ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE U.S. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

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November 5, 1971
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November 5, 1971 The Secretary of State The Secretary of the Treasury The Secretary of Defense The Attorney General The Director of Central Intelligence The Director, Office of Science and Technology The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff The Chairman, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board The Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission SUBJECT: Organization and Management of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Community I have recently reviewed and accepted recommendations on ways in which to improve the functioning of the intelligence community. This memorandum establishes a set of goals and directs organizational and management changes to attain them. It also expresses my concern about major resource management and substantive production problems as guidance to the community for further changes in the future. The need for an-,improved intelligence product and for greater efficiency in the use of resources allocated to intelligence is urgent. Resources available for use by the intelligence community will be increasingly constrained and may have to be reduced. At the same time the product of the intelligence community will be of increasing importance to U.S. security and national interests as: Approved For Release 2004/04/19 : CIA-RDP80B01086A000900 -- the relative strength of Soviet and other potential military forces grows with respect to those of the U.S. where previously U.S. superiority was unquestioned; 25X1 Release 2004/04/19: CIA-RDP80 86A0009002000044 8 25XI A ATOP S ECAp 1, eJ6&treLM04/04/19: CIA-RDP80 8;6A000900200004-8 -- the international environment grows more complex; and financial, commercial and economic factors assume greater significance; -- the need for timely intelligence becomes greater. I. Objectives ,Among the major objectives that must be attained if the efficiency and effectiveness of the intelligence community are to increase substantially are: The responsiveness of the U.S. intelligence effort with respect to national requirements must be subject to continuing review. -- Authoritative and responsible leadership for the community as a whole must be assured. -- A more efficient use of resources by the community in the collection of intelligence information must be achieved. Utilization of the means available must be in consonance with approved requirements of U.S. security and national interests. Assignment of intelligence functions within the community must be reviewed and revised to eliminate inefficient, unnecessary or outmoded activities. -- The quality, scope and timeliness of the community's product must be improved. The provision of intelligence and its utilization must enhance the formulation of the foreign, military and economic policies of the U.S. Government and the planning for and conduct of military operations by U.S. forces. X1A NSC II. The Necessary Conditions A number of specific conditions are necessary to the achievement of these objectives. TOP SECRET/~ /cOMINT Approved For Release 2004/04/19 : CIA-RDP80BO1086A000900200004-8 1A= . NSC 19 : CIA-RDP801V 86A000900200004-8 -- The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) must delegate direct authority to the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (as far as is possible without legislation) for the plans, programs, and day-to-day operations of the CIA, and must assume overall leadership of the community. -- More effective review of intelligence product quality and policy must be provided to the DCI, especially by high-level consumers of substantive national intelligence. -- Major issues within the intelligence community must be addressed in such a way that the DCI plays a major role in their resolution. The DCI must have an increased and restructured personal staff to allow him to discharge his augmented responsibilities. -- The DCI should be supported by two major committees of the intelligence community, each of which he chairs, with clearly defined advisory functions embracing his responsibilities related to intelligence production and requirements on the one hand and to intelligence budget and allocation of resources on the other. -- Intelligence collection programs, largely financed and managed by the Department of Defense, must come under more effective management and coordination with other intelligence programs. -- The NSCIDs and DCIDs must be rewritten to reflect the changes directed herein and others as they occur, particularly to reflect reassignment of functions. III. Measures Decided Upon After careful consideration, I have decided that the measures listed below are to be taken now to move toward attainment of the stated objectives. They are designed primarily to: (1) enhance the authority and capability of the DCI to provide the required community leadership, (2) provide review and guidance regarding the substantive intelli- gence product, and (3) more effectively restructure intell- igence activities. X1A TOP SECRET/COMINT Approved For Release 2004/04119: CIA-RDP80B01086A000900200004-8 NSC 1 A TOPA or Relea 4/19: CIA-RDP80BW86A000900200004-8 -4- wIdP- -- I am directing the Director of Central Intelligence to assume leadership of the community in planning, reviewing, coordinating, and evaluating all intelli- gence programs and activities, and in the production of national intelligence. I shall look to him'to improve the performance of the community, to provide his judgments