LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT FROM W. E. COLBY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82B00871R000100160011-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 2005
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: June 18, 1974
• Content Type: LETTER

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19 June 1974
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505
18 June 1974
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
Thank you for your most encouraging letter of March 22, 1974,
and its reinforcement of your earlier directives that I assume
leadership of the Intelligence Community. Since taking the oath in
your presence last September 4th to fulfill these duties, I am pleased
to report a general spirit of cooperation and collaboration among
the different elements of the Intelligence Community. The committee
structures established in your November 5, 1971, directive
(National Security Council Intelligence Committee, Intelligence
Resources Advisory Committee, and the reconstituted United States
Intelligence Board) have been useful vehicles for the determination
of substantive and resource questions affecting the Intelligence
Community.
During Fiscal Year 1974 we have been implementing the
Objectives approved in your letter of September 25, 1973. I hope
the annual report on these Objectives, to be filed after the end. of
the fiscal year, will be satisfying to you. A number of steps have
been taken which in my view improve the responsiveness of the
Intelligence Community to your needs, those of the National Security
Council, and those of the Congress. Specific steps of an organiza-
tional and procedural character have also been taken to focus the
Intelligence Community on higher priority needs and to increase
the effectiveness of our collection and analytical operations.
A fundamental element of my attempt to respond to your long-
term goals of November 5, 1971, is the effort to establish
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substantive intelligence needs as the driving force for the
Intelligence Community. Organization, evaluation and resource
allocation should seek the satisfaction of such intelligence require-
ments. I am pleased to report a general acceptance of a new
venture in this area, the identification of Key Intelligence Questions
for Fiscal Year 1974, which your September 25th letter encouraged
me to produce. This guidance for what the Intelligence Community
should cover will be used as the base point for the evaluation of our
effectiveness at the end of the fiscal year. We are still working
out the details to implement this process fully, but I intend to ensure
that the substantive intelligence needs of our customers dominate
discussions and decisions about the Intelligence Community.
Carrying on the process described above, and still responsive
to your November 5, 1971, long-term goals, I submit herewith for
your approval the Objectives of the Intelligence Community for
Fiscal Year 1975. The first group of these I have termed "Substantive
Objectives, " describing the output I believe you would expect of the
Intelligence Community during Fiscal Year 1975. These Substantive
Objectives would be used as the base for the development of more
detailed Key Intelligence Questions which I would issue to the
Intelligence Community with the approval of the National Security
Council Intelligence Committee. A second set is named "Resource
Management Objectives, " dealing with the interaction of the members
of the Intelligence Community and the allocation of resources to and
among them. These Objectives will be reflected in my December
submission to you of recommendations for the national foreign
intelligence program, including tactical intelligence. Milestones
have been established for the measurement and evaluation of
progress toward satisfaction of these two sets of Objectives, and
they will become the basis for my annual report to you of how
effectively the Intelligence Community performs during Fiscal Year
1975. A copy of the Milestones has been provided to the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget.
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I would welcome your approval, modification or discussion
in the National Security Council Intelligence Committee of these
recommended Objectives for 1975.
Respectfully and sincerely,
(signed)
W. E. Colby
Enclosure
Objectives for FY 1975
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MILESTONES
FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL OBJECTIVES IN
THE DCI'S
OBJECTIVES FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1975
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Exempt from general declassification
schedule of E.O. 11652,
exemption category 5B(2).
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