INTELLIGENCE PRIORITIES - THE HONORABLE DAVID E. MCGIFFERT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M00165A001000020011-0
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2004
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 17, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: The Honorable David E. McGiffert
Assistant Secretary of Defense
(International Security Affairs)
SUBJECT: Intelligence Priorities
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1. I lEnclosed for your information and personal use
,is a copy of the Attachment to Director of Central Intelli-
gence Directive 1/2, "Current U.S. Foreign Intelligence
Requirements Categories and Priorities," to which your
representative contributed significantly. The priorities
in this document provide basic guidance to all intelligence
activities, including those concerned with collection,
analysis, and production.
2. The form of this document is new. It contains
provisions for changing priorities whenever such a need is
identified. In addition to the priorities tables themselves,
I invite your attention to Annex A of the document which
provides a summary analysis of the current assignment of
intelligence priorities.
3. We have provided copies of this document to
your organization under separate cover, but trust you will
feel free to let us know of your need for more.
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Attachment:
Attachment to DCID 1/2
Dated 1 Aug 77
STANSFIELD TURNER
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