MINUTES OF 12 JANUARY MEETING ON PRIORITIES

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• Publication Date: January 26, 1983
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Intelligence Community Staff
The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
DCI/ICS 83-3203/1
26. January 1983
.MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution
FROM:
Executive Secretary, SIG(I)
'SUBJECT:. ..Minutes of 12 January Meeting on..Prioriti.es
finite resources within the Community. Regarding the NITs, Committee members
registered general satisfaction with the current set and with Community
responsiveness to.them. Several members, however, expressed their views on
the possible need for adjustments--that.the NIT 9-12.month timeframe may be
.too long--that more production is needed on several'facets of.international
financing--th,at.a need exists for intelligence--products that.would help'.to
drive policy .decisions .and :provide .;grist for ',po-l.i cymakers in the longer term,
need for determining how well the Intelligence Community is responding to the
current NITs. He asked that the?Committee also reaffirm the NITs as they
stand, or alter them as necessary.
The Chairman noted the number (228) of NIT-related reports that have been
produced since June 1982 and in this connection questioned the IPC's rating of
.Community performance-pertaining to.a specific NIT. Mr. Richard Kerr, IPC
Chairman, provided an explanation.
Discussion followed on: (1) appropriateness of the current NITs and
Community responsiveness; and,(2) specia.l''problem areas, i.e., technology
transfer, narcotics . trafficking,,. and others which are competing seriously for
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The Chairman, Mr._McMahon, opened the meeting by drawing attention to the
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additional steps under way to combat each of these problem sets. Moreover, he.
and difficulties surroundi..ng'-technology transfer"and the illegal trafficking
of narcotics, in particular. He noted the 'kinds 'of progress being made' and
In the special problems area,.the Chairman highlighted ,the implications
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stressed the need to gain a better sense of priority among these and other
special areas of concern which are drawing heavily on the Community's limited
resources. In the discussion that followed, some Committee members noted
deficiencies in coping with special problem areas--ad hoc use of resources,
ante impact upon available skills and manpower within a single agency
problem be brought into fuller view toward development of a more coherent
Community approach--one that would be more effective at a more reasonable
resource investment. It was agreed that, at this time, it would be extremely
difficult to assign greater importance to one special problem area over
another.
It was proposed that, in the case of narcotics trafficking, the whole
The Chairman concluded the meeting and expressed his appreciation for the
Committee's inputs.
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Participants: SIG(I) Committee on Priorities Meeting, 12 January 1982
O/DCI:
NSC:
State;;:
Defense:
Treasury:
Commerce:
Energy:
JCS:
CIA:
* Attended part of meeting.
Mr. John N..McMahon,Chairman
Miss Eloise Page
Mr. Ken deGraffenreid
Mr. Hugh Montgomery
Mr. Ron Sti vers
Mr. Beryl Sprinkle*
Mr. Sherman Unger
Mr. Herman Roser
Lt. Gen. Paul Gorman,.USA
Mr. Ri chard Kerr
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SUBJECT: Minutes of 12 January Meeting on Priorities
Distribution (ICS 83-3203/1)
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
.Deputy Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs (Attn: W. Hall)
Under Secretary of State (Attn: R. Curl)..
Under Secretary of Defense (Attn: J. Thomas)
Under Secretary of-Treasury (Attn: D. Mulholland)
Under Secretary of Commerce (Attn: D. Peterson)
Under Secretary of Energy (Attn: J. Hatfield
Senior Representative of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs
of Staff (Attn: P. Oleson)
Deputy Director, Intelligence Community Staff
Associate Deputy Director for Intelligence, CIA
Executive Secretariat
Executive Registry
ICS Registry
SIG(I) Chrono
SIG(I) Subj
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