COMMUNITY COMMENTS ON CURRENT INTELLIGENCE PUBLICATIONS

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• Publication Date: May 5, 1976
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5 May 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM . William K. Parmenter
Director of Current Intelligence
VIA : Deputy Director for Intelligence ';.cam'
SUBJECT Community-~Comments?-on.Current Intelligence
Publications
REFERENCE USIB-D-71.11/20, 12 April 1976
1. This paper describes the essential comments from
the intelligence community in response to your 12 April memo-
randum for USIB principals. These comments finally became
available last Thursday (a week late); since then my people
and I have been negotiating with representatives of other
agencies in an effort to meet their concerns. I believe we
have been successful, and I attach the "Memorandum on Pro-
cedures for the National Intelligence Daily" (Attachment 1)
that has developed out of these negotiations, as well as the
agencies' comments themselves (Attachment 2).
2. I believe that we should proceed with the new publi-
cation, accepting the recommendation from General Keegan that
there be a review six or so months hence. I therefore recom-
mend that you direct us to either:
-- institute the new publication regime forth-
with, and that you inform the NFIB principals at r
the next NFIB meeting of your action, thanking them t3
for their help and assuring t em'of our desire to
meet their needs to the extent we can;
-- or delay beginning the new publication
regime until after you have had an. opportunity to
hear the NFIB principals express themselves in a
board meeting.
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We would prefer the first option, but recognize the possible
psychological value of allowing an opportunity for a venting
of views.
3. The agencies' essential comments, and what we have
done to deal with them, are as follows:
a. DIA concurred in the proposal, and General
Tighe recommended that a working group be formed
to draft a memorandum. of procedure. We met on
4 May with a working-level delegation from DIA on
the draft of such a memorandum and reached a mutu-
ally satisfactory understanding, incorporated in
the memo I have attached.
b. State is troubled that the degree of coor-
dination we originally asked of them would require
INR to devote additional resources to current inter
ligence (e.g., they would have to put some people
on shift after 1700 hours weekdays and on Sundays).
I have assured Marty Packman, launders' c`~eputy for
current intelligence, that we are not, for the pur-
pose of this "streamlining," asking them to do any-
thing they are not already doing. The statement we
intend to publish on the masthead of the new daily
takes account of State's immediate concern.
C. NSA concurs in your proposal, and makes a
technical suggestion that we. have agreed to adopt.
d. Treasury concurs in your proposal, and has
some technical suggestions which would be helpful
to the Secretary's briefing officers. I have dis-
cussed this with them, explaining which of their
suggestions are feasible for us to adopt at this
time and which we will have to look at as we go.
Bill Morell sent along a number of additional sug-
gestions he personally has made on previous occa-
sions; we continue to do what we can to meet several
of them and to discuss the others.
e. ERDA concurs.
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f. FBI,., has... no _ _ comment ,
g. Army believes the cabled version of the
NID "would satisfy OACSI requirements for finished
intelligence," but regrets the lack of-maps and.
other graphics provided by t iie previous system.
We do no..:.see at. the moment how we.:can compensate
for.this and still save money, but. we will be look-
ing at the problem.
h. Air Force -agrees"wwith. thee- effort to save
money;-but, like the Arniy, is concerned by the loss
of-graphics. General Keegan recommends a review
in six-months. As noted above, `I recommend that
y?ou,.adopt this suggestion. The Air Force's (Acting)
Assistant Secretary for Research and Development
commented independently; his suggestions do not
appear practicable at this time but will be kept
in mind.
i. flavy- has- no, -comment.
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4 May 1976
MEMORANDUM ON PROCEDURES
FOR THE
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY
1. Preparation -and-Coordination
1. The,,Ni.D,._iric ,.u4ing., its cableversion, will be
produced-by?the Office of Current Intelligence in CIA.
The content of each day's NID will be discussed at a
morning planning meeting; a list of proposed articles
will be given to DIA`State, and'NSA.
2. Current reporting items for the NID will be
prepared in CIA and,. except for late items, coordinated
with A~S'State,_ and NSA. Draft texts will be made
available to all agencies in as timely fashion as
possible.
3. The author will attempt to coordinate fully the
current reporting items, but if this is not possible,
differing views
Will .be refJced..a.n the,__text of the
it is understood that such differences will
reflect significant disagreements in interpretation,
and every effort will be made to ensure.that the reader
is aware of the reason(s) for the disagreement.
4. The publication of current reporting items
may from time to time be postponed temporarily to per-
mit a more complete review by the other agencies.
Determination of whether publication can be postponed
will be made by the NID editors.
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5. Any. agency of the community may suggest topics for
current ., reporting. coverage and may be requested to prepare
texts.
6. So-called."feature" items, carryinga by-line, may
be ,.submitted to the 'NID from any agency o-f the commux&j.ty,
on the understan ing- f-hdt --these 'ite-t will be subject to
the same editorial scrutiny and processing wherever they
originate. Thee:ultimate-judgment'as to the appropriateness
and timeliness of:, a- :?feature" item must rest with the NID
editorial staff.
7. Rep'reseritative's'-bE~ State, DIA;and- NSA. will: be. avail
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ablee!,t'o-"assist" the NID editorial staff in-coordinating items
:, .for: -publication.
1a`- Items.of;.::curreht"'xeportage . will not-. be attributed
case, the item will be identified as a CIA LATE ITEM. Other
agencies may comment-on:-.or take issue with CIA LATE ITEMs in
unless :.the..item ? is. prepared, by`CIA.- so close to deadline that
coordination with other-.agencies, is not possible. In that
2. In those cases where, because of pressure of time, it
has been possible to achieve coordination with only one other
agency, the item will be so identified if the other agency is
one having a major interest--e.g. CIA/DIA LATE ITEM for a late
item dealing with a military subject.
