STATUS REPORT ON DCI'S OBJECTIVES FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY FY 1974

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• Publication Date: April 16, 1974
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STATUS REPORT ON
DCI'S OBJECTIVES FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
FY 1974
prepared by the IC Staff
16 April 1974
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Objective A: The responsiveness of the U.S. foreign intelligence
effort with respect to national requirements must be
subject to continuing review and the quality, scope and
timeliness of the community's product must be improved.
To meet these objectives, I plan to do the following regarding the
National Intelligence Product:
-- [As reported in December, this replaces the first and
third tasks listed in the original Objectives paper.]
through review of the response to Key Intelligence Questions
coordinated with the NSCIC and other users, determine the
community's performance in responding to users' needs.
-- identify questions and establish evaluation procedures
by 4 January 1974.
STATUS: The Key Intelligence Questions for FY 1974,
developed in coordination with the NSCIC and
other users of intelligence, were distributed
to USIB Principals on 10 January. The KIQs
Evaluation Process (KEP) was initiated on
13 February. Twelve KIQs were identified for
the initial performance period (1 March to
1 September 1974) which will be essentially a
pilot run.
-- review collection and processing posture, production and
analytical posture, and consumer satisfaction with
products (July - September 1974).
STATUS: The NIOs, the production agencies (CIA, DIA,
and INR/State), and the USIB Committees
on SIGINT, Human Sources and COMIREX are
making the reviews required for completion
of the Baseline Reports for each of the 12 KIQs.
These Baseline Reports will show what we know
now, what we want to know,and how we expect to
get it. Completion of these reports is expected soon.
At the close of the performance period on
1 September, these same groups will make a
second review, which will result in a Performance
Report for each of the 12 KIQs. The Performance
Report will show what we learned, what we still
don't {:now, how our expectations compared with
our performance, the level of effort required
and an assessment of hou? well the effort satisfied
consumer needs. Completion of the Performance
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Reports is scheduled for 1 October, with.an
interim assessment planned for~June.
In addition to the KEP, the NIOs and the
IC Staff are giving particular attention to
the KIQs in their regular evaluation efforts.
achieve significant improvements in product formats and
production procedures to increase responsiveness early
in 1974.
STATUS: The improvements in product formats and production
procedures reported in December (the NID, the
discontinuance of the Black CIB and other CIA
current intelligence publications, the creation
of the NIAM), have been followed by two significant
improvements. First, USIB has approved implementa-
tion of the first of the "Family of National Products."
Entitled the National Intelligence Bulletin (NIB),
this product will replace the CIB. Its principal
features are its emphasis on intelligence matters of
specific interest to consumers of national intelli-
gence, its ability to handle original articles sub-.
mitted by the principal intelligence production
agencies for publication; and the opportunity it
provides for these agencies to state their dissenting
view.
Second, efforts to create better means of communication--
particularly in times of crisis -- between the various
agencies and appropriate operational components of
the government have resulted in the establishment
and testing of a secure voice conferencing system
linking the alert centers and watch officers in the
White House, State, CIA, DIA, NSA, and the NMCC.
Called NOIWON, this net provides for the timely
reporting of events to all interested agencies and
also enables any agency to simultaneously query all
other parties for amplifying data on any incident.
It also provides for the use of a special Bulletin
to facilitate the dissemination of information or
queries. USIB approval was given on 11 April to make
NOIWON officially operational.
In addition to these actions, a text-editing system
(CONTEXT) is being set up in an experimental mode
in an effort to facilitate the production of joint
community papers and periodicals.
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Objective B: Authoritative and responsible leadership for the
community as a whole must be assured.
To meet this community leadership goal, I will:
-- issue specific planning objectives shortly to the elements
of the community;
STATUS: The DCI's Key Intelligence Questions for FY 1974,
issued in January 1974, constitute substantive
objectives for the community in the field of
intelligence production.
