FIRST MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE

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• Publication Date: December 3, 1971
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3 Desch.-ber 1971
0 AN1:1U~' FOR T1-Ii. R k. D
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hers Present:
.1 irst it c..etin of the National. Security
Council :intelligence Committee
Dr. 1Ci.ioinger, h,r. Mitchell, h r . Irwin,
Mr. Packard. Admiral Moorer, Mr. Heir::;
-,hers Present;
Dr. Cline and IM-lr. W~'ci:jc, State; Mr. ':ax shall.
Dr. 1-gall and :r. Buzhar at, Defense ; Vice Adm.
Weinel, JCS; Mr. Parrott
1. Dr. Kissinger opened the meeting by saying that this was
intf-nde to be an organizational cession, with the principal la,arpose
o c ccic ho?v the coxr?:rnittce will operate and what it will do. 1-i(-
sa id that this was a group of senior intelligence consurnors which as
he c :.w it :should rn:ect at fairly leis ;thly intervals. Its prix-r:ary function
=ra~.au be to express satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the product a ad
to c'etcrn.inc what clue zr.ight be needed.
2. He felt that the staff work for the NSCIC ylhould be carried
out by a subordinate committee which should be chaired by a repr
sontative of the DCI. le said that tae committee would have nothi:)??
:o do with budgetary ascpcts of the intelligence process, since these
.;,;.ttcrs would be considered by other corns-nittees. He felt that sons:
cf production of ~r . Mar hall'. not assessrncnt eon.1'1"tittcc would
be brought to the NSCIC.
3? Dr. Kissinger then asked that each member prr,rpare a s .Ze.=
m it of %vh'at his clepa rtn,:'Cnt' Fs rcci irc?11',eflt:3 for iftelligeace ax-o..
rouo should. then rncet again in pcrilapc; tea days to' two v/eeks: to look
at t. ce lists and to work out a charter and a ' work pk'o,'gran.'f or j-)Iaa
Cl? ,L-Lioa for Liao on-going ciclifacx?,-.?tia,xs of the con:l-r.ittcc. He thou ':;t
thr.L after that the con mitten would not have to meet for perha_x, two
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i,:.r. 114111.s .".;;1?c"c.d that it was not Piece czar y' to i";',CCt v'.`. x f
^;caLIy but he -;tn c of this colr-mittce- .;'ince
1.; i- tila tin c that the i:al:Cll.; Caccc con xnu/.':ity h s ever 11 c..c1 any
rc;cc. i'Vit:, the views of its prirci~~ 1 cord Zs on the
T. .
th t it was i:":',partant not only to assess what is
1:: L ::'la .:.1511 1'.U t-ood it is but also what is not needed. Dr. 1"sin r
and r:.i with this point but idr. Packard cautioned that it
1:16 not ,:Ic..co or.iariLy be. easy Co a ,Jrec`? on what is dispc11.:;~1bla.
5. The l: CI brouf;ht up the cjuc; ction of tactical interi;;e,:ce-
that L nator Z"llcndcr and others had been after hirn to rem ove
tnc;.ical iultcllii cncc from Co1-1s,deration in the national intelligence budget,
Tl'. j~ acct that this should be put back into the Services so as to ..ccducc
the total national intelligence bill. 1'r. Packard agreed with this and
said L.'1. t this subject should certainly be on the agenda for the nc t
se ~cion. Admiral Avioorer cautioned thc't tactical intelligence cannot be
ceataaliy controlled in Washin; ton and he and :. r. .?aci;ard agreed that
a and deal of what might be. Con idered tactical intelligence sho~1:G in
lac z be loo}cc a at as operational activity, In thic cor.nectio.25X1
Dr. t`i7 1a1C1~1 I said he saw no reason why tactical i telligenc : C.4illCi not
be broke:-, out of the national budget. i:Ic added that he would an reciate
:1:+V1:7 a rccon n,enclation for .^ syr ai?em of ex.an:ining such tactical int:;lli-
gC::ce as the monthly reconnai. sance schedules. Adi,.iral Moaicz
he had corr.n;issioned a study of the various peripheral recon .r:issance
activities and agreed that after the study is comnpleted, it would Le
brought to the NSCZC for policy guic.ance.
