CONFERENCE WITH DR. KISSINGER RE THE KIQS

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• Publication Date: April 25, 1974
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2 5 APR 1974d
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Conference with Dr. Kissinger re the KIQs
REFERENCES: Attached letters (Tab A) from:
Dr. Kissinger, April 22, 1974
Deputy Secretary Clements, April 20, 1974
Deputy Secretary Rush, April 4, 1974
Deputy Secretary Volcker, April 1, 1974
1. In response to your letter of March 9 requesting the
"individual concurrence and comments" of each NSCIC member on
the KIQs, replies have been received from the four listed above.
Admiral Moorer has not yet responded.
a. Dr. Kissinger calls the KIQs a "promising beginning"
which should form the basis for "an even more useful set of
KIQs for the coming year." He requested you review with him
the comments of the other members.
b. Secretary Rush made no substantive comments. He
concurred in the list, and indicated INR would continue to
coordinate State's contribution.
c. Secretary Volcker also had no substantive comments.
He believes the list represents a "good first effort."
d. Secretary Clements is the only respondent to forward
substantive comments. Although he said "I support the KIQ
process and evaluation system in principle," he had two
criticisms:
(1) The KIQs "lack the precision needed for effective
resource allocation and performance evaluation."
(2) Some "questions of importance" to DOD, which had
been proposed by DOD as KIQs in December 1973 "were not
included or were subsumed in more general phrasing."
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2. Secretary Clements also posed "cautionary notes" for
the future as follows:
(1) To serve as an effective management tool,
the KIQs should be severely limited in number.
(2) The KIQs should provide a timely input at
key points in the annual DOD budget review process.
(3) Despite existence of the KIQs, the DOD must
"retain the flexibility to assign resources as essential
departmental requirements develop."
(4)' Provision should be made to include an "effective
procedure for measuring consumer satisfaction."
3. In your discussion of the KIQs with Dr. Kissinger, it is
recommended that you:
a. Express appreciation for the NSCIC responses to your
March 9 letter, but especially for the thoughtful submissions
which were received in late 1973 as contributions from the
NSC staff, Secretary Rush, Secretary Clements and Admiral
Moorer during the development of the KIQs.
b. Emphasize that you share Secretary Clements' desire
to limit the number of KIQs in the listing, which is why the
present list includes fewer than half of the questions which
NSCIC members proposed for inclusion. (This is why the omissions
cited by Secretary Clements came about.)
c. Point out that the KIQ evaluation process now underway
represents a "shakedown cruise" for the system and that you
anticipate considerable improvement in the KIQ list for FY 1975.
Attention is being given to measurement of consumer satisfaction.
d. Explain that the baseline reports on the 12 KIQs selected
for the initial evaluation test are nearing completion, and
preparations for the evaluation itself are well underway. The
pilot run on the FY 1974 KIQs will end 1 September, and it is
planned the performance report will be available 30 October.
Formulation of FY 1975 KIQs is expected to be accomplished by
1 July.
Daniel 0. Graham
Lieutenant General, USA
D/DCI/IC
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