TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON GENERAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00283R000200070002-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 29, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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(Approved by the EIC, 29 October 1958)
A. Mission of EIC Subcommittee on General Economic Analysis
The mission of the EIC.Subcommittee on General Economic Analysis*
is to provide an organizational framework for carrying out within its
field the basic review and coordination responsibilities of the EIC
and for ensuring that, on intelligence matters in its field affecting
the national security, the intelligence community is supported.by the
full economic knowledge and technical talent available in or to the
Government.
B. Membership and Organization
1. Membership of the Subcommittee on General Economic Analysis
consists of representatives of the USIB agencies as designated by
these departments and agencies and approved by the EIC0
2. Representatives of other government departments and agencies
may participate as Associate Members of the Subcommittee upon approval
of the EIC.
3. Active participation by agency representatives generally is
governed by (a) the extent to which each agency concerned has pro-
duction responsibilities in the field of general economic analysis,
(b) the extent to which an agency has an interest in economic intel-
ligence of broader scope which involves reference matters within the
scope of the Subcommittee, and (c) the availability of qualified
personnel.
* The Subcommittee on General Economic Analysis, in contrast to EIC Sub-
committees on special sectors of the econom.ies.of foreign countries, shall
be concerned with the economy as a whole in such countries and it shall
be concerned primarily with internal economic developments.
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4+. The Chairman of the Subcommittee is designated by the EIC,
and the Central Intelligence Agency provides the permanent Secre-
tariat. The Subcommittee may set up ad hoc working groups as
necessary to assist in carrying out any of its assigned functions.
The production of interdepartmental economic intelligence normally
is assigned to ad hoc working groups rather than to the Subcommittee
C. Functions
1. As the standing interagency economic intelligence group of
professional and technical personnel in the field of general economic
analysis, the Subcommittee shall perform the following minimum
functions:
(a) Facilitate review of proposals for external research
contracts in its field in accordance with the provisions of DCID 3/1
using the procedures adopted by the EIC. fee EIC-D-1121,
5 June 1958, Procedures for EIC Review of Proposed US Governmental
External Economic Research Contracts Involving More Than $5,000)
(b) Produce, on its on initiative (with EIC approval), or
when directed by the EIC, interdepartmental economic intelligence an
subjects in its field which transcend the competence of a single
department or agency.
(a) Arrange on its own initiative, or when directed by
the EIC, for the coordination of individual agency reports deemed
of sufficient national security importance to warrant the solicita-
tion of concurrences from the representatives on the Subcommittee.
Arrange for coordination with other Subcommittees as appropriate,
(d) Mobilize, in support of the intelligence community,
the full economic knowledge and technical talent in its field
available in or to.the Government. Such support will normally take
the form, of ad hoe responses to the requests of other USIB Committees
Le.g., the USIB Ad Hoc Committee on Exchange..
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2. In addition to the minimum functions outlined above, the
Subcommittee on General Economic Analysis, when appropriate, shall
perform the following function with respect to its assigned field;
Assist or advise agencies in the programming of research
in order to minimize duplication and assure as effective a distri-
bution of research effort as is practical in view of each agency's
responsibilities.
Sperating Procedures
The Subcommittee shall establish its own operating procedures
subject to the following conditions;
1. It shall meet in formal session at least once each fiscal
year, Its Annual Report will be responsive to the request of the
EIC Secretariat and will cover the activities of the Subcommittee
in fulfilling its mission as outlined in C,. above. The Subcommittee
will schedule meetings as required to fulfill its missions.
2. The Subcommittee Secretariat shall provide all members of
the EIC, the Subcommittee, and the EIC Secretariat with copies of
the Agenda and Minutes of its meetings.
3. Reports and recommendations which have been approved by
the Subcommittee may be transmitted to the EIC without comment.
In case of dissent, the transmittal must be accompanied by an
appropriate statement, prepared by the.dissenter(s), advising the
EIC of the nature and substance of the dissent.
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