Thomas A. Parrott
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W`HITE:' HOUSE
,~,,ASkAINGTO N
MEMORANDUM FOR l,e Deputy Secretary of State
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
he Under Secretary of Treasury
I'lie Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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the Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT,
Action Program for the NSCIC Working Group
At its last meeting, the National Security Council Intelligence Committee
assigned various actions to the Working Group. The tasks detailed in the
attached action program should be completed by the Working Group for
consideration at an early meeting of the NSCIC.
In keeping with the mission of the NSCIC, the Working Group is being
reconstituted as a group of "intelligence users" with representation limited
to one member for each NSCIC member. The DCI's representative will be
the only "intelligence producer" on the Working Group and will provide
any contributions needed from the Intelligence Community.*"- Major General
Zamuel-.Vi Wilson-will cor e as the DGI's representative an& chairman of ti
Working Gr?u..a
It is requested that the name of your Working Group member be provided t
the NSCIC Executive Secretary, Richard Ober (Code 103, extension 5725).
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Src;GDS
Attachment
ACTION. PROGRAM FOR NSCIC WORKING GROUP
A enda item. 1: Perspectives for Intelligence, 1975 - 1980
Each Working Group member is requested to provide General
Wilsor_"within 10 clays his comments as to any policy issues identified
in the paper which should be called to NSCIC attention. General Wilson
will consolidate these comments and submit them to the Working Group
members for concurrence and/or consideration at a Working Group
meeting as appropriate.
11 enda item 2: Ike Intelli ;erice Questions for FY 1975
Working Group members are requested to provide to General Wilson,
within ten days, any comments or suggestions on the Key Intelligence --
Questions.
The Intelligence Community Staff will prepare a report concerning
warning intelligence and the handling of information in pre-crisis and
crisis situations. This report will be considered by the Working Group
prior to submission to the NSCIC.
A da item 3a: Intelligence Resources Over. view
The Intelligence Community Staff will prepare a report for consideration
by the Working Group on the "people problem which has arisen as a result
of major reduction in personnel strength of the Intelligence Community
over the past several years, with particular attention to the impact this
has had on the availablility of skilled analysts. Proposed actions which
could improve the outlook for dc.veloprnerit and improvement of the analytic ILLEGIB
force in key arras will be irn,cluc7.ed, The Working Group is to prepare
recommendations for submission to the NSCIC concerning the above
report and any other resource matters considered appropriate.
Agenda item 313- Pencling I egislation
The Working Group will undertake follow-up on the legislation pro-
posed by the ICI to amend he National Security Act of 1947 in. order to
enhance the protection of intelligence source: and methods. The Working
Group will prepare recommendations for the NSCIC as a priority matter.
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Aacuda item 3c: Proposed "Omnibus" NSCID
With NSCIC approval of the concept. of an Omnibus NSCID to replace
all of the existing NSCIDs and codify existing relationships in the
Intelligence Community, a special Task Group is being formed to develop
a USIB-coordinated version of the Omnibus NSCID. The coordinated
NSCID will be submitted to the Working Group for development of a
recommendation to the NSCIC. Completion of the project is expected in
October.
A. enda item 3e National/Tactical Intel.lipe Tnterface
This item was not considered at the NSCIC meeting. A progress report
on the Secretary of Defense/DCI project now underway on this problem will
be reviewed by the Working Group for su.brnission to the NS(-'1'1C at its next
meeting
Added it,-m: The fact of" Satellite Reconnaissance
The Working Group will review the DCPs letter of August 22, 1974,
on this subject and make a report to the NSCID.
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