INTELLIGENCE PRIORITIES FOR THE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

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• Document Release Date: April 19, 2005
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• Publication Date: September 1, 1975
• Content Type: REPORT

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Scientific and Technical
Intelligence Conunittee
Intelligence Priorities for the
Sciences and Technologies
Confidential
STIC 75-3
September 1975
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THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE IS
COMPRISED OF REPRESENTATIVES OF:
The Central Intelligence Agency The Treasury Department
The Defense Intelligence Agency The Department of State
The National Security Agency The Department of Army
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency The Department of Navy
Energy Research and Development Administration The Department of Air Force
The Department of Commerce
NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions
Microfiche (NMA) copies are available upon request.
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INTELLIGENCE PRIORITIES FOR THE SCIENCES
AND TECHNOLOGIES
September 1975
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
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PREFACE
The prime responsibility of the Scientific and Technical Intelligence
Committee (STIC) of USIB is the coordination of intelligence com-
munity activity in a wide range of sciences and technologies. Specifi-
cally, the STIC is concerned. with those life sciences, physical sciences,
and technologies which could in the near or long term affect signifi-
cantly the national security or national welfare of the United States.
The STIC is involved with both collection and production activity. It
seeks to stimulate and guide collection efforts on foreign sciences and
technologies which could lead to a significant qualitative improvement
in existing weapon systems or could lead to an entirely new system
based on novel technical means. Similarly, the STIC seeks to stimulate
and guide intelligence production within the intelligence community
in the areas of its concern and itself produces a number of reports pre-
senting community views on selected topics. In addition, the STIC is
concerned with foreign advanced technologies which could lead to sig-
nificant developments in the civil area where an economic advantage
over the United States might be gained by a foreign country.
The STIC is not responsible for coordination of intelligence com-
munity activities in the economic, nuclear, or current weapon system
arenas. Such activities are the responsibilities of other USIB com-
mittees. Because of some areas of overlap, certain STIC work is closely
coordinated with these other committees.
The areas within the life sciences, physical sciences and technol-
ogies of STIC responsibility are large in number and far beyond any hope
of adequate intelligence community coverage. Thus, one of the initial
and major undertakings of the STIC was to address the problem of
determining those areas of most significance for national intelligence.
This activity takes cognizance of, and relates to, the DCI's Perspectives
for Intelligence 1975-1980, his Substantive Objectives for the Intelli-
gence Community, DCID 1/'2-US Intelligence Objectives and Priori-
ties, and the Key Intelligence Question (KIQ) system. The result of
the STIC work is presented in the form of a display which presents the
areas and subareas of greatest significance in three priority groupings.
The STIC recognizes that not every aspect of a Priority I item is of
highest priority, and similarly some aspects of Priority II and III items
may be of higher priority than their overall grouping. The purpose of
the display is to bring into focus those areas of national intelligence
which generally should be considered by management in its apportion-
ment of resources for both collection and production.
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The criteria adopted by the STIC in evolving this display included
the following:
? issues must transcend individual organizational interests-they must
be national in character;
? the majority of the participating S I'IC members must be in agreement
that the technical issue selected represents national interests;
? ordering of the issues in one of three groups reflects the current degree
of importance ascribed to the issue.
A number of items judged to be of great importance by individual
departments or agencies were excluded. It remains the prerogative of
each agency or department to identify and apply resources to items
important to its own mission but which would not in the opinion of
the STIC qualify as items of national interest.
This display is dynamic and will change with time; thus, items
in Group III may be slighted only at the peril of being unable to
answer questions regarding them if they should in the near future come
to the fore in Groups I or II. In fact a large number of additional
areas could be listed as "Group IV" and some resources are and should
be devoted to them. This display will be updated at least annually.
The STIC approved this display on 7 August 1975 and solicits
comments on its content and format through its Executive Secretary,
6F35, CIA. Headquarters Building, Additional
copies may be obtained through the secretariat.
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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
INTELLIGENCE PRIORITIES STRUCTURE FOR
THE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES
Priority I
ASW Technology
Command, Control and Communications
Energy Technology
Guidance and Control Technology
S&T Strategies and Policies
Unconventional Technology and Future
Weapons Systems
Priority II
Computers and Computer Sciences
Electronics
Food and Population
Industrial Production Technology
Life Sciences
Materials and Structures
Propulsion
Sensor Technology
Transportation
Priority III
Earth Sciences
Geodesy and Gravimetry
Physical and Engineering Sciences
R&D Resources and Management
Space Sciences
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