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

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CIA-RDP81B00401R002000170013-1
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December 20, 2016
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June 7, 2006
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13
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July 18, 1978
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NOTES
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Approved For Release 2006/11/13 :CIA-RDP81B00401ROU2000170013-1 - Tt-l~ DIREtTQR OF C~?~iTRAL INTElt1GEA}CE D~pvPq Director far ~1olionai Foreign /jlssesarnen~ NOTE FOR: The 7irectar ~$ ~tt~1f ~gl$ 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 Approved For Release 2006/11/13 :CIA-RDP81~00401R002000170013-1