STATUS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF WHITE PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL TO ACCOMPANY 1978 BUDGET SUBMISSION

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• Publication Date: August 31, 1976
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OCI No. 0816/76
August 31, 1976
SUBJECT Status Report on Implementation of White
Paper Recommendations on International
Narcotics Control to Accompany 1978
Budget Submission
REFERENCE OMB Memo dated 13 August 1976, same subject;
and Comptroller Memo dated 25 August 1976,
same subject.
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1. In accordance with the President's request for a
status report on what government agencies are doing to carry
out the recommendations contained in the Domestic Council's
White Paper on Drug Abuse, dated 29 September 1975, and in
response to OMB's instruction to each agency involved in the
government's narcotics control effort to submit such a report
at the time of the FY 1978 budget submission, this summary
report sets forth the steps taken by the Directorate for
Intelligence as part of CIA's implementation of the recom-
mendations contained in the White Paper.
2. The Domestic Council, in its White Paper of September
1975 specifically cited the Central Intelligence Agency as
having a "vital" role in the collection and analysis of for-'
eign intelligence on the international narcotics situation,
with principal focus on strategic intelligence and on inter-
national narcotics trafficking.
3. The DDI, in partial fulfillment of the Agency's for-
eign intelligence collection and analysis role in the govern-
ment's international narcotics control effort has organized
a special Committee on International Narcotics Matters with
a chairman who coordinates DDI activities in .processing of
collection requirements and the production of finished intel-
ligence on the subject of narcotics. All offices and staffs
of the Directorate are represented on the Committee and con-
tribute to its intelligence production. The members of the
committee also respond to requirements ?
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and to other members of the CCINC as requested and approved.
Each member of the Committee has a responsibility to follow
closely foreign developments in his area of interest that may
have a bearing on the international narcotics situation. It
is also his task to prepare finished intelligence that may be
of particular interest to the intelligence community. These
reports and studies are disseminated to interested officials
in Washington and, on occasion, to overseas missions and
stations. This finished intelligence is prepared in the form
of special studies, intelligence memoranda, and in daily,
weekly, and biweekly current intelligence publications. Pub-
lished current intelligence is given wide dissemination through-
out the government, including copies to State, OMB, DEA,
Treasury, Customs, the NSC, NSA, and NIDA. A relatively new
venture is the biweekly International Narcotics Staff Notes
which is a current intelligence publication designed primarily
for narcotics specialists in i?,-ashington.
4. In addition, the DDI is represented on the various
inter-agency narcotics control committees; and narcotics
referents in the DDI--including both those who are regionally
and those who are functionally oriented--are called upon from
time-to-time to give oral briefings or to participate in the
preparation of special reports pertaining to international
narcotics. Representatives of the DDI also participate in
the regional narcotics coordinators conferences held through-
out the world.
5. Furthermore, technical elements in the office of
Geographic and Cartographic Research, and in the Imagery
Analysis Service, work closely with DEA and other interested
members of the intelligence community in targeting require
ments and in developing new techniques and new systems which
could lead to a more sophisticated approach to the collection
and analysis of intelligence on narcotics. Some of these
techniques could be particularly useful in detecting and in
monitoring the cultivation and eradication of narcotics-
producing crops in foreign countries. These techniques are
still in their formative stage, but the prospects are promising.
6. During the past year, the DDI has been involved in
many activities related to the government international nar-
cotics control effort and in particular in those areas of
intelligence collection and analysis cited in the White Paper.
These activities include:
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The revision and coordination of intelligence col-
lection requirements as necessary and submission to
the Foreign Intelligence Subcommittee of the CCINC
where necessary for inter-agency approval. Contribu-
tions are sought from all members of the intelligence
community. Ad hoc requirements are drafted and
processed as necessary. The basic intelligence col-
lection requirements on international narcotics have
been revised for all the major areas of the world
during the past tt.'o years. All of these are cur-
rently_:_-- being updated; the requirements for Mexico
were revised in April and those for Western Europe
are now in process. The basic requirements are sup-
plemented by ad hoc requirements as needed.
-- The Office of Economic Researc screens all documents
pertaining to international narcotics, maintains the
necessary files, and prepares in-depth finished intel-
ligence on the economic aspects of the drug abuse
problem. OER's narcotics-oriented research, and pro-
duction effort has been focused primarily on Southeast
Asia and the Golden Triangle area in particular. Since
January 1975, OER has prepared 15 support projects,
published 8 articles of current intelligence, provided
support I Ion 20 occasions, and attended 7
inter-agency meetings on narcotics intelligence.
-- The Office of Geographic and Cartographic Research
(OGCR) gives close support to both 0 and DEA on
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all matters pertaining to narcotics, particularly
in areas of production, eradication, and trafficking.
An OGCR representative is also working closely with
an inter-agency group on a proposed project designed
to monitor cultivation and eradication
of narcotics-related crops. Some of the specific
contributions of OGCR during the past year include
8 articles and one intelligence memorandum for current
intelligence publication, numerous briefings and con-
ferences with DEA represen-.atives and inter-agency
groups, frequent support of Opreparation of 25X1
graphics for OMB, and attendance at numerous briefings,.
debriefings and conferences. OGCR has also prepared
over 30 maps for various purposes related to inter-
national narcotics intelligence and has prepared 13
special graphics for other CIA offices. In addition,
the Map Library Division of OGCR has supplied over
500 maps related to narcotics to various consumers
in the Washington intelligence community.
-- The Central Reference Service of the DDI has responded
to numerous requests for narcotics-related intelligence
during the past year, including requests from DEA,
State, and
The Imagery Analysis Service (IAS) estimates that it
has expended better than //E7 manhours on narcotics
related projects--including graphics and editorial
support during the past year. IAS is also currently
participating in the inter-agency study to determine
the feasibility of developing a remote sensing system
for monitoring the cultivation of opium poppies.
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