FILLING GAPS IN INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03362A002000060001-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 14, 2001
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SUBJECT: Filling Gaps in Intelligence
Information
Lecture and
Discussion
COURSE: INTELLIGENCE PRINCIPLES
AND METHODS
Hours: 2* 25X1A
Instructor:
OBJECTIVES OF INSTRUCTION : CONFIDENTIAL
1. To outline the continuing problem of identifying and filling gaps
in intelligence information and of coordinating research and
collection efforts to that end.
2. To emphasize the responsibility of the individual intelligence
analyst for contributing to this effort.
3. To describe the special collection activities performed by CIA
on behalf of the Intelligence Community and to explain established
procedures which enable the analyst to exploit these services.
SUMMARY OF PRESENTATION:
As an introduction to this subject the student is presented with the
problem of the Intelligence Community in coordinating information
essential for the production of intelligence. As an example, the
interdepartmental organization known as the Economic Intelligence
Committee is described as well as its function in coordinating govern-
mental and private research into the economies of foreign countries.
The role of the intelligence analyst in identifying gaps in intelli-
gence is reviewed and his responsibility for so doing is emphasized.
The various steps he must take to remedy the situation through the
initiation of special information collection requirements are ex-
plained at length. The role of the Requirements Staff in expediting
collection requirements is also discussed. Intra-agency channels
through which requirements must pass are indicated.
CIA Collection services performed by the Contact# Division and the
SOVMAT Staff of 00 and the Covert Services of DD/P are briefly reviewed.
The analyst's response to a "Notice of Intelligence Potential" or a
SOVMAT "Notice of Receipt" is discussed in some detail. Students are
shown how the analyst may exploit STATSPEC
STATSPEC and how the Foreign Documen s s on may assist in his
e ors to fill gaps in intelligence information.
SUBJECTS WITH WHICH COORDINATION IS REQUIRED:
Reporting
Collection
Production
Dissemination
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