INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-537-5-21-7
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: September 24, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE WHITE HOUSE
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NSC review completed.
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM FOR: HENRY A
FROM: AL HAIG
SUBJECT: S Intelligence Community Improvement
I have discussed with Admiral Anderson FIAB's criticisms of the
proposed memorandum to the Intelligence Community on Reorganiza-
tion. At Enclosure 3 is a memorandum enumerating recommended
changes and providing underlined copies of the directive and letter
to Director Helms indicating changes. FLAB has compromised on
some issues, the most important being accepting you as Chairman
of the NSC Intelligence Community rather than the DCI, and made a
number of improvements in language and streamlining.
Major Changes:
The following major recommendations of the FLAB appear to be
acceptable:
- Retention of the present arrangement for the National Recon-
naissance Office rather than making it a Defense instrumental-
ity. The Deputy Secretary of Defense would continue as
chairman of the Executive Committee of NRO and the Under Secretar;
of the Air Force would remain the Director of the NRO. (Wayne
? Smith feels that the changes proposed by Budget will prevent
piecemeal management and allow some cost savings over the
? long haul. [Wayne's arguments are presented in the paper at
Enclosure 4.] The FIAB argues that NRO is doing an effective
job and would lose its present flexibility if locked entirely
? into the DOD system. My own assessment of this problem is
at Enclosure 5.)
- Addition of the Chairman, JCS and Attorney General to the
NSCIC.
- Placement of electronics'Intelligence activities under NSA.
FLAB prefers to specify that NSA will be responsible for
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unified direction of over-all communications and electronics
activities and assessments. Our version had called for "a
unified national cryptologic service."
Among the FIAB recommendations which appear unacceptable are the
following:
-- The FIAB calls for the following membership on the Intelli-
gence Resources Advisory Committee: DCI; Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; Directors of NSA,
NRC and DIA; and Deputy Director of CIA. The earlier
memo called for the DCIacshairman with senior representa-
tives from DOD, State, OMB, and CIA. In my view the
problem with the FIAB arrangement is that it adds special
pleaders to the committee and eliminates the consumers
and agencies which would be more likely to be interested
in efficient allocation of resources.
-- A representative of Treasury would be added to the NSCIC.
(FLAB is focused on the importance of economic intelligence
but improvements in this area could be accomplished more
? appropriately by building up ClAt s assets.)
-Enclosure 2 is a list of minor changes many of which are acceptable
improvements.
? At Enclosure 1 is a draft directive which reflects the acceptable changes
outlined above. If you agree with these modifications, the next step
-would be to obtain Director Shultz's concurrence. At this point, this
should be done at your level. If he does not agree, then a split memoran-
dum could be prepared for the President.
RECOMMENDATION:
That at your earliest opportunity you discuss with Director Shultz these
recommended changes and obtain his concurrence in the draft memoran-
dum at Enclosure I.
Approve
Disap-prove
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