REPORT ON THE ORGANIZATION OF CIA AND THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

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CIA-RDP81-00261R000300010005-7
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April 12, 2000
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January 27, 1969
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Approved For Release 2000108/30 CIA-RDP81-00261 R000300010 27 January 1969 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence Report on the Organization of CIA and the Intelligence Community 1. I am submitting herewith my report on the organization of CIA and the intelligence community. 2 As I have pointed out before, the report is in consider- ,able measure an explanation and a defense of existing organizational arrangements (particularly as regards the Agency). Parts I. II., and V. of the report are purely expository. Part III. includes a dis- cussion of what have appeared to me to be some of the more compli= cated organizational problems in CIA and some indication of my reasons for believing that the organizational dilemmas which these problems present should be resolved in favor of the existing structure. In reaching these conclusions I do not intend to imply that everything ,is working perfectly. I simply mean that organizational changes in themselves will not, in my opinion, improve the effectiveness or efficiency of particular programs. 3. Part VI. contains a discussion of what appear to me to be the important factors involved in an assessment of the present organization of the community. Here again, except for the specific actions proposed, I do not believe that organizational changes are needed to improve, the over-all intelligence effort although improve- ment is clearly necessary and possible and will depend more on the individual competence and qualities of leadership of the senior managerial officials of the community than anything else. 4. It will be noted that some at least of the items which I have included in the list of matters requiring action are really not ? organizational, matters. Possibilities for improving dissemination .Approved For Release 2000/0.8130 CtAc-,~1-00261 R000300010005-7 Approved For Release 2000/08/30 : CIA-RDP81-00261 R000300010005-7 of counterintelligence information, personnel procurement or research facilities do not necessarily have organizational impli- cations. They do, however, involve the interrelationship of several organizational components and, it seems to me, are properly noted within the context of an organizational survey because of their importance. attention .and review would really serve a useful purpose. 5. Finally, it will be noted that most of my specific recommendations. call for further reviews. This is not because of any particular reluctance on my part to take a position on the prob- lems at issue. All of them, however, are extremely complicated and their solution involves what are in very considerable measure subjective judgements. It seemed to me unlikely, within the time frame of this review and without a staff which was larger than appeared necessary or desirable under the circumstances, that I could develop conclusions which were sufficiently informed and which reflected anything like the consensus necessary to support really helpful recommendations. On the other hand, it seemed to me that it would be helpful to identify those areas where additional 6 Attached, in addition to the survey itself, is a brief summary of specific recommendations. Approved For Release 2000/08/30 :.CIA-RDP81-00'261 R0003000.10005-7