THE PRESIDENT'S ACTION PLAN ON INTELLIGENCE

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: The President's Action Plan on Intelligence
1. The following are the main points of General Wilson's
meeting on Saturday, 27 September 1975 on the President's Action Plan
for Intelligence.
a. We must change from our present reactive
posture to one of initiative.
b. We must tell our own story about our past
alleged abuses and alleged failures. We must put
things in perspective so that public understanding
and congressional actions will be balanced.
c. We must deal with two changes which
threaten our existence: the intelligence is not
worth its cost and the runaway intelligence community.
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2. In terms of OLC,I mentioned o George Cary
that already
began a program to explain''`epposition on the Hill and develop a legis-
lative package. The lptter include amendments to the 47 and 49 Acts
and new legislation on a Joint Oversight Committee as well as changes
concerning electronic surveillance and the Freedom of Information Act.
General Wilson noted in his recent meeting with the Senate Select Committee,
Church and Tower seemd to be interested in our help in drafting legislation
on warantless electronic surveillance.
3. In addition to the Committee leadership mentioned in the Action
Plan, I noted there are several other committees who have benefited from
our intelligence which might be helpful. hey include the Joint Committees
on Economics and Nuclear Energy as well ak~the Agriculture Committees.
There are also a numbk r4 who Congressmen t-at we have briefed on matters of
their special interest who might be willing to speak out on the value of our
intelligence.
4. There was further discussion on other topics and other groups.
There was the problem of what to say. One thought was the report prepared
by Jim Taylor on the future of the Agency. Another possibility was the
speech written by Dick Lehman. Another thought was to increase the number
of spokesmen for the Agency. Specific mention was made of the D/DCI and the
other Deputy Directors.
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