LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF THE U.S. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01009A003100020035-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: October 9, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE
SUBJECT: Leadership and Management of the
U.S. Foreign Intelligence Community
I hereby affirm the responsibilities and authority
charged to you as leader of the Intelligence Community
in the Presidential memorandum of November 5, 1971.
Much has been accomplished, but much remains to be done.
Intelligence is of vital importance to our national
security and interests. In your role as the Director
of Central Intelligence, you should insure that our in-
telligence is of the highest quality attainable and that
it supports the planning for and conduct of U.S. foreign
policies and military operations. You should continue
to exercise leadership in maintaining a proper balance
among intelligence activities by planning and reviewing
all intelligence programs and resources. Your views on
intelligence activities, including tactical intelligence,
should be incorporated in an annual consolidated program
budget which considers the comparative effectiveness of
collection programs and relative priorities among intel-
ligence targets. Should you feel that new technology or
new substantive needs make alterations in management or
organization desirable, your recommendations will receive
my prompt and careful attention.
I shall expect that the heads of the departments and
agencies having foreign intelligence responsibilities
will cooperate with you and provide you with every
assistance in fulfilling your responsibilities.
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The
Secretary
of
State
The
Secretary
of
the Treasury
The
Secretary
of
Defense
The
Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff
The
Chairman,
President's Foreign In
telligence
Advisory
Board
The
Director,
Office of Management a
nd Budget
The
Assistant
to the President for N
ational
Security
Affairs
Commissioner, Atomic Energy Commission
Attorney General
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