MINUTES OF 15 NOVEMBER 1977 MEETING

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: November 16, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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16 November 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: Members, Intelligence Definitions Working Group
ice o Policy and Planning
Intelligence Community Staff
SUBJECT: Minutes of 15 November 1977 Meeting
1. A summary of the 15 November 1977 meeting of the Intelli-
gence Definitions Working Group is attached for your information.
Also attached is a complete list of definitions approved by the
Group to date. The most recent additions are asterisked.
2. The next meeting of the Working Group will begin at 1330,
Tuesday, 22 November 1977, CHB Room 5S09.
Attachment
As stated
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INTELLIGENCE DEFINITIONS WORKING GROUP
15 NOVEMBER 1977
1. I lopened the meeting by proposing to the
Group that its objective be expanded to include three distinct
aspects of the definitions problem, to wit:
? Intelligence Community usage - may include multiple
definitions
? Definitions appearing in public documents, such
as Executive Orders
? Legal definitions
B. Acronyms and Abbreviations
C. Index of dictionaries and glossaries which include
intelligence terms, e.g., JCS Pub 1 or collection
committee glossaries
suggested that such a comprehensive definitions
publication would be of far greater utility to the Community than an
intelligence glossary which stood alone. He asked the Group to con-
tribute to this proposed objective, especially part C. above. He
asked the Secretary to obtain glossaries from the DCI collection
committees and to compile those and others in an appropriate index,
After discussion, the Chairman agreed with the added suggestion
that a way be found--in the event of duplicate definitions--to
highlight the preferred Community definition in each case.
2. The Group considered and approved definitions of terms using
the words clandestine and covert. These are included in the attached
list of terms approved to date.
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3. The Group considered and approved definitions of
monitor, evaluate, and assess, also included in the attached
list.
4. As you know, the list of approved terms is updated
after each meeting to include newly approved definitions. At
NSA's request, the most recent additions will be identified by
asterisks each time the list is amended.
5. The next meeting of the Working Group will begin at
1330 on Tuesday, 22 November 1977.
Executive Secretary
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