Information Review & Release (Irr) News for 19-23 January 2004 Executive Summary

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(U//A-I-U0)-I-nterest in Possible Saudi-Iraqi Nuclear Collusion
(U//ArI'HOj-The National Security Archive seeks documents including, but not limited to intelligence appraisals,
memoranda, intelligence reports, infonnation cables, etc., relating to "Saudi Arabia's possible, or actual
encouragement, participation in, or support, financial or otherwise, for Iraq's civilian or weapons-related nuclear
program from 1981 through August l990."
(U//A1-U0) Interest in the Drafting of Letter to Saddam '
(U//QGUU) The National Security Archive seeks disclosure for inspection and possible copying of “all documents in
any media reviewed/or created in connection with the drafting of the letter from President Reagan to Iraqi president
Saddam Hussein, conveyed to Saddam by presidential envoy Donald Rumsfeld in December l983."
(U//A-I-U6) Request for "Operation Rat Hole" Intelligence
(U//7-HUD) The requester states that he watched a documentary series titled “Covert Action” on the Discovery
Channel (l4 January 2004) concerning “Operation Rat Hole.” He seeks any intelligence infonnation that this
operation produced regarding the attempted assassination of a Muslim cleric in London.
0 The FOIA case manager sent an initial letter acknowledging receipt of the request. It informed the requester
that an analyst would contact him in the event that an roblems were encountered during the review process,
or if additional information is needed.
(U/AHHO7 CDC Declassification Center
(U//PQPHO) From The Archives:
(U//AIUO) Mr. Nixon: N0 Job More Important
(U//AIUO) A 13 November 1968 memorandum (with attachment) to the DDI fiom Walter Pforzheimer, then curator
of the CIA Historical Intelligence Collection, highlights how historical documents can enlighten the present by
illuminating the past. Mr. Pforzheimer's cover memo records: "Attached is a copy of Vice President Richard M.
Nixon’s speech to the Ninth CIA Orientation Course presented on 10 February 1953. As you will note, Mr. Nixon
presented his talks from the Congressional point of view. However, some of his thoughts and comments are of
interest in the light of his forthcoming Presidency." Mr. Nixon's remarks follow: "The objectives for an affirmative
foreign policy can be attained only by the support which policy makers must receive from you. I speak now as a
member of the administration and as a member of the National Security Council, which is the greatest consumer of
your product, to emphasize that knowledge of the facts is essential if we are to make the right decisions. Essentially
that is why we have to have intelligence. Perhaps the best proof of this point is the rather obvious truth that with
better intelligence support our nation might have avoided most of our present difficulties....Better intelligence might
have put our leaders on notice as to the true character of the Communists, the men in the Kremlin, the men we were
dealing with across the table at Yalta, Potsdam, and Teheran....Better intelligence might have given us a greater
appreciation of the overall global movement. Better intelligence might have put our leaders on notice as to the true
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