THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S MAJOR PRODUCTS, PRODUCTION ELEMENTS AND POINTS OF CONTACT FOR CONSUMERS

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THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S
MAJOR PRODUCTS, PRODUCTION ELEMENTS
AND POINTS OF' CONTACT FOR CONSUMERS
Note: This paper was prepared by the Product Review Division
(PRD) of the Intelligence Community Staff. PRD's primary
functions are to conduct a continuing critical review of
national intelligence products, to prepare post.-mortem
reports of the community's performance prior to and dur?
international crises, and to oversee and recommend imp,
ments in the community's crisis management and warnin,:^
mechanisms and procedures. In the performance of these
functions, PRD officers are in close touch with representa-
tive elements of both the consumer community and the
intelligence production community and are thus well. placed
to act as a. bridge between them. They will be happy to
respond to any questions consumers may have concerning
the production community or national intelligence products.
The names of PRD officers, their geographical or functional
responsibilities, and their telephone numbers are listed in
Annex H.
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Table of Contents
I.
II.
INTRODUCTION
MAJOR PRODUCTS
A.
National Estimates
B.
Defense Estimates
C.
State /INR Analytical /Estimative Papers
D.
Current intelligence
1. Dailie s
2. Weeklies
E.
Warning
1. Alert Memorandum
2. Strategic Warning Notice
3. DIA Warning Intelligence Appraisal
F.
Other Analytical Studies
III. ORGANIZATION FOR PRODUCTION
A. National Intelligence Officers
B. Central Intelligence Agency
1. Directorate of Intelligence
2. Directorate of Science and Technology
C. Defense Intelligence Agency
1. Defense Intelligence Officers
2. Deputy Director for Intelligence
3. Deputy Director for Science and Technology
4. Deputy Director for Estimates
D. State Department/Bureau of Intelligence and Research
1. Research Directorate
2. Current Intelligence Staff
3. External Research
Annexes
A
Matrix of Products
B
NIOs and Phone Numbers,
C
USIB Members
D
CIA Production Elements,
Chiefs and Phone Numbers
E
DIA Production Elements,
Chiefs and Phone Numbers
F
DIOs and Phone Number s
G
INR Production Elements,
Chiefs and Phone Numbers
H
Intelligence Community Staff, Product Review Division
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THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S
MAJOR. PRODUCTS, PRODUCTION ELEMENTS
AND POINTS OF CONTACT FOR CONSUMERS
This paper identifies and briefly describes the major end products
of the intelligence process. It also indicates which elements of the
intelligence community are primarily responsible for the preparation
of these products and identifies the particular officers who have
primary production responsibility for each product. The names
and telephone numbers of these officers are listed in the appropriate
annexes, and all the data in this paper is summarized in matrix form
at Annex A.
A. National Estimates
1. There are four major types of national estimative
papers, as listed below. - They are prepared and coordinated
among appropriate elements of the community under the
sponsorship of the appropriate National Intelligence Officer
(NIO).
2. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) - The NIE is
intended for NSC-level policy-making authorities. Topics
selected for treatment in the NIE format are limited to those
of high policy concern. The exposition is normally structured.
in such a way as to illuminate policy issues and, when
appropriate, the choices which may he open to policy
authorities. If back-up material is required, it is often
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published in separate annexes. NIEs are published by
the DCI after approval by the United States Intelligence
Board (USIB). <
3. Special National Intelligence Estimate (SNIE) - SNIEs
differ from NIEs in that they address specific policy problems
immediately on the horizon. They are generally shorter, and
prepared more quickly, than NIEs.
4. National Intelligence Analytical Memorandum (NIAM) -
The NIAM is intended for officials involved in policy support
activities below the NSC level. Topics selected for treatment
in NIAMs are of important policy concern but usually do not
have the high priority of NIE topics. The analysis and sup-
porting evidence in a NIAM will normally be exposed in some
detail. NIAMs are issued by the DCI generally after telephonic
approval by the USIB.
