FIFTH REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT BY THE PRESIDENT'S BOARD OF CONSULTANTS ON FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001100060008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 8, 1960
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Release 2003/01/29 : CIA-RDP80B01676RO01100060008-8
MAR 1960
UM FOR: i xecutiare geeretarye, attckaa;
-UEJ T
Fifth Report to the President by the President's
Board of Consultants Forst
Actia ities, doted s December 19S9. (Roc rn-
Mechaeis,n
Your memorandum of 26 January r.gnested my views and
pecific a recomrnendattoe contained in the subject report.
rant two parts of that recommendation directed the
Central Intelligence to have the Intelligence coma ity corn-
directed that, Used on the survey, it prepare ;M"ti ly specific
I-A.
supersede to generat indicator list which is now in use.
3. Work is now well along on the ? f arming :Systems Survey, and
expected to be presented to the MID on about 29 March,
it wail include a proposed revision of the earlier G neral di-
List. This draft revision is in effect a collection of specific
functional Indicator lists. It has been need targeiy as ~mais for conduct-
of collection tspabtlitiea. This *valuation of collection
which indicators are rea-ltatic.
4. The concluding section of the Board** action ree:o
r of the Intelligence Comn uctty' e ' attch Committee and its
onai Indications Center are organic d, s rt+ed and ; araatsd in such
manner as to (a) maximise the Intelligence Co munity'a efforts to effect
timely receipt, processing and evaluation of available information pertain-.
Itraategic early warning. and (b) to Insure the timely trea amisstas
Approved For Release 2003/01/29 CIA-RDP80B01676RO01100060008-8
 Approved For Release,2643/01/29: CIAO-RDP80B01676RO01100060008-8
inforr .at o" bearing awn the early
roblem. " I do not believe that any fo rther special directives
+essary at this time. The I1eport# system for sedi
ry of critical is rduation to Washington is sboratng irnprovo-
tatus, of this system was rcr ed is a
1939, signed by the Secretary of Defense and myself,
enting on this recemmeadtion of t Prestdentts
d of Consultants an Foreign Into li ce Activities I would stress
ligence Community is constantly striving to Impre" our
early warning capabilities. We are especially aware of the a and
bleeps in the early warning field created sew weapons
developments of recent years.
Draft/OCI
Retyped: IG/drm (26 February 1960)
Rewritten: DCI/IG/drm (1 March 1960)
Distribution:
Original and #2 - Addressee
,13 PBCFIA
#4 - OCI via DD/I
#5 IG via DDCI
#6 - DCI
A 4QP T
Approved For Release 2003/01/29 : CIA-RDP80B01676RO01100060008-8
 Approved For Release 2003/01/29 : CIA-RDP80B01676RO01100060008-8
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Secretary, National Security Council
SUBJECT : Fifth Report to the President by the :President's
Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence
Activities, dated 11 December 1959. (Recom-
mendation Regarding "Strategic Warning
Mechanism")
1. Your merriorandum of 26 January, ~ a a e,
requested my views and comments on a specific recommendation con-
tained in the sub,kct report.
Intelligence/bommuni' y complete the aforementioned survey at the earliest
possible da that, based on the survey, it prepare expeditiously specific
i X.
