NOTE TO THE DIRECTOR (Sanitized)

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2005
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• Publication Date: June 29, 1981
• Content Type: NOTES

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NATIONAL FOREIGN ASSESSMENT CENTER
29 June 1981
NOTE FOR: The Director/-
THROUGH: Director, NFAC
The attached information is essentially
a statistical summary of NFAC's relationship
with academia. D/NFAC asked that I submit
it to you in preparation for a future
discussion.among the three of us at which
we can examine the subject in greater detail.
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Distribution:
Orig - Addee
1 - DDCI
1 - ER
1 - NFAC Action Staff
2 - NFAC/CAR
1 - NFAC Registry
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NFACRelations With the Academic World
I. Consultants
A. NFAC Offices and the NIC have consultant contracts,
most for a period of one year and renewable, with iI
individuals. Most are faculty members at colleges an
universities or members of research institutions. Some
consultants are brought in on an ad hoc basis, others meet
with their Agency contacts on a regular schedule. (List
of Consultants is Attachment A).
B. In addition, the NFAC Offices and the NIC had
consultations with academics not under contract, for which
a consultant's fee was paid, during the period 1 January 1980
to 15 June 1981. Finally, the Offices estimate that during
that period they held approximately 325 consultations with
academics for which no fee was paid.
Scholars-in-Residence
Beginning in 1977, some NFAC offices have provided
opportunities for established academicians to spend up to two
years working at the Agency as Scholars-in-Residence. These
individuals are on contract and are reimbursed at roughly the
salary they were receiving at the university or research center.
(List of Scholars-in-Residence is Attachment B).
III. Research Contracts With Universities
NFAC currently has three research contracts with
universities--all by OPA:
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IV. Contracts with Independent Research Contractors
In addition to the consultant contracts discussed above,
NFAC Offices have a total of individual contracts with
independent contractors. Mos are academicians under contract
to produce research papers for the Agency.
V. Presentations Before Academic Groups
Visiting groups of faculty members, students or alumni
of academic institutions beyond the secondary school level were
briefed at Headquarters on 57 occasions between -1 January 1980
and 15 June 1981. During the same period of time, Agency
personnel appeared as lecturers, presented papers or served as
panel members at colleges, universities, research institutions
or meetings of professional associations on 237 separate
occasions.
VI. Distribution of Unclassified Agency Publications
The Coordinator for Academic Relations distributed 53
individual unclassified reports to 134 distinguished members
of university faculties or research institutions during the
period January 1, 1980 to June 15, 1981. Offices in NFAC and
the Office of Public Affairs distributed many additional copies
to other academics.
VII. Visits by University Presidents
Between March 1978 and November 1980, the DCI hosted one-day
visits to Headquarters by 36 college or university presidents and
the presidents of the American Council on Education and the
Association of American Universities. (List of University
Presidents is Attachment C).
VIII. Discussion Dinners
During the period between August 1977 and September 1980, the
DCI hosted 17 discussion dinners on subjects of major intelligence
interest, The participants usually included three or four
specialists on the topic under discussion from the academic or
business worlds, several officials from other departments of
government, and about eight Agency officials with an interest in
the subject,. The academics usually led off the session with
short presentations and a discussion period followed. -The small
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number of participants, limited to 16, permitted an easy and
sometimes lively exchange of views. Academics who were
impressive in these dinner-discussions were often asked to
become regular consultants. An attendant benefit to the
discussion-dinners was the opportunity, frequently utilized
by NIOs or the various NFAC Offices, to schedule seminars for
analysts in the Intelligence Community with the visiting
specialists during the day preceding the dinner.
Topics examined during the dinner-discussions included
such issues as North-South Relations, Verification and
Monitoring, the International Financial System, International
Terrorism, Arms Transfers, and prospects for stability in a
number of key Third World countries.
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TO: (Name, office symbol, room number,
building, Agency/Post)
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This is the packet of material
that I propose to hand the DCI for
our discussion of academic relations.
As you will note, it is high on
statistics and low on narrative. Is
it what you had in mind?
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