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

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• Publication Date: December 23, 1974
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UT ED STATES INTELLIGENCE Bpi?ARD
HUMAN SOURCES COMMITTEE
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
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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. T 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 consideratibn
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
Al W. E. Colby
W. E Colby Date
Director of Central Intelligence
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SUBJECT: Examination of the Functions of the
Interagency Clandestine Collection
Priorities Committee (IPC)
Distribution:
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1 - Executive Sec/USIB
1 - IC Staff Registry
1 - Executive Registry
1 - Chairman, HSC
1 - Executive Sec/HSC
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6. Objectives of the Intelligence
Community for FY 1975
(USIB/IRAC-D-22.1/14, 20 May 1974)
Mr, Colby noted that he had circulated draft Objectives for the
Intelligence Community for FY 1975 for comment (reference). He
said that the Objectives were responsive to the needs of the President
and as such are stated in general terms. They are divided into
"substantive objectives" and "resource management objectives". In
addition, milestones for accomplishment of the Objectives were in-
cluded in the reference paper. The Objectives will be supplemented
by a sub-set as well as the KIQs.
Mr. Colby said he appreciated the comments he had received which
he would examine and incorporate into the current draft as appropriate.
He recognized that some requirements were not covered which will have
to be satisfied, together with departmental needs.
noted that the substantive objectives appropriately
dealt with the relation between the producer and consumer. On the other
hand, the resource management objectives tended to deal only within the
intelligence communit with no provision for consumer input. Mr. Colby
said that point was a valid one and he would address it in
his redraft.
Mr. Colby commented that the objectives were intended to focus
on the needs for one year. He also intends to issue, for consultation
with the USIB, a draft of Perspectives which will look to the needs for
longer term planning.
The Chairman convened the Board in executive session at 1147 hours
to discuss the following subjects:
7. Proposed DCID No. 1 / 17,
Human Sources Committee
(USIB-D-5. 1 /25, 17 May 1974)
Mr. Colby opened the discussion by noting that the Human Sources
Committee had been established in early 1973 on a one year trial basis.
It now looked as if the Committee could perform useful functions on a
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permanent basis. The DCID would make the HSC a standing committee
of USIB. The Chairman recommended that the words "overt and
clandestine" be deleted from the last line of paragraph 3.b. of the pro-
posed DCID. He then distributed two short new paragraphs for considera-
tion and outlined briefly his reasons for wishing to include the points
made in the paragraphs which read as follows:
The Committee will concentrate on the alloca-
tion of responsibilities among departments and agencies
and on the evaluation of the end products of their effort.
It will not review the operational details or internal
management of the work of the individual departments
and agencies.
Any department or agency is authorized to
withhold the exposure of sensitive situations from the
Committee, reporting such matters directly and
privately to the DCI for his further guidance.
The Acting Army Principal said that he believed the human sources
problem could be brought into better focus if there were only one USIB
Committee to consider all HUMINT. He also believed it would be useful
for the DCI to have only one Chairman and one Board Committee to go
to on a whole range of human source problems. After considerable
discussion the Chairman agreed that the new Human Sources Committee
should be tasked to look at the problem,
The DCI requested that
General Graham (D/DCI/IC) work closely with the Chairman, HSC on
the review and recommendations to USIB.
generated considerable discussion regarding his view
that the subject DCID could not be applied to FSO reporting. Mr. Colby
explained that the committee would not be a tasking mechanism for the
FSOs but might suggest subjects to be covered and evaluate reporting
from an intelligence viewpoint.
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