104-10326-10017 SECRET MHPNO: 98-0457370 SENSTND? STAFF ACTION: IMS/ESG (020) INFO: CIC/CEG, CIC/CEGLA, CIC/LA, DO/TRO, LA/FIG, LA/FIGSC, LIMITED, MDSx, ODPD, ORMS/LA, FILE, C/LA (3/W) 98 0457370 ASP PAGE oo IN _ 0457370 TOR: 0619082 FEB 98 55099 f-- + --~------- el lk o-g SECRET 0619002 FEB 98 STAFF CITE 55099 TO: PRIORITY DIRECTOR. FOR: LIMITED DISSEM IMS/ESG INFO DO/IRO, CHIEF/LA, LA/FIG, LA/FIGSC, CIC/LA ShUGST” WNINTEL SUBJECT s | CONTINUED PROTECTION OF OUR USE oF| | (eee. DIRECTOR 674771 98 C430861 = ae gree eae SJ 1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE, FYI ONLY /AND IN RESPONSE TO REF, i Q a ay (4 ESE RELEASE OF INFORMATION WHICH OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZES THE / FACT OF | ixuieB.A.DELICATE IssUm ACROSS THE oo eee ME _/ *--ALTHOUGH DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS TN THE<JFK ASSASSINATION>RECORDS REVIEW BOARD E_LIMITED TO ONLY /FOUR COUNTRIES-- “bE WORLD-WIDE USE” OF MEANS THE IMPLICATIONS WILL BE WIDELY FELT. IN THIS « SENSE IT TS ALMOST SELF-DEFEATING To ARGUE EROM FOUR SPECIFIC CASES iz a AND EXTRAPOLATE FOR THE WHOLE DDO. NEVERTHELESS, WE WILL ATTEMPT TO RESPOND TO REF | } (ASL PERS PECTIVE.. 2 ee eee = es : - —— 3. OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF CIA USE OP| livnL \ WILL PREJUDICE UNILATERAL OFFICERS’ |AND ACTIVITY, WHICH --AS IN MOST - IS THE AND ACTIVITY WHICH MATTERS THE most [THAT THESE OFFICERS TEND TO HANDLE THE MOST SENSITIVE 1 OUR UNILATERAL OFFICERS ALSO HANDLE ‘ (OFFICERS. THUS BY DEFINITION THE UNILATERAL } eee tY CARRIED OUT BY THESE OFFICERS IS NON-COMPATIBLE AND WOULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO[_sIRELATIONS WITH ouR VARIOUS : | CURRENTLY, | iS ENJOYING A PERIOD WHEREIN --AS A E ESULT OF PRESIDENT CLINTON’S VISIT HERE IN LATE 1997, AND THE i VISIT TO HEADQUARTERS IN Noy 07-2 HAS DECIDED TO RE-ORIENT ITS ACTIVITIES AWAY FROM smart ; RELATIONSHIPS IT HAS WITH VARIOUS | | JPOWARDS CIA. THIS STRATEGIC SHIFT, wHrcH CooppEyE LONG-TERM | | {|BENEFITSFOR—CIA,—WILL.BE_DASHED_Wipnt WE RUN J NON=COMPATIBLE OPERATIONS THE TRUST THAT FARES AN | = es SECRET 0 nn ee ] | Ld i t i
13-000 fa 00 MHENO : = SED ISIND: mae metres ENDLESS. NUMBER_OF~ EETINGS TO BUIL PUBLICATION LOCALLY CONFIRMING OUR USE 4. MOREOVER, BILATERAL U.S CLOSER; THESE WOULD BE TARNISHED, NOT T UNNECESSARILY, HISTORICALLY RELATIONS WITH[ si @NLY DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT AN *REE-MARKET REFORMS HAVE PUSHED a ____.__ SECRET WIL BY OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF CIA USE SA neces wi cae Sige ape Te aT eS L BE TH OF R RREPAR ELATIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN‘ | AVE BEEN STRAINED, AND TT Is EW. PRESIDENT AND HIS ROLD SQUARELY INTO THE OFFICIALS. OPEN, COMFORTAEL ON INCOMPATIBLE 5. AT THE RISK OF BORING THR REA IS SO OPEN A WORKPLACE THAT THER AREA (CAA), BUT RATHER A "HYBRID" MEANS THAT FSN’S HAVE LONG a] G nay E_ ENVIRONMENT, AN INDICATION THAT ARGETS WOULD BE ESPFECIALLY DAMAGING. : DER WITH DETAIL, CAA, TO USE THE RSO'S PHRASE. HAD OFFICES ON THE THIRD FLOOR, WHERE THE IS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE DEMOCRATIC ORBIT. CURIOUSLY, THE