indicator''lists to supersede t e genera], indicator list which is now in
2. With o 4he first two parts of that recommendation t
the- Pr ide direc1I'the Director of Central Intelligence to have the
use', .rt - - L sta tork is now well along on the Warning
Syste,4ns Survey, and a draft report is expected to be presented to the USIB
on "out 29 March. This report will. include a propped revision of the
earlier General Indicator List. rme I re his draft revision,Wd 'e"'r
(S i4 effect a collection of specific functional indicator lists, `has been used
/largely as t basis for conducting evaluation of collection capabilitiess
tyiel~the ,survey's conclusions wilh..hh"bas t t.~
1t ~.,4a et aL E..'i~ t~ k ~V,/ G~ CCU- CE k.t^L,t^tr ` e.p~A,:
The i '?am ^r tho 'h' ^~ * P Pntjatinniz that the
President "issue whatever directives are necessary to insure that the
facilities of the Intelligence Community's Watch Committee and its
National Indications Center are organized, supported and operated in such
manner as to (a) maximize the Intelligence Community's efforts to effect
timely receipt, processing and evaluation of available information per-
taining to strategic early warning, and (b) to insure the timely transmission
to higher authority of significant information bearing upon the early
warning problem. " I do not 1.ri.5 that any special directives are necessary
Approved For Release 2003/01/29 : CIA-RDP80a01666RO0110006000
 Approved For Release;2QQ3/01129. ;CIA-RDP80BOl676RO01100060008-8
25X1
at this time. The reporting system for speeding the delivery
of critical information to Washington is showing improvement; the status
of this system was reviewed in a memorandum to you, dated 5 December
1959, signed by the Secretar of Defense and myself, with the subject,
25X1
The new weapons developments of recent years, particularly
i evitable. This general problem, then, that of constantly striving to
in the missile field, have raised new and challenging problems for the
Intelligence Community in its early warning effort. As the Watch Com-
mittee and the National Indications Center--and in fact the Intelligence
Community as a whole --~ets+ take steps to meet these challenges,
their assumption is, and must be, that even further technological advan?es,
with additional complications for the strategic warning efforrt, are
} iprove..aur early warning capabilities, is a coo-us one, and one
which-is under ce i. ous study within the Intelligence Community.
ALLEN W. DULLES
Director
ILLEGIB
Approved For Release 200.3/01/29: 'CIA-RDP80BO1676RO01100060008-8
 Approved For Release 2003/01/29 : CIA-RDP80B0l676R001100060008-8
MEMORANDUM FOR: General Cabell
The boss wanted you to see this before it
was dispatched.
ILLEGIB
2 March 1960
(DATE)
FORM NO. IQI REPLACES
MAY FORM
BE USED.
I AUG 54 WHICH
Approved For Release 2003/01/29 : CIA-RDP80B0l676R001100060008-8
 TOP SECRET
ILLEGI
Approved
For Release 2003/01/29 : CIA-RDP80B01676RO01100060008-8
SIGNATURE RECORD AND COVER SHEET
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
REGISTRY
SOURCE
CIA CONTROL NO.
79
172
DOC. NO.
,
DATE DOCUMENT RECEIVED
DOC. DATE - QhI
COPY NO. 16 of
LOGGED BY
NUMBER OF PAGES
NUMBER OF ATTACHMENTS
ATTENTION: This form will be placed on top of and attached to each Top Secret document received by the Central Intel-
ligence Agency or classified Top Secret within the CIA and will remain attached to the document until st,ch time as it
is downgraded, destroyed, or transmitted outside of CIA. Access to Top Secret matter is limited to Top Secret Control
personnel and those individuals whose official duties relate to the matter. Top Secret Control Officers who receive
and/or release the attached Top Secret material will sign this form and indicate period of custody in the left-hand
columns provided. Each individual who sees the Top Secret document will sign and indicate the date of handling in the
right-hand columns.
REFERRED TO
RECEIVED
RELEASED
SEEN BY
OFFICE
SIGNATURE
DATE
TIME
DATE
TIME
SIGNATURE AND OFFICE
DATE
ER
IG
sM
-
----
-
ER - fit
4
to l/
CURV
E
NOTICE OF DETACHMENT: When
spaces below and transmitted
this form is detached from Top Secret material it shall be completed in the appropriate
to Central Top Secret Control for record.
DOWNGRADED
DESTROYED
DISPATCHED (OUTSIDE CIA)
TO
BY (Signature)
TO
BY (Signature)
WITNESSED BY (Signature)
BY (Signature)
DATE
Approved
For Rele
DATE
se 2003/01/29 : CIA-RDP80B01676
OFFICE
001100060008-8
DATE
F
IOAPRN55 26 USE PREVIOUS EDITIONS.
TOP SECRET