THE JOINT WEEKA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 7, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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7 August 1972
MM3RANDtJM FOR: The Honorable John N. Imin* II
The Under Secretary of State
SUBJECT: The Joint Weeks
1. Herewith are some recommendations developed in the
Agency in response to my request that we a nine the effects
caused by the eli 1 nation of the Joint Weeks many z nths. ago.
I am also giving you a co wnta y we prepared on State Depart-
ment reporting.
2. The attached review of the Joint Week& shows that it
do a particularly useful contribution to the production of
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political intelligence, but its contribution to mi. itar 'intel-
ligence was marginal for most countries. Our review of the cur-
rent situation shows that many missions are now cabling, weekly
sumaries which are a good substitute for certain aspects formerly
covered by the Joint Weep. This is particularly true with
respect to economic information.
3. On this basis we recorm$nd that the Joint Wee1se. be re-
instituted but on a selective basis both with respect to country
and to topic. Specific guidelines for implenting this recom-
mendation as follows s
a. The Joint Weeks should be revived for political
reporting from all countries except the follng 'ran
which present reporting mechanisms have proved to be
adequate:
A further qualification to the need for periodic political
reporting is that for the countries of southern and western
Africa our need could be satisfied by monthly or quarterly
reporting.
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b. The few Countries for which Joint Weeka 900ROAR
reporting should be revived are:
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c. Given our r*Ua ce an other sources for m i 1itax''
intelli ce, we would xeco nd that a revived Job
Weeks only from the USSR incle a miM se?ct.on.
Richard He3za
Director
Attachment - I
The Joint Week
- No. 2%8172 s 26 July I
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