LETTER TO ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER FROM DANIEL K. INOUYE

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• Publication Date: July 26, 1977
• Content Type: LETTER

DAP41EL X. INOUYE, HAWAII, CHAIRMAN
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DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, N.Y. SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
? ROBERT C. BYRD, W. VA.. EX OFFICIO (PURSUANT TO S. HER, {D0, 84TH CONGRESS)
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR.. TENN.. EX OFFICIO
WASHINGTON, Q.C. 20510
WILLIAM G. MILLER. STAFF DIRECTOR
EARL D. EISENHOWER. MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
July 26, 1977
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IN REPLY PLEASE
REFER TO R#9131
Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Admiral Turner:
I am enclosing a copy of a classified Committee staff
study entitled "U.S. Intelligence Analysis and the Oil
Issue, 1973-74". The study was prepared for the Subcommit-
tee on Intelligence Collection, Production and Quality,
chaired by Senator Adlai Stevenson, and has been unani-
mously approved by the full Committee.
The study focuses on the Community's performance in
three specific areas: the Saudi Arabian position in the
spring and summer of 1973 on the use of oil as a political
weapon against the United States; the stability of oil
price increases; and the impact of the increases on the
world economy. The study was based on: field reports
from NSA, the State Department, and the CIA's Clandestine
Service; finished intelligence publications from INR and
CIA; interviews with Intelligence Community analysts, con-
sumers, oil company executives, and financial analysts;
and public periodicals, including newspapers and specialized
petroleum publications.
The study examines the substance of the Community's
analysis and draws conclusions about the intelligence pro-
duction process. The issues it addresses include the
relative performance of specialized public sources on the
three questions indicated above; the nature of field re-
porting; the extent to which analysts utilize the available
collected data; the modes of analysis employed by the
Community; and the impact of organizational arrangements.
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Admiral Stansfield Turner
July 26, 1977
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I would like to take this opportunity to express my
thanks for the generous cooperation the members of the
Community provided in the preparation of this study. T
hope that you will find that this report contributes to
your own thinking about the vital area of intelligence
analysis.
I would welcome your comments.
With best wishes,
Aloha,
Enclosure
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