2. THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR DRUG ENFORCEMENT.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2007
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• Publication Date: January 1, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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2. The Drug Enforcement t,g.ency is the lead agency for
drug enforcement. A Report to -che Congress of the United
States by the Comptroller General dated 25 October 1979 empha-
sizes the position of the White house Office of Drug Abuse
Policy that DEA will play the principal role in drug enforce-
ment matters. For this reason, CIA has never been charged with
the responsibility to coordinate the efforts of other agencies
to collect drug related information within the US narcotics
intelligence community. This is also true because DEA has law
enforcement functions, and CIA does not.
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3. Since 1969, CIA has supported federal drug control
programs and activities by collecting, processing, analyzing,
and publishing reports on international narcotics production
and trafficking. The principal customers for this information
are the White House, State Department and interested federal
law enforcement agencies. CIA information contributes to the
formulation of narcotics control policy and the allocation of
narcotics control resources.
4. Several internal components support CIA's narcotics
mission. The Operations Directorate collects strategic nar-
cotics intelligence on the intentions and capabilities of
foreign governments to control the production and movement of
illicit narcotics; bribery and corruption of officials; sources
of supply; methods and. routes for transporting drugs; and
international financial transactions involving illicit narcotics
money. NFAC coordinates the production of finished intelligence,
analyzing the political and socio-economic dimension of inter-
national narcotics production and activities. NFAC uses a
multidisciplinary approach to estimate the size of illicit
narcotics-yielding crops.
5. CIA has good working relationships with US agencies
involved in the anti-narcotics program, including the FBI, NSA,
Treasury, Customs, DEA, and the US military. Our dealings with
DEA are conducted in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding
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of 28 August 1978, signed by the DCI and the Administrator of
DEA. Information is exchanged overseas on a close and informal
basis between DEA and CIA. DEA use of narcotics sources is
coordinated with CIA in advance of their use. CIA provides to
DEA overseas various forms of technical support)
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aware that CIA's collection efforts are directed to obtaining
strategic narcotics intelligence while DEA works closely with
foreign police services to immobilize traffickers and interdict
shipments of narcotics, contraband, and illicit funds. The
relationship between CIA and DEA overseas can be characterized
as effective and complementary. At the Washington level, the
relationship is conducted on a daily basis in an equally
effective and candid atmosphere.
6. In the course of collecting against its strategic
objectives CIA has acquired some information on organized
criminal groups- operating in foreign countries. These groups
may play a significant role in dominating narcotics-related
financial and distribution networks. We have in mind the so-
called "Santa Cruz Mafia" in. Bolivia, the Shan United Army in
the Golden Triangle, and--to a lesser extent--the Sicilian
Mafia in Italy. Information of a tactical nature concerning
these groups is coordinated overseas with DEA offices and
strategic information is reported via CIA channels for review
and analysis by NFAC. In turn, NFAC incorporates all source
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intelligence, including available information on organized
criminal groups, in the production of finished intelligence.
7. Finally, the Agency continues to consider the inter-
national narcotics problems among its priority objectives;
however, the narcotics priority must be blended into other,
constantly shifting, higher priority national security
responsibilities.