MINUTES OF FIRST MEETING COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE EAST BUILDING, AT 1530 HOURS, 18 FEBRUARY 1976

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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
Washington, D.C. 20505
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18 February 1976
Minutes of First Meeting
Committee on Foreign Intelligence
East Building, at 1530 hours, 18 February 1976
Director of Central Intelligence
Mr. George Bush
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. Robert F. Ellsworth, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Mr. William G. Hyland, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs
ALSO PRESENT
Lieutenant General Samuel V. Wilson, USA, Deputy to the DCI for the
Intelligence Community
Mr. E. H. Knoche, Associate Deputy to the DCI for the Intelligence
Community
Mr. Richard Lehman, Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
SUBJECT Draft Minutes of the 18 February 1976
Committee on Foreign Intelligence
Meeting
1. The Chairman opened the meeting with observations and sugg stions as
reflected in the attached talking points. He covered each point and invited the
other members to react.
2. Mr. Ellsworth commended the Director's remarks, saying that he wel-
comes the DCI's acting as a Chairman of the Board with respect to national
intelligence. DoD leaders, he said, have long felt that a strong national
perspective is necessary for intelligence leadership. Noting the charge in the
February Executive Order calling for the CFI to control budgets and resource
allocation, Mr. Ellswoth said it will be important to work out arrangements to
coordinate budget and resource cycles. For the CFI to get its job done, the
strongest possible staff will be required and well-qualified DoD personnel are
available for assignment to the IC Staff, which will serve the CFI.
3. Mr. Ellsworth noted the Executive Order requirement that thel CFI
establish policy priorities for collection and production of national intelligence.
He was not entirely sure what this means and the subject will require further
discussion as will the CFI responsibility to set "management policy"',for
national programs.
4. At this point, Mr. Bush referred to the explicit point that he and the
CFI are relieved of responsibility for tactical intelligence resources.) Following
a discussion of the overlaps between national and tactical intelligences
Mr. Ellsworth said he was prepared to assign DoD personnel to work) with the
DCFs representatives on this problem.
5. Mr. Ellsworth asked who would preside over the CFI in the DC 's
absence. After some discussion of this, there'was agreement that fo the
time being this would be the DDCI who becomes Acting DCI when the CI is
not at hand. (Chairman Bush referred to plans for there to' be two Deputies --
one for CIA and one for the Intelligence Community and when the latter is
called for by law and Presidentially-appointed, the Community deputy would
likely be the one to chair the CFI in the DCI's absence.) There was agreement
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on the need to insure the best possible candidate for the Community deputy
position and Mr. Ellsworth and Mr. Hyland were asked to provide Mr. Bush
with some names to consider -- and as soon as possible. Mr. Bush asked if
each of the two CFI members will designate someone to attend CFI meetings if
they are absent. Each said they would.
6. Mr. Ellsworth urged that the DCI, in his Community role, separate
himself perceptibly and conceptually from CIA and Langley. Following a
brief discussion the Chairman agreed to Mr. Ellsworth's request that
arrangements permit that personal representatives of CFI members be
accredited to the IC Staff.
7. Mr. Hyland noted that the IC Staff will be reviewing NSCIDs and DCIDs
to insure compatability with the Executive Order. He urged that a new series
of CFI Directives (CFID) be is sued beginning with those which can direct
temporary arrangements pending development of more permanent machinery
and procedures in the future.
8. Mr. Hyland foresaw an IC Staff which would concentrate on three
primary areas: budgets, collection, and production evaluation. He emphasized
that it is exclusively the DCI1s prerogative to arrange for the production of
national intelligence. Mr. Hyland observed, however, that he believes it a
matter of CFI concern to assess the value and utility of the intelligence product.
In this respect, he noted that the National Security Council will conduct semi-
annual reviews of intelligence and he urged that someone on the staff be
designated to arrange materials and issues to be considered by the NSC. There
was also some discussion of the OMB role in regard to CFI business.
9. There was general agreement that there is utility in considering
amalgamation with the IC Staff of the key staff elements of the COMII .EX,
SIGINT and Human Resources Committees of what has been USIB, all of this
in terms of providing maximum support to the CFI and its attention to national
intelligence programs.
10. It was agreed that the CFI would meet frequently at the outset, the next
meeting to take place at 1500 on 25 February. The CFI will consider draft
directives at that time and further discuss matters of concern.
11. It was agreed that the IC Staff would undertake to develop agreement on
an appropriate program and budget cycle (recognizing the sanctity of the DoD
cycle) that will permit adequate time for CFI consideration of programs and
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budgets. In the process, definition of those programs under CFI purview
will be made, all of this with an eye to providing the CFI with arrangements
for its approval.
12. CFI members at this point met briefly in executive session, the
meeting concluding at 1700 hours.
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1. Fundamental tasks of CFI; among other things,. E.O. requires CFI to:
-- control budget preparation and resource allocation for NFIP
-- establish policy priorities for collection and production of national
intelligence -
-- establish policy for management of NFIP
2. The DCI's Intelligence Community Staff, headed by one of two deputies
to the DCI, to provide support to CFI,
-- current thinking as to type to be named to be the Community deputy,
need to examine structure and composition of IC Staff to~ accomplish
its job. (Have asked IC Staff for ideas CFI can consider; at a
minimum, it behooves us all to see to it ICS is strongly staffed
as a Community (not just a DCI) asset.)
3.
Currently lean to two geographically separate DCI offices -- one at Langley
for CiA business, another in town for Community activities.
4.
Production of national intelligence is something separate fro
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m CFI concerns;
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currently giving thought to how to arrange new and effect
succeed USIB.
-- In the meantime, will continue USIB and most of its sub
components to avoid sudden break in efficiency.
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5.
In terms of using the best and most appropriate USIB expertise to augment
IC Staff in supporting CFI, am giving thought to merging IC Staf# with US; B's
COMIREX (imagery), SIGINT, and Human Resources (Hum.in,t) Committees.
These Committees set priorities for collection and prolcessing of
data related to NFIP, the programs of concern to CFI.
-- Merging of these Committee Staffs with IC Staff may permit
some reduction of IC Staff size.
In addition to those charges given to the CFI in the E. O. , believe it will
be necessary to insure CFI collaborates and consults on other _natters of
major concern. Among these, all in need of improvement, are:
-- strategic warning (this should always be one of our prime concerns)
-- crisis management (finding better ways to relate policy concerns and
intelligence data)
-- evaluation of the Intelligence Community's performance, from
requirements to collection to production. (Current evaluation
processes are in their infancy and need improvement. IC Staff
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7. Without in any way interfering with DoD budget cycles, we need to
devise a cycle that permits adequate time for CFI to consider 1N1IFP
programs and budgets. IC Staff has suggested such an arrangement. (Attache:
-- Suggest IC'Staff and DoD associates consider the ICS
suggestions and see what can be agreed.
S. E.O. calls for redrafting of NSCID's and DCID's within 90 days to be
consistent with E. O. 's.
-- Suggest IC Staff chair a group to consider NSCID's. Reps to
be supplied by each CFI member. Alternatives include one
"orrm bus" NSCID or amendment of each now in existence.
-- IC Staff will chair a group of reps from DSD(I) and each of
the current USIB principals to amend DCID's, subject to DCI
approval. (This is DCI business; not directly related to CFI).
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