Informatin Review & Release (Irr) News for 19-23 April 2004 Executive Summary

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military, and other entities. In 1994, a Presidential Advisory Committee released a study on Human Radiation
Experiments. Future DCI Deutsch sat on that commission.)
0 The "Nazi/Japanese War Crimes Task Force ” approved these documents for release. In yet another example
of how such ”older” material remains topical today, the above-cited references to German "experimentation,"
and interest in sterilization and radiation, coincide with the opening of a new exhibit, ”Deadly Medicine:
Creating the Master Race, ” which opened 22 April 2004 at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington,
DC. The exhibit focuses on German efforts to ”purifi1” the German bloodline by "eugenics." One method
involved sterilization (of non Germans) through
(U//MUG) NSC Feedback to CIA
(U//El'UU')' An 18 November 1978 Memorandum from David Aaron (Deputy Assistant to the President for National
Security Afiairs) to Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, Frank Carlucci, reads: "In keeping with our agreement
to keep in touch about perceived problems in the area of political intelligence, I have been surprised by the lack of
analysis of two subjects in recent days—why the Soviets may have put MiG-23s into Cuba and the Soviet reaction to
our announcement on other country arms sales to China. In the first case, the Agency has done a good job of
reporting its technical analysis on the aircraft of concern to us in Cuba. Nevertheless, I have seen no analysis from
CIA speculating on the possible reasons why the Russians have put the planes in there and what this says about their
view of relations with the United States. Similarly, in the case of arms sales to China, we would welcome—even
now—the thoughts of Agency analysts behind the Soviet's strong, quick and high-level reaction to our announcement
and what this says about the Soviet view of our bilateral relations at this time. In this connection, we would be
interested in analysis of the impact on Soviet relations with Westem Europe of arms sales by European countries to
China. Analysis of these issues does not require National Estimates or major printed memoranda/studies. We would
just like to hear from you on these subjects in typescript."
I This is not CIA ‘s first reminder to 'anticipate’ possible interests ofpolicymakers (e.g., IRR Weekly,
”Producing a Relevant CIA Product, ” 5 September 2003). Also interesting is the reminder that a lengthy and
exhaustive treatment of the subject—and the accompanying delay associated with such efi'orts—was not what
vAaron was seeking. Da id Aaron was Zbigniew Brzezinski s
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