For Release 2007/03/051 "a The Director of Central Intelligence 0.020505 - w. . Washington 3Q L. Lil-'11-: leak": ?1 - 21 October l982 .4. AL HF #52:-4 +0544 . as . . a s, L13hasniua?l?lh? 1 5. MEMORANDUM FOR: Secretary of State At the request of the NSC Staff, we've prepared . this map which shows the Soviet domestic oil and gas warm pipeline network, along with the location of Soviet forced labor Camps. (The export pipeline is in black.) Keep in mind that the oil pipeline from Moscow, through Kansk-Achinsk to Lake Baibkal, runs alongside the Trans-Siberian Railway. It's the railroad that explains the multitude of camps along this route. illiam J. Casey Attachment Approved For Release 2007/03/05 ved For Release 2007/03/05: CIA- 16-9} ved For Release 2007/03/05 . 4? HOWARD H. 13.. Tm. CLAIM FELL. RJ. JEsa': HELHS. N3. 5. I. our. RICHARO e. um um. mats: HG c. Man-Hus. m, WW CDaniieb S?afee ?enaie JOSEPH R. BIDEN. Dan . - pproved For Release 2007/03/05. CIA- I mun-aura. omo? FJacudva PAUL .- WEI-HES MD Ruov aosoowrrz mun. Auu-I canns?roe, our. 6 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS EDWARD G. SANDERS. men-m D.C. 20510 6mm 3. camsruusou. STAFF 'October 1, 1982 The Honorable William J. Casey Directer Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 20505 .Dear Mr; Caseyn; -"On September 2,1982 you sent a letter to me concerning construction of the trans- ?Siberian pipeline in the ?Soviet Union. I would like to request that your letter be updated and sanitized so that it can be used in unclasSified form. I believe that if you delete references to sources and methods, the letter can be declassified. Charles H. Percy Chairman CHP gem Hm. STAT Approved For Release 2007/03/05 CIA-RDP83M00914R002100160016-9 TAT ?4?9 Approved For Release 2007/03/05 . Approved For Release 2007/03/05 Chi? 25X1 wV092/7 :3 W) OEXA Honorable Charles H. Percy, Chairman Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Washington, 0.0. 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman: Thank you for your letter of 20 August 1982 concerning human rights violations in connection with the construction of the trans-Siberian pipeline in the Soviet Union. The following is the information that I have received on this subject: The Directorate of Intelligence (001) has received a reportl koncerning the 25X1 i occasional use by the Soviets of paroled common i prisoners in the construction of gas pipeline compressor stations. political 25Xl prisoners are not used because they are not eligible for parole. As we would have presumed from past Soviet practice, parolees are used largely as manual labor or service personnel. The parolees reportedly are paid the same wages as free workers, but are not allowed to leave the workers' living compound without permission; thus, paroled prisoners are not employed in pipelaying, which requires mobile crews. It is also likely that the Soviets, plagued by too few workers, might use some of the 2 million people now in forced labor camps, as well as parolees, to speed completion of important pipeline construction projects. While it is possible that the Soviets would consider using even political prisoners on-a project of such urgent priority as the Siberian export pipeline, the international political risks involved and the negligible contribution such workers--even skilled-?could render would make Moscow wary of doing so. 25Xl 25Xl 25Xl 25Xl SECRET, Approved For Release 2007/03/05 7 - Approved For'Release 2007/03/05 . . I A, . SECRET 25Xl I Hope that information is helpful. cc: Honorable Barry M. Goldwater, Chairman Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Honorable Edward P. Boland, Chairman House Permanent Select Committee 25x1 on Intelligence a 25x1 SECRET, Apgroved For Release 2007/03/05 CIA-RDP83M00914R002100160016-9 - .- . . Approved For Release 2007/03/05 rJ - 25x1 i . SECREI . 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LARRY mass pm. . 5' ?mm? commrree on FOREIGN RELATIONS EDWARD 8. ?Rolls. DIRECTOR GEHYLD a. mart-mason. Minoan-r sun 0.3. 20510 August 20, 1982 The Honorable William J. Casey Director Central Intelligence Washington, D. C. 20505 Dear Mr. Casey: Enclosed are copies of S. Res. 449, "Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to human rights violations in connection with the construction of the trans-Siberian pipeline," submitted by Senator on August 17. The Foreign Relations Committee would appreciate information from the intelligence community bearing on this resolution by September 7. Sincerely, 6' Charles H. Percy Chairman CHP:gke Enclosures 7:1 Approved a Approved For Release 2007/03/05 - u. 97TH CONGRESS 2pm 3. RES. 449 Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to human rights violations 1n connection with the construction of the trans-Siberian pipeline. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AUGUST 17,1982 Mr. submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations . RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to human rights . violations in connection with the construction of the trans- Siberian pipeline, 3? Whereas the Soviet Union is. proceeding with its plan to build the trans- Siberian pipeline, known as the Yamal pipeline; Whereas there is Senate testimony that massive use of forced labor may be used by the Soviet Union to complete its con- struction; Whereas there are first-hand dissident reports that there are four to seventeen million Soviet citizens now being held in 1 some two thousand work camps in the Soviet Union and that there are persistent published reports of agreements to deport forcibly up to a half-million laborers from Vietnam to Soviet Union concentration camps in direct violation of ternational agreements; Approved Eor Release 9