5. Interagenc rIntelligence Memorandum (JAM) - The
key difference between an JAM and other estimates is the
fact that an JAM does not require USIB concurrence. The
JAM is a coordinated effort of several agencies which
addresses relatively broad and complex issues and is
intended for a high-level audience.
B. Defense Estimates
1. DIA produces four main types of estimative papers.
They focus primarily on military subjects and are addressed
primarily to DOD consumers.
2. Defense Intelligence Estimates (DIE) are coordinated
with the intelligence chiefs of the services whereas Defense
Intelligence Estimate Memoranda (DIEM) are not coordinated.
DIEMs often are used as vehicles for more immediate estimative
responses than are possible with DIEs. Special Defense Intel-
ligence Estimates (SDIE) generally address subjects or issues
which are narrower in scope or more specific in impact than
the subjects of DIEs. SDIEs are coordinated with the services.
A list of USIB members is at Annex C.
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Defense Intelligence Analytical Memoranda (DIAM), which
are not coordinated with the services, are used to address
major analytical problems and often include a historical
review. They do not necessarily include a forecast as an
estimate would.
C. State /INR Analvtical/Estimative Pa 7~ ers
INR produces Research Studies designed to give State
Department officers background information on policy-
related subjects or to draw their attention to phenomena
of potential importance for the security or foreign relations
of the United States. These studies may, for example,
examine the social and political factors shaping the outcome
of an election, changing patterns of third-world cooperation
and competition, the implications of trade arrangements,
the issues to be discussed at an international conference,
or general political, economic and military developments.
They may speculate on the thoughts and plans of national
leaders. Wherever possible, estimates of likely prospects
are included in the studies.
D. Current In.telli ence
1. Dailies --
a. President's Daily Brief (PDB) - A compilation
of key items of intelligence on foreign developments
prepared by CIA's Office of Current Intelligence and
distributed only to the President, Vice President, and
Secretary of State.
b. National Intelligence Daily (NID) - A compilation
in tabloid format of key items of current intelligence
produced six days a week by CIA's Office of Current
.Intelligence. To the extent possible, it is prepared
in consultation with all appropriate elements of the
community. The dissemination is limited to about
65 named rinci als only. Items classified up to TS
25X1A2b may be included in the NID.
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c. National Intelligence Bulletin (NIB) - The NIB
is published six days a week by an interagency editorial
board responsible directly to the DCL It is produced
in collaboration with member agencies of the USIB.
The NIB receives a relatively wide dissemination with
approximately 300 copies being sent to readers outside
CIA. TS NOFORN COMINT is the highest classification
included in the NIB.
d. Defense Intelligence Notices (DIN) - Prepared
by DIA, DINs each discuss a single development of
current intelligence interest. They are disseminated
in as near real-time as practicable. Those items which
deserve immediate attention to support current decision
making are identified as Special DiNs. Distribution is
largely within the DOD and to the military commands
world-wide.
e. DIA Intelligence Appraisal (DIAIAPPR) - DIA's
current appraisals contain in-depth analysis, reflect
community-wide coordination and present greater graphics
support than is possible in the DINs.
f. State/INR Intelligence Briefing Notes - One-page
reports which alert senior officers of the State Department
to significant new items of intelligence and comment on
them.
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2. Weeklies?
a. DIA WeeklV Intelligence Summary (DIAWIS) - A
world-wide compilation issued on Fridays.
b. The Weekl Review - Issued every Friday by
OCI, this review reports and analyzes significant
developments of the week through noon on Thursday.
Topics requiring more comprehensive treatment, and
therefore published separately as Special Reports, are
listed in the contents. Material in this periodical is
at the Top Secret/C.odeword level. An expurgated
version of the Review at the Secret level, entitled
The Weekly Summary, is distributed more widely.
