ICAF REQUEST FOR CIA SUPPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M00165A002300160008-5
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• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 8, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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8 April 1977
ER 77-967/1
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
VIA Deputy to the DCI for National Intelligence
T FROM .
Assistant National Intelligence Officer
for Economics
SUBJECT ICAF Request for CIA Support
REFERENCE General Antonelli's Letter of 6 April 1977
(ER 77-967)
1. Action Requested: For Signature.
2. Background:
-- Request from the Comandant of the Industrial
College of the Armed Forces, Major General Antonelli, USA,
for CIA support for an academic exercise comparing US and
USSR economic resource capabilities and potential for na-
tional security.
-- A routine request for support that CIA has
provided regularly in the past.
-- Request does not require any commitment of
CIA resources other than provision of a qualified speaker
for their seminar.
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 Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN
Director, Central intelligence
Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Admiral Turner:
6 APR 1977
This year we are introducing a rather ambitious exercise to
cap off our academic program. This exercise is called the "Final
Synthesis" and has been designed to provide our students with an
opportunity to bring together into a comprehensive whole information
and understanding gained during their year of study at the ICAF.
Specifically, the Final Synthesis will attempt a comparative
analysis of the capabilities of the United States and its allies in an in-
creasingly interdependent world vis a vis the Soviet Union and its
allies (less the PRC), with respec~to resource management for national
security in general and for the Department of Defense in particular.
This study will examine the assets and liabilities of the United States
and the Soviet Union in a global context and culminate with an evaluation
of their relative positions which, in turn, could suggest alternative
policies and programs available to the United States. The Final Synthesis
will explore six major areas of resource management (the inclosure con-
tains a detailed description of each major area of interest):
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a. Scientific and Technological Resource Capabilities ana
Potential
b. Natural Resource Capabilities and Potential
c. Manpower Resource Capabilities and Potential
d. Economic Resource Capabilities and Potential
e. Industrial Resource Capabilities and Potential
f . Management Resource Capabilities and Potential
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1. Scientific and Technological Resource Capabilities and Potential - A
comparative analysis of the scientific and technological components of
national power in a global setting, examining such factors as organizational,
budgetary and manpower trends; trends in defense research and development;
the impact of interdependence on the performance of R&D in the United
States; the question. of collaborative NATO R&D; the consequences of commercial
and defense technology transfers among NATO members, with developing
countries, and between NATO and Warsaw Pact nations; major strengths and
weaknesses of the U.S. and its allies and Warsaw Pact countries in
scientific and technological capabilities and potential and their influence
on national policies; and the options open to the United States to improve
its relative position.
2. Natural Resources Capabilities and Potential - A comparative analysis of
the natural resource component of national power in a global setting,
examining such factors as the requirements for and availabilities of
critical natural resources for national security and defense; the implications
of natural resource locations and access to them; international markets
and marketing structures and organizations; the political and military
consequences of resource scarcities; the impact of resource interdependence;
major-strengths and weaknesses in natural resource capabilities and potential
of the United States and its allies and Warsaw'Pact countries and their
influence on national policies; and the options open to the United states
to improve its relative position.
3. Manpower Resource Capabilities and Potential - A comparative analysis
of the-human resource component of national power in a global setting, examining
such factors as the size, age distribution, and skills of working populations;
education and training for defense-related industries; quantitative and
qualitative aspects of both active and reserve combat and support forces
as well as of civilians employed by defense establishments; budgetary
implications for meeting manpower needs; the influence of interdependence
on manpower management; the unionization of military and civilian personnel;
major strengths and weaknesses associated with human resource capabilities
and potential of the United States and its allies and Warsaw Pact countries
and their influence on national policies; and the options open to the
United States to improve its relative position.,
4. Economic Resource Capabilities and Potential - A comparative analysis
of the economic component of national power in a global setting, examining
such factors as the significance of Gross National Product (GNP) trends to
national security and defense expenditures; the influence of the organization
and functioning of economies on national security plans and programs; the
impact of interdependence on the performance of the U.S. economy in general
and in international commerce and monetary affairs in particular; the effects
of the economic policies of other nations on the U.S.; the question of
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