CIA SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES (U)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87B01034R000600130006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2005
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 13, 1981
• Content Type: MF

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Af,ORf1\TDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT . CIA Senior Intelligence Officer Responsibilities (U)
1. Action Requested: As CIA Senior Intelligence Officer your
decision is requested on empowering Director, NFAC, to act in your
name in Agency implementation of TALENT-KEYHOLE and. Signals Intelli-
gence compartmentation policy. A recommendation is in paragraph S.
(S/TK/000)
2. Background: Up to now predecessor DDI's, NFAC directors and
I have perf ned the Agency SIO role of intelligence product compart-
mentation manager. The head of the intelligence production directorate
for a variety of reasons has been judged to be in the. best position to
administer the two control systems: NFAC is the principal consumer of
imagery and SIGINT and is directly involved in the substantive exchange
with intelligence producers in Intelligence. Commiuni or anizations and
in CQ,mmonwealth and other countries. We are responsible for providing
national intelligence end product to consumers around the world, at
various classification and control levels. We provide SI and TK policy
support to the DCI and the DDCI, including Agency representation an the
DCI collection and production committees. Finally, D/NTFAC is the DDCI's
alternate at NFIIB, where questions involving compartment access frequently
arise. (S/TK/CCO)
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needed in the product compartments. In this spirit our representatives
working on the development of new Signals Intelligence Security
Regulations (SISR) agreed with their Community counterparts: a) that an
organization's chief implementer in the SI world, as in TK, should be
designated SIO, vice Proper. Authority (the latter term being retained
to describe those officials to whom the SIO grants authority to act on
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his behalf) and b) that STO authority and responsibility relative to
SIGINT should be vested in each organization's NFIB member. Part 2
of the SISR, which defines the SIO as Board Member, has been reviewed
and accepted by NFIB. Thus the DDCI clearly is designated CIA SIO
in SI co-npartnentation. (S/TIC/CC0)
4. I believe that the DDCI, our Board Member, should be recognized
as CIA SIO in imagery compartmentation as well. Subject to your approval,
I will insure that the next iteration of the draft imagery policy manual
reflects this change. Consistent with the assignment of responsibility
in the SI world and the practice in other organizations, this designation
would facilitate communication and decisionmaking with counterparts
throughout the Community and insure authoritative direction in the
implementation of imagery control policy and procedures.. (S/TK/CCO)
5. At the same time, in view of the considerations in paragraph
2, 1 believe you should empower D/NFAC to act in. your name in the day-
to-day management of the product compartments in the Agency. Under
this arrangement I would further delegate specific security and control
responsibilities to officials at directorate levels in Headquarters and
in the field, as at present. I would continue to coordinate closely with
the other directorates wherever their interests are concerned, partic-
ularl
6.' It should not' be necessary to. change the resent procedures
whereby NFAC coordinates the review and a roval of r uests for authority
L To request Ut-.L approval
closely related to
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on a case- y-case oasis.
7-1 national intelligence produc _e n tion, transcending single
agency interest, I believe the current arrangement for NFAC to provide
staff support for the Director should be retained. (S/TK)
7. 'Staff Position: DDO, DDS&T and DDA have reviewed the present and
proposed assignment of SIO responsibilities and concur in the following
recommendation. (U)
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8. Recomendation: As CIA 5102 it is recommended that you empower
Director, NFo act in your name,-in the implementation of TK and SI.
John McMahon
The recommendation in paragraph 8 is: _
APPROVED DATE: /3
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Dire ctor of Central Intelligen
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Distribution:
+1 - DDCI
2 - DCI
3 EXEC Registry
4 - CH/COMIREX
5-
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7 - DDA
8 - D/OS
9 - DDS&T
10-DDO
11 -
12 - D NFAC
13 - DD/-NT-AC
14 - AS NFAC
15 - NFAC Registry
16-- C/ORES
17 C/IG and IG Chrono
18 - D/TCO/CIA
19 - CIA CCO/GCO File
20 - D/TCO/CIA.Chroro
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(5 October 1981)
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