GAITHERSBURG ROTARY CLUB 14 FEBRUARY 1967 WASHINGTON MOTEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100240008-3
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 14, 1967
• Content Type: OUTLINE

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Gaithersburg Rotary Club
14 February 1967
Washing Z l
I. Introduction
A.. Preliminaries
B. Preview
1. Talk about why CIA exists ? ? background
2. Function in National Security structure
3. Relation to policy making
4. The "Invisible Government" aspects
C. Will leave time for questions
IL Development of CIA
A. Nature of intelligence before WWII
1. Military Departmental
2. Political -- By-product of FSO system in State
B. Lessons of WWII
1. Need for coordination mechanism -- Pearl Harbor
2. Need for "total" intelligence coverage -- Blunders
C. Decision to create new mechanism
1. To coordinate all U. S. Intelligence activities
2. To produce non-departmental intelligence
3. To have no departmental interest
a. Danger of self-serving estimate
b. Danger of policy setting
Transition: Now the question: Does CIA sat policy?
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III. Agency Relation to Policy
A. Recent Fuibright controversy (For. Aff. Committee)
1. The Dean Rusk statement
Decision and result
B. The non-policy concept
I. Intelligence only one factor in policy
2. Provides major background instrument
a. The National Intelligence Estimate
b. Product of entire intelligence community
c. Provision. for dissent
C. The policy implication situation
1. The estimate of a consequence -- Cuba 1962
2. Alternative courses of action
Transition: Another areeattontroveray -? Accountability
IV. The Invisible Govern ent
A. Presidential oversight
1. The President and the National Security Council
The 303 Committee (Vance, Kohler, Rostow, DCI)
3. The Presidents Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board (Clark Clifford)
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B.
Legislative oversight
1.
The Senate subcommittees
a.
b.
Arn ed.Service -- Russell of Georgia (5 members)
Appropriations -- Mahon of Texas (4 members)
2.
The House subcommittees
a. Armed Services -- .Rivers of South Carolina. (11 members)
b. Appropriations -- Hayden of Arizona (4 members)
C. Fiscal oversight -- Burial of funds and DCI authority
1. The Bureau of the Budget
2. Internal audit procedures and BOB audit
V. Conclusion
A. Evaluation of the Agency effort
1. What happens is not a valid standard
2. Defense or justification dangerous
3. Constant internal evaluation
B. New concept of intelligence
1. Weapons system -- a deterrent force
. Ultimately a preventive -- the Chinese 'W ar Lords
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