REMARKS OF WILLIAM J. CASEY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BEFORE THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA 3 APRIL 1984

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 2008
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• Publication Date: April 9, 1984
• Content Type: REPORT

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Zl CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
n Office of Legislative Liaison
-- - 9 April 1984
TO: Dr. Gary Schmitt
Minority Staff Director
Select Committee on Intelligence
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Gary:
Please pass to Senator Moynihan.
S; TF,erely,
STAT
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Clair E. George
Director, Office of Legislative Liaison
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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We are the Central Intelligence Agency.
We produce timely and high quality intelligence for the President and
Government of the United States.
We provide objective and unbiased evaluations and are always open to new
perceptions and ready to challenge conventional wisdom.
We perform special intelligence tasks at the request of the President.
We conduct our activities and ourselves according to the highest standards of
integrity, morality and honor and according to the spirit and letter of the
law.
We measure our success by our contribution to the protection and
enhancement of American values, security and national interest.
We believe our people are the Agency's most important resource. We seek the
best and work to make them better. We subordinate our desire for public
recognition to the need for confidentiality. We strive for continuing
professional improvement. We give unfailing loyalty to each other and to
our common purpose.
We look to our leaders to stimulate initiative, a commitment to excellence, and
a propensity for action; to reward and protect us in a manner which reflects
the special nature of our responsibility, our contribution, and our sacrifices;
and to promote among us a sense of mutual trust and shared responsibility.
We derive our inspiration and commitment to excellence from the inscription
in our foyer: "And Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you
free."
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REMARKS OF WILLIAM J. CASEY
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
BEFORE
THE.,COMMD.NWEALTH CLUB OF=CALIFORNIA
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
3 APRIL 1984
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A Progress Report:
In Search of Excellence
by the DCI
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IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE
1S 'MARCH 1984
A FEW WEEKS AGO I SPOKE TO YOU IN THIS SAME AUDITORIUM AND
ASKED FOR YOUR HELP IN UNLEASHING A PROCESS TO GET FROM EVERY
CORNER OF OUR ORGANIZATION A BROAD EXAMINATION OF WHAT WE ARE
ABOUT, AND WHAT WE WANT TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE. I ASKED YOU
TO DEVELOP A CONCISE STATEMENT OF GOALS. PRINCIPLES AND
STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE THAT WOULD BOTH REFLECT WHAT MAKES CIA
GREAT AND SERVE AS A CONTINUING CHALLENGE TO US NOT TO REST ON
OUR LAURELS, BUT TO CONSTANTLY STRIVE FOR SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE
AND EXCELLENCE. TO GIVE YOU A STRAWMAN, I PROVIDED A ROUGH
DRAFT OF WHAT SUCH A STATEMENT MIGHT CONTAIN. I ALSO ASKED FOR
ANY OTHER IDEAS OR SUGGESTIONS THAT ANYONE MIGHT HAVE FOR
FOSTERING AN ATMOSPHERE OF CREATIVITY AND A BIAS TOWARD ACTION.
I DIDN'T WANT TO NAME A HUNDRED PEOPLE OR A DOZEN TASK FORCES
TO WORK MANY MONTHS IN ORDER TO PRODUCE HUNDREDS IF NOT
THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AS SO MANY
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DONE. INSTEAD I WANTED TO INVOLVE ALL OF
YOU IN EXAMINING AND DISCUSSING OUR MISSION AND HOW WE COULD DO
IT BETTER AND HAVE YOU GIVE ME YOUR IDEAS IN THREE WEEKS.
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REMARKS OF WILLIAM J. CASEY
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
TO
CIA EMPLOYEES
CIA AUDITORIUM
24 JANUARY 1984
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