REVIEW OF MAJOR INTELLIGENCE ISSUES OF 1981

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87R00029R000200350001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 15, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 30, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
Deputy Director for National Foreign Assessment
NFAC 7778-81
30 November 1981
Executive Office, National Intelligence Council
Special -,ssi.stant for Nuclear Proliferation
Intelligence
SUBJECT: Review of Major Intelligence Issues of 1.951
REFIERENCE: VC/NIC Memo for NIOs and SA/NPI,. Sanle Subject,
24 November 1981, CONFIDENTIAL
The following summary is submitted in response to Dick Lehman s
request in the reference:
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The intelligence Community continued to p sub
stantial" collection and analytical resources to the potential
for the spread to additional countries of nuclear weapons
and weapons-related technolotries and materials. Its responsi-
bilities in this area were in a INlationai Decision
Directive, signed on 16 July 1981, in which the President
committed the US to a strong intelligence collection and
assessment capability as an integral part of US nonprolifera-
tion policy.
In conjunction with its production responsibilities, the
Community continued to further the pt.I?rsuit of a multici:isci-
plinary analytical approach in the assessment of the diverse
topics comprising proliferation :intelligence--analysis
focussed on national decisionmaking, motives, and intentions
as key substantive areas supplementing scientific and tech-
nical judgments and findings. This approach was evident in
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NFAC 7778-81
SUBJECT: Review of Major Intelligence Issues in 1981
n wh; t has become an annual event, a two-day conference
was conducted in June 1981 that brought together senior
policy and intelligence officials to develop a common under-
standing of major :Lssues in policy planning and in directing,
in te.ll.i.;c ncu activities in the area of prol:i.fer.atioin. The
DDCI and DD/NFA participated as keynote speakers and the
DDCI sent the conference results to the NFIB for appropriate
action. Special intelligence suin)or. t was 1)rnyi f1Prl hn rhP
cc: DD/NFA
Chrmn, NIC
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Distribution:
Orig. - EO/NIC
1 - DD/NFA
1 - Chrmn, NIC
1 - NFAC Registry
2 - SA/NPI