LETTER TO WILLIAM R. GRAHAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89M00699R001100720026-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: December 29, 1986
• Content Type: LETTER

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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Science and Technology Advisory Pane!
STMP 86-0047
29 December 1986 2 o 87
The Honorable William R. Graham
Director, Office of Science and
Technology Policy
Washington, D.C. 20506
Dear Dr. Graham:
This is a brief note to follow up the invitation tendered to you by
Dr. Julian Nall to be the guest of the DCI's Science and Technology Advisory
Panel for dinner on 14 January 1987. Drinks will be served at 7:00 P.M., with
dinner beginning about an hour later, at La Mirabelle Restaurant, 6645 Old
Dominion Drive, McLean, VA (telephone: [phone]).
As you may recall, the panel is a group of scientists and executives from
outside government whose principal purpose is to serve as a source of
independent advice for the Director of Central Intelligence on a variety of
scientific hnological, and managerial matters. The panel, which is
chaired by meets three times a
year in formal session and throughout the year in small working groups.
The discussions during dinner are understood to be unofficial and informal
and we have no set agenda. The evening is intended to provide a relaxed,
social atmosphere so that you can become better acquainted with the members,
and they with you. The panel, however, is interested in learning what science
and technology issues are of concern to you and in exploring how the group
might be able to assist you. Although we will be dining in a private room, La
Mirabelle is, nevertheless, a public place, and all discussion must be
unclassified.
I have enclosed a membership list and a resume of the panel's mission and
functions. If you have any questions or if I can be of any assistance, please
call me at
Si ncerely,
Enclosures:
As Stated
All portions of this letter
are UNCLASSIFIED
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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Science and Technology Advisory Panel
STAP RESUME
The Science and Technology Advisory Panel (STAP) was formed by the
Director of Central Intelligence in 1976. It serves the DCI as a source of
independent advice and expertise on a variety of scientific, technical, and
management issues. The membership includes renowned senior scientists,
executives, and other leaders from industry and academe.
The STAP meets quarterly in plenary session where, inter alia, formal
briefings are presented, reports approved, and direct consultation with the
DCI is effected. At other times small working groups or sub-panels are formed
to respond to DCI tasking, address specific issues, and provide STAP
participation in technical studies or other ongoing projects.
The STAP also responds to requests for assistance from any Deputy Director
or senior line manager who believes a STAP member's expertise may contribute
to resolving a difficult technical intelligence problem. STAP assistance may
be in the form of an informal discussion, a written memorandum, or a formal
study or report signed by the Chairman and forwarded to the DCI.
Principal functions of the STAP include:
To insure the DCI and senior Intelligence Community managers are
forewarned of significant advances in state-of-the-art technology and
in new applications of existing technology.
To identify and highlight the implications of current and future S&T
developments for intelligence activity.
To provide linkages and interactions between the Intelligence
Community and the scientific and technical communities in industry,
academe, and government, as appropriate.
To provide a quality control mechanism; an outside source for
objective evaluation of current and planned S&T-related intelligence
activity.
To review evidence on existing S&T intelligence "enigmas" and to
introduce new thinking and suggest avenues for solving these unknowns.
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