Work Program Agenda

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 30, 1998
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• Publication Date: January 27, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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27 January 1972,
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Members, NSCIC Working Group
SUBJECT : Work Program Agenda
1. Reference is the meeting of the NSCIC Working Group
scheduled for 1430 hours, Friday, 4 February, in the DCI
Conference Room at CIA Headquarters, the agenda for which is
being described in this memorandum.
2. The NSCIC has charged the Working Group with
preparation of a plan of action to support the NSCIC in fulfillment
of the mission assigned to its members in the President's memo-
randum of 5 November 1971 on "Organization and Management of
the U. S. Foreign Intelligence Community". This mission is to
"give direction and guidance on national substantive intelligence
needs and provide for a continuing evaluation of intelligence
products from the standpoint of the intelligence consumer".
3. At the initial meeting of the Working Group on 13 December
1971, members from consumer agencies were requested to submit
an expression of their needs. The replies were quite varied.
a. Dr. Cline responded for the State Department with a
six-page listing of suggested tasks and problems for consideration
of the NSCIC and an eight-page description of "The Intelligence
Requirements Process at State".
b. Dr. Hall cited the Defense Department need for "a
clear perspective on the effectiveness of intelligence in crisis
situations" and he recommended five such situations for study--
the E tian/Israeli cease fire, the Jordanian aircraft seizure,
the Panamanian ship seizure, and the India/Pakistan
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c. Mr. Mardian submitted a four-page statement of
Justice Department intelligence requirements in the fields of
internal security and counterintelligence, immigration matters,
narcotics matters, and organized crime, plus an exhibit which
listed 40 pages of detailed requirements with respect to intelli-
gence on narcotics matters in various countries of the world.
d. Vice Admiral Weinel listed three types of. "intelligence
shortfalls" as viewed by the JCS. In "intelligence processing" he
indicated the most important area of concern was "How do we do a
better job of keeping decision makers up to speed without overburden-
ing them? ". Under strategic intelligence he listed strategic warning
and Soviet nuclear doctrine,, and under technical intelligence the
SA-5, BACKFIRE bomber and Soviet ASW/underseas capabilities..
4. After study of the committee member responses, I felt
that the most appropriate next step was to submit a program of
proposed action projects for Working Group consideration. Those
which the Working Group decided to sponsor would represent the
Group program. Ad hoc task groups would be the primary mechanism
for accomplishing the study efforts, although some of the tasks could
be assigned to the DCI staff.
5. At Tab A are 12 individual "action proposals" organized
under three headings: Consumer needs, product evaluation, and
production improvement.
6. Consumer needs: The problem here is to insure the
adequacy of guidance to the intelligence community and of communi-
cations between consumers and intelligence producers, in terms of
both generalized and specific needs. Three proposed projects in
this area are:
a. Expected major requirements for new or different
intelligence in the near- to mid-term future
b. Review of the Supplement to DCID 1/2 "U. S. Intelli-
gence Objectives and Priorities"
c. Survey of consumer reaction to intelligence products
7. Product evaluation: Responsibility for the evaluation of
intelligence products is assigned in the President's memorandum to
the Net Assessment Group of the NSC Staff. It is anticipated that
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other consumer agencies also may initiate product evaluations from
the standpoint of their own needs. The intelligence community can
assist, if requested, in the identification of products to be evaluated
or by providing summations of materials produced on particular
subjects or produced in response to particular events. Intelligence
agencies, however, should not be involved in evaluating their own
products. Four action projects proposed at Tab A are:
a. Review of the N'IE- ll series
b. Intelligence support for SALT negotiations
c. Case study of U. S. intelligence reactions to a
political-military crisis: The India/Pakistan
conflict of 1971
d. Evaluation form for intelligence products
8. Production improvement: A detailed examination of the .
production process, out of which it. is expected will come recom-
mendations appropriate for consideration by the NSCIC Working
Group, is called for by the Presidential memorandum of 5 November
1971. Five action projects in this area are proposed at Tab A as
follows:
Resources devoted to production by the U. S.
intelligence community
b. Survey of the intelligence analyst situation
c. Research and development relating to
intelligence production
d. Intelligence support for U. S. international
economic, financial and commercial policies
e. China as an intelligence research and
production target.
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9. Attempt has been made to include in the twelve action
projects which are at Tab A those problem areas on which early
attention should be focused. It is recognized that the future
program of the Working Group will include additional problem
areas, an example of which might well be an examination of the
impact which international developments in the narcotics traffic
can be expected to have on the intelligence needs of major U. S.
consumers.
10. Your reaction to the proposed action projects and any
proposals for additional or substitute projects will be the topic
of our i.B'February meeting. I am distributing this memorandum
and the description of the proposed projects well ahead of our
meeting so that you can be prepared to discuss your views as to
the practicality and usefulness of the proposed program, and to
present any proposals you may have for recasting the project
list or to introduce alternative proposals. One of our tasks will
be to decide upon the projects which are to be undertaken first
since the entire list, while designed to respond to the President's
memorandum, is beyond our capability to undertake simultaneously.
11. I anticipate a rather lively discussion.
Bronson Tweedy
Chairman
NSCIC Working Group
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