CIA MERGES DIRECTORATE, OFFICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100080067-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2012
• Sequence Number: 67
• Publication Date: October 31, 1977
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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{ 'CIA Merges Directorate, Office
Washington-Central Intelligence Agency, in another effort to streamline internal.'
Intelligence gathering efforts, has merged the Directorate of Intelligence and the Office .
of the National Intelligence Officers into a new organization called the National Foreign
Assessment Center.
According to the CIA, the merger is designed primarily to combine under one person
all of the directorate's subordinate elements involved In the production of analyzed
Intelligence. Robert R. Bowie, deputy to the director of central Intelligence for national ,
Intelligence, has been appointed director of the center.
The National Intelligence Officers were responsible for the production of national
intelligence estimates for the President and the National Security Council. Compiled
by the entire intelligence community, these studies provide the government with
Information on major trends and events abroad that affect the security and foreign
policy of the U. S., according to the CIA. The Directorate of Intelligence has bow.
responsible for intelligence analysis and production within the CIA.
Under the reorganization, the new center will continue both these functions. In
announcing the move, the CIA noted that no change Is contemplated in the
procedures for producing national estimates or for Intelligence community participa-:
tion In their preparation. > , ~.,. ..
In a related matter, the CIA also notified aerospace companies dealing with top
security matters to tighten procedures concerning the usage and transmission of U. S.
top secret codes, according to U. S. officials (AwasT Oct. 17, p. 20). The new procedure ,
calls for two persons.to be present when codes are being used, Instead of one. In
addition, movement of U. S. codes now requires two couriers instead of one as was.j
previously required. The new code procedures are part of increased emphasis on
security to prevent leaks and possible dissemination of Information.
In another internal development, the CIA also recently decided to cut 800 to 820 ;,
persons from its Directorate for Operations, which Is responsible for the agency's
covert activities. The staff reduction has been under consideration by the CIA since
the wind-down in the post-Vietnam War period. The cutback Is being spread over a
26-month period to allow for the impact of retirements and other procedures that
would reduce the need for layoffs, according to a CIA official.
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