LETTER TO REAR ADMIRAL E.F. RECTANUS FROM DANIEL O. GRAHAM

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 CONFIDENTIAL IC 74-0587
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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Rear Admiral E. F. Rectanus USN
Director of Naval Intelligence
The Pentagon
Washington, D. C. 20350
Your memorandum of 8 February 1974 regarding the proposed "family"
of National Intelligence Products highlights a number of issues with which
I have long been concerned. The full and equitable participation of all
interested agencies in every aspect of the intelligence process continues
to be a major goal of the IC Staff.
In achieving this objective, however, we must proceed within the
existing framework of the intelligence community. This requires that the
Defense Intelligence Agency be considered the focal point for national
level intelligence matters of interest to the Department of Defense and
the intelligence components of the military services. I recognize the
problems inherent in such an arrangement. I believe, however, that the
solutions to these problems are properly the concern of the Director, DIA
and the service intelligence chiefs.
I do not mean to imply that the views of the individual services
are unwanted or unneeded in the national intelligence arena. In such
matters as the preparation of special studies or NIEs, the services are
afforded an equal voice and vote in the deliberations. These proceedings,
however, are rarely time sensitive. In short time frames the difficulty
of coordinating national intelligence increases proportionally to the
number of participating agencies. In these situations, it is not possible
with existing assets to address each of the services individually. We
must therefore continue to rely upon the DIA to collate and present the
services' contributions.
Sincerely,
DANIEL O LTG. USAF
Daniel 0. Graham
Lieutenant General, USA
Deputy to the DCI for the
Intelligence Community
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PURPOSE: To provide written response to Director of Naval Intel li genL,:e or
issues raised in DNI memo Ser 099B/C17 of 8 Feb 74.
BACKGROUND: The DNI specifically cites the lack of service participation
in the proposed procedures for the NID/NIW and NOIWON. However, the under-
lying and larger issue is the uncertain, and in the DNI's view inadequate,
role of the services' intelligence components in the production of national
intelligence.
The D/DCI/IC has indicated that the proposed response should indicate
that the services' interests are supposed to be handled through the DIA and
that if this isn't working properly, the solution lies in tackling the reasons
for the failures and not in circumventing DIA.
Further, the response should indicate that coordinating national
intelligence among the interested agencies is difficult at best, and it
becomes excessively cumbersome in short time frames when each of the
services is included individually rather than working through DIA.
The letter opposite makes the above points as diplomatically as
possible.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That D/DCI/IC sign/Yeer opposite.
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George:
Danny wanted you to be aware of
RADM Rectanus' letter and our response.
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