TOPICS FOR INCLUSION IN THE FY 75 KIQS

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 9, 2004
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: June 11, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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DCI/IC 74-1038
11 JUN 1974
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MEMORANDUM FOR: f-1r. George Carver
D/DCI/NI0
SUBJECT : Topics for Inclusion in the rY 75 KIQs
1. Attached at Tab A are copies of the semi-final draft
of the DCI's Objectives for FY 75 and the back-up listing of
USIB/IfaAC change proposals. Both documents contain a number
of. personal notations by the DCI relating to topics which
should be addressed in the FY 75 KIQs.
2. Mr. Colby felt that much of the material originally
contained in the Objectives paper should be addressed in the
KIQ/KEP and he has so advised USIB/IRAC today, see copy of
final Objectives paper at Tab B.
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The President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
Thank you for your most encouraging letter of March 22, 1974,
and its reinforcement of your earlier directives that I assume
leadership of the Intelligence Community. Since taking the oath in
your presence last September 4th to fulfill these duties, I am pleased
to report a general spirit of cooperation and collaboration among
the different elements of the Intelligence Community. The committee
structures established in your November 5, 1971, directive
(National Security Council Intelligence Committee, Intelligence
Resources. Advisory Committee, and the reconstituted United States
Intelligence Board) have been useful vehicles for the determination
of substantive and resource questions affecting the Intelligence
Community.
During Fiscal Year 1974 we have been implementing the
Objectives approved in your letter of September 25, 1973. I hope
the annual report on these Objectives, to be filed after the end of
the fiscal year, will be satisfying to you. A number of steps have
been taken which in my view improve the responsiveness of the
Intelligence Community to. your needs, those of the National Security
Council, and those of the Congress. There have also been a number
of specific steps taken of an organizational and procedural character
which I believe have focused the Intelligence Community on higher
priority needs and increased the effectiveness of our collection and
analytical operations.
A fundamental element of my attempt to respond to your long-
term goals of November 5, 1971, has. been the effort to establish
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'foreign -intelligence program, including tactical intelligence.--
the basis for my annual report to you
of how effectively the Intelligence Community performs during Fiscal
Year 1975.
I would welcome your approval, modification or discussion in the
National Security Council Intelligence Committee of these recommended
Objectives for 1975.
Respectfully and sincerely,
substantive intelligence needs as the driving force foi the
Intelligence Community. Organization, evaluation and resource
allocation should seek the satisfaction"of such intelligence require.-.
ments. I am pleased to report a general acceptance of a new
venture in this area, the identification of Key Intelligence Questions.
for Fiscal Year 1974, which your September 25th letter encouraged
me to produce. This guidance for what the Intelligence Community
should cover will be used as the base point for the evaluation of our
effectiveness at the end of the fiscal year. We are still working
out the details to implement this process fully, but I intend to ensure
that the substantive intelligence needs of our customers dominate
discussions and decisions about the Intelligence Community.
Carrying on the process described above, and still responsive
to your November 5, 1971, long-term goals, I submit herewith for
your approval the Objectives of the Intelligence Community for
Fiscal Year 1975. The first group of these I have termed "Substantive
Objectives, " describing the output I believe you would expect of the
Intelligence Community during Fiscal Year 1975. These Substantive
Objectives would be used as the base for the development of more
detailed Key Intelligence Questions which I would issue to the
Intelligence Community with the approval of the National Security
Council Intelligence Committee. A second set is named "Resource
Management Objectives, " dealing with the interaction of the members
of the Intelligence Community and the allocation of resources to and
among them. These would be further articulated into sub-Objectives
which I would issue to the Intelligence Community, after consultation
December submission to you of recommendations for the national
W. E. Colby
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MILESTONES
FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL OBJECTIVES AND SUB-OBJECTIVES
IN THE DCI'S
"OBJECTIVES FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY"
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1975
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