CIA Reading Room 05458139: MEMO TO NEIL GALLAGHER FROM <SANITIZED> RE THE ATTACHED MEMORANDUM IS BEING DISSEMINATED TO PUT ON THE RECORD AT THE SECRET LEVEL THE EVIDENCE REGARDING IRAQI CULPABILITY FOR THE ASSASSINATION PLOT AGAINST PRESIDENT BUSH IN APRIL 1993
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Approved for Release: 2018/07/25 C05458139 �grefiCT, (b)(3) 12 June 1993 Neil Gallagher, FBI The attached memorandum is being disseminated to put on the .record at the Secret level the evidence regarding Iraqi culpability for the assassination plot against President Bush in April 1993. The memorandum is consistent with the DCI's report to the President on the matter. -�rcfterEz_ (b)(3) (b)(3) (b)(6) (b)(3) CRM-30382 Approved for Release: 2018/07/25 C05458139 Approved for Release: 2018/07/25 C05458139 - - "-Stec& Directorate of Intelligence Intelligence Memorandum Counterterrorist Center 12 July 1993 Iraq: Baghdad Attempts to Assassinate Former President Bush Summary The evidence currently available allows us to draw a confident analytic conclusion that Iraqi President Saddam Husayn directed his intelligence service to assassinate former President Bush during Mr. Bush's visit to Kuwait on 14-16 April. This memorandum briefly outlines the evidence on which this conclusion rests and explains why we believe that the alternative scenarios against which the evidence was tested are implausible. This memorandum was prepared by Counterterrorist Center, and has been coordinated within the CIA. Comments and queries are welcome and may be directed to C/CTC on secure. (U) "S"-eer-eL CTC MN 01-1(v1, r Approved for Release: 2018/07/25 C05458139 Approved for Release: 2018/07/25 C05458139 Sources of Evidence The evidence on which our conclusion is based comes from three sources: Forensic exam