BACKGROUND BRIEFING FOR CIPC MEETING 21 MARCH 1983

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00363R000501110010-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 1, 1983
• Content Type: MISC

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BACKGROUND BRIEFING FOR CIPC MEETING
21 March 1983
I. International Illicit Narcotics Production and Trafficking
-- A Critical Intelligence Problem --
Principal departments and agencies involved
1.
The Intelligence Community
2.
The Law Enforcement Community
B.
Principal consumers of Narcotics Intelligence
C.
Strategic Narcotics Intelligence concerns
D.
Strengths and Weaknesses in intelligence effort
1.
Intelligence Gaps
4.
Anal
ysis
2.
Priorities
5.
Prod
uction
3.
Collection
6.
Diss
emination
II. Background
A. 1976 CCPC Study
1. Identification of key intelligence issues
B. Executive Order 12333 -- 4 December 1981
1. Clarification-of responsibilities of the Intelligence Community in
foreign narcotics intelligence
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III. Key Issues for Review and Assessment by Narcotics Working Group
A.--Evaluation by the law enforcement community of its priority needs
from the Intelligence Community
1. Comparative review of importance of intelligence on narcotics
production vs. narcotics trafficking; of the importance of
cocaine's domestic impact vs. that of heroin.
2. Review of enforcement community's ability to accommodate
classified or compartmented information.
3. Review of technical capabilities of Intelligence Community in
support of law enforcement agencies.
4. Review of legal issues and/or restrictions.
B. Review by the Intelligence Community of the priority requirements
and/or needs for finished intelligence by Community members and by'
senior policymakers
1. Assessment by NI0/Narcotics of priority needs for finished
narcotics intelligence production from the Director, Drug Abuse
Policy Council, NSC, State, Treasury.
2. Review of intelligence needs of other Community members, e.g.,
NSA.
C. Review of Imagery acquisition and methodology
1. Review of the requirements of the enforcement community and the
intelligence analytical community.
2. Establishment of intelligence gaps or conflict with other
priorities.
3. Identification of technical/user problems.
4. User evaluation programs--possibilities for new methodologies.
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2. Pursuant to Section 1.7 (g) of E.O. 12333, review procedures by
which operational intelligence on narcotics being obtained from
DEA, Customs, INS, and the Coast Guard is made available to the
Community
B. Formulate recommendations for practical and effective interagency
coordinating mechanisms to ensure proper interface between operational
and analytical components of the Intelligence Community
1. Review coordinating procedures between NFIP and non-NFIP elements
at the mission level
2. Review existing interagency fora at headquarters level
3. Review existing coordinating mechanisms between analytic and
operational components of non-NFIP narcotics collection agencies
C. Review Narcotics Community production plans and develop a Community-wide
program for the exchange of production plans on international narcotics
1. NFIP and non-NFIP research plans
2. Identify areas of duplicative effort and provide both enforcement
community and Intelligence Community with scheduled and
prospective projects
D. Recommendations for new initiatives which could increase Community
efforts and resources, but which may require an increase in funding
1. Review of current or programmed resources directed against the
international narcotics target
2. Discussion of options and/or adjustments which can be made within
existing resources against the narcotics target
V. Report Conclusions and Recommendations to the CIPC for Review
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