TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PETROLEUM

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• Publication Date: September 17, 1958
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TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PETROLEUM
Approved by the EIC, 17 September 1958
A. Mission of EIC Subcommittee on Petroleum,
The mission of the EIC Subcommittee on Petroleum 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 the
Government.
B. Membership and Organization
1. Membership of the Subcommittee on Petroleum shall consist
of representatives of the USIB agencies as designated by these
departments and agencies and approved by the EIC.
2. Representatives of other government departments and agen-
cies 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
responsibilities for producing intelligence in the field of petro-
leum; (b) the extent to which an agency has an interest in economic
intelligence of broader scope which involves matters within the
scope of the Subcommittee; and (c) the availability of qualified
personnel.
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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
proper.
C. Functions
1. As the standing interagency economic intelligence group
of professional and technical personnel in the field of petroleum,
the Subcommittee shall perform the following minimum functions:
a. With. the guidance of current Priority National
Economic Intelligence Objectives, identify significant
research and collection deficiencies in the field of
petroleum intelligence;
b. Develop and report not less than annually to
the EIC ways in which these recognized research defi-
ciencies could be, or are being, corrected and ways in
which improvements could be, or are being, made in
economic intelligence collection requirements and in
the distribution and processing of economic intelli-
gence information;
c. Facilitate review of proposals for external
research contracts in the field of petroleum.intelli-
gence in accordance with. the provisions of DCID 3/1
using the procedures adopted by the EIC;
d. Produce, on its own initiative (with EIC
approval), or when directed by the EIC, interdepart-
mental economic intelligence on subjects in the field
of petroleum which transcend the competence of a
single department or agency;
e. Arrange on. its own initiative, or when directed
by the EIC, the coordination of individual agency re-
ports deemed of sufficient national security importance
to warrant the solicitation of concurrences from the
representatives on the Subcommittee. Arrange for coor-
dination with other Subcommittees as appropriate;
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f. Mobilize, in support of the intelligence
community, the full economic knowledge and technical
talent in the field of petroleum available in the
Government. Such support will include ad hoc
responses to the requests of other USIB Committees.
2. In addition to the minimum functions outlined above, the
Subcommittee on Petroleum, when appropriate, shall perform the
following functions with respect to its assigned field:
a. Assist or advise agencies in the programming
of research in order to minimize duplication and
assure as effective a distribution of research effort
as is practical in view of each agency's responsibil-
ities;
b. Provide an opportunity for the review and
comparison of methodologies utilized in research in
the field of petroleum intelligence;
c. Provide an opportunity, where appropriate and
practical, of obtaining closer agreement on selected
basic statistics within the field of petroleum intel-
ligence;
d. Bring to the attention of the EIC current
problems and requirements for coordinated research
which are recognized by the members of the Subcommittee.
D. berating Procedures
1. The Subcommittee shall meet periodically as required to fill
its mission.
2. The Subcommittee shall prepare and approve an Annual Report
to the EIC which will be responsive to the request of the EIC Secre-
tariat and will cover the activities of the Subcommittee in fulfill-
ing its mission as outlined in C, above.
3. 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.
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4. 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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