MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, 13 AUGUST 1980

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• Publication Date: August 21, 1980
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Committee Members
Special Assistant to the Deputy Director
SUBJECT : Minutes of Executive CoiPJni ttee Meeting,
13 August 1980
1. The Executive Committee met on 13 August 1980 to hear a status report
on the Agency long-range planning etfort, review proposals- by the CIA Long-
Range Planning Group, and provide guidance for next steps.. I-Ir_ Carlucci chaired
the session; and Messrs. Dirks (DDS&T), Mc?Mho DD t.ortman (DDA), Lipton
(Comptroller), Hineman (DD/PNFAC)., Briggs (IG), (SA/DDCI), and members
of the Planning Group participated. (AIUO)_
2. introduced the members of the CIA Interdirectorate Plan-
ning Group and highlighted progress, issues- and problems they have experienced
since the May EXCOM decision to proceed on long-range planning- He reviewed
options and recommendations for next steps and asked for Executive Committee
guidance regarding the Planning Group's proposed work plan, issues developed
to date, proposed end products, timing and pace of effort, and tasking impli.-
cati:ons for both staff and line organizations in each of the directorates.
The DDCI emphasized that we need a better long-range planning process that will
stimulate senior decisionmakers' thinking regarding how to move the total
organization forward in a coherent way. (AIUO)_
3. In response to Mr. Carlucci's comments about synchronizing the proposed
Agency-level planning effort with existing component planning cycles, Mr_ McMahon
suggested that good planning will have to drive the budget process. Planning
Group members noted that some difficulties are inevitable when a new process is
injected into ongoing systems. It was agreed, however, that necessary adjust-
ments can be and are being made as the planning process develops. (AIUO)
4. Throughout the discussion, members expressed their views regarding the
necessity for planning; benefits that could realistically be expected from
planning; top-down versus bottom-up planning; the need for channeling PRC con-
cerns, NITS, DCIDs, etc., into the planning process, and the appropriate linkages
between the planning and budget processes. There- was general agreement that
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long-range planning should be developed within a framework of broad resource
constraints if it is to be beneficial while at the same time not duplicating
the budget process. The Comptroller felt that the initial linkage between
planning and budgeting should occur in December/January, when the current
process hopefully produces planning guidance that will be channelled into
the DDCI's guidance letter to components for developing their FY-1983 program.
(AIUO)
5. The Committee agreed with the proposed work plan and discussed next
steps. In response to tions regarding staff work required between now
and November, roposed that the Planning Group and the directorates
should next provide more detailed analyses on the issues the Committee selected.
The additional analyses would include where the Agency now stands on an issue,
what the future environment may be, the consequent intelligence implications,
and alternatives for Committee decision.. (AIUO)
6. Mr. Carlucci asked how many issues could realistically be handled
and how important they should be to merit such attention. DDA and DDO proposed
that, because of staff implications, a pilot project of two or three issues be
selected for further analysis rather than proceeding with the full' menu as
recommended by the Planning Group. The DDCT responded that such a pilot effort
could not be considered a test of the full long-range planning process which
was the original EXCOM decision in May. The Committee agreed to move ahead on
all the management issues except two, Information Handling and Personnel, which
were being handled in other ways, and to task components, in coordination with
the Planning Group, to do further in-depth analyses of the remaining issues as
follows: .
NFAC - . All' foreign policy issues and management issue C--"How
can the Agency best exploit new opportunities and fill
potential gaps in intelligence production?"
DDO -- Management issue A.--"What would constitute an effective
overseas presence and supporting infrastructure in
increasingly difficult operational environments?" and
management issue D_--"What would constitute a suitable
CIA covert action capability to meet the requirements
of the 1980s?"
DDS&T- Management: issue B.--"What must the Agencydto to meet
growing intelligence collection requirements against
increasingly difficult targets?"
DDA- Management issue E.--"what CIA communications capabilities
will be required to handle the expanding needs of the
1980s?" and management issue H_--"What must CIA do to
adequately comply with statutory requirements concerning
records control, review, and public disclosure without
significantly impeding performance of its primary mission?"
