DEVELOPMENT OF CIA STRATEGIC PLAN 1983-1993
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Publication Date:
August 31, 1983
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MEMO
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3 1 AUG 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director for Operations
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Deputy Director for Science and Technology
General Counsel
Inspector General
Comptroller
SUBJECT: Development of CIA Strategic Plan, 1983-1993
REFERENCE: CIA Strategic Plan, 1982-1992 (BYE 020/83)
1. This memorandum establishes this year's long-range
planning cycle and reaffirms my commitment to a dynamic and vital
planning process for the Agency. Our experience with the
referenced plan reflected the value of the process itself in
promoting a systematic approach to matching projected capabilities
to anticipated problems. The intelligence environment and policy
issues of the 1980s are complex and constantly shifting. We must
revisit our projections each year to ensure that our highest
priority needs receive adequate attention and that our efforts are
directed to the areas with the highest potential payoff over the
longer term. In sum, we must adjust strategy to accommodate change.
2. For 1983, then, your planning should take into.account the
long-range strategy reflected in the 1982 Strategic Plan. But it
should focus specifically on needed changes or adjustments to that
strategy which might be called for as a result of updating our
forecast of intelligence needs. In my view, you should consider the
following in the course of the planning process:
sharpening the focus on overt collection and a greater
exploitation of open source literature;
-- developing legislative initiatives where needed to
achieve desired goals in personnel management;
-- developing more extensive cooperation between the Agency
and other Community organizations;
-- improving intelligence support to military commanders in
the field; and
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-- ensuring that plans for new or expanded capabilities
include realistic estimates of the space needed for people and
equipment.
3. We are entering a period in which fiscal realities may
dictate some reduction in the overall resources assigned to national
security objectives. New challenges in the future may have to be
met by reallocating existing resources rather than through real
growth. Our planning must proceed on two tracks, however, with the
long-range track keyed to future broad policy requirements as they
are perceived today. The planning process should not be constrained
by specific resource considerations or current capabilities.
4. The materials prepared for EXCOM review by the Agency-wide
teams should be concise and should also reflect your personal
involvement in the process. Specific steps in this year's process
are outlined in the attachment. In general, they call for:
-- EXCOM review of the progress made on the near-term
action items keyed to the referenced Strategic Plan;
-- a reexamination of the world view contained in the .
previous plan with emphasis to be placed only on changes (the
view of the future being developed for the Intelligence
Community Staff's Strategic Planning Design should be
particularly useful for this purpose);
-- identification of the impact of any such changes on
requirements for collection and support; and
-- revision of the long-term guidance to take account of
the above.
5. My Planning Staff will coordinate the process; serve as
eferent for questions regarding procedures, scheduling, and the
Ake; and draft the final plan based on your contributions. Please F
upply to the Planning Staff by close of business 9 September your
ominees to serve on the Interdirectorate .1ann.,t g._Group for the
.983 planning cycle and nominees tnanhnir tha Tntppdirprtnr the
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pecified for each planning phase.
6. The cycle is shorter this year. the results are to
provide useful and timely guidance for program development, the
1983-93 Strategic Plan must be completed and published in early
December 1983. This can only be accomplished if every effort is
made to adhere to the schedule outlined in the attachment.
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PHASE 1: REVIEW OF NEAR-TERM ACTIONS, September 1983
PURPOSE: To review for approval both the studies and the
plans and progress on the pilot projects mandated
in the CIA Strategic Plan transmittal letter: i.e.,
studies on clandestine technical collection
strategy and on external analysis, pilot projects
on office automation and qualitative improvements
(in personnel management).
ACTIN EA/EXDIR: Schedule EXCOM meetings.
DDA, DDI, DDS&T: Prepare 30-minute presentation on the
respective study or pilot projects assigned to your
Directorate.
EXCOM: Review the studies and the plans and resource
needs for pilot projects.
EXDIR: Approve studies.
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PHASE 2: INTELLIGENCE AND OPERATIONS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES,
September 1983
PURPOSE: To identify changes, if any, in the needs and
relative priorities for new intelligence
information and operational activities. Emphasis
should be placed on identifying changes in the
perception of the world situation and resulting
information needs or operational goals as presented
in the CIA Strategic Plan and contributing planning
documents.
ACTION: DDI: Form an interdirectorate team to identify and
report on changes in world-wide trends and
information needs.
DDO: Form interdirectorate teams to identify and
report on changes in covert action goals and
counterintelligence threats.
Interdirectorate Planning Group: Review team efforts for
interdirectorate impact.
EXCOM: Review team reports and establish areas for
emphasis in the next planning phase.
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PHASE 3: INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND OPERATIONAL
CAPABILITIES, October 1983
PURPOSE: To assess the impact of perceived changes in future
intelligence and operational needs on planned
capabilities and to propose initiatives on
perceived gaps due to such changes.
ACTION: DDI: Form an interdirectorate team to report on
intelligence analysis and processing capabilities.
DDO: Form an interdirectorate team to report on HUMINT.
DDS&T: Form an interdirectorate team to report on
technical collection, including SIGINT, imagery,
clandestine sensors, and processing information
from technical systems.
Interdirectorate Planning Group: Review team efforts for
interdirectorate impact.
EXCOM: Review changes reflected in the reports and
establish priorities.
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PHASE 4: SUPPORT CAPABILITIES, November 1983
PURPOSE: To determine the impact on support capabilities of
collection, processing, and analysis initiatives
proposed to meet newly defined issues.
ACTION: DDA: Form an interdirectorate team to assess and
report on the impact of proposed collection
initiatives on all support activities.
DDS&T: Form an interdirectorate team to develop and
report on R&D alternatives.
Interdirectorate Planning Group: Review team efforts for
interdirectorate impact.
EXCOM: Review changes reflected in the reports and
establish priorities.
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PHASE 5: LONG-RANGE FORECAST, November - December 1983
PURPOSE: To develop an overall statement on the perceived
changes in the world environment and on the
capabilities needed to deal with those changes; to
propose courses of action for program and budget
development.
ACTION: Planning Staff: Prepare an update to the CIA Strategic
Plan based on the output of the separate planning
phases. This statement will provide strategic
guidance to the Directorates and to the Comptroller
for development of the 1986-1991 program and
budget.
Interdirectorate Planning Group: Review for directorate
impact.
EXCOM: Review the draft update.
EXDIR: Issue the update as program guidance.
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