DCI SUBSTANTIVE INTELLIGENCE OBJECTIVES FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY - FY 1976

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: January 1, 1976
• Content Type: REPORT

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DCI SUBSTANTIVE INTELLIGENCE OBJECTIVES FOR THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY - FY 1976
Provide reliable and timely foreign intelligence reports, assessments,
and estimates to the President and other elements of the US Government
involved in policy formulation, international negotiations, and major
operational decisions on the following priority topics:
OBJECTIVE NO. 1
Soviet policies, intentions, and capabilities for the execution
of political, security and economic programs, with particular
reference to:
- changes in Soviet leadership and the dynamics
of and factors affecting Soviet decision making;
- providing early warning of scientific and technical
...advances .v.hi.c.h could significantly affect the US national. .,.
security or national welfare;
major developments in Soviet military RDT&E of
weapons systems, deployment, and order of battle;
- Soviet compliance with the Strategic Arms
Limitation agreements', the Limited Test Ban Treaty,
possible Mutual Balanced Force Reduction agreements;
and the observance of cease-fire or peace treaty
arrangements; Soviet perception of US and Allied
negotiating positions and force capabilities with
respect to these issues; and
Soviet extension of political influence and
military power outside of the USSR.
OBJECTIVE NO. 2
Developments within and policies, intentions, decision-making processes,
and capabilities of the People's Republic of China in key political, military
and economic areas which impact on important interests of the United
States, its allies, the USSR, the rest of Asia and the more influential
underdeveloped countries.
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OBJECTIVE NO. 3
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Political and military developments and trends (including terrorism)
in potentially volatile international situations of strategic concern to the
Us.
OBJECTIVE NO. 4
.Policies, intentions and capabilities of foreign states other than
the USSR and the PRC, to develop nuclear weapons, chemical and
biological weapons, and delivery systems to employ them..
OBJECTIVE NO. 5
Major foreign economic developments and trends relevant to US
international policy decisions and negotiations, particularly those
related to energy, raw materials, .food resources, and to inter-
national trade arrangements.
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DCI RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES FOR FY 1976
OBJECTIVE NO. 1
Evaluate the performance of the Intelligence Community in meeting
the FY 75 substantive objectives and in response to the FY 75
Key Intelligence Questions; submit an Annual Report of the con-
clusions to the President through the National Security Council
Intelligence Committee for review and comment; present revised
substantive objectives and Key Intelligence Questions for FY 76
to the NSC (Intelligence Committee).
OBJECTIVE NO. 2
Review the programs of the Intelligence Community in the Intelligence
Resources Advisory Committee. Submit, to the President, through the
Office of Management and Budget, independent recommendations for
the National Foreign Intelligence Program. Su
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OBJECTIVE NO. 3
Provide leadership and guidance to the Intelligence Community, with
the' advice and assistance of the United States Intelligence Board
and the Intelligence Resources Advisory Committee to include:
Long-term Planning Guidance
Substantive and Resource Management Objectives
Production of National Intelligence
National Plans for Signals Intelligence, Imagery
and Human Source Intelligence
Foreign Economic Intelligence Cluidance
Crisis and Warning Intelligence _
Protection of Intelligence Sources and Methods
Resource Implications of KIQ Strategy Report to IRAC
Annual Report on Foreign Intelligence to the President
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OBJECTIVE NO. 4
Stimulate research, development, and application of techniques
to improve intelligence collection processing, analysis, production,
and presentation. Foster R&D cross-program technology sharing.
Establish alternative or parallel research and development programs
that hold promise to provide key intelligence in the event current
collection resources are rendered less effective due to unanticipated
technology advances by target nations.
OBJECTIVE NO. 5
Stimulate efforts to review and improve the Community's
substantive intelligence requirements mechanism. Utilize
the USIB/IRAC mechanisms to evaluate recommendations
and implement improvements.
OBJECTIVE NO. 6
Review and recommend improvements in the interaction
grid' mufual support between national and departmental/
command ("tactical") intelligence systems, encouraging
fully deparfinentalJcommarid ("tactical") control and
exploitation of tactical systems.
OBJECTIVE NO. 7
U . S . Foreign Intelligence Community.
