Because  the  USIB's  assessment  varifed  in  its  degress  of  certainir/  from
earlier  stateir;eEtj  ar;d  reports  macie  by  other  defanae  e.--rperts  in  support
of  the  need  for  the  Safe^cajd  AS^.I  System,    any  paoUc  disclosure  o£  the-
USI3  report  wocdd  provide  a  useiial  signal  to  the  Soviet  Union,  as  to  the;
disagreement  v.nthin  our  Government  and  tha  efScacy  of  our  intelligence
systerri.     It  wo'ald  also  prematurely  reveal  Uie  intelligence  basis  on  T/nicii
v/e  were  developing  our  position  for  the  impending  strategic  arms  talks.
On  June  13,    19o9,    the  fact  of  the  interagency  disagreement  and  opposing
agency  positions  v/ere  printed-  in  a  New  York  Times  article  by  Peter  Grose.
