INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES UNDER SWEEPING STUDY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100270003-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 8, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 8-A study under continuous review by the
of the world-wide activities of } oreign Intelligence Advisory
United States intelligence agen-,Board, which was established by
Gies has been undertaken by a' P resident John F. Kennedy in
opccial task force named by' May 3961, after the failure
President Lyndon B. Johnson to of the rebel invasion of Cuba at
bring about greater efficiency; the Bay of Pigs. The board is
and co-ordination. now headed by Clark M. Clifford
The g r o u p is composed of who last year succeeded James
Frederick E. Nolting Jr., a for- R. Killian Jr. as the chairman.
elgn service officer and former' The new task force was origi-
embassador to South Viet Nam; Wally ordered by President Ken-
Maj. Gen. John M. Reynolds of nedy shortly before his death,
the Air Force, who has served. but its members were named by
since 1961 as vice director of theI Mr. Johnson Iasi month.
,Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Joha Although in theory the CIA,
A. Bross, deputy to the director tiie military intelligence and the
of the Central Intelligence Agen--Department of State intelligence
cy, in charge of national intelli- pursue separate objectives .and
Bence programs evaluation. concentrate on their special in-
terests, a considerable amount of
The task force is functioning-rn?crlapping and duplication in
as a part of fire immediate staff field assig?:;nents is inevitable.
of John A. McCone who, in his ;Much of it, it is felt here, can
capacity of director of central be eliminated. ,. _
Intelligence, is responsible for:
co-ordiiiating the work of the
United States intelligence com
!munity es a whole.
The intelligence community is,
:made up of the three main
in-telligence components of the
!United States Government: the
,Central Intelligence Agency, the
Bureau of Intelligence and Re-;
search of the Department ? of
State, and the Defense Intelli
gence Agency plus t'he intelli-;
gence sections of .each of the
:tliree military services.
Delegated Responsibility
McCone holds the post of dircc-
;tor. of the CIA but the law as,
well as specific directives of the!
National Security Council and the
.President have given him the.
simultaneous functions of d'irec-,
for of the intelligence coman,u-
nity. -
His responsibility is to co-ordi
Gate the activities of ali'the ele-!
memts In the intelligence com-,
munity.
The current study has thus!
been ordered to provide the
President and McCone with spe-
cific recommendations as to how
the work of all the intelligence
agencies can be - m e s ii e d for:
greater efficiency, a more com-
plete world-wide coverage and a
m'iniimum of waste and duplica-
:tion:
Approved For Release 2003/12/02 CIA-RDP75-00001 R000100270003-5