PREPARATION OF DCI WORLD-WIDE CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY FOR 1983

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R002100160007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 21, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 24, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office of the Director of Central Intelligence
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, National Intelligence Council
Deputy Director for Intelligence
FROM SA/DCI/IA
SUBJECT Preparation of DCI World-wide Congressional
Testimony for 1983
1. It is time to begin preparations for the Director's
annual World-wide Congressional Testimony. We anticipate that
he will be called on to appear before four or five committees
between late January and early March.
2. The Director would like the NIOs to take the lead
in putting together the briefing package. He plans to
give a more detailed presentation than he did last year,
including the use of graphics where appropriate. He still
wants the NIOs to accompany him for backup and to provide
more detailed presentations if required. He wants to cover the
following substantive areas:
-- Soviet Strategic (including current and future systems)
--- Soviet Conventional Forces (focussing on NATO Warsaw/
Pact forces and conventional defense strategy)
-- Middle East and Southwest Asia (the latter to focus
on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran)
Central America (focussing on Cuba and on key South
American countries as well)
-- Horn of Africa and Southern Africa
-- China (focussing on Sino-Soviet relations and Taiwan)
-- USSR (focussing on succession, economy, and US-Soviet
relations).
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3. Although he didn't specifically mention the following,
we would be well advised to include also draft sections on the
following subjects:
-- Western Europe/US Relations
-- Arms Control (Soviet and European attitudes)
-- Far East
- International Financial Situation (LDC debt
situation, etc.).
4. The Director would like to review his draft testimony
and proposed graphics before the Christmas holidays; I request,
therefore, that the material be provided to me by Friday,
17 December, so that any additional work or modifications can
be incorporated before the presentation is finalized in
about mid-January. A backup book should be provided also
including copies of the more detailed presentations to be
used by each. of the NIOs.
5. In order to simplify the production of graphics,
I will, for the moment, act as the focal point for all requests
for graphic support.
cc: EX DIR
SA/DCI.
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