MINUTES OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING, 11 MARCH 1975

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• Publication Date: March 14, 1975
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14 March 1975
Minutes of the Thirty-Sixth Meeting, 11 March 1975
Members or Representatives Present
Acting Chairman
CIA
State
DIA
Treasury
NSA
Army
Navy
Air Force
FBI
- Lt. Gen. Samuel V. Wilson
- Mr. David Laux M
Col. Leonard A. Spirito (M)
Cdr. Charles W. Easterbrook
Col. Walter P. Senio
Mr. Robert P. Finzel (M)
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Others Present
CIA
CIA
CIA
CIA
DIA
Air Force
Navy
Army
IC Staff
IC Staff
1. The Minutes of the thirty-fifth meeting (HSC-M-035)
were approved.
2. General Wilson reported that he had recently
briefed the National Intelligence Officers and the
Director of Central Intelligence regarding the procedures
being used in Project FOCUS. He stressed the value of
- Mr. John J. Porasky (A)
- Mr. C. J. Oleniacz (A)
- Mr. Ernest Franke
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the various phases of the FOCUS activity: (a) the
NIO-chaired assessment seminars; (b) use of the HSC
forum to look at the reporting assessments vis-a-vis
the concerns of the collection managers; and, (c) the
follow-up letters that sometimes will be sent from the
DCI to appropriate Ambassadors. The General indicated
that he had volunteered the use of the HSC staff to
help set up the seminars, take notes, provide first
drafts, and provide other assistance to the NIO's.
General Wilson also shared with the Committee some of
the discussion his briefing precipitated, including
encouraging remarks from NIO Carver and others. Some
days after this briefing, it was arranged to circulate
to the NIO's the FOCUS Procedures paper earlier
approved by the HSC. (Subsequently, at the suggestion
of D/DCI/NIO, General Wilson agreed to a revision
of paragraph 6 of the Procedures paper; several
minor changes were made to other paragraphs. See
HSC-C-127,. )
3.1 1 circulated a chart showing
suggestions from HSC Members and Agencies regarding
countries that might be dealt with under Project FOCUS
in the next six months. The chart will be reviewed by
the NIO's and their recommendations reflected, and the
list will be made available to the National Security
Council Intelligence Committee Working Group for review
and modification, as appropriate. During the brief
regarding the 4 March meeting of the HSC 'Nth Country Task
Team was brought to the Committee's attention. The
Guidance Task Team now has circulated worldwide a
questionnaire regarding the need for and usefulness of
the Technical Collection Guidance Manuals published by
DIA and the CIA-produced Collection Support Briefs.
Also, General Wilson recently sent letters to the Director
of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, asking
that information about the HSC FOCUS project and about
the secure teleconferencing arrangements be circulated to
interested offices in State as well as to appropriate
overseas missions; Director Hyland has agreed to these
requests.
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5. As noted in HSC-M-035 and elsewhere, the HSC has
been asked to examine the Key Intelligence Questions
Strategy Reports and to consider their overall resource
implications for the Committee and for various human
source collectors. provided the Members 25X1
with a package of charts prepared in the Secretariat
which outline the Strategy Reports and included some
broad preliminary estimates about probable resource
implications (circulated under HSC-C-124). Members
were asked to review and modify these charts as appropriate,
and to provide their reactions to the Secretariat by no
later than close of business 25 March (note new deadline
date). During the ensuing discussion, General Wilson
urged the Members to consider the charts and to respond
with some care. While many of the "action" statements
in the current Strategy Reports are very general,
Chairman Wilson reminded the Members that Mr. Colby's
expectation is that ultimately the KIQ/KEP arrangements
will evolve into a system that will allow the examination
of tasks vis-a-vis resource expenditures.
6. The Chairman, Executive Steering Group then led
a discussion of the proposed Implementation Plan for the
HSC Action Program--CY 1975. The Implementation Plan
was recommended by the ESG in a paper distributed at the
last meeting (see HSC-ESG-027). The recommendations
included further Task definitions, priorities, suggested
responsibilities, proposed approaches, and selected
target dates. As invited, suggested revisions to the Plan
had been suggested by several Members, the Chairman, ESG,
and the IC Staff. These suggestions were reviewed by
the ESG and provided the basis for a paper circulated
at the meeting as HSC--ESG-029. The planned approach for
each Task was briefly reviewed, and several changes were
proposed by the Chairman, HSC and others. As amended,
subject to additional information to be provided by the
CIA Member, and with the understanding that the Plan is
meant to be dynamic, flexible, and subject to revision
as necessary, the Plan will be considered approved by the
Committee as of 14 March 1975.
7. Regarding other matters, the Chairman brought
the Members up to date regarding the status of the
Interagency Group on Exchanges (IGE), noting that a
related study on technology transfer would be considered
in the National Security Council arena. Finally, the
Chairman registered his satisfaction regarding the Human
Sources Committee and the way that it has been proceeding,
and he invited Members to let him know privately if they
had any special concerns regarding HSC activities and
approaches.
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8. After the regular meeting, I convened 25X1
a portion of the Committee in Executlve''Sess on to
discuss briefly the proposed special HSC subelement.
Executive Secretary
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