REPORT ON STATE'S FOUR PROBLEMS, FROM ALL STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXCEPT STATE'S DATED SEPTEMBER 23

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Report on State's Four Problems, from all
Standing Committee Members except State's,
dated September 23
PROBLEM I - COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
1. In general, all Standing Committee members are in agreement with
Mr. Armstrong's Recommendations I-1, 2, and 3 pertaining to ICAPS and
the Standing Committee.
2. The Departuent of Defense members of the Standing Committee,
however, consider that the functions, responsibilities, and membership
of ICAPS, and the Standing Committee should be as follows:
a. Should be composed of full-time members contributed by the
agencies represented on the IAC.
be Should be under the direction of and responsible to the
Director of Central Intelligence,
co Should have, as one of its primary responsibilities, the
accomplishment of staff work in connection with the development and
presentation of policies and procedures for the production and co-
ordination of intelligence by the various agencies represented on
the IAC. In matters of this sort the objective of ICAPS should be
the production of an unbiased, comprehensive presentation or report
covering all aspects of a subject. This it should be able to do
because of the wide variety in training, experience, and general
background of its members*
d. Should function as a secretariat for the IAC and the Stand-
ing Committee of the IAC.
e. Should perform such other functions as the Director of
Central Intelligence may direct.
THE STANDING Ct]MMITTEE OF THE IAC
a. Should be composed of at least one representative from
each IAC agency*
b. Should review, on behalf of the IAC, such matters as may
be referred to it for action by the IAC or the IAC Secretariat
(ICAPS). Normally all staff work on such matters would be accom-
plished by ICAPS prior to submission of items to the SC/IAC or the
IAC.
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c. Could then direct its action primarily toward the follow-
ing objectives:
(1) Presentation and discussion of revisions which SC/IAC
members might consider desirable, from the standpoint of the
agencies they represent.
(2) Thorough indoctrination of all SC/IAC members in all
aspects of the matter under consideration including the views
of other SC/IAC members and hence the probable recommendations
they will make to their respective Directors when the matter
comes up for consideration by the IAC itself. (There should
be no formal voting by the SC/IAC and it should be clearly under-
stood that the views expressed by SC/IAC members will not
necessarily be the same on any particular subject as those pre-
sented by their Directors when action is taken at the IAC level).
3. The Department of Defense members of the Standing Committee
recommend that the IAG approve the substance of the above paragraphs and
recommend to the DCI that it be published in appropriate form for the in-
formation and guidance of all concerned.
4. Department of Defense members of the Standing Committee also
recommend that the remainder (I-1, II, TII, and IV) of the Department of
State proposals be referred,,, as a first step, to ICAPS for appropriate
staff action.
5. Nevertheless the remainder of Mr. Armmstrong's four problems
were discussed. The Standing Committee agreed that the wording of
Recommendation I-4 was confusing and that it should be separated into
two paragraphs to read: "1. That CIA establish an Estimates Division
in accordance with the recommendations of the Dulles Report," and that
there be a new paragraph 5 reading: "5. That CIA fulfill its coordi-
nating responsibilities in respect to intelligence production in accord-
ance vd th the following principles:-.n
6. However, only State wishes to have established an Estimates
Division (new paragraph i-I), as the Department of Defense Agencies
dissented and proposed that the subject be referred to ICAPS for further
study. The CIA representative also dissented on the ground that the
Director does not desire to have a new, separate "Estimates Division."
AEC and the FBI abstained. The Department of Defense Agencies, in re-
gard to the new paragraph I-5 mentioned above, recommended that the
principles (a) to (f) in Mr. Armstrong's recce mendations be referred tto
ICAPS for further study. State and AEC approved of all of these prin-
ciples and FBI abstained. The CIA position at the meeting, with regard
to paragraph (e), was that the obligations of this agency would not
permit it to adjust its production in accordance with the departments'
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"existing programs;" nor could CIA a ree that the assignment of personnel
to IAC agencies from CIA, reference f), was a part of its coordinating
responsibilities.
PROBLEM II - PRODUCTION OF NATI~JNAL INTELLIGENCE
The Department of Defense Agencies and the ABC accepted in principle
State's recommendations for Problem U. The FBI abstained,, and CIA re-
jected the principles expressed in Recommendation 1 (a) and I (c).
PROBLEM III - RESEARCH AND REPORTS
It was agreed that Recommendation 111-1 should have deleted the
last clause and be changed to read: "That, aside from National In-
telligence, CIA will produce intelligence reports only in fields of
cannon concern," and that Recommendation 111-2 should have added to it
"for further approval by the NSC." With these changes included, the
State and Defense members agreed to the recommendations.. FBI abstaining.
CIA maintained it performs "services" of common concern (FBIB, etc.) but
found Recommendation 1, as written, too restrictive.
PROBLEM IV - POLITICAL SUES
The members of the Standing Committee agreed to this recommenda-
tion. FBI abstained.
RECD NDATIONS BY THE STANDING CO L ITTEE
1. As the result of its considerations of Mr. Armstrong's four
papers, the concensus of opinion of the Standing Committee wa,s :
a. That Recommendations 1, 2, and 3 of Paper I be accepted in
principle as elaborated by. the Defense Department members.
b. That new Recommendations 4 and 5 (see paragraph 5 above)
of Paper I and all recommendations of Papers II, Iai, and IV be
referred to ICAPS for appropriate action.
3.
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