DCID 1/2 ATTACHMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M00165A001000020033-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2004
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: August 27, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
John N. McMahon
Acting Deputy to the DCI for the Intelligence
Community
SUBJECT: DCID 1/2 Attachment
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REFERENCE: Your memorandum of 9 August 1977, same subject
1. ^ Action Requested: Decisions on the issues you raised in
the reference, and your approval to publish the document in a form
reflecting those decisions.
2. ^ Background:
a. The DCID 1/2 is, in its present form, an entirely
new document. ver the course of the last several months it has
been completely revised so that it is now a current guidance docu-
ment for the Community, whereas previously it had been a mid-
range planning document. In the process of revision, each priority
was extensively reviewed, and many changes were made.
b. n The review and t?ev'is ion were under-Laken by an ad hoc
interagency g` P`bup convened for that purpose and representing every
element of-the Intelligence Community. You were represented by
members of the National Intelligence Officers; the Intelligence
Community Staff, which chaired the group; the various DCI collection
and production committees; and the CIA Office of the Comptroller.
c. 0 The priorities were arrived at by having appropriate
members of the ad hoc group take the lead in coordinating views on
the priorities in their areas of primary responsibility, as for
example the Department of State representative did on priorities. in
the political realm. The NIOs represented the views of important
consumers, as did of course the State, Defense and Treasury representa-
tives. The finished draft was then circulated to NFIB members for
review prior to the NFIB meeting at which the document was presented
for approval.
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e. n The DCID 1/2 Attachment when published will establish
baseline guiicance. As designed, it will accommodate rapid changes
in priorities as circumstances dictate. In fact, we now have a queue
of some 37 NIO recommended changes in hand awaiting processing once
the system has been established by publication of the initial
version.
f. With this as background, the attachment to this
memorandum ays out the elements of the DCID 1/2 Attachment on
which you had comments, showing the way in which it was originally
drafted on the one hand, and how we propose to revise it to comply
with your guidance on the other. Option blocks are provided for
your concurrence or further guidance in each instance. With regard
to establishment of a new separate category the
priorities which you will see in the attached decision document
represent a Department of State/CIA consensus. -
g. Establishment of a separate topic
and the proposed priorities associated with it, has resulted in
the addition of 17 Priorities 3, an increase of 8.2% in that
priority. Other changes made in response to your guidance, which
you will see in the decision document, resulted in 10 additional
Priorities 3, a 4.8% increase. In terms of Priorities 3, therefore,
the cumulative impact of these changes is to increase the total
by 13%. The changes in overall distribution of priorities are shown
in the tables at Tab C of the attached decision document.
h. This memorandum provides a means for you to decide
on the propose revisions which have been designed to respond to
the points raised in your 9 August memorandum. Your decisions,
incorporated in the published document, will provide a basis for
placing the current priorities system in an operational mode. We
believe that, in view of the PRC mission with regard to defining
and prioritizing substantive intelligence requirements, this
document takes on added importance, and that it will likewise
be important to the new National Intelligence Tasking Center's
operations.
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3. ^ Staff Position: The original draft DCID 1/2 Attachment
was coordinated with and approved by an interagency ad hoc group and
NFIB members.
4. =Recommendation: That=you approve publication of the DCID
1/2 Attachment revised to reflect your decisions as you note them on the
attachment.
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Attachments
1. Decision Document
2. Draft Attachment DCID 1/2
APPROVED:
Director of Central Intelligence
DISAPPROVED:
Director of Central Intelligence
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