3. Each-issue-of the NID will carry the inscription that
it has been "prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency in
cooperation with the other US foreign- intelligence organiza-
tions..-.,.Late items prepared by CIA alone are so marked. Ana-
lytical feature articles are attributed to their authors."
III. Dissemination
1. The hard-copy, "newspaper" TKH.version of the NID will
be disseminated to named principals, and will be retrieved
fromtheir offices as at present.
2. The Top Secret Codeword cable version of the NID,
including an ORCON supplement for the use of. Washington head-
quarters elements under the ORCON guidelines, and other sensi-
tive source supplements as needed, will be disseminated elec-
trically to points to be designated by the receiving agencies.
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The.recipients are understood to be free to make whatever
departmental use of this cable is consistent with "need to
know," and with the appropriate DCID's. To assist agencies
in determining how material in the cable may best be used,
cable--items-will be classified by. paragraph.
Director of Current Intelligence
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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE
SUBJECT
REFERENCE
COB, 22 April 1976
Current Intelligence Publications
USIB-D-71. 11 /20, 12 April 1976
Agency. Vote By Date
CIA NO COMMENTS 23 April
State COMMENTS ATTACHED Mr. Saunders
19 April
DIA
ERDA
FBI
COMMENTS ATTACHED 1 / Gen. Tighe
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CONCUR SUBJECT TO
,en. en
Mr. Morell
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20 April
21 April
27 ADril
(Wanda Walter)
Col. Chanatry - 20 April
NO COMMENTS Mr. Weimar 23 Anri1
Remarks:
1/ ARMY COMMENTS ATTACHED
AIR FORCE COMMENTS ATTACHED
Gen. Aaron
Gen. Keegan
AIR FORCE COMMENTS ATTACHED John Martin
NAVY N 1, C MMENTiS ps of 29 April
22 April
21 April
2/ Director, NSA concurs in the memo but recorr.:ma_nds that the cable
NID include GAMMA and TK material.
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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
MEMORANDUM FOR USIB PRINCIPALS
SUBJECT
Current Intelligence Publications
REFERENCES .
a.
USIB-D-71.11/7, 2 December 19
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b.
USIB-D-71.11/6, 4 April 1974
c.
USIB-M-664, 4 April 1974, Ite
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1. I have recently conducted a review of the current
intelligence publications produced in CIA. This review has
involved a close look at the need for individual publica-
tions as well as their format and production costs. As part
of this process a representative from my office of Current
Intelligence has consulted with the principal production
officers in DIA, State, and NSA.
2. My findings indicate that the daily intelligence
needs of our main consumers can continue to be well served
and that a substantial savings of several hundred thousand
dollars can be realized by discontinuing the National Intel-
ligence Bulletin, the procedures for which were established
in the re rence documents. In its place, I propose to meet
departmental needs by producing a cabled version of the
National Intelligence Daily.
3. More specifically, I propose that the NID become a
fully coordinated publication. Late-breaking news items
that cannot be coordinated will be so identified. As at
present, drafting will be handled by CIA; DIA's Defense
Intelligence Notices and other departmental intelligence pub-
lications will be used as the basis for some drafts. In
addition, DIA, State, NSA, and CIA will be invited to submit
feature articles. The feature articles will give attribution
to the author and his organization and will be coordinated in
substance. We will continue to require the services of repre-
sentatives from the participating agencies to facilitate the
coordination process and to speed the exchange of substantive
information.
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4. The cabled version of the NID will carry an overall
classification of TOP SECRET COMINT NOFORN, but each para-
graph will be individually classified so that recipients can
more easily use the information to meet their departmental
needs.
5. If you have any comments please provide them to
the Executive Secretary of USIB by 22 April 1976.
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George Bush
Chairman
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b. USIB-D-71.11/6, 4 April 1974
USIB:M7.6.64, 4 April 1974, Item.
officers in DIA, State, and NSA. ,~.
intelligence has consulted with the principal production
intelligence publications produced in CIA. This review has
involved a close look at the need for individual publica-
tions as well as their format and production costs. As part.
of this process a representative from my office of Current
.1. -1 have recently conducted a review of the current
2. ~ My-"findings indicate that the daily intelligence
needs of our main consumers can continue to be well served
and that a substantial savings of several hundred thousand
dollars can be realized by discontinuing the National Intel-
ligence Bulletin, the procedures for which were established
in the reference documents. In its place, I.propose to meet
departmental needs by producing a cabled version of the
National Intelligence Daily.
3. More specifically, I propose that the NID become a
fully coordinated publication. Late-brdaking news items
that cannot be coordinated will be so identified. As at
present, drafting will be handled by CIA; DIA's Defense
Intelligence Notices and other departmental intelligence pub-
lications will be used as the basis for some drafts. In
addition, DIA, State, NSA, and CIA will be invited to submit
feature articles. The feature articles will give attribution
to the author and his organization and will be coordinated in
substance. We will continue to require the services of repre-
sentatives from the participating agencies to facilitate the
coordination process and to speed the exchange of substantive
information.
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4. The cabled version of the NID will carry an overall
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llarhn: Mr. Bush--
I think Parmenter and his people have done
a first-rate job on working- out- arrangements
for producing the National Intelligence Daily
and- eliminating the National Intelligence
~alletimax
Bill offers you two options for implementing
this arrangement: one is to go ahead without
a discussion at a USIB meeting; the other is to
discuss it at a meeting before we implement.
Because these arrangements have been
fully coordinated. with the people involved, I
see no. reason for a pro forma rehash at USIB
and for the delay involved in waiting for such a
meeting. Therefore, I recommend you approve
the procedures described in attachment 1 and
instruct Bill to implement them as so S.
feasible.
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