NIC STAFF MEETINGS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87T00434R000200130040-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2009
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: November 7, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
National Intelligence Council
NIC 05585-85
7 November 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, National Intelligence Council
VIA: Vice Chairman, National Intelligence Council
Charles E. Allen
National Intelligence Officer for Counterterrorism
and Narcotics
SUBJECT: NIC Staff Meetings
1. I agree with other NIOs that the NIC staff meeting on Tuesday morning
might more fruitfully be used for substantive exchanges rather than having
each NIO report on whom he has briefed, what meetings he has attended, or
where he stands on a particular paper. I also see the Tuesday meeting as a
forum for you or Herb to inform the NIOs of sensitive, close hold
developments. For example, the background you provided this week on
the Soviet Union was highly useful.
2. I would like to see our Tuesday mornings be used as a forum where NIOs
can air--on a not for attribution basis--complex or controversial issues. An
NIO either by himself or in conjunction with other NIOs, could lead a
discussion on specific issues, particularly those that cut across geographic
or functional areas. After perhaps a brief opening statement, all NIOs would
be encouraged to comment, ask questions, or challenge the judgments
presented.
3. NIOs have too little time to exchange views with each other. For
example, Graham Fuller and I try to see each other frequently, but the press
of daily business tends to get in the way of our discussing Middle East
developments where terrorism is an important factor. Similarly, I have all
too frequently failed to discuss terrorist issues with other key regional NIOs
like Vickers and Wettering. Healthy, spirited discussions on specific issues
for half an hour every Tuesday morning could, in my view, promote both
understanding and collegiality. If we orchestrate such meetings properly and
keep them sharply focused, all NIOs both regional and functional could benefit
from this exercise.
Charles E. Allen
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SUBJECT: NIC Staff Meetings
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