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7. The Committee concurred wi .h fir. Lipton `s suggestion that the Planning
Group should work under at least two assumptions: (1) that the Agency will have
no increase in available resources during the time frame under consideration and
(2) that the Agency will have a ten percent increase in available resources in
those years. Mr. Carlucci said that he would like the issue analyses structured
in a way that will help the DCI/DDCI decide on the tradeoffs involved in investing
resources in one area versus another under either of the assumptions and that
innovative quantitative techniques he tried for this tradeoff analysis. The
Planning Group was tasked to prepare tl~ issue analyses during September for
Committee review in October/November. LJhe Committee t-;ill provide the planning
Group further guidance in those meetings regarding w'iie_,"e they think .the Agency
should be in relation to these issue areas in 1933-87 f By December, final
plannin ;ida_ nce should be developed based on the EXCC~-# revievi and ecz ions
and reflected inn the DDCI`s~January guidance letter for the FY-1983 program.
(AIUO)
8. Committee members suggested that the Planning Group meet with them for
additional guidance as necessary over the next two months and/or EXCO~?t meetings
be scheduled as issues are ready for review. Mr. Carlucci adjourned the meeting-
(AIUO)
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LEAD CO.~ONENT DDO
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ISSUE: l~ianagement Issue ~r`l: What would constitute an effective
overseas presence and supporting infrastructure in
increasingly difficult operational environments?
TEAM. MEriBERS
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DDO/EPDS
TELEPHONE
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SSA/DDA 9226
DDO/EPDS 1332/5073
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DDS&T/OTS 3332
EXCO~? Staff 16b7/6287
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Lead Cc;nponent DDS&T~
ISSUE: Management Issue ~/2: L~That must the Agency do to meet growing
intelligence collection req:~irements against increasingly
~1.ifficult targets?
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Lead Component NFAC
ISSUE: Management Issue ~/3: Flow can the Agency best exploit new
opportunities and fill potential gaps in intelligence
production?
TEAM ME,'~L13BR5 NAME COMPONENT TELEPHOYE
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Lead Component DDO
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ISSUE: Management Issue ~~4: What would constitute a suitable CIA
covert action capability to meet the requirements of the 198Os?
TEAM MEMt3EEtS NAME COMPONENT TELEPHONE
Chairman DDO/EPDS 1327/5087
Members:
DDO/CA
DDO/EPDS 9314/5814
DDA 8120
DDS&T/OTS 3278
EXCOM Staff 1667/6287
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Lead Component DDA
ISSUE: Management Issue ~/5: Shat CIA communications capabilities_
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Component
Telephone
DA/OC
8-8100
Chairman
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NFAC/OCR
1212/5211
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DDO/EPOS
1327/5087
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ISSUE: management Issue ~/6: What must CIA do to adequately comply with
:statutory requirements concerning records control, revieGr, and
aublic disclosure without si~nificantiy impeding perfarmanee of
its primary missions?
Component
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DCI/OPA
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DDO/EPDS
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OGC
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EXCO~i Staff
1667/6287
DDO/I~1S/.
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ISSUE NU,~iBER A~lD TITLE: ,
I. 'SU~~ibiARY STATEP~iENT: A brief sumrr:ary of the paper's ccntents (prepared las`}
iX. BACKGROUND: Exposition of -the issue's background and importance, any
appropriate discussion of history/expzrience of the hgency on -the issue.
III. CURRENT SITUATIOi~!: As full an analysis of the current si-tuation as possi.bl~,
in some detail, and of our currant organizational response to it. Try to
assure that all important factors and variables are discussed.
IV. STATI~P~Ei~iT OF TRENDS AND FUTURE_[7EVELOPi~iEiiT 0` THE ISSUE. Analysis and di.s-
CU55"iptl o~ current -situation projected and/or estimates of the -Future status
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of the issue. Time frames outt?rard to be considered are from 1981 to 1987/88,
further if appropriate, or at least to i98T_ Discuss possible/probable
impact of the problem on the Agency i-n those years.
V. ALTER~dATIVE COURSES GF ACTiOil: t?lha~t can ti?re do about i-t? Di.scus~s~~?ons
---or adoressing zne ~55uC ~r~ ~ ~_, ,~,,.~, ~ ~,., .. .....~..... ----- - -
fundamental resource assumpt%ons:
Resource Assumption ~l--no resource groetth in the next five-seven years_
How would you address the issue and its future implications? 4that
general re-prioritizing s}~ou1d 6e considered?
Resource AssUrrption ? T2--t~~n percent resource g'ro;?~ th for each of the
next five-seven years. Fio~?f ~?rould you allocate an additional ten
percent (~unds and/or personnel} in addressing the issue/problems?
VI. ATTACH~~IEPITS AS NECESSARY: Task Force leaders and f?tenbers; Any explanatory
footnotes, charts, exhibits, dei~ini-tions, or special comments.
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