CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON 1984-1985 CIA PROGRAM AND BUDGET

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• Publication Date: February 23, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director
Deputy Director for Administration
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director for Operations
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Daniel A. Childs, Jr.
Comptroller
Congressional Hearings on 1984-1985 CIA Program and Budget
(C)
Friday, the season of the congressional budget hearings is upon us and for the
next few months we will be spending considerable time explaining our 1984
program to congressional reviewers. The Comptroller's Office, in cooperation
with Legislative Liaison Division of External Affairs, will serve as a
clearing house for coordinating the presentations and the rovision of any
additional information concerning the 1984 CIA program.
2. We have had a number of discussions with key staff members of our
four principal committees and have an appreciation for the particular issues
and topics that both the staff members and congressmen are likely to
concentrate on. To ensure that our statements about the 1984 program are
completely consistent with the data contained in the Congressional Budget
Justification Book and that we are fully responsive to congressional concerns
and interests, we would like the opportunity to review and comment on your
formal presentations. Thus far, only the authorization committees have drawn
up detailed schedules for hearings and these are attached. The appropriation
committees will likely not get into motion on the NFIP program until April.
3. SSCI. The SSCI is on a fast track this year and plans to complete
its hearings in March. As you know, Ed Levine has asked for a series of
background briefings which will form the basis for many of the formal
questions that the SSCI will pose. We expect to get many, if not all, of
these questions before the hearings and will make them available to you as
soon as we receive them. As was the case last year, the SSCI will conduct a
series of NFIP-wide functional hearings beginning on 1 March:
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 1 March, 1400-1700, DCI NFIP Overview;
3 March, 1000-1300, HUMINT Collection (CIA witness: John Stein);
if 1400-1700, Overview, Technical Collection (focus will be
on overhead systems and no CIA witness has been
identified);
10 March, 1000-1300, Analysis and Production
(CIA witness: Robert Gates);
11 March, 1000-1300, Covert Action (CIA witness: William Casey);
15 March, 1000-1300, Counterintelligence
(CIA witness: William Casey).
4. Written statements and brief oral presentations will be required for
each of these sessions. The statements and presentations should summarize
overall capabilities and shortfalls against the various geographic and
functional targets, and briefly describe the FY 1984 program, highlighting the
major new initiatives proposed. The witnesses will be responsible for
preparing this material; the DDO will also be responsible for preparing the
5. HPSCI. The HPSCI hearing on the overall CIA program for 1984 is
scheduled for 6 April from 0930 to 1230 with a separate session on covert
action scheduled for the same time on 14 April. The Executive Director will
questions and w rs - The four Deputy Directors and the Comptroller will
also attend as witnesses and may be called upon to answer specific questions
about their present activities as well as their plans for 1984 through 1988.
My staff will prepare the formal statement, which is to be submitted to HPSCI
by 1 April and will circulate the draft for your comments during the week of
14 March. =
6. Jim Bush of the HPSCI has discussed the committee's interests with
the Executive Director and me and indicated that he will provide us formal
questions a week or so before the hearing itself. He also suggested that we
sprinkle the presentation with success stories, i.e., interesting "nuggets"
that clearly demonstrate some of our more noteworthy accomplishments. We will
need your assistance in identifying these items, and would appreciate getting
your suggestions by the end of this month. If necessary, additional
suggestions can be accommodated when you review our draft. Bush also
suggested that we bring along some interesting "gadgetry", and we look
primarily to S&T for assistance on this one. Again, please give us your
suggestions by 1 March.
7. It is our expectation that the covert action briefing on 14 April
will be a repeat of the briefing on this subject for the SSCI. We hope,
therefore, to be able to use the same material prepared for this purpose by
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8. In view of the economic conditions facing the country, we can expect
close scrutiny of our budget request this year. It is imperative, therefore,
that we make the strongest case possible for the resources we have
requested. Your personal involvement and continued support is essential if we
are to be successful. The Comptroller Staff is available to assist you in any
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