PRESIDENTIAL LETTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01048A000400090009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2005
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 29, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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USIB/IRAC-D- 22. 1/13
29 March 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR:THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
THE INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
Principals for information
The Director of Central Intelligence has requested that the attached
memorandum from the President be circulated to the USIB and IRAC
ST
Executive Secretary
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USIB/IRAC-D-22, 1/13
March 22, 1974
The management program that we launched
a year ago is off to an encouraging start.
I am anxious now for the entire Federal
Government to press toward meeting the
goals for fiscal year 1974 and to deter-
mine a new set of objectives for fiscal
year 1975.
It is particularly important that duri
the rem a.ri er-o - is fiscal year you con-
tinue to stren then your role as- _leader_-Qf
the intelligence community. You have made
considerable progress during the last six
months in strengthening your personal staff,
in redirecting intelligence production to
be more sensitive to consumer needs, and in
restructuring intelligence organizations and
processes. Your success in achieving these
objectives should have a lasting impact on
the responsiveness and quality of our in-
telligence activities.
Looking ahead, I would appreciate it if you
would send me your recommendations for fiscal
year 1975 by early June.
I recognize that, in many instances, the
objectives will be a further refinement and
elaboration of the long-term goals I enunci-
ated for the intelligence community in 1971.
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It will be critical during the coming
fiscal year to solidify and reinforce
the groundwork laid by the successful
accomplishment of your fiscal year 1974
goals. I am particularly concerned that
the link be weer--su s ari ive intelligence
needs and tni iigence resources be clear-
ly understb-and-e-valuated. You should
also ontinue your of ort ---1Eo advise me
of the needs of the intelligence community
by submitting through 0MB an annual con-
solidated intelligence program budget_-_
including t t-cal intelligence. I also
hope that you will consider ways to ensure
that all intelligence, regardless of the
level at which it is collected or used,
is properly integrated to produce the
best possible results.
Managing toward specific goals is a rather
new concept for many people within the
Federal Government, but I think it can be
a highly effective tool for improving our
services to the American people, and I
want to thank you for your continuing
efforts to carry it forward.
With warmest personal regards,
The Honorable William E. Colby
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
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