COORDINATION OF REQUIREMENTS

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CIA-RDP61S00750A000700060017-9
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December 9, 2016
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November 7, 2000
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17
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February 26, 1955
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MF
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Approved For Release 2001/08/2761 S00750A000700060017-9 vDUM FOR TEX RECORD 6 February 1955 ECTS Coordination of Psquireerr eents ERENCXS Memorandum of 1 February I AC Representatives PA TICIPANTSt Buford, Treeziso,. State; Capt. Staley, Cmdr. McKinney, ONI; Col.. Montgomery, rir. Guenther, G-2; Col. Berry, Air Force; ground of the establxshmen t veer and the ZAG instructions to this group of conforming intelligence and collection requirements to those: priority objectives, lie *Upped lightly over Tab A asking that the oup, advise on Tab B. a proposal for two new co ttees on intelligence req ree- and collection tasks. He added that the author of Tab B does not a conmittt*e is necessarily the best device to codify intelli- e requirements, but that inteellig by some meas. 25X1A9a a. painted out that Tab B was not a and that it had been discussed internally with a ty e He suggested, therefore, that this inter-agoncy grew sheer, iscusedon of the Tab B proposal as exploratory and without preju dice. 25X1A9a 3. noted that some views in CIA bearing on the propos as Towel a. That collection requLrem, can beat be described as chaotic. Approved For Release 2 o'llection geeenerallly Approved For Release?2Q~Q$(2Z ;fJDP61S00754A000700060017-9 then suggested that he would appreciate diacu are in need. of major now machinery or procedure traduce more order into the collection processes or whether our presnu+ system of collection tasks. b. That I F accoar- ts and to assure that the more capable collector is assigned the collection task. d. That there is no continuing direction of require- ments from the Priority Nat onnal Inteelligeennce Objectives set forth in DCIJ 4/4. rli2once collection but stated that he preferred to consider any e level wit giving many rd stated that the arrangements for the r, production are well established. S. Col. Montgomery stated that he thought it a good idea to re- corrective action in terms of filling intelligence gaps. He felt at the present time that gaps were reflected in the Priority Into iikgeencee Ob- jectives themselves and in the research programs. (Ba added. inci- dentally, that a requirement to revier DC1f9 414 in six months does not permit G-2 adequate time to prove or disprove the ad quacyd the last intelligence objectives.) l felt that c requirements were a problem from the construction of guide-type requirements and e0 system for priority aissi such an over-all list. efererncting the use uts list, he said, that that list hurt iutelligens Col. 3 ontgomery explained that - priority collection based on DC 4/4 and Departmental needs Approved For Release 2001/08/27 : CIA-RDP61SO075OA000700060017-9 Lug well. equirements. eitn regard as no way to codify ad boc rV% reequireementss he was at a loss to see how the proposed he was present as a collectors once, but was interested in education with sree less concerned Approved For Release 2001/08/27 CIA-RDP61SO075OA000700060017-9 10. Commander McKinney of the navy felt that f16. wa 4 y to attempt any central ov er.sll now machinery. ,.....~~ . Berry, Air Force ressed *,-- , am== s McKinney and added that the Air Force has felt that daily collection re- quirements, (guide-type requirements being already adequate) dynamic to be susceptible to codification as there were oa~ many re too variables involved such as time, area and categories. 1. It was not made clear in the discussion what could be accomplished by a collectors committee or group. Mr. Buford pointed out that from time to time he would appreciate an opportunity to discuss collection problems informally with a group of collectors. NEXT STEP. 25X1A9a 1,& = 14. Col. Montgomery commented that Tab A was in erar ,~ . ; parts and that in the main it was a CIA paper with eite f -_ _ , re er .~ ga e~~nesc~ n gDmery that the paper was a was requested to discuss with Col. Montgomery, and others as appropriate, whether it would be worthwhile to correct Tab A and, of course, to include appropriate descriptions of collection systems not adequately covered. Some thought that the paper might be useful as a description of the collection system which is understood only in part by intelligence officers. The paper, if revised, should not attempt to eval- uate an o i y * V*c esn system but merely be descriptive of what Approved For Release 2001/08127 ? C A F DP61S00750A000700060017-9