Assist and respond to Presidential and Congressional
Committees involved in reviewing and investigating the
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DCI RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE NO. 1
Evaluate the performance of the Intelligence Community in meeting
the FY 75 substantive objectives and in response to the FY 75
Key Intelligence Questions; submit an Annual Report of the con-
clusions to the President through the. National Security Council
Intelligence Committee for review and comment; present revised
substantive objectives and Key Intelligence Questions for FY 76
to the NSC (Intelligence Committee).
MILESTONES:
Date
Aug '75
Aug, X75 .
Develop and Submit IeJQs-FY 76 to the NSC (Intelligence
-:.: Committee) for Review
D.CL:?Issues..FY...76 KIQs.
Aug--Sept '75 Prepare Individual Evaluation Reports on Community
FY 75 Performance:
FY 75 KIQ Evaluation Process (KEP) completed...
providing substantive judgments, of performance against
FY 75 KIQs, and insights into resource utilization.
Quality and completeness of finished intelligence
products evaluated in terms of national foreign
policy level user requirements.
Sept '75 Develop FY 76 KIQ Collection and Production Strategies.
Sept '75 FY 76 KIQ Collection and Production Strategies Review
by USIB.
Sept '75
Provide evaluation of performance in meeting sub-
stantive intelligence objectives in Annual Report to
the President.
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Report results of FY 75 KIQ Evaluation Process (KEP)
to IRAC.
.Oct-Nov '75 Include appropriate assessment data in the National
Foreign Intelligence Program Recommendation (NFIPR).
May-Jun '76 Issue Key Intelligence Questions for FY 77.
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OBJECTIVE NO. 2
Review the programs of the Intelligence Community in the Intelligence
Resources Advisory Committee. Submit to the President, through the
Office of Management and Budget, independent recommendations for
the.. National Foreign Intelligence Program. Support the President's
intelligence budget before the Congress.
MILESTONES:
Date
July '75 Program Manager Submissions.
July. '75 DCI Review - Consolidated Cryptologic Program/
Advanced Program Support/General Defense Intelligence
Program/Special Reconn Vehicles - CCP/APS/GDIP/SRV.
July .' 75 Special Navy EXCOM.
July. '75. EXCOM.. (National Reconnaissance Office'_ NRO),
July 7 5:... DCI. - Review , of CIA Program.
July '75
July `75
Consolidated Intelligence Resource Information System
(CIRIS) FY 75 Data Available for Program Review.
Issue Papers/Program Decision Memorandum (PDM)
to SecDef.
July '75 Issue Program Decision. Memorandum (PDM).
July '75
Aug '75
Aug '75
IRAC Meeting.
Submit Program Decision Memorandum (PDM) Reclamas.
Issue Amended Program Decision Memorandums (PDM's).
Sept '75 DCI/ASD(I) Discussion--CIA Program and State
Department Budget Submissions.
Sept '75 Submit Budget Estimates--Services and Agencies
Estimates to DoD Comptroller.
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Oct '75
Oct '75
Oct '75
Nov '75 (early)
Nov '75
Dec '75
Dec .,75::.:
Dec '75
Jan '76
Feb '76
Feb '76
May-July '76
Mar '76
Mar '76
Apr 176
Apr '76
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CIA Budget Estimate to OMB.
IRAC Meeting.
OSD/OMB Budget Reviews,
DCI Preliminary Recommendation on Major Issues.
Special Navy EXCOM - Decision on Special Navy
FY 77 budget.
NRO EXCOM Decision on NRO FY 77 budget.
DCI/ASD(I) Meeting - Discussion of General Defense
-Intelligence Program and Consolidated Cryptologic
Program (GDIP/CCP) budgets.
DoD Issues Program Budget Decisions.
Program Managers. Complete Program Budget Decisions
Reclamas, as appropriate
IRAC Meeting 'Review. I'Y -77 Budget' Decisions ana
NFIPR draft.
.. DCI submits National Foreign Intelligence. Program.
Recommendation (NFIPR) to the President throught COMB.
Issue CIRIS FY 76 Data Call.
Issue Planning and Programming Guidance (SecDef).
