NATIONAL HUMINT COLLECTION PLAN (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00024R000400310022-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2007
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: June 4, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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NO. 82-19
The Director of Central Intelligence ?Ju1y 1982
Washington, D.C. 20505
Intelligence Community. Staff
4 June 1982
DCI/ICS 82-6050
MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution
FROM:
Director,, ce of HUMINT Collection
SUBJECT: National HUMINT Collection Plan
(Revised April 1982)
1. Attached is the revised Collection Plan on ~ 25X1
containing agreed assignments of collection responsibility. This
revision follows an assessment of collection and reporting in
response to the previous edition. The findings of this
assessment are reflected in Part III (The Collection Problem) of
the new Plan. In sum, there are new pressures on the HUMINT
collectors to produce more information that would assist i
ing advantageous US policies vis-a-vis both 25X1
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affairs, including policymaking in all areas. Consumers believe
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2. National HUMINT Collection Plans, issued under the
authority of Executive Order 12333,.are comprehensive statements
of HUMINT collection responsibility for designated US Government
agencies. Responsibilities assumed by your organization (and
those collection/reporting elements under your management or
control) are as indicated for the national intelligence
objectives listed in Part II (National HUMINT Objectives and
Responsible Collectors). Other matters relevant to HUMINT
reporting or collection which may perta your organization
are noted in other parts of the Plan. 25X1
3. Agencies without established reporting channels to the
Intelligence Community are urged to pass useful information on
the national intelligence objectives listed in the Plan to CIA's
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Overseas, theses agencies will normally report through Mission
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4. For CIA/DDO: Your attention is invited to collection
objectives 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 13-17, 22-24, 26 concerning which the
following agencies accepted collection responsibilities: ICA,
Commerce, DEA, and Energy. In accordance with DCID 2/8, you are
requested to collect and process information from these
agencies. You are also requested to be alert for opportunities
to collect against those objectives from agencies with which you
are inct which have not been specifically designated in the
Plan. 25X1
5. For State/D/INR: Also a letter forwarding
the Collection Plan to I would appreciate 25X1
your arranging for its transmittal, as well as co ies of the
Collection Plan to the Chiefs of Mission in 25X1
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6. For agencies with production/analytic responsibilities,
I request that copies of this Plan be provided to the appropriate
office(s) of your organization. Analysts wishing to levy
amplifying requirements under an objective in Part II of the Plan
are urged to cite the objective and forward the requirements
through established requirements channels to the.agencies or
departments with designated collection responsibility. This will
assist collectors in meet~na their responsibilities as indicated
in the Collection Plan. 25X1
7. Any questions regarding this subject should be directed
to tha nrinrinai drafter of the Plan, phone
Attachments:
As stated
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