NFAC COMMENTS ON STATE EA/PHIL DRAFT ASSESSMENT OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83B00551R000100240015-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2007
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: July 31, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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MtMORANDUM FOR: D/NFAC
The attached canr ents on the State Departament' s
araft assessment on the Philippines were written by
I I of the East Asia Pacific Division and
coordinated with the National Intelligence Officer for East
Asia/Pacific.
our information, I I also prepared on
For
y
15 July a typescript memo on the prospects for violent
opposition in the Philippines. The memo was requested
by Deputy Assistant Secretary Negroponte of the East
Asia Bureau. DAS Negroponte last week asked for her
c rents on INR memo on the same subject.
The author of the draft asses t Frazier Meade of
the East Asia Bureau, yesterday asked to attend
a meeting at the State Department next week to iscuss
current events in the Philippines and implications for
US policy. He implied that the meeting is being called
at the behest of Undersecretary of State for $Io itical
Affairs David Newsom. Helene L. Boatner
Date 3 1 ? J U L 1980
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NATIONAL FOREIGN ASSESSMENT CENTER
1 AUG 1980
Mr. Richard Holbrooke
Assistant Secretary of State
for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Washington, D.C.
In response to your letter of
July 21, I am enclosing the comments
of the NFAC Philippine analysts on
Frazier Meade's draft assessment of
the political situation in the Philippines.
If we can be of any further assistance,
please do not hesitate to contact me.
Enclosure:
As stated
Sincerely yours,
Bruce C. Clarke, Jr.
Director
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HRC-80-21
18 April_.,1980
Introduction
FOCUS is an interagency program which reviews the
reporting by human resource elements of the Intelligence
Community and other Departments and Agencies affiliated
with U.S. Diplomatic Missions abroad. The FOCUS Review
Program is conducted by the Director of Central Intelli-
gence Human Resources Committee. The FOCUS Reviews are
designed to help enhance the effective management,
coordination, and utilization of reporting programs in
the field and at the Washington level. The program (a)
assesses the adequacy, timeliness, and responsiveness to
national intelligence needs in support of national policy
goals of the reporting from selected U.S. Missions abroad;
and (b) provides Chiefs of Mission with timely, concise,
and agreed-to statements of priority national intelligence
needs.
FOCUS Reviews are carried out in close cooperation
with responsible policy officers of the Departments of
State, Defense, and Treasury, and the National Security
Council Staff. The views of the Chief of Mission concerned
about reporting problems and opportunities are solicited
in advance of the review and carefully taken into account
when received. er
FOCUS Reviews contain four sections:
Ll
Part I, U.S. Policy Goals and Issues, is a brief
statement by the Department of State of key policy
goals and issues in U.S. relations with the subject
country which is based upon the most recent interagency
policy paper for the country concerned. Part I pro-
vides the overall framework and specific issues-oriented
terms of reference for the entire FOCUS Review. Part I,
together with Part II, provides the parameters for the
Statement of Priority National Intelligence Needs con-
tained in Part III.
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Part II, the Re ort.
Mission reporting for its Assessment, assesses
It .1
responsiveness to nationalgintelliTencelinesu, and
of U.S. Policy goals and issues. Pg
Assessment is written by The Reporting
Officer concerned on the basis a ofonal Iteragegcyce
seminar in which policy officers and intelligence
analysts participate. For
assessment in which a consensuseissnottreachede
pro-
vision is made for dissenting views to be recorded
Part III, the Statement of Priority National
Assessment (Part II flows directly from the Reporting
Assesmend (P U.S. ) andis developed a
Policy objectives and the
(Part I). It is an interagency ctives and issues
prpred by the Hu consensus statement
consultation with the the
supporting guidance ma facer.
field through Departmental and Agency cent ent hannel to s if s of
required.
Part IV, the Action Review
and management problems and , the Action Rev
the review. It su identified
being taken and presents recommendations~forzes theron
Departmental and Agency action in response further
ssues. The Action to these
itaement- Review is an interagency consensus
included.
if there are dissenting views, they will be
The FOCUS Review when completed is reviewed
Ditector of Central IntellicreneP _ to the 01,4-r _ _ _
by the
Copies of "-`?O1vn -
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of the Inspector General, Department of tSta to the to member
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