YOUR MEMO OF 14 JULY CONCERNING PRC (I) AGENDA ITEM 3

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00401R002000170013-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2006
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: July 18, 1978
• Content Type: NOTES

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Tt-l~ DIREtTQR OF C~?~iTRAL INTElt1GEA}CE
D~pvPq Director far ~1olionai Foreign /jlssesarnen~
NOTE FOR: The 7irectar
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SUBJECT: Your Mono of l4 July Concerning PRC{F) Agenda ~t~ '~
Two. points seem to me to be very important:. _
t .~ ghat there i s no s~cessaru~ Co~r~la~n 6e-~~eer~ the-
importance of a National Intelligence Topic and tho amau:rt of
money that~is allocated to collect against it or to analyze
about it. Some important subjects,can be discussed using.
relatively .easily acc{-ui red i nfvrmati on. Some others regctre
support from extremely expensive systems. .
- 2. Some subjects. wi.3l be more im ortant zn the f uL
than they are today, but we ne -o aliocafie-coil-eetiorr ancE.
analysis. dollars How-to be ready later. Sometimes the dc~llar~_
amounts whfch should~:.be allocat~d.are-qui~_substantiaT, eves
though they have drtly an indirect relationship to today`s -
przar'ty lists. If ~~he budget is to be fc~r~arct~-lookingp it
must take thi s i nto' account. - ~ .
Robert R. Howie
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