CLOSE POLITICAL RELATIONS AND OUR STEADILY-IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH MEANS THAT BOTH PARTIES ; | y EMBASSY DIPLOMATS AND SENIOR OFFICERS-- WONDER WHY EE \ | TO | [LF WE CAN GET VIRTUALLY ANYTHING WE ASK FOR FROM 44 OR «FROM INDEED, IN THIS RELATIVELY WAS WORKING EMBASSY IS NO REAL CLEARED ACCESS THIS (INCLUDING ARE |*SEXECUTIVE>OFFICES AND REPORTING OFFICES | LOCATED. NEEDLESS TO SAY, | CONF IGU ION OF OFFICES, IN THIS ENVIRONMENT? WHERE EMBASSY OFF RS DO NOT HAVE A p ad PULL APPRECIATION OF THE ROLE/NEED IN SUCH AN OPEN PRIENDLY SOCIETY, OFFICIAL CONPIRMATTON WOULD ONLY REAFFIRM TH WOULD ESSENTIALLY THEN CHANGE OUR PROFIT! BE DECLARED. EIR POINT OF VIEW. LE BY OBTAINING MORE OF CIA’S USE OUR FEW ULD"HAVE TO ATTEMPT TO OFFICERS WHILE REDUCING THE NUMBER | AS HEADQUARTERS IS AWARE, UNDER CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES THERE ARE FEWL AND THE SELECTION AND TRAINING OF NEW ONES TAKES YEARS AND IS WOULD NEVER RECEIVE ENOUGH THREE TO REPLACE THE THREE HAVE. THE END RESULT WOULD BE OBJECTIVE, WOULD BE ZEROED OUT, TARGETS, BOTH SECOND PRIORITY OBJECTIVI THIS WOULD BE A SERIOUS LOSS TO THE USG HIST f ARE RESPECTING INTERNATIONAL THEIR MISSILE PROGRAM. ON THE REPORTING ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC ACTIV FINANCIAL CRISIS IN THE AMERICAS. WE WOULD LOSE THE TRUST OF GOVE SENIOR OFFICIALS, WITH THE PREDI ITY TAKE YEARS TO REBUILD THE RELATIONSHIP. THAT WE WOULD COLLECT VERY ON MAJOR PORTIONS OF OUR OPERATING DIRECTIVE (OD) SPECIFICALLY, INTERNAL POLITICAL REPORTING, WHICH IS A FIR AND REPORTING ON THE ES, Y¥ BEEN THE ONLY MEANS OF LEARNING TO WHAT EXTENT THE TARGET, WE WOULD LOSE SIGNIFICANT PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOWEVER, EXPENSIVE. PRIORITY _T IN THIS SCENARIO, WARRANT SENDING SLOTS WE CURRENTLY LITTLE ST PRIORITY WOULD BE NON-EXISTENT. SINCE OUR[_]REPORTING HAS AGREEMENTS AND NOT REBUILDING AND THE IMPACT OF THE ASIAN RNMENT OFFICIALS AND OF SOME CTABLE RESULT THAT IT WOULD 6. IN TERMS OF A SECURITY THREAT, REMAINS THE ONLY CAPITAL IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE MEZBALLAH BOMBINGS, THAT 4H KILLING HUNDREDS OF INFRASTRUCTURE EXTSTS—IN—THE’ THI - BORDER AREA] AS BEEN THE VICTIM OF Two PEOPLE. A TERRORIST
13-00000 e 8 a7 ‘ 98-0457370 MHFNO : 7 ; nites ee ene OR THREE—TIMES PER YEAR OBTAING REPORTING-OF ~ANOTHER--PHREAT ON LOCAL JEWISH OR U.S. INTERESTS, INCLUDING THIS EMBASSY. IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, PUBLICATION OF CIA USE OF | MIGHT ENDANGER PEOPLES’ LIVES, SPECIFICALLY OFFICERS". HAMAS, GAMA’AT al, ISLAMIYAH. AND HIZBALLAH ARE ALT ACTIVE | | IN ADDITION, ARAB POPULATION OF OVER 700,000. IN THE DIPLOMATIC WORLD, THE CUBAN EMBASSY IS LARGE AND ACTIVE; WE ARE CERT HEY WOULD SEEK TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY caps. | [HAS Nor HAD_ANY=STGIHTFTCAN GAPS IN THE PAST, AND THUS ANY ONE OF THTS MAGNITUDE WOULD HAVE A LARGE, IMPACT. ae : LO  dxoprs THE ABOVE IS USEFUL IN MARSHALING ARGUMENTS I THE PUBLICATION OF THE ARRB RECORDS. 7 AGAINS Ne an LO BILB: NONE. DECL ON: X1. CL REASON: 1-5(C) CL BY: 070590 ae IDRV HUM 4-82, Pr ~ END OF MESSAGE SECRET SECRET