REQUIREMENTS INPUTS TO USIB COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES AND ASSET ALLOCATIONS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2005
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• Publication Date: March 19, 1971
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19 March 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Requirements Inputs to USIB Committee on Resources
and Asset Allocations
1. The requirements drafted by the committee principals reflected,
as requested, their independent interpre+ations of what intelligence will be
needed in Indochina for the foreseeable future and were much less paro-
chial than could have been the case. As was expected, a healthy degree
of duplication resulted with the submissions phrasing and organization
the only aspects differing to any extent. A review of the inputs made it
apparent that a consolidated prospectus of the requirements in very
general terms could be of some value at the next meeting.
2. While the inputs did not seem to keep specifically in mind the
points raised by Mr. Tweedy, i. e. , that the intelligence needs should
be approached with the view that in this era of reducing U. S. presence,
what intelligence will be required: to allow U. S. officials in Washington
and in the field to make policy decisions and meet their day-to-day res-
ponsibilities, to assist our allies and protect our withdrawing forces,
and to assist our allies after U. S. presence has been significantly
reduced.
3. Looking at all of the inputs in light of Mr. Tweedy's comments,
it appeared that the requirements logically broke into two general groupings.
These are National Requirements -- those of continuing interest to high
level U. S. officials on both our allies and the enemy in all of the countries
of Indochina and Tactical /Military Requirements -- those data required
primarily on enemy forces to support U. S. forces in the field during the
withdrawals and by our allies now and in the future to protect themselves.
The National Requirements have been further subdivided into three
categories: military, political and economic. These National Require-
ments would appear to be equally valid for all of the countries in Indochina
as well as for each of the conflicting factions therein.
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