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• Publication Date: January 17, 1977
• Content Type: LETTER

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NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE BOr1,liD
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The Honorable Brent Scowcroft
Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500.
Attached is a study on Intelligence Activities
Against Illicit Narcotics Trafficking which was prepared
by my Critical Collection Problems Committee (CCPC). T
commend this study to your attention. It is an exhaustive
examination of the problems inherent in the United States.
Government's attempts to combat illicit narcotics
trafficking.
The National Foreign Intelligence Board (NFIB) has
endorsed this report and its Conclusions and Recommendations.
I have directed the implementation of .those actions which
can be taken within the Intelligence Community. There are
a number, however, which cross Intelligence Community
boundaries. These I am referring to you in order that you
may initiate the necessary action.
One of the principal issues highlighted in the study
is the relationship of the Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA) to the Intelligence Community as defined in
Executive Order 11905, and the degree to which Intelligence
Community agencies may furnish information to DEA. You
will note that the NFIB approved the recommendation that the
Intelligence Community Staff, in consultation with the
Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration, consider recommending revision of Executive Order
11905 to include the foreign intelligence elements of DEA in
the membership of the foreign intelligence community to
facilitate the coordination of foreign narcotics intelli-
gence programs. However, it was the consensus of the Board
that DEA should not be included as an NFIB member. zn the
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meantime, I, have established a permanent CCPC Subcommittee
to review and coordinate the overall foreign narcotics
intelligence effort and to report on its findings and
recommendations periodically to the CCPC.
The problem relating to prohibition on the National
Security Agency's providing strategic information to DEA
was resolved as the result of the CCPC study. The Attorney
General on 13 December 1976 ruled that NSA could furnish
to DEA specific strategic information which it requested.
The study has been revised to reflect this ruling. Tn this
connection, I should also like to call your attention to the
Intelligence Community Staff-study concerning restrictions
on electronic surveillance in the foreign intelligence field
which I forwarded to you on 18 October 1976. Many of the
problems described in that study relate directly to the
field of narcotics intelligence. Favorable action by the
National Security Council on its recommendations would
permit greatly improved support by NSA and. CIA to the U.S.
narcotics control effort.
Finally, I should like to add my strong personal
endorsement to the recommendations contained in this study
and urge that the National Security Council initiate on a
priority basis action on those transcending Intelligence
Community boundaries.
Sincerely,
/s/, _Gearge iiuse~
George Bush
Chairman
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