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E. Warning
1. Alert Memorandum (AM) - An interagency publication
issued by the DCI on behalf of the community. It is addressed
to the members of WSAG and disseminated, inter alia, to all
USIB Principals. It provides explicit warning of possible
developments abroad of major concern to the US. It is
prepared under the direction of the appropriate NIO.
2. Strategic Warn.in Notice - Issued by the Special
Assistant to the DCI for Strategic Warning to the DCI, who
will notify the President and NSC or take such other action
as he deems necessary. When time is of the essence, the
Special Assistant may issue such notices directly to the
President and NSC with concurrent dissemination to the
DCI and USIB Principals.
3. DIA Warning I>.telli once &pLDraisal (DIAIAPPR) -
This publication is a form of time-sensitive alerting intelligence
which contains greater depth of analysis than that permitted in
a special DIN.
F. Other Analytical Studies
The various components of the intelligence community
produce a wide variety of other reports and studies within
their areas of responsibility.
A. The National Intelligence Officers
1. By memorandum of 3 October 1973, the Director
of Central Intelligence advised the USIB Principals of the
A recent survey of Washington-produce'. intelligence community
periodicals revealed that some 130 hard-copy intelligence
publications are issued at least twice a year and disseminated
outside the agencies of origin. Most of these cover highly
specialized military subjects, such as Order-of-Battle, which
are rarely of interest to consumers outside the intelligence
community.
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establishment of a system of National Intelligence Officers
to take over the functions previously performed by the Board
and Office of National Estimates, which had been disbanded,
plus additional. assignments.
2. The DCI memorandum stated that each National
Intelligence Officer was his personal representative and
reported directly to him. By tasking USIB members through
the normal chains-of-command, the NIOs satisfy the require-
ments for National Intelligence Estimates, for the responses
to National Security Staff Memoranda, and for DCI briefings.
The task of each NIO was "to provide contact laterally ...
across the functional organized intelligence community and
with customers and outside consultants as required" to
provide coordinated products using panels of experts or
ad hoc committees.
3. The specific tasks of the National Intelligence Officers
were to:
a. identify customer needs for national intelligence;
b. evaluate the intelligence product and the effective-
ness of programs;
c. specify uncertainties which require collection
guidance; and
d. report problems in analysis, production, or
national policy on which national intelligence might offer
assistance.
4. The directive states that National Intelligence Officers
will maintain close personal relations with the National Security
Council Staff and other principal intelligence consumers and
contributors: "They will present fully objective presentations
of alternative views and interpretation.
5. The Director of Central Intelligence placed the NIOs
outside the CIA organization and created a Deputy to the DCI
for the NIOs. The directive stated that NIOs may be appointed
for geographical areas or functions as the DCI may deem
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necessary from time to time. NIOs are chosen for their
expertise, not their affiliation, and may be selected from
the military services, CIA, DIA, NSA, State, and other
government departments, academia, or industry. A list
of the current NIOs, their assignments, and telephone
numbers is attached (Annex B).
6. In addition to overseeing all national intelligence
production, the NIOs have specific responsibility (as
noted above) for the preparation, coordination, and
dissemination of the four major types of national
estimative papers and Alert Memoranda.
B. The Central Litelligence Alen
1. As indicated on the chart at Annex D. the bulk of
CIA's production. responsibilities rests with the Directorate
of Intelligence (DDI), in the following specialized offices:
a. Office of Current Intelligence (OCI) - This .
office prepares the President's Daily Brief, the
National Intelligence Daily, the Weekly Review, and
the Weekly Summary'. It provides the editor and other
staff support for the National Intelligence Bulletin.
At the request of the DCI and the NIOs, it prepares
a variety of other special studies on matters of
current interest.
b. Office of Economic Research (OER) - This
office publishes two periodicals, the Economic
Intelli once Weekly and International Oil Developments,
also a weekly. Its analysts participate in the prepara_,
tion of all national products that have an economni.c
dimension.
c. Office of Political Research (OPR) - This
office undertakes studies that look further into the
future and are thus necessarily more speculative
than estimative papers put out by the NIOs. During
the past year, for example, it has published papers
on possible longer-term (5-10 years) developments in
Sino/Soviet relations and on Japan's changing leadership.
