USG COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84M00127R000100040089-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2007
• Sequence Number: 89
• Publication Date: May 20, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
DCI/ICS 82-4224
20 May 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Honorable William P. Clark
Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
SUBJECT: USG Counterterrorism Efforts
1. In an interim report to you on 22 March I provided a description of
Intelligence Community efforts to date against international terrorism, and I
indicated that a more detailed review of Intelligence Community activities
regarding this problem was being undertaken. The attached study by the
Critical Intelligence Problems Committee (CIPC) forwards the results of that
review.
2. It is apparent from the candid conclusions and recommendations in the
CIPC study that the Intelligence Community can improve its efforts against
international terrorism in several areas through some management initiatives
and without significant shifts in available resources. I have taken steps to
implement the recommendations in the study and I will keep you informed of our
progress. II
3. The study also notes a perceived lack of firm guidance for
intelligence in support of a well-defined national counterterrorism policy.
The manner in which the overall USG counterterrorism program is orchestrated
and managed of course has an impact upon the development and scope of the
intelligence support role. Though I welcome NSDD #30 (Managing Terrorism
Incidents) as a positive attempt to further clarify lines of authority and
jurisdiction at the national level, I strongly urge that the Interdepartmental
Group on Terrorism (IG/T) be charged to develop within a short time frame
clear policy guidance, procedures, and a general management architecture on
this subject for implementation by involved agencies. 0
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