HSC SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ANNUAL DCI REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT

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• Publication Date: September 4, 1974
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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
HUMAN SOURCES COMMITTEE
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
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4 September 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR: D/DCI/IC
SUBJECT HSC Suggestions for the Annual DCI Report
to the President
1. This responds to your request of 26 August for a
brief contribution from the Human Sources Committee (HSC)
regarding our FY 74 activities which contributed to
progress under the DCI Objectives for the Intelligence
Community for FY 1974. We have keyed our suggestions to
the headings used in your 18 July 1974 Interim Report.
2. Responsible Leadership for the Community. In June
1974, the Human Sources Committee was established as a
standing Committee of the United States Intelligence Boar,-,,t.
DCID 1/17 gave the Committee considerably broader functions
than those enjoyed by the predecessor Committee estahlisz~!d
for a one-year trial period. Working with both USIB and
the IRAC, the new Committee is to advise and assist the D"'I
in the discharge of his responsibilities for the efficient
allocation and effective use of community resources for the
collection of positive foreign intelligence information
through human sources. In addition, also related to the
Objective of reviewing the USIB committee structure in order
to increase USIB effectiveness, the HSC--in coordination
with the D/DCI/IC--is to examine the functions of the
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their functions related to human sources under the Human
Sources Committee.
3. Review Responsiveness of Intelligence Activitie_,_
During FY 74, the HSC participated in the KIQ/KEP pilot
project. Data for the baseline report included the expected
contribution of some 10 human sources collection entities.
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5. Under DCID 1/17, the new Committee has an obv_ous
responsibility to work with the IRAC Intelligence Research
and Development Council to ensure that adequate attention
is given to the need for human source R&D. A HSC R&D task
team is now being established (in early FY 1975).
6. Revise Intelligence Functions to Improve Performarce.
In order to ensure a greater human source contribution frcni
all elements of the national foreign affairs community, tree
Commmittee is attempting to develop in early FY 75 a new
approach of communicating with human source information
collectors. The approach envisions a series of Community
assessments of State, CIA, and DOD reporting from a partic-
ular country or against a particular problem. One end
product of these assessments would be a letter sent from
the DCI to the appropriate ambassador commenting on the
strengths and weaknesses of reporting and suggesting
realignments of resources and adjustments in taskings to
alleviate identified problems. Among other things, it is
hoped that such an approach will optimize the relationship
between overt and clandestine collection.
7. Ensure Intelligence Enhances US Policies. The new
assessment/guidance program mentioned above is intended to
help ensure the relevance of human source collection
activities. In the meantime, the Committee has continued
its efforts to improve existing guidance mechanisms, such 3s
the HSC-sponsored Current Intelligence Reporting List (CIR-L).
The CIRL's have been reduced in size; Highlights sections ~ave
underscored the DCI's Key Intelligence Questions; and
interagency panels have worked to ensure that CIRL questions
are related to the formulation of foreign, military, and
economic policies of the US Government.
Chairman
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