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d. Office of Strategic Research (OSR) - As the
name implies, this office concentrates its efforts on
the strategic forces of the Soviet Union, the People's
Republic of China and the other communist nations.
It maintains the order of battle information necessary
to prepare studies on strategic forces and to promptly
respond to requests for special evaluations. It also
works in the area of Net Assessment.
e. Three other elements in the DDI--the Office of
Geographic and Cartographic Research (OGCR), the
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), and the
Im.agerY Analysis Service (IAS)--prepare analytical
studies in their specialized fields. These studies are
usually produced as contributions to broader based
studies, such as national estimates, and are not
generally of direct interest to consumers outside
the intelligence community.
2. CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology (DDS&T),
in addition to collection and processing responsibilities, has
major production responsibilities. These are concentrated in
the following two elements:
a. The Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI) - This
office publishes reports and studies on foreign technical
and scientific developments which are of special interest
or concern to the policy maker. It concentrates, for
example, on laser developments in the Soviet Union and
the nuclear proliferation problem world-wide. It also
publishes two periodicals: the Weekly Surveyor,
relatively brief notes (designed primarily for other
analysts) on spot items of S&T intelligence; and the
Scientific Intelligence Digest, a monthly compilation
of analytical articles on important S&T subjects.
b. The Office of Weapons Intelligence (OWI) - This
new office was set up in 1974 to concentrate on the analysis
of weapons systems as a whole, as'distinct from. technical
information on the performance of individual weapons.
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It produces a daily Weapons Intelligence Summary and
prepares special studies for weapons-related estimative
papers.
C. The Defense Intelligence Agency
1. The organization of the Defense Intelligence Agency
for production is given on the chart at Annex E. Four major
components are involved.
2. Defense Intelligence Officers (DIOs) - General Graham
recently established the DIO system in DIA. The responsibility
of DIOs within DIA is similar to that of the NIOs with respect
to the community as a whole. A list of the current DIOs, their
assignments, and telephone numbers is attach'ed (Annex F).
3. Depu Director for Intelli ence (DI) - All-source
finished general intelligence is produced by this directorate,
including current intelligence (daily reports and memoranda)
and studies in the areas of military capabilities. Studies and
reports are produced on such subjects as military economics,
dern.ography, terrain, transportation, weather, military
medicine, and escape and evasion. This directorate develops
and maintains all target systems and produces assessments
of bomb damage and research on physical vulnerability. It
also makes in-depth assessments on military operations.
4. Deputy Director for Science and Technology (DT) -
This directorate has three divisions which produce scientific
and technical intelligence in their designated areas: Nuclear
Energy and Applied Sciences, Weapons and. Systems, and
Electronics and Command. and Control. The material
produced is used by the Directorates for Intelligence and
for Esst mates.
E;,, ep _Director for Estimates (DE) - This directorate
prepa"-_ all DIA estimates and forecasts and works with the
NIOs, 100s, and other departments and, agencies on issues
related to estimates.
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D. The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)
1. Like DIA, INR's products are intended primarily
to support departmental needs but are also distributed to
other elements of the intelligence community. INR analysts
do, however, participate actively in the preparation and
coordination of national intelligence products, such as NIEs
and the NIB.
2. As indicated by the chart at Annex G, INR consists
of three major production elements. Most of the analytic
and estimative work is done in the Research Directorate,
which is subdivided into four geographic and four functional
offices.
3. The Current Intelligence Staff, in. addition to
producing the daily Briefing Notes for senior officers of
the Department, is heavily engaged in the preparation and
presentation of oral briefings.
4. The Office of External Research manages the
Department's program of contract research on foreign
affairs; arranges for outside experts to work with the
Department as consultants, conferees and seminar leaders;
coordinates other government-supported research on foreign
affairs; and collects and disseminates academic research
papers and reports.
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