ANSWER Coalition’s golden boy Ray McGovern admits to “chairing National Intelligence Estimates” during the Reagan presidency. The National Intelligence Estimates (NIE) “are the authoritative assessment of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) on intelligence related to a particular national security issue.” They do not provide any direct policy guidance, simply “objective analysis”. However the distinction is blurry at best.
Below is a list of *all* the currently publicly available declassified NIE reports released during his time chairing, in no particular order.
The original links directly to the CIA website so we recommend using the archive links provided.
The formatting and naming conventions are not standardized, the CIA has not made it easy to locate these.
THE SOVIET CHALLENGE TO U.S. SECURITY INTERESTS (NIE 11/4-82) (Link) (Archive)
IMPLICATIONS OF RECENT SOVIET MILITARY-POLITICAL ACTIVITIES (SNIE 11-10-84) (Link) (Archive)
TRENDS IN SOUTH AFRICA'S NUCLEAR SECURITY POLICIES AND PROGRAMS (Link) (Archive)
THE CHANGING SINO-SOVIET RELATIONSHIP (NIE 13/11-84) (Link) (Archive)
THE USSR AND THE THIRD WORLD (NIE 11-10/2-84) KEY JUDGEMENTS (Link) (Archive)
SOVIET MILITARY SUPPORT TO ANGOLA: INTENTIONS AND PROSPECTS (Link) (Archive)
SOVIET GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS IN THE GLOBAL POWER ARENA (NIE 11-4-78 M/H) (Link) (Archive)
NICARAGUA: SOVIET BLOC AND RADICAL SUPPORT FOR THE SANDINISTA REGIME (SNIE 83.3) (Link) (Archive)
SOVIET SHORT-TERM OPTIONS IN SOUTH ASIA (SNIE 11/30-82) (Link) (Archive)
SOVIET MILITARY OPTIONS IN IRAN (SNIE 11/34-4-80) (Link) (Archive)
SOUTH AFRICA'S CHANGING POLICY AGENDA: IMPLICATIONS FOR US-SOUTH (Link) (Archive)
PROSPECTS FOR SOUTH AFRICA: STABILITY, REFORM, AND VIOLENCE (Link) (Archive)
CUBAN POLICY TOWARD LATIN AMERICA-- NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE (Link) (Archive)
CUBAN POLICY TOWARD LATIN AMERICA: NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE VOLUME II-- (Link) (Archive)
USE OF TOXINS AND OTHER LETHAL CHEMICALS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND AFGHANISTAN (Link) (Archive)
SOVIET POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA UNDER ANDROPOV (SNIE 11/30-83) (Link) (Archive)
SOVIET SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE (Link) (Archive)
INSURGENCY AND INSTABILITY IN CENTRAL AMERICA-- NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE (Link) (Archive)
REPORT: CHILE: PROSPECTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION (Link) (Archive)
SOVIET PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS, AND OPTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN IN THE NEXT YEAR (Link) (Archive)
SOVIET POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (Link) (Archive)
THE SOVIET OFFENSIVE CHEMICAL WARFARE THREAT TO NATO (SNIE 11/17-2-84) (Link) (Archive)
THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS OF SOUTH AFRICA: ORGANIZATION (Link) (Archive)
DOMESTIC STRESSES ON THE SOVIET SYSTEM (NIE 11-18-85) (Link) (Archive)
SOVIET POLICIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (NIE 11/70-85) (Link) (Archive)
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS OF THE AIDS PANDEMIC (Link) (Archive)
SOVIET STRATEGIC AND POLITICAL OBJECTIVES IN ARMS CONTROL IN 1985 (SNIE 11-16-8 (Link) (Archive)
PERU: PROSPECTS FOR INCREASED SOVIET BLOC INFLUENCE (SNIE 97-85) (Link) (Archive)
THE SOVIET BLOC ROLE AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE (Link) (Archive)
SOVIET NAVAL STRATEGY AND PROGRAMS THROUGH THE 1990S (NIE 11-15 (Link) (Archive)
PROSPECTS FOR ESCALATING HOSTILITIES BETWEEN NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS (Link) (Archive)
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES OF THE COLOMBIAN DRUG TRADE-[33] (Link) (Archive)
SOUTH YEMEN- USSR: OUTLOOK FOR THE RELATIONSHIP (NIE 36.9/11-84) (Link) (Archive)
SOVIET FORCES AND CAPABILITIES IN THE SOUTHERN THEATER OF MILITARY OPERATIONS (Link) (Archive)
YUGOSLAVIA: AN APPROACHING CRISIS? (SNIE 15-83) (Link) (Archive)
IMPLICATIONS OF SOVIET USE OF CHEMICAL AND TOXIN WEAPONS FOR U. S. SECURITY INT (Link) (Archive)
SOVIET INTERESTS, POLICIES, AND PROSPECTS WITH RESPECT TO THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR (Link) (Archive)
NEAR-TERM MILITARY PROSPECTS FOR EL SALVADOR (Link) (Archive)
THE SOVIET GAS PIPELINE IN PERSPECTIVE (SNIE 3-11/12-82) (Link) (Archive)
GUATEMALA: PROSPECTS FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT (Link) (Archive)
THE SOVIET APPROACH TO ARMS CONTROL AND IMPLICATIONS FOR START AND INF [NIE 11-37] (Link) (Archive)