SUMMARY OF DCI REACTIONS (28 NOVEMBER) TO COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN REPORTS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00885R000100050050-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 50
• Publication Date: November 30, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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Summary of DCI Reactions (28 November) to Committee Chairmen Reports
Everything fine, let me know if I can help:
-- Defense Reconnaissance Support Program
-- Technology Steering Panel
Responses with follow-up questions/actions:
Intelligence Producers Council
-- How are the quarterly NITs sessions going?
-- Look forward to briefing on
damage assessment.
-- Would like to see the exchange of papers on external research
analysis.
Covert Action Planning Group
-- Wants to know about it; who, how, etc.
SIGINT Committee
-- What else should we study in depth similar to the
decision?
-- Should contribute to the evaluation of the collection mix.
-- What can SIGINT contribute to intelligence on terrorist
intentions.
-- Would like to know about accomplishments in getting SIGINT to the
commands quickly, especially Beirut.
COMIREX
-- What are they doing to better satisfy military commanders?
-- What are we doing to get better representation to the commanders?
-- Would like to see the study on multi-spectral processing; imagery
requirements forecast.
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Clandestine Technical Collection Panel
Wants to know more about it -- should be made OBE if decision at
EXCOM is followed up.
Economic Intelligence Committee
-- Found responses too general: Wants to know who, what, etc.
Scientific and Technical Intelligence Committee
-- Doing important work; should beef up the clerical staff to get
that work out.
DDS&T Sensor Committee
Would like the report on their findings that they presented to
the Comptroller in August of 1983.
Interagency Intelligence Committee on Terrorism
-- Need to increase the priority on terrorism.
-- Interested in procedure for assessing terrorist threats.
Security Committee
Asked a question about PD-24 which DDCI ation with
] made OBE (advised both
-- Shares the Committee's frustration over leaks; would like a
review of how past DCIs have successfully weighed in heavily.
Information Handling Committee
-- How are they addressing broad issues of information management
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Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
-- Wants more information on how it works.
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DCID 1/2 Committee
-- Terrorism should be high priority.
-- What kind of staff do they have; how do they assign 10,000
priorities a year?
HUMINT Committee
-- How can we better integrate the collection plans of the national
intelligence estimate process?
-- Look at the level and depth of reporting needed in emergency
conditions, like Grenada.
-- How can we have reserves ready to supplement collection efforts,
such as Beirut?
Nuclear Intelligence Panel
-- How can we provide more feedback to the panel?
Can we do more work in between panel meetings to make better use
of its efforts?
Priority Collection Projects Panel
-- Would terrorism be a good topic? The battlefield laser?
Science and Technology Advisory Panel
-- How can we get more synergism between STIC and STAP?
Covert Action Review Group (probably the ExDir's)
-- Should we have a more formal process?
Military-Economic Advisory Panel
-- What are their future agenda items on military/economic matters?
Foreign Language Committee
-- Are there any efforts or should there be to maintain a roster of
people with special language skills that might be needed in cases of
emergency?
-- What kind of staff does the Committee have?
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Critical Intelligence Problems Committee
-- Are they doing anything on the terrorist threat?
-- Any ideas on tackling the collection mix strategy?
Camouflage, Concealment and Deception Technical Review Group
-- Any reaction to the Bross recommendations?
What is the relationsh'p of the work that they are doing to the
work being done by I
SEEK Analysis Group
What new approaches and methodologies are being explored for
exploiting
Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee
-- Is there enough effort being made to use your defensive efforts
against technology theft to acquire S&T information from our adversaries?
-- Are we focusing on the really important intelligence questions
and resisting being dragged into the kind of collection and processing
that enforcement agencies should be doing to make their own work
effective?
Weapons and Space Systems Intelligence Committee
-- Would like contributions from them for his worldwide briefing on
where we see enhanced Soviet weapons going and enhancements on
conventional weapons; would also like a briefing updating him on these
developments.
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