MEETING WITH MR. WHEATON B. BYERS, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD, ON 6 JULY 1973

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• Publication Date: July 6, 1973
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Wheaton a. Byers. Executive Secretary
Intelligence Advisory Board,
SUBJECT: 'A eeting with Ur . ign
of the President's F ore
on 6 July 11473
1. Mr. Byers came in today to discuss the forthcoming meetings
with the PFIAB. We agreed thats
a. The four new members of the Ord Will be invited to CIA
Head,carters at about 1100 on I August for a briefing by me on
to be followed by lurch.
the overall is-tellig'n-ece +eo~,ee a~ few examples of intelligence
this briefing I would hope a uctioni a few models oto, f technical collection devices. e. 9-
satellites, and possibly some OTS gadgetry. The community
at the
briefing will be essentially the organisational outline 191" Breokiags sessions, plus a ~ of the dollar and mm may.
July-
ligares as given to the Armed Services Subcommittee
with the full Board the newt day, Mr. Byers
b. At the meeting singer to give an Overview of intelligence
will try to got ~r? his *or #eto,rw rol~atiens with
support weeds. especially addressed to
e staff Support on this
the Soviet union and China. no expeSam
cts overview
Subject. Mr. Byers hopes this will be YoU~~ it a seems that
of intelligence problems as sees by e~ the >,e
t e horro source sgueese
this should comer the ~+ assured y,~an col-
coming upon us, with the necessity to develep
lectiou and analysis to permit high-cast technical collection Stretch-
pact on. the the total specifics of
out. It also should include an attempt to Potential impact articulate
tactical intelligence and is-deed p?r effective intelligence. i? e. ,
;b#ense budget and economic policy T would be followed by a pro-
permitting substantial savings'
is in contact) our
sentatiou (probably by DIA, w4 h whom ]AT-
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the subject of how the military uses intelligence is its pla"uning.
etc.
2. Mr. Byers also expressed the Board's concern over the N.C
,sad its hope that no decisions would be placed in concrete which might
cause later concern. We discussed various aspects of the NRC, mem-
bers'hip of FEXC* n, management of NI O, the possibility of are NSCID,
et al. It was agreed that a full Board hearing on NRO at the August
meeting might be premature. Mr. Byers. however, will give some
thought to a letter to me expressing the Board's interest in the subject
that It could be kept aware of any major developments. I
and the hope
iti a may then have
said that such a letter would seem quite appropriate.
such. I
on later date, in August or
a full Board hearing an the
ecreta-xy Schlesinger.
agreed to pass the Board's concern
W. E. Colby
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2. Mr. Byers also expressed the Board's concern over the NRO
and its hope- that no decisions would be placed in concrete which might
cause later concern. We discussed various aspects of the NRO, mem-
bership of ExCom, management of NRO, the possibility of an NSCID,
et al. It was agreed that a full Board hearing on NRO at the August
meeting might be premature. Mr. Byers, however, will give some
thought to a letter to me expressing the Board's interest in. the subject
and the hope that it could be kept aware of any major developments. I
said that such a letter would seem quite appropriate. We may then have
a full Board hearing on the matter at a later date, in August or such. I
agreed to pass the Board's concern on to Secretary Schlesinger.
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