Central Intelligence Agency Washington. D C. 20505

OCA 96-1908
23 December 1996

The Honorable Arlen Specter
Chairman
Select Committee on Intelligence
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Mr. Chairman:

The Intelligence Community has completed its classification review of the Independent Panel's report on NIE 95-19: "Emerging Missile Threats to North America During the Next 15 Years." Enclosed is the unclassified version of the panel's report. The Chairman of the ' panel, former DCI Robert Gates, testified on the judgments of the report before Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in a public hearing on 4 December 1996.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions on this matter.

Sincerely,

John H. Moseman
Director of Congressional Affairs

Enclosure