REACTIVATION OF REQUIREMENTS ADVISORY BOARD (RAB)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00506R000100190016-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 1998
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: December 18, 1974
• Content Type: PAPER

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Background Paper for pre-USIB Meeting, 18 December 1974
REACTIVATION OF REQUIREMENTS ADVISORY BOARD (RAB)
1. In a letter of 4 December to the Director,
Secretary Simon stated'he was "pleased" that the RAB will be
reactivated under its new name, the Economic Intelligence
Subcommittee (EIS) of the NSCIC. This, of course, is being
done with the concurrence of the NSCIC Chairman, Dr. Kissinger.
2. Charles A. Cooper, Treasury's Assistant Secretary for
International Affairs, will serve as chairman. As in its past
incarnation, senior policymakers from the principal departments,
agencies, and White House staffs concerned with foreign economic
policymaking.will be represented: Commerce; Council of
Economic Advisers (CEA); Council on Economic International
Policy (CIEP); President's Special Representative for Trade
Negotiations (STR); State; Treasury [William Morell will serve
as Vice Chairman]; and USIB's Economic Intelligence Committee
(EIC)
. In addition, Secretary Simon has agreed that the EIS
will, be augmented by the inclusion of representatives from
Agriculture, the Energy Research and Development Administration
(ERDA) [formerly AEC] the Export-Import Bank, and the NSC Staff.
3. With respect to its Secretariat the Nat'
gence Officer for Economics and Energy, 25X1A9a
Lhe held this position with the RAB under y 15X1Hya
and he is the EIC Executive Secretary
as well]
,
serving as the Deputy Executive Secretary.
4. Subject to the schedule of the Chai
h
rman, t
e Secretariat
is anticipating holding an initial meeting of the EIS next
month. The agenda will include, but not be limited to, three
topics:
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The problem of protecting sensitive sources and
methods, particularly re energy and monetary matters.
raised by members. .
5. The EIS program of work over the coming months will
also focus on formulating the FY 76 economic KIQs (which provide
over-all policy support as opposed to regional economic subjects),
on evaluating the community's product, on determining collection
deficiencies (noting the need for inside information that can
be obtained only by sensitive intelligence techniques), on
establishing a mechanism for the provision of staff support to
the NIO/E in the drafting of NIE-type papers, on providing early
warning of impending economic policy questions so that the
intelligence community products can be scheduled to tie in with
upcoming policy papers, and on briefings in response to questions
IC/PRD: jes/5949(l6Dec74)
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