COMMENTS OF USIB PRINCIPALS ON PENDING DISCONTINUATION OF THE NIB

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 30, 2005
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• Publication Date: April 29, 1976
• Content Type: MF

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, ` April 1976
1\ZEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy to the DCI for the Intelligence
(1 o in triunity
SUBJECT: Comments of USIB Principals on Pe:rndinc'
Discontinuation of the NIB
REFERENCE: DCI's Memo (Attached)
1. All USI3 principals (except N;tvy, which has not been heard
from) agree that the NIB should he discontinued.` Several principals
however, have made a number of interesting recommendations, and
the comments of r_d General Tighe reveal what G pe ~r
to be very different interpretations of ..,hat the new procedures fur
the National Intelligence Daily (NID) will be:
o General Allen recommends th it. the cabled version of the
NID include GAMMA and TK material; this proposal cae
probably be accommodated.
suggests that the DCI's proposals be tried
during a trial period, after which reactions to the new
product could be solicited "and a final decision made
regarding the continuation of the cable format /of the NIL-!. '
This strikes us as an eminently sensible suggestion.
o General Tighe proposes "that a working group be establi.s'red
as soon as practicable to draft a Memorandum of Under-
standing or appropriate directive governing preparation,
coordination, attribution and dissemination of the modified
National Intelligence Daily. " This is likely to cause some
consternation in CIA.
o General Tighe's comments reflect his view that the
procedures associated with the new NID will allow the
retention of "the Community discipline enforced by the
coordination procedures of the Bulletin /NID_/ . " Tighe
clearly believes that the NIL) should be fully coordinated,
at least with DIA.
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observes that if, contrary to his own view, there incest lac,
a "fully coordinated" national intelligence daily, then "iL:
will have to be just that--with an end to talk If. e. , CIA: f
talk/ about 'light coordination' and 'coordination in t~.b to ce'
and exemption of single articles. "
two large loopholes in the coordination process.
on the other hand, states in his coi-nnlent-;
that the Nil) should not be considered a "fully coordiuat(>d
publication" when--according to the DCI--there will be
2. The differences between Ti~,,he and illustrate a
major problem associated with this new venture: CIA's de,-;i:re t(
fully control its own daily publication, with only a modest bow in
the direction of coordination with otler Community entities, and
DIA's belief that it should continue to play an influential role in
determining the contents of that same daily publication.
3. My own view is that Hal Saunders is right: We do not now
need a fully coordinated daily, and we should not try to pretend (is
the memo for USIB principals signed by the DCI in fact did) that the-
new NID will be "fully coordinated. " I would not second General
Tighe's notion that a working group >e established to draft the cra.xter
of the new NID. I do think, though, that at the end of a trial period
the -IC Staff might make some constructive suggestions about modifying
the new NID procedures.
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UNITED STATES TNT'l,TAOENCE BOARD 7,imii ed ); f r_hution
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAJ4
MEMORANDUM FOR USIB PRINCIPALS
SUBJECT Current Intelligence Publications
REFERENCES a. USIB-D-71.11,/'i, 2 December 1974
b. USIB-D-71.11/t,, 4 April 1974
c. USIB-M-664, 4 April 1974, Item 3
1. I have recently conductoc a review of the current
intelligence publications produces' in CIA. This review hLs
involved a close look at the need for individual publica-
tions as well as their format and production costs. As pErt
of this process a representative from my Office of Current
Intelligence has consulted with the principal production
officers in DIA, State, and NSA.
2. My findings indicate that the daily intelligence
needs of our main consumers can continue to be well served
and that a substantial savings of several hundred thousand
dollars can be realized by discontinuing the National Intel-
ligence Bulletin, the procedures for which were established
in the reference documents. In its place, I propose to meet
departmental needs by producing a cabled version of the
National Intelligence Daily.
3. More specifically, I propose that the NID become .i
fully coordinated publication. Late-breaking news items
that cannot be coordinated will be so identified. As at
present, drafting will be handled by CIA; DIA's Defense
Intelligence Notices and other departmental intelligence pub-
lications will be used as the basis: for some drafts. In
addition, DIA, State, NSA, and CIA will be invited to submit-
feature articles. The feature articles will give attributajo1,
to the author and his organization and will be coordinated i_t,
substance. We will continue to require the services of repre-
sentatives from the participating agencies to facilitate the
coordination process and to speed the exchange of substantiv*n
information.
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4. The cabled version of t -e NID will,, carry an ove ra i_ 1
classification of TOP SECRET COMT.NT NOFORN, but each par3-
graph will be individually classified so that recipients can
more easily use the information to meet their departnentl
needs.
5. If you have any comments please provide then to
the Executive Secretary of USII3 by 22 April 1976.
George I3ush
Chairman
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