on the efficiency and effectiveness of all intelligence programs and activities (including tactical intelligence), and to recommend the appropriate allocation of resources to be devoted to intelligence. He will thus assume four major responsibilities: -- Planning and reviewing all intelligence activities and the allocation of all intelligence resources. -- Producing national intelligence required by the President and other national consumers. -- Chairing and staffing all intelligence community advisory boards or committees. -- Reconciling intelligence requirements and priorities within budgetary constraints. So that he can effectively undertake this community leadership role, I am requesting the DCI to submit to me within 30 days his plan for the appropriate delegation of his .current operational responsibilities and for increased staff support for his new role. -- I am directing the Director of Central Intelligence to prepare and submit each year, through OMB, a consolidated intelligence program budget, including tactical intelligence. All information required from all departments and agencies of the Executive Branch is to be made available to him in order that. he may provide me with an annual detailed review of the needs and performance of the intelligence community. -- I am creating an Intelligence Resources Advisory Committee, chaired by the Director of Central Intelligence, including as members a senior. X1A NSC TOP SECRET/rCOMINT Approved For Release 2004/04/19 : CIA-RDP80B0108SA000900200004-8 X1A MSC -J- ~6)04/04/19 : CIA-RDP80B186A000900200004-8 representative from the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Central Intelligence Agency. This committee is to advise the DCI on the preparation of the intelligence budget and the allocation of resources among programs, ensuring that they are employed in accordance with approved requirements and that there is no unwarranted duplication. -- I am also directing that the USIB be reconstituted under the chairmanship of the DCI including as members the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (Vice Chairman); Director of Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), State Department; Director of National Security Agency (NSA); Director of the .Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and representatives of the Secretary of the Treasury and of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The USIB will advise and assist the DCI with respect to the production of national intelligence requirements and priorities, the supervision of the dissemination and security of intelligence material, and the protection of intelligence sources and methods. -- I am authorizing the DCI to call upon all depart- ments and agencies of the Executive Branch of the Government to. provide requisite information to these two committees and to invite additional participation in their deliberations as may be required in his judgment. -- I am also establishing a National Security Council Intelligence Committee (NSCIC). Its members will be the Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, the Under Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, who will chair the committee. It will give direction and guidance on national substantive intelligence needs X1 A NSC TOP SECRET,'_ VCOMINT Approved For Release 2004/04/19 : CIA-RDP80BO1086A000900200004-8 Approve TOP. SECR. , Release 2004/04/19: CIA-RDP80B~86A000900200004-8 COI'_lII~I T' and provide for a continuing evaluation of intelli- gence products from the viewpoint of the intelli- gence consumer. -- As a related matter, I am directing that a Net Assessment Group be created within the National Security Council Staff. The group will be headed by a senior staff member and will be responsible for reviewing and evaluating all intelligence products and for producing net assessments of U.S. capabilities vis-a-vis those of foreign governments constituting a threat to U.S. security. 25X1 NSC -- I am directing the Department of Defense to issue such directives as are required to establish no later than January 1, 1972: A unified National Cryptologic Command under Director, NSA Lfor the conduct of USG communica- tions intelligence and electronics intelligence activities,' A single Office of Defense Investigations. A consolidated Defense Map Agency by combining the three Service mapping organizations under arrangements that permit optimum efficiency and economy in production without impairing legitimate requirements of the separate'Services. The retention of the DIA to. be fully responsive to tasking by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in matters involving essential intelligence support for military planning and operations. -- I am directing staffs of the NSC, DCI and ONB, in consultation and coordination with the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board to make ap- propriate revisions not later than December l0 1971 to the NSCID's and other directives as needed to implement the provisions of'this memorandum. TOP SECRET/]]1/CO~MTNT Approved For Release 2004/04/19 : CIA-RDP80B01086A000900200004-8 ~E~APHl7rT. /19 : CIA-RDP80BO86A000900200004-8 IV. Remaining Problems The changes I have directed at this time are limited, but I fully expect further changes in the intelligence community consistent with maximum practicable attainment of my objectives. By far the largest portion of the intelligence budget is devoted to collection. It is here that savings must be sought. Future assignments of roles and missions within the intelligence community cannot be made satisfactorily by com- promises among agencies. The need to make some savings is so urgent that I have