NOTES ON MISSION OF THE CLANDESTINE SERVICES, A TALK (Sanitized)

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Approved For Rele~ 2001/04/02 :CIA-RDP78-04836A000100060019-5 ST~TI C~1TL ATotes on 1~7ission ~f the Cla ~1P ervi~es, :~. ~rai k ST~TI C~1TL ST~TI C~1TL ST~TI C~1TL 1. President-elect Kenn~ydy's quick invitation to the Director to continue i_n office and the Di rector's even quir~ker favr~rab ~ R decision. to do so ~ne~~:n that CIA can fa ~^e under z new adrn.inistratian w}_th confidence, senior planning officer, DD~P) told the Clandestine SFrvi_ces Revi>w class on 29 November 1~b0. The speed of the decision for contintzi_ty was signii'icant. Can thA Thursday fallowing the presidential e:lecti_ori, the Director, busy in a meeting, wa~: told that Senai;or Kennedy was on the telephone :1 pine . The Senator informed the Director that he wanted th.e Director to stay on and wau_~.d like to announce acceptance i,o the press within five nir~utes. It. tank the Director ~C secord~: to make up hi_s mind, and. within. that time the P.rr-~sj.clent- elect had a favorable answer. Senator Kennedy';; decision was an expression of personal confidence, and th~> Director?s a.greei.ng to remain ire offlCe insures .^_ontinuity ~~f directit~n in a non.-nol.itical organization. 2 ? went on with the development of this i,,~pic by po? ni;- ing to the fact that hi hly pl~~ced people in forF.ign service have unusual regart3 i or the cali_her of CIA personnel and for their competence. Despite the fae+. th~.t dedicated. peaple i_n the Agency should know they are i.n high regard, however, g9_ves no reason for smugness. There is another side t;n the coin. To a new administration, many questions must be answered. All issues will be reviewed. There wi_11 be a f l ood of rumc~:rs on changes. These rumors wi.l.l need. to be d.iscozarited by at least 9~ percent. In the immediate future, probably na change will occur. ST~TI C~1TL compounded by h-i_s appearing for Mr. Bissell, who leaves for Africa on 30 November. ~+. CIA has suffered blows during the past six months, said. A number of agents have been apprehended, some attri~uc- able to the Agency. Tn some cases, poor train.irg anal poor practices were respnnsi_ble. Consequently the Agency needs !.o concentrate or. the qu~:lity of jts o?,erations and of its open?ators. Mare discipline is cep.?tain]_y necessary. Emphasis n~ust be or seif- examinati.or~ and el.imiration of >hartcomings. Mc re trair_in~ w~_ll. come, too. ~ - 3? In starting his talk, hac? said that the szzb~ect assigned him, "Mission of the Clandestine Services," was wrong. The service i~ ?~. single service -one service w..th many missions. The d~fficul.ty i.n treating the e~:oject was Approved For Release 2001/04/02 :CIA-RDP78-04836A000100060019-5 ,:, Approved For Releasye 2001/04/02 :CIA-RDP78-048300100060019-5 ST~TI C~1TL In discussing the ,nt.~jor foreign-pnl.icy issues that the De~~a:?t- ment of State is worrying about and the part that CIA wile ?z1a.y in them, repeated what he had said in his appearance before t e nrevlous Clandestine Services Review class on '7 September 1~ri0. ~?e dealt with the Soviet military threat; ~~he Soviet military can~:=ni?ities; the Soviet intent~.nns; the ~~ossi- bility of developr~:ert z avorable to the United States with n the USSR; the Scavi.et Chinese rift; the problem of NATO; the d:?v_~c~.ed countries; the all-out attack on Communist effect throughout, the world; keeping in with ins without getting out ~;si..th outs -~.n Spain, Portugal, Irt4n; the pararioiant problem of underdeve' o~ed areas; the problem of supporting the United Nat:,ions with ~:~eliance~ ors covert action necessitated by national United States nr~eris; internal security a~, t~:ie CI mission of the A~;enr.y; and thc= burdera of numerous ~~upnort jabs such as name ch~cl~s for oj~~#~TIC~ITL agencies. 6. Organization was the t~pi.c on which sent the lest few minutes of his i.alk. The ob jeetive of the CS organiz~~ti on is a single service, udder a single director, wa.th a singe standard of performance and at the same tine ei~ ~au.ragemen-'. of individual effort. The great need. is for quick anal ri~~t7~; c7.ecisions. The func?tinna,l or area. solution 1i!ni_.t, however-, has been reached. Here authority and responsibility must be r~~ade to coincide. Ares. C-i_vi.sions are responsible for whra.t .goes nn i_n their areas. Some :Punetion.s, though, cannot be so .li.m9ted, such as liaison with. o~~:her agencies and some Sn}"ts of supi~or-b. Here is the staff fundion. Another staff function. is thF~ maintenance of common standards of supervision. 7. In operational direction the cover and commercl_al transfer is new. The attempt is to rea.li.ze cover opportunities for the Agency. Recalling certain. overseas personnel in the U.S. services is going to throw a bigger border on non- official cover. The management problem, too, i.s a difficz~l_t. one. r~. The fina]_ resu7_t of C'S organi nation is the community anprc~arh. The role of the staff i s in enordi_nation and cor~tributi.on t~ the management problem. There' will come ma_zch mere det~zi.]_P~. gL~idance from tr.e DD(P) . The problem has been ;o supply hip- with operational_ deta3..l so that he can know what his pronr~~x~ i_n an area sho~zld be . Assessr~~ent reports must }}e de ta.].ec enough to enabJ_e him. to understand needs as a foundation f',~r adequate guidance thro>>gh a proper RMD. All this -?ocuses ~~r the operational_ program .and makes possible personal consi.d~~rr~ti_nr of the DD(P) for decis3.on or refinement o-f the Hrpa pr_c?gra~n. Approved For Release 2001/04/02 :CIA-RDP78-04836A000100060019-5