1980 CIA LONG-RANGE PLANNING PROJECT - SUMMARY REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00988R000500110033-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2009
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: December 31, 1980
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Committee Members
CIA Long-Range Planning Group Members
Long-Range Planning Issue Team Chairpersons
FROM '. Deputy?Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT 1980,.CIA_Long-Range Planning Project - Summary Report
1. Forwarded herewith is a summary report on the EXCO~i Long-
Range Planning Project for 1980. Prepared by the Executive Committee
Staff, the paper summarizes major conclusions reached in the ten issue
papers and in Executive Committee deliberations concerning them. The
paper consists of key findings; an assessment of the world environment
of the 1930s and its intelligence implications; definition of basic
problem. areas; suggestions for the 1983 Program Guidance; and a forecast
of the 1981 planning cycle.
2. This first long-range planning cycle has been informative and
useful to the Executive Committee. ode have benefited organizationally
from both the process and from the project of our planning effort.
Among these benefits have been the definition of major issues with
which the Agency must deal in the 1980s; the systematic consideration
of these issues by .interdirectorate teams of line managers; and
their articulation to CIA leadership at the most senior J.evel. This
planning exercise has resulted in the initiation of efforts to obtain
substantially increased resources for some major CIA facility and system
improvements. Also, although many of the issues presented could not be
dealt with individually in this process, ~?Te have defined some broader
directions for continued management attention. The productivity of this
process has been such that I intend to recommend to the incoming DCI that
he continue it in a similar but improved manner in 1981.
3. Both the Director of Central Intelligence and I thank all of
you for your contributions and support to this major and innovative effort.
I urge you to express to the participating personnel of your directorates
.and individual planning team members our positive evaluation of the results
of this first annual long-range lanning project and our appreciation of
their individual contributions.
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