western plan fpr a'settlement," said
State Depart bnt spokesman Carter.
Another official conceded, "We're
sort of in7a holding pattern now,"
but the West must somehow
"recaptUXe- the momentum we had
built uy'on our proposal."
"We think that the raid obviously
had an unfortunate effect on the
talks," said State Department spokes-
man Nodding Carter III. South Africa
has told the State Department that its
air and ground thrust 150 miles into
Angola was solely designed to retali-
ate against "terrorism" by SWAPO
tified under the circumstances."
mutes
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ours
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invasion by sev-
battalions, hun
Angola. "
.Because of the "grave situation"
created. with the ssau1t by "fascist
troops" of South A rica, SWAPO said,
its central commi ee "has decided to
urgently recall S APO's negotiating
delegation" fro
formed of the c
late Sunday, w
fied by the raid, that South Africa
may be bent on sabotaging the West-
ern plan, in order to supplant it with
South Africa's own version of an
"internal settlement." State Depart-
ment officials generally discount that
pport. _.,-jo'uth African target was a Nami-
formed women, and children no older
than 13, fought his troops with anti-
aircraft weapons, machine guns, and
Communist-made antitank missles.
Botha also claimed that some of the
blacks in the base had been kidnaped
guerrillas
ilitary
"I thti
them," a
demanded "i
from Ovambo in the northern sector
of Nambia, and welcomed the invad-
ers.
"They clapped their hands for us,
he said. "Several of them could speak
Afrikaans. They asked to be taken
ack to Ovambo, but because of trans-,
ere were some insinuations
on Namibia Friday night that-
we effectively denied
S. official said yesterday.
" of its troops from
that, the raiding party's battl
fierce, causing severe manpo
"We came up against ouch resist-
ance. much stronger than we ex-
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operations for the crj 't ss-border yaid, Lusaka. No dat ff'wasc'a set for renewed that "intrigues are afo to try to pre-, 11
Bri Hannes Botha "SWAPO contin- k b I. U S ls stressed that vent Namibia attaining4 authentic in-
g? tai s, u o i
ued fighting to the last breath, so Seri- "f~i>rG hnvP nn b en broken off." only :dependence "
South Africa has not disclosed the The, status of the now dangling
number of troops it sent across the Western formula for Namibia is thatI
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Botha said his forces had expected
-
several
to finish their mission inside Angola of its provisions among
ncellation by letter The SWAP state
o his headquarters in "sinister developme