Fiscal Guidance Policy--Intelligence Annex--ASD (I) .
FY 78 Program Development.
IRAC Meeting .
Issue FY 78 Program Call (CIA).
CIRIS FY 76 Data Submissions Due.
EXCOMs (if required).
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Apr 176 FY 77 Congressional Budget Presentations.
May '76 Submit FY 78 Program Objectives.
May 176 Program Review--ASD(I) and IC.
Jun '76 CIRIS Data Available for Program Review.
Jun '76 OMB FY 78 Fiscal Guidance.
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Provide leadership and guidance to the Intelligence Community, With
the advice and assistance of the United States Intelligence Board
and the Intelligence Resources Advisory Committee to include:
Long-term Planning Guidance
Substantive and Resource Management Objectives
Production of National Intelligence
National Plans for Signals Intelligence, Imagery
and Human Source Intelligence
Foreign Economic Intelligence Guidance
Crisis and Warning Intelligence
Protection of Intelligence Sources and Methods
Resburce Implications of KIQ Strategy Report
to IRAC
Annual. Report on Foreign Intelligence to the
President.
MILESTONES:.
Date
Long-term Planning Guidance
July '75 .
.Produce and disseminate the DCI's Perspectives for
Intelligence 1976-19$1.
Jan '76 - Produce and disseminate the DCI's Perspectives for
Intelligence 1977-1982.
Objectives .
July '75 - Produce and disseminate DCI Substantive and
Resource Management. Objectives for FY .76.
Mar '76 - Produce and disseminate DCI Substantive and
Resource Management Objectives for FY .77.
Production of National Intelligence
July '75 - Report FY 75 Improvements in Intelligence Production.
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July '75-Jun'76 - Conduct a continuing substantive review of national
intelligence products; report findings and 'provide
production guidance in part through publication of
the Review of National. Intelligence.
Jul'75-Jun'76 - Conduct post-mortems of the Community's
performance before and during international
crises or other international developments, as
appropriate.
National SIGINT Plan
June '75 - Director, NSA begin revision of NSP to reflect
current intelligence objectives and resource
decisions.
July '75 SIGINT Committee provide updated statements
of SIGINT requirement for input to NSP.
Sept. 175
Services, departments, agencies and :JCS..
review draft revisions.
Nov 75 "USIB/TRAC review.
Nov '75 - Provide revised NSP for use in development of
cryptologic programs for FY 78-82 period.
National Imagery Plan for Satellites
July '75
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Mar '76 -
Apr '76 -
Draft National Imagery Plan with a summary of
actions required by the NRP. and the Intelli ;once
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Community review of draft.
Presentation of National Imagery Plan to USIB /IR
AC .
May '76 -
Publication of National Imagery Plan.
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July 175 - Human Sources Committee approval of National
IIUMINT Plan (concept-outline).
Aug 175 Tasking of departments and agencies.
Mar '76 USIB/IRAC review.
Mar '76 - Publish and implement National HUMINT Plan.
Foreign Economic Intelligence Guidance
Mar '76 - Publish evaluation by the Economic Intelligence Committee
(EIC) of responses to collection guidance transmitted via
the Combined Economic Reporting Program (CERP).
Crisis and Warning Inteili ence
Nov '75
Implementation of National Imagery Plan.
National HUMINT Plan
Deputy to the DCI for the Intelligence Community
. (D/DCI/IC) ? provide first repcirt ' to USIB on'
performance of new strategic warning system.
Report test--bed results of .project CONTEXT
toward providing the DCI with an instrumentality
to respond to warning and crisis situations on
the basis of the convergence of critical items
of intelligence from all agency sources.
Protection of Intelligence Sources and Methods
1975-1976
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Presentation to Congress of recommendations
for legislation to strengthen the protection
of intelligence sources and methods--following
completion of Select Committees activities.
Report to DCI on status of development of
Community Computer-Assisted Compartmentation
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Aug-Sept '75 - D/DCI/IC report recommendations to the DCI
and SecDef on the results of pilot study--national-
tactical relationships.
Sept '75 Annual Report on Foreign Intelligence to President.
Sept-Oct .'75 Resource Implications of KIQ Strategy Report to IRAC.
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