NIO RELATIONS WITH THE ANALYTIC COMMUNITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B02992A000100010007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 25, 1975
• Content Type: MF

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25 July 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: All NIOs and PP
SUBJECT NIO Relations with the Analytic
Community
1. In order to continue good relations (which
are, happily, the norm) and improve them in the few
areas which need improvement, a number of points which
came out of the D/OCI and DD/OCI's attendance at the
24 July NIO meeting are worth remembering. It is
believed that conscious recollection of and attention to
the following small points will go a long way toward
eliminating existing minor problem areas and reducing
the potential for new ones arising in the future.
2. Mr. Parmenter tactfully alluded to a feeling
"by some analysts" that the NIOs take credit for their
work. This feeling has little factual basis, but we all
know how tender nerves can be on such matters. Despite
your continuing efforts since the establishment of the
NIO to assure personnel around the Community that this
is not the case, this belief is still held by some (not
just OC1). A simple procedure which would go far toward
minimizing this feeling has been utilized by some NIOs,
and we would commend it to all. The cover note to the
requestor of a paper should include the name(s) and
office(s) of the principal drafter(s) of the pieces. A
copy of the note should then be routed to the person(s)
involved.
3. The point on hold down of publications of
selected. memoranda prepared on sensitive subjects, for
recipients sensitive to distribution of "their memorandum,"
or tied to a specific event or time frame -- President's
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or Kiss:inger's travels, etc. -- was well taken given
analysts' and production offices' understandable penchant
for wanting to get into print. All NIOs should try to
ensure 'that the analyst involved and his/her front
office are aware of any special considerations surrounding
a memorandum. The NIO should be aware of any sensitivities
involved and should make it clear when -- or if -- such
a memorandum can be included in the publications.
4. Regarding the publishing in the NID and NIB
of the Key Judgments/Conclusions of NIEs, SNIEs, NIAMs
and Interagency Intelligence Memoranda, an agreement was
reached early on that they would be printed verbatim or
it would be clearly indicated they had been rewritten.
They will appear in the publications on the day that the
NIO-sponsored products are physically distributed so
that consumers will have the benefit of the Key Judgments/
Conclusions and access to the full documents virtually
simultaneously. NIO/PP has responsibility for ensuring
that the final version of the Key Judgments/Conclusions
is provided to so that the NID/NIB items
and the NIO-sponsored product will hit the street on the
same day.
5. An area where the NIO can and, in some cases,
does furnish an invaluable service to the analytic
community is that of feedback. While it is acknowledged
that this is an extremely difficult task, it is one that
is vitally important. Any comment made by our customers
downtown -- good or bad -- on the Community's analytic
endeavors should be brokered back through the system so
that as many of those involved will receive the benefit
of the comment. A short note to the individual/office
is all that is really necessary to provide this assistance
to the analysts and their line managers. Where time is
really tight and your schedule bursting, even a quick
phone call will be of great help.
George Carve-r, Jr.
Deputy for National Intelligence Officers
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