A SOVIET DELEGATION CHANGES ITS NEGOTIATING GOALS: A SHIP CARRYING ILLEGAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100150104-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 104
• Publication Date: September 5, 1978
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Attached was sent in to Los Angeles Times Syndicate
as a guest editorial for Georgie Anne Geyer's column--
you night be on lookout for it in print.
Karen pe
Sent in on 5 September 1978
~merican businessman;
a soviet delegation changes its negotiating goals; a ship carrying illegal
narcotics enters U. S. coastal waters. Elements of a LeCarre novel?
No. Real life? Yes. Worth knowing? That's up to you.
The American Intelligence Community has been the eyes and ears of
the United States overseas for over 30 years. Simple rationale: it is
better to know what is happening around us than to be surprised. While
originally a reaction to Pearl Harbor, that rationale is even more
relevant today. Military parity, economic interdependence, and political
activism are today's realities. Freedom, sometimes survival, depends on
awareness. Governments, no less than individuals can do a better job
if they can anticipate problems and are able to plan ahead. This is
neither illegal nor sinister. All nations work hard at being better informed.
Unfortunately, in recent years this has become harder for us and easier
for our competitors.
The United States is an open society. Foreigners can move freely
and unnoticed in our midst. The quantities of published information
about everything we do exceeds any individual's capacity to absorb it.
The KGB's job is easy.
The CIA's job, collecting information about other countries as
well as international activities, is a little more difficult. Terrorists
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