LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM BARRY GOLDWATER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: March 21, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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~, "--j- BARRY COLDWATER. ARK.. CHAIRMAN -- -
DANIEL PATRICK Mc/YNIMAM. N.Y. VICE CHAIRMAN
JARwl J1R' UTAH
JOHM H. CHAISE. R.1.
RICHARD O. LUOAR. IrdO.
C, MALCOLM WALLOP. WYO.
DAVID OURENSEROER. MINN.
WILLIAM V. ROM. JR. DEL.
WILLIAM S. COVEN. MAINS
WALTER D. NUDOI.SSION. KY.
JOSEPH R. 610EM. JR.. DEL.
DANIEL K. INOUYE. HAWAII
HENRY M. JACKSON. WASH.
PATRICK J. LEAHY. VT.
LLOYD EENTSEN. TICK.
HOWARD N. BAKER. J*- T00. OT OPPK*O
ROBERT C. BYRD. W. VA.. EX OPPIC1O
ROBERT S. SIMMONB. STAPP DIRECTOR
GARY J. SQIMITT. MINORITY STAR? DIRECTOR
March 21, 1983
The Honorable William J. Casey
Director of -Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
#83- 8 O
Executive Registry,
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Dear Bill:
The March 1983 edition of the Armed Forces Journal stated that
the CIA "will no longer publish its dollar cost comparison of
Soviet and U.S. defense activity, perhaps the most quoted work
it has ever issued." The article goes on to say that you have
also ordered the elimination of "the Agency's annual estimate of
Soviet military and economic assistance to the Third World countries,,
and its reporting on the number of Soviet military and economic
advisors overseas." Formerly, this information was published in
a document' titled'Communi'st Aid Activities in Non-Communist Less
Developed Countries.
On March 10, 1983, the Budget Subcommittee of the Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence held hearings on Analysis and Production.
At this Subcommittee hearing,a number of our Members questioned
the advisability of ceasing publication of these documents. In
response to their questions, Mr. Gates, the Deputy Director for
Intelligence, stated that "the decision was made two years ago to
reduce the amount of unclassified analysis that the Central
Intelligence Agency was producing...," but that "what has happened
in the last few weeks will cause us to go back and revisit the
question of whether or not we ought to publish this sort of thing
on an unclassified basis." Later in the hearing, Mr. Gates indicated
that the Agency would publish classified versions of these reports
and was simply ceasing publications of the unclassified versions.
Bill, we believe that reports such as these are among the most
influential and interesting that the CIA has made public in recent
years. It concerns us that, when so few intelligence products are
Cnif eb Zf tf es send
SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON. D.G. 20510
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The Honorable William J.. Casey
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made public, two of the most interesting and potentially useful
publications are now being taken out of the public domain.
Furthermore, this comes at a time when not only the Federal
Government here in Washington, D.C., but the whole Nation, is
concerned about U.S. defense expenditures in the context of what
we understand to be the Soviet.threat.
For these reasons, we respectfully invite you to appear before the
full Committee in closed session on this subject at 10:00 a.m. on
Thursday, March 24, 1983, in S-407 of the Capitol. If you or your
staff have any questions with regard to this invitation, please
feel free to contact us or Rob Simmons, Staff Director, at 224-1707.
We look forward to seeing you on the 24th.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Vice Chairman
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