REQUIREMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00269R001100040004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 21, 2005
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 30, 1982
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intellioenro
Executive Director
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director for Operations
Associate Deputy Director for Intellicienco
Director of Soviet Analysis, DOI
Chief, Collection Requirements and Fv iua ion St-,ff, DDI
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FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Requirements
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f . I looked through the Inspector General 's survey 25X1
on foreign intelligence collection requirements issued i n 9f 6. 25X1
can write. Witness the guidelines he laid out for action (n renu i rements
for collection of information attached and marked Ta,, A.
2. He did an exhausting review and a lot of :what he ; ~comr:er;ded makes
sense on the face of it. I imagine many of his reconuneFidations h.ve been
implemented and that the system has chanced over the years. I wool d like
to be brought up to date on the current requirements sy>te, , ho, ' t is
structured, how it functions, and how effective it is now :Lidged ,, be.
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I need to know current-day counterparts of the IPC List. th:~ N10,, and the
Current Intelligence Reporting List. Is tho recommendat.i on that the Collection
Guidance Staff be directed to act on requests of DDS &T !s w,l l ?)DI of any
relevance today?
3. What has been done to identify and make stared u~t :h
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DDS&i be directed to prepare a preface identifying the cost important needs
in each issue of the CIRL. I was particularly interested in this recommendaticn
on guidance of the tSee Tab C.) He
also asked whether .r n s w i c i coal d ful fI 11 but 25X1 Cfi which are going instead to clandestine or technical co ect')rs. The same
question could be asked with respect to FDD and FBIS. Other ;ugges -ons are:
...a In the field of political intelligence there is a special kind
of relationship between the field case officer of the Iandrastine
Services and the OCI analyst. Each is an expert iir hi:. own right, but
they see the game from different seats in the ball earl . The analyst
views Clandestine Services reporting in the context of the e'pYctrurn of
reporting from the State Department t ~~ military _rrta(hes, FhIS, FDD,
NSA, The case o fiver oil 1-he scene
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may not see many of these reports, but he is ii-me.-sec ire thc? culture
and can form his own valid opinions. Conti nu.ous c:ommunni cat t on between
these two experts of different viewpoints is mort.. of -ctive than the
sterile transmission of formal requirements.
-- The respect earned by the opinions of field n f is e s. as distinct
from hard intelligence reporting, i s exempl i t i rc `.y -,he
institution which provides for periodic situ,ltion rt E:orrs f or; the field.
25X1 We believe that a reverse Osysi.em, in which CI ;,,, u ti elucidate
the Washington community point of view for the bureft ri i!iuividual
field stations, would guide some current collect;i e fort er than
formal rec i ements. Walso reel i evc t7'!--f-1-CI- at i o Is would we i come
suc guiconce, especially in rapidly developing rr elariginng situations
in which the chief of station must make quick cnr:icce in osin y his assets.
4. I want a look at the present state of our co l l ec.; i on requirements and
how we can improve both targeting and focusing of cur HUM: 9`iT collection assets.
I suggest that John McMahon involve the addressees of thi,rc morandum in this
process and I would like to participate in a meeting in wuicri i can be briefed
on where all this stands and where the potential is at tb' earii st opportunity
which can usefully he arranged.
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