CIA PARTICIPATION IN THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE PROJECTIONS FOR PLANNING (DIPP)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85G00105R000100060012-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: July 31, 1970
• Content Type: MF

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31 July 19 70
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT CIA Participation in the Defense
Intelligence Projections for
Planning (DIPP)
1. With the removal of the NIPP from the USIB
arena to DIA and its consequent conversion from
national to departmental intelligence a major question
was created. What will be the standing of the new
document outside of the Department of Defense? In an
apparent effort to give the document a quasi-national
standing, i.e., community blessing, DIA is expecting
in depth "participation" by other members of the
intelligence community both directly and through the
USIB subcommittees, GMAIC, JAEIC, and SIC. We and
State in particular are concerned as to the standing
which the DIPP will have and the consequent influence
which it would have on intelligence outside of DOD,
such as in NSSMs, ACDA, and support to NATO. Corollary
to this is the question of the extent of commitment of
CIA to the positions taken in the DIPP and the degree to
which CIA production elements will be constrained.
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2. Key to the question of standing will be the
nature of CIA participation. From OSR's point of
view the question can be expressed as how can CIA
participate without presenting the CIA position when
it diverges from the basic document. Regardless of
the details of format in the final document, DIA
intends all such views to be alternative, or in effect,
footnotes.
3. The types of participation which have been
suggested and in some cases requested are:
a) CIA participation in working groups developing
force tables and texts.
b) Limited substantive review for a specific
purpose (e.g., review document to check for
consistency with the NIEs).
c) Participation through USIB subcommittees
(GMAIC, JAEIC, and SIC).
d) Contribution in depth including annexes
where appropriate presenting a full, detailed
CIA position.
e) Provide costing data for projected forces.
f) Provide consulting support to DIA to assist
in their organization and administration of
the DIPP.
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4. If CIA participates substantively to any
degree then CIA lends credibility to the document.
This means then that differing CIA views must be in-
cluded or we will be in the position of endorsing
what we believe to be erroneous positions. Where
there are differences between the principal view and
a DIA alternative in an NIE the positions would be
reversed in the DIPP and the DCI's position would be
the alternative.
5. For each of the possible types of support
except administrative consultation additional problems
arise. For example, OSR would be spending resources
developing cost data on force projections which we
believe are invalid. Similarly the USIB subcommittees
would be making contributions which when they differed
from a DIA position would be relegated to a footnote
status.
6. In my view the problems all stem from a
simple fact of life. A comprehensive and complex
product such as the DIPP cannot be both a departmental
intelligence document and at the same time reflect the
views of the community. I recommend that CIA
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participation be confined to the type of assistance which
is currently being provided by of ONE, i.ec., 25X1A9a
advising on the administrative and organizational
problems inherent in such an effort and that the
final document should contain no reference to CIA.
BRUCE C. CLARKE, Jr.
Director
Strategic Research
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