directed the Office of Management and Budget, jointly with the DCI and Secretary of Defense, to review the FY 1973 budget for intelligence and to submit specific reductions from current programs, with particular attention to tactical intelligence. Significant improvement in the intelligence product is also needed. The NSCIC will afford improved guidance regarding consumer needs. Other changes in the consumer-producer rela- tionship may be needed to achieve a more effective reconcilia- tion of the demands from consumers with the limited resources available for intelligence production. It seems desirable in this connection, that resources devoted to analysis and production should increase and that a determined effort be made to upgrade analysis personnel and analysis methods. More rewarding careers for intelligence analysts, including the opportunity to reach high salary levels while remaining analysts, should be considered. An early task of the DCI should be the preparation of a comprehensive program focused upon improving the intelligence process and product. CC: Director, Office of Management and Budget Assistant to the President for National Security Affair25X1 TOP S,:,CRET COMINT Approved For Release 2004/04/19 : CIA-RDP80B01086A000900200004-8 Approvecr Release 2004/04/19: CIA=RDP80BS86A000900200004-8 A TX'a..:. PRsyd53.:+'40 ?a Y a's 3 Ci: C.S'?aa Ez ioa a d 6'v aaz'...Vitt of th RZ :i. 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NOVEMBER 5, 2971 Offi (rL of the White House Press Secretary -rev---------------r1jT -------------------------- W-------------------ter---- THE i TE HOUSE The White House annou ced today that the President has directed a number of management steps to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the U. S. foreign intelligence community. The President's objectives are to ensure: information.' Appro .F.dr Release 2004/04/19: CIA-RDP8W 086A000900200004-8 .F'OR' 1M MfEDIATE RELEA$.'' The improvements dir 4ted by the President follow an exhaustive study conducted at his direct n by the staffs of the National Security Council (NSC) and the Office of liana Iment and Budget (OMB) with contributions from the President's Foreign In liigence Advisory Board (PFLAB), the President's Science Advisor, and the Intell f ence community. The major managemen Continuing r view of the responsiveness of the U.S. intelligence effort to nra.tii final needs. Strengthened` eadership for the community as a whole, More efficient use of resources in the collection of intelligence Elimination less efficient or outmoded activities. Improvement 16 the quality, scope and timeliness of intelligence information.; !improvements include; An enhanced leadership role for the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) in plans ing, reviewing, coordinating, and evaluating all intelligence ,rograms and activities, and in the production of national intelligences Establishrneht of a National Security Council Intelligence Committee, chaired by tlic Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Its mernberi will include the Attorney General, the DCI, the Under Secretary of; State, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Csiefs of Staff. The Committee will give direction and guidance on evaluation o ational intelligence needs and provide for a continuing intelligence products from the viewpoint of the intelligence Establishrne't of a Net A ssessment Group within the National Securit and will besponsible for reviewing and evaluating all intelligence products an4for producing net assessments. Estab lishme'r?t of an Intelli esources Advisors Committee, chaired by the DCI, including as members a senior representative from the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Office of N,.aciage- ment and Bu!aget, and the Central intelligence Agency. This Committee will advise , e DCI on the preparation of a consolidated intelligence program butt. Approved For Release 2004/04/19 : CIA-RDP80BO1086A000900200004-8 Appro for Release 2004/04/19: CIA-RDP 1086A000900200004-8 f the supervi ion of the dissemination and security of intelligence material, a h the protection of intelligence sources and methods. Reconstitution of the United States Intelligence Board chaired by the DGI, including as members the Deputy Director of Central intelligence (Vice Chair ~an); Director of Bureau of Intelligence and Research, State DepaL anent; Director of National Security Agency, Director of the Defense 11atelligence Agency; representatives of the Secretary of the Treasury and of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Ato 'ic Energy Commission. The Board will advise and assist the D I with respect to the production of national intelligence, the establish rent of national intelligence requirements and priorities, The President has alsp directed certain changes in the Department of Defense's intelligence organization. A National Cryptologi Command will be set up under the Director of the National Security Agency. Under this command will be consolidated activities now carried out by separate agenc s. A further change is the consolidation of all Department of Defense personnel curity investigations into a single Office of Defense Investigations. The esident has also directed that a Defense Map Agency be created by combining ,t e now separate mapping, charting and geodetic organizations of the rr litary services in order to achieve maximum efficiency and economy in produj ion. Approved or Release 2004/04/19 : CIA-RDP80B01086A000900200004-8 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/04/19 : CIA-RDP80BO1086A000900200004-8 Approved For Release 2004/04/19 : CIA-RDP80BO1086A000900200004-8