INPUT TO THE DCI'S ANNUAL REPORT

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 19, 2004
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 19, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
Resource Management Staff
MEMORANDUM FOR: Vice Admiral B. R. Inman, USN
Director, National Security Agency
Program Manager, CCP
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ding Uirector, Policy ui ance Officer
SUBJECT: Input to the DCI's Annual Report
1. As you know, preparation of the DCI's Annual Report for calendar year
1978, due to the President and the Congress by 25 January 1979, is now under
way. Thank you for your letter of 16 October offering any support needed.
The DCI has approved a concept for this year's Annual Report which is-more
selective than last year's, both because this seems more appropriate to a
1978 characterized by attention to key intelligence issues rather than the
comprehensive report approach used for 1977 as a year of extensive community
restructuring, and also to limit length for a busy reader to a manageable
30-40 pages (last year's ran 80. plus). The DCI has also approved an outline
for this year's report (Attachment 1). Part I is designed,to allow the DCI
to highlight the particular characteristics and emphases of 1978 in intelli-
gence; Part II is intended to air several issues of great importance to him,
his key Executive users, and the Congress. The Annual Report will carry a
high classification and receive extremely limited distribution.
2. You are welcome to provide input or comment on any of the outline
topics. We specifically request input, however, on two aspects of the Part II
issue of special concern pertaining to trade-off issues involving the future
mixture of technical sensors: HF modernization.and COMINT/ELINT upgrade.
needs/packages.
3. With respect to HF modernization, we offer the following break-
down to help structure your thoughts and input; this can certainy be modified
if you can improve it:
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a. a brief statement of the current US SIGINT situation in terms of:
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-- fiscal and overseas political manpower/sites constraints;
-- impact of current US equipment obsolescence on effectiveness
and cost-effectiveness.
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d. With respect to HF as a back-up source of information also or
partially provided through other collectors, provide specific reasons
and examples why and to what degree, from the point of view of the SIGINT
manager, system flexibility and redundancy are (1) necessary, or (2)
desirable.
e. What kinds of general considerations drive your overall HF modern-
ization plan and dictate priorities as to types and locales of upgrade
sequence?
f. What general comments do you have, from the US SIGINT manager's
point of view, on the trade-offs--both mission (national centralized
needs vs. support s) and cost-effectiveness--involved
in modernizing vs. I T
4. With respect to COMINT/ELINT upgrade needs and attendant appropriate
packages, what principal considerations (target evolution, user priorities,
priorities, system flexibility vs. cost, etc.) does the US SIGINT System manager
bring to planning and. trade-off choices for the future mix of COMINT and ELINT
sensors? What we would like to do here is to assist the principal (non-expert)
Annual Report readers to see beyond the trees of current systems and their
various upgrade needs to the fundamentals involved in planning an overall system
for the mid-1980s and beyond that is both reasonably effective and fiscally
responsible.
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this year's DGI Annual Report. Please identify a principal point of contact
for her to work with. Given the difficulties of communicating on these com-
plicated topics both briefly and fairly, you may wish to suggest some conversa-
tions as well as written input. We shall need your comments by COB 10 November,
in order to accomplish integrated drafting of the entire Annual Report in
November, review in December, and DCI clearance and production in January.
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Attachments:
1. DCI Revised Outline - AR for 1978
2. DCI letter to NFIB principals requesting
help on Annual Report
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Distribution:
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1 - D/NSA w/atts
2 - D/NSA w/atts
3 - Executive Registry w/att
4 - D/DCI/CT w/atts
5 - Chairman, SIGINT Committ
6 - PBO w/atts
7 - PAO w/atts
8 - EO w/atts
9 - PGO Subj (78 AR Producti
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Copy 10 - PGO Chrono w/atts
Copy 11 - RMS Registry w/atts
DCI/RMS/PGO (19 Oct 78)
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6 October 1970
DCI REVISED OUTLINE - ANNUAL REPORT FOR 197;
I. 1978 in Intelligence
A. Execution of the E.O. and Other Organizational Questions
1. evolution of the PRC(I); work on user priorities
2. resources: experience in use of DCI's budget authority
3. production
a. NFAC's first full year
b. DIA
c. INR
d. DCI substantive committees (EIC, JAEIC, STIC, WSSIC)
4. collection
a. status of NITC
b. 3 DCI collection committees
5. other management
a. DDCI
b. NFIB: shifting membership/concerns
6. I&W
B. New or Altered Emphases in Analysis
1. strategic balance: new developments & experience in
communicating them
2. proliferating support for arms limitation talks
3. emergence of China as an active world player
4. world petroleum supply
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5. substantive support for crises--e.g., Ogaden, Shaba II
(Afghanistan?)
C. Intelligence and the Congress
1. activities in support of both?,oversight committees
2. activities in support of other committees
3. charter legislation
D. Legal and Propriety Issues
E. Security and Counterintelligence Issues
1. Espionage
a. Kampiles
b. "molesetc.
c. counterintelligence initiatives
2. Leaks
a. Authors
b. Others
c. Remedies?
3. Other security measures; e.g., implementation of new
industrial security measures
4. New directions in foreign counterintelligence program
1. role of new DCI CI coordinator
2. PRC (CI)
F. Covert Action - emphasis on mission and programs
G. Intelligence and the public - new emphases
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H. Major Accomplishments 1978
a.
II. KEY ISSUES (lead into with NFIP graphics)
The early 1980s budget bow wave and trade-off issues on technical sensors
issues, outcome,
rationale;
COMINT/ELINT upgrade needs, appropriate packages
HF modernization
Quality of Analysis and Policy Support
including progress on improving interdisciplinary analysis
collection/production: an appropriate budget balance?
Community ADP
National/Tactical Interface Issues
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NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE BOARD
NFIB-6.1/10.
2 October 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR THE NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJECT: My Annual Report
I very much appreciated the help that you and your organizations
provided a year ago in the preparation of my first report as DCI on
the Intelligence Community to the President'and the Congress. Prepara-
tion of this year's Annual Report is now underway, and I would be
grateful if you and your organizations would assist with input and/or
review as requested. The staff of my Deputy for Resource Management
will be in touch with you shortly on specific, needs.
L (ZLc CIcC.~
STANSFIELD TURNER
;lam- Chairman
(29 September 1978)
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NOTE TO: Mr. Benson
DoE
1. Preparation of the DCI's Annual Report for calendar year 1978,
due to the resident and the Congress by 25 January 1979, is now under way.
The DCI.has approved a concept for this year's Annual Report which is more
selective than last year's, both because this seems more appropriate to a
1978 characterized by attention to key intelligence issues rather than the
comprehensive report approach used for 1977 as a year of extensive community
restructuring, and also to limit length for a busy reader to a manageable
30-40 pages (last year's ran 80 plus). The DCI has also approved an outline
for this year's report (Attachment 1). Part I is designed to allow the DCI
to highlight the particular characteristics and emphases of 1978 in intelli-
gen.ce; Part II is intended to air several issues of great importance to him,
his key Executive users, and the Congress. The Annual Report will carry
a high classification and receive extremely limited distribution.
2. When ,you have had a chance to look over the outline, please
call me if DoE desires to make an input into any of
the topics.
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Resource Management Staff
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Community Headquarters Building
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NOTE TO: Diana Smith
RMS BW09
Community HQs Bldg
FROM: Rob O'Brien, DOE/ISA
11/7- 8
Reference our conversation on 11/21, attached is a short commentary
on DOE's Role in National Proliferation Intelligence for the Annual
Report. Perhaps it would be appropriate for:II Key Issues, under
Quality of Analysis and Policy Support.
Please contact me if you have any questions/comments.
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