ASSIGNMENTS AND PENDING ACTIONS FROM 14 OCTOBER TASK FORCE MEETING

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01495R000400030011-6
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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 1, 2005
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 15, 1975
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution
SUBJECT Assignments and Pending Actions from
14 October Task Force Meeting
1. The Director requested General Wilson to invite
John 0. Marsh, Jr., and Philip W. Buchen of the White House
staff over to look at the activity as posted in the Task
Force control room. (Action: General Wilson)
2. The Director requested Dick Lehman to identify
further examples of how the Agency performed well in its
intelligence analysis of world situations which could be used
by the Director in a classified form in closed hearings, and
further to prepare an unclassified version which could be
used in open hearings. The Director suggested that Mr. Le an
might refer to previous annual reports to the PFIAB on Agency
accomplishments. (Action: Mr. Lehman)
3. The Director tasked Scott Breckinridge to review he
Rockefeller Commission Report and compare it to the family,
jewels" compendium. The Director felt that over the coursed of
time much of the information in the Rockefeller Report wi111
dribble out or be a forcing function to expose further "faT4ily
jewel" items, and that possibly we ought to look to declassifying
the "family jewels." In fact, he noted pressure from Congressman.
Pike to do that momentarily. Some discussion then followe4
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would take. (Action: Mr. Breckinridge)
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wording.
Review of the checklist of sensitive allegations arompted
to volunteer to redo the checklist with more apIropriate
(Action:
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6. A review of the "Issue Options and Actions" papers;
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lowing assignments:
Papers 1 and 2--IC Staff.
Paper 3--OLC and OGC.
Paper 4--IC and Comptroller.
Paper 5 to be considered with paper 1 by the IC S
aff.
Paper 6 to be rephrased "What is the Future of Co4ert
Action" and assignment made to the DDO.
Paper 7 to be redrafted by
Paper 8--0GC to work with Department of Justice a it
pertains to CIA. However, IC Staff will contact the ther
members of the Intelligence Community for reaction as it
impacts them.
Paper 9--It was noted that the Task Force must begiven
the ground rules from the Executive Branch as to how
Congressional need for substantive foreign intelligen e can
L best be accommodated. A position paper, however, will be
prepared by__DDI with appropriate input from OLC/OGC.
7. Three additional "Issue Options and Actions" pape s
were identified as follows:
Paper 10--How should we develop an orchestrated
approach to serving public need for information?
(Action: Mr. Thuermer)
Paper 11--What is the Agency's position on various
draft Administration legislative proposals? How best!
can CIA contribute? (Action" OLC)
Paper 12--What should be DCI philosophy on secrecdy?
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How, and to whom, should it be expressed? now s
present classification system be overhauled? (Actionj:
IC Staff should collect various papers associated with
this subject and hold for resolution of NSSM 7.29 dra
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25X1 8. then proposed, and the Task Force
agreed, to the following outline for handling issue papers
a. Statement of the problem.
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Commit
b. Position of the House or Senate Select
on the problem.
c. Discussion of options.
d. Recommendations.
e. Proposed action with advisory on how the adop~ion
of the preferred option best achieved.
9. Draft of the above issue papers due 21 October 19,'/5.
10. General Wilson Commissioned the Task Force to address
themselves to the three papers previously submitted by Angus
Thuermer, and these will be considered as first-order of business
at the 17 October 1975 meeting. (Action: All Task Force Members)
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a uel V. Wilson
Lieut Want General, US
D/DCI/IC
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