EXAMINATION OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE INTERAGENCY CLANDESTINE COLLECTION PRIORITIES COMMITTEE (IPC)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79M00098A000400050006-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 23, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN 2 3 DEC 1974
UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
HUMAN SOURCES COMMITTEE
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH Deputy to the DCI for the
Intelligence Community
SUBJECT Examination of the Functions of
the Interagency Clandestine
Collection Priorities Committee
(IPC)
1. The purpose of this memorandum is to forward
the results of an examination of the functions of the
Interagency Clandestine Collection Priorities
Committee (IPC), as directed in your Letter of
Instructions to me. My recommendations, which
represent a consensus of the Committee, are contained
in paragraph 4.
2. The examination was conducted by an ad hoc
Study Group of the Human Sources Committee (HSC),
working with the Intelligence Community Staff, with
a view to placing the IPC functions under the HSC.
During the course of the examination, a number
of key CIA Operations Directorate personnel were
interviewed. Among these were Chiefs of Station,
Headquarters operations and reports officers, and
the Chiefs of the Plans and the Operations Staffs.
In addition, comments and opinions on the IPC List
as an effective requirements mechanism were solicited
from community production analysts.
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2. The principal findings set forth in the
report are that:
a. The IPC Lists of requirements produced
in response to DCID 5/5 are of little value
to CIA clandestine collectors. As a
reporting guidance document, field collectors
find the contents of the Lists to be too general
and do not often use them. The Lists are of
little use in the development of Operational
Directives (OD's), Station Management Objectives,
Accomplishment Goals, and other tasking
directives. For these purposes, DDO managers
rely on the DCI's Objectives and the DDO
Objectives.
b. From the perspective of an overwhelming
majority of intelligence community analysts, the
IPC List is not an effective instrument for
influencing DDO clandestine reporting and
involves a considerable amount of their time
in the revision process. The IPC List covers
approximately 144 countries and is reviewed and
updated on a nine-month cycle. This means
that approximately five sections are in process
each week.
c. While DCID 5/5 states that "members of
the IPC will be briefed from time to time on
the nature, scope, and categories of clandestine
collection operations undertaken by CIA, and of.
the general problems encountered," this has
been done in the past only on a few occasions.
4. I recommend for your approval that:
a. DCID 5/5 be canceled and the
Interagency Clandestine Collection Priorities
Committee be abolished.
b. The HSC, under the authority of the
DCID 1/17 and in consonance with the DCI's
Letter of Instructions (LOI) of 23 August
1974, identify to all human source collectors
the essential foreign intelligence requirements
of the United States Government, including
those whose fulfillment appear to require
clandestine collection.
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c. The HSC, in coordination with other
USIB Committees as appropriate, develop such
guidance on priority topics appropriate for
clandestine collection with full consideration
to KIQ collection strategies, the results of
HSC assessments of all human source reporting,
and the capabilities and productivity of
other collection systems.
Herbert J. Jenne
Chairman
/s/ W. E. Colby
W. E. Colby
Director of Central Intelligence
d)EC 1974
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SUBJECT: Examination of the Functions of the
Interagency Clandestine Collection
Priorities Committee (IPC)
Distribution:
Original - D/DCI/IC, DCI, Rtn: Chairman/HSC
1 - DCI
1 - D/DCI/IC
1 - Chairman, IPC
1 - Executive Sec/USIB
1 - IC Staff Registry
1 - Executive Registry
1 - Chairman, HSC
1 - Executive Sec/HSC
DDI/CGAS:Jenne
(12/17/74)
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