REVIEW OF SIGINT COMMITTEE MISSION AND FUNCTIONS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 2005
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: January 1, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Current Intelligence
Director of Strategic Research
Director of Economic Research
Director of Basic and Geographic
Intelligence
Director of Political Research
Director, Imagery Analysis Service
SUBJECT : Review of SIGINT Committee Mission
and Functions
1. Last month Mr. Duckett and I asked the IC Staff to
sponsor a community review of the mission and functions of the
SIGINT Committee; General Graham has now agreed to do so.
ill head the Review Group whose task will be
to recommend the nature and scope of improvement needed in the
handling of community SIGINT functions. Please designate some-
one on your staff to review your SIGINT interests and be prepared
to provide appropriate guidance to the CIA representative to this
review group.
2. Attached you will find the DDI-DD/S&T request (Tab A),
the SIGINT Committee Chairman's comments (Tab B), and
rearrangement would be to break out each discipline of SIGINT,
note on memorandum (Tab C).
The general thrust of Tab A is to suggest that one possible
in each such discipline would be handled by those qualified by their
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expertise and substantive interest in that discipline. These
groups would be responsible for all aspects of their discipline --
guidance, requirements, evaluations, special studies, etc. There
would be an overview body responsible for supervising and
coordinating the work of the groups. We anticipate that this and
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other alternatives will be explored by the
Group.
3. I I Chief, SIGINT Group, IRS will
represent CIA and will be assisted by
Deputy Director, OEL and
Deputy Chief,
EDWARD W. PROCTOR
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Attachments:
TAB A - DDI-DD/S&T Request,
TAB B - SIGINT Committee Chairman's Comments,
TAB C - 1Comments
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