NSCIC Working Group Meeting on 4 April 1973

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 30, 1998
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• Publication Date: March 20, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DCI/IC 73-0163
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505
MEMORANDUM FOR: Members of the NSCIC Working Group
SUBJECT: NSCIC Working Group Meeting on 4 April 1973
1. The next meeting of the Working Group will be held on
Wednesday, 4 April, at 1430 hours in the DCI Conference Room at
CIA headquarters.
2. The-:`following agenda is proposed:
a. Minutes of the 3 October meeting
Approval of the minutes which were distributed to
members on 6 October 1972.
b. Review of Intelligence Support to NSSM-69 Follow-On
This study, subject as above, is a revision of the
NSSM-69 paper considered at the Working Group's 13 June meeting.
The revised study was sent to you on 12 January with a chairman's
memorandum which suggested that the study be discussed at the
next meeting, and then that salient points of this discussion and
copies of the NSSM-69 evaluation be referred to the production
managers for their in-house use. It was the chairman's view
that the NSSM-69 study did not identify problem areas which would
provide a basis for the drafting of guidance which the Working
Group should recommend to the NSCIC for its issuance to the
intelligence community.
c. Cruise Missile Study
Consideration of the "Report of the Committee to Review
the Intelligence Products Related to the Cruise Missile Threat,"
dated 1 February 1973. The chairman disseminated a memorandum
on this study, "Review of Intelligence Products Related to the
Cruise Missile Threat," dated 26 February. A memorandum dated
14 March in which Lt. General Seith comments on the chairman's
memorandum and proposes a different approach is attached.
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d. The Arab-Israeli Ceasefire of 1970, and Jordan-1970:
A Case Std
These are the second and third case studies,conducted
under Working Group auspices,of intelligence responsiveness in
Political/military crisis situaytions.
The first, A Case Study of the India-Pakistan Crisis
of 1971, was considered at the Working Group meeting on 3 October
and a memorandum resulting from the discussion was forwarded to
the NSCIC chairman on 5 October. The NSC Staff Secretary obtained
comments from the NSCIC members and an NSCIC meeting was scheduled
for 29 November to discuss committee action on the paper. This
meeting was rescheduled several times and then cancelled.
The Jordan-Palestinian Fedayeen study was sent to you for
review on 26 February, along with,a chairman's memorandum proposing
a course of action. This was followed on 12 March by a memorandum
concerning the study, prepared by Andrew W. Marshall, who had
monitored the study group effort.
The Arab-Israeli ceasefire study was forwarded to the
members on 2 March, together with a chairman's memorandum which
suggested the three crisis studies be considered together as a
package as basis for preparation of a set of follow-on
recommendations.
The chairman's memorandum of 2 March proposed that this
problem be assigned to a task group, following the Working Group
discussion, but I expect, instead, to forward to you before the
end of this week a suggested draft memorandum, setting forth the
lessons learned from these studies and the consequent' guidance
which the NSCIC should consider for issuance to the intelligence
community. Hopefully, this draft memorandum can be used as the
basis for our discussion at the 4 April meeting.
e. Progress Report on the Yugoslavia Study
Initiation of this study was approved by the Working
Group at the 3 October meeting. Mr. Marshall will report on
its current status.
f. Questions to be answered on Soviet ICBM's
A memorandum, subject as above, was sent to all members
on 13 March, requesting at listing of the critically important
questions about Soviet ICBM weapons systems and forces which
need to be answered over the next two years and the desired
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frequency of reporting. Input from each member was requested
by 30 March to enable a compilation of the responses for
discussion at the 4 April meeting.
g. Discussion of the future work program of the NSCIC
Working Group
Comments are solicited prior to the meetin from any
members who would like to have their suggestj,"s cis~eminated
to other members of the group.
Major General, USA
Chairman
Attachment
as stated
Distribution:
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