DECISION AND MEMO ON MOVING NIO ACCOUNTS TO CTC AND CIC

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• Publication Date: September 19, 1989

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Decision and Memo on Moving'NIO Accounts to CTC and CIC
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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
NIC #00954/1-89
National Intelligence Council 19 September 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Fritz W. Ermarth
Chairman
SUBJECT: Decision and Memo on Moving NIO Accounts
to CTC and CIC
Action: To move the Community responsibilities of
TIY57-6-5unterterrorism and NIO/Foreign Denial and Intelligence
Activities, except for the preparation of national estimates,
into the Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence Centers
respectively; to sign the attached memorandum to NFIB/NFIC
principals communicating this action.
Background: We are finally ready to move on this long-planned
reorganization. The basic reason, as stated in the attached
memo, is to assure that the Community plugs into these very
important accounts in the main organizations to which you look
for action and support. A secondary reason, not stated in the
memo, is to remove a source of confusion and occasional
friction between the NIC and the Centers.
Following initial airing of this plan at Community luncheons,
on the DDCI's instructions, Dave Cries, (CTC), Ted (b)(3)
Price (CIC), Stuart Cohen (CC), and I conducted a round of (b)(6)
discussions with agency leaders including Doug Mulholland, Buck
Revell, Bill Studeman, and Ed Soyster and members of their
staffs. All these agencies, especially INR and DIA, have some
reservations about the ability of entities within CIA to do
Community business properly. But all have endorsed the
intention of the move and agreed to give it a try. They want
to be consulted on implementation and next steps; hence
provision for this your memo. Doug Mulholland already has a
senior candidate he wants to nominate for the Community affairs
position in CTC. We have made it clear, however, that
consultation does not mean that other agencies have some sort
of veto over DCI staffing or organizational arrangements.
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SUBJECT:
Decision and Memo on Moving NIO Accounts
to CTC and CIC
The attached memorandum has been reviewed by CIC, CTC, CNC, and
the NIOs affected. It has also been informally shown to
interested senior managers at DIA.
I believe that our lengthy consultations to date
attached memo obviate the necessity at this time
implementing memos; e.g., letters of instruction
chiefs. Once the new arrangements have evolved,
chiefs may wish to formalize them in writing:
and the
for further
to the Center
the Center
One specific proviso I would recommend is that the DCI's Denial
and Deception Analysis Committee (DDAC), hitherto part of
NIO/FDIA and the NIC, be retained and continue to report to the-
DCI through the Chief CIC, and ultimately to the NFIB. Among
other functions, this committee does Community damage
assessments
DCI Directive 3/16, which
governs its activities, will have to be somewhat amended to
accommodate the new subordination.
It has been made clear that this decision will not directly
affect General B's activities on the IC Staff.
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I believe that this decision, along with its rationale, should
be communicated in a timely but informal way to the staffs of
the oversight committees in Congress and to the PFIAB staff.
Recommendation:
That you sign the attached memorandum to NFIB/NFIC principals.
Attachment:
As stated
Fri W. Ermarth
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APPROVED:
Decision and Memo on Moving NIO Accounts
to CTC and CIC
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NIC #00954/1-89
19 September 1989
SUBJECT: Decision and Memo bn Moving NIO Accounts
to CTC and CIC
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