National Foreign Intelligence Program Management
Objectives for FY 1974 were approved in December
1973 and issued to IRAC. Considerable work
is underway against the assigned tasks and the
IRAC Working Group is currently conducting a re-
examination and restatement of the objectives.
The initial "DCI's Perspective of the Intelligence
Environment," describing trends in the world situation
and identifying the pr,niary intelligence problems
(disseminated in September 1973) is being redrafted
for dissemination in May 1974. Part I, "Trends in the
World Situation," is being updated, and work is underway
to identify a basic set of key intelligence questions applic-
able to the future. Directive actions needed to deal with
anticipated collection, processing, analysis and production
problems will be derived from these questions.
-- complete the restructuring and strengthening of my personal
staff by October 15, 1973 to provide me independent support
in community matters;
STATUS.: Completed. The restructuring of the IC Staff and
the establishment of the National Intelligence
Officers (f,IIOS) were reported at the December meeting.
-- participate actively in the NSCIC and insure that IRAC and USIB
have a dynamic and forceful role in the community;
STATUS: No meetings of the NSCIC have been held, but the DCI
has utilized the NSCIC through correspondence with the
members. The NSCIC members, for instance, made inputs to
the DCI's "Key Intelligence Question for FY 1974" and
have been requested to approve the final document. Other
recent correspondence with NSCIC members dealt with
actions to control damaging security leaks.
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A report on IRAC activities appears under Objective
C.
-- review the USIB committee structure before the end of 1973
and direct, if necessary, changes to increase USIB effectiveness
in advising me on national requirements;
STATUS: Complete review of the USIB Committee structure was
accomplished by the Intelligence Community Staff in
1973 but action on the study recommendations was
deferred so that the NIO structure could become fully
operational and consideration could be given to an
optimum NIO-USIB Committee interface. In the meantime,
new charters have been prepared for the USIB Security
Committee and the USIB Human Sources Committee, and
proposals to restructure the USIB SIGINT and Scientific
Intelligence Committees are being examined.
-- review programs to upgrade the quality of intelligence personnel
and improve personnel management in the community.
STATUS: A survey of the community's training programs is
underway, and a number of proposals have been made
concerning the improvement of curricula and the
consolidation of facilities. Explorations are also
underway to provide intelligence personnel--especially
analysts and collectors--with better and broader
on-the-job training. An inventory of research in
substantive fields and analytical methodologies is
being compiled as an aid in determining community
needs and assuring the widest possible utilization
of the research product. Major emphasis is being
placed on the application of research to the real
needs of intelligence analysts.
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Objective C: A more efficient use of resources by the community in
the collection of intelligence information must be
achieved. Utilization of the means available must be
in consonance with approved requirements of U.S.
security and national interests.
To meet this goal I will, with respect.tq National Foreign Intelligence
Budget Recommendations:
-- continue to support the President's intelligence budget
for FY 1974 before Congress;
STATUS: Action completed. Reported to OMB at December 1973
meeting.
-- develop for FY 1975 and beyond National Foreign Intelligence
Budget Recommendations. These will result from the review
procedure of the various intelligence entities and the total review
and deliberations of the IRAC on the programs therein. The
National Foreign Intelligence Budget Recommendations will be my
personal recommendation to the President on the level of
national intelligence resources, their utilization and performance;
STATUS: The DCI's National Foreign Intelligence Budget
Recommendations for FY 1975 were forwarded to the
President through 0MB on 19 December 1973. Defense
program and fiscal guidance has been issued and
program managers are In the process of developing
their FY 1976..80 programs.
-- institute a quarterly review by the IRAC of resource
utilization by all intelligence entities;
STATUS: The first Quarterly Reviews by IRAC were held
on 6 March and covered only NSA and CIA budget
execution through the first two quarters of
FY 1974. Reports from DIA and perhaps NRO
will be given at a later IRAC meeting, possible
in late April. Procedures to be followed and
formats for these presentations are still evolving.
Separately, the IRAC Working Group has three efforts
underway: (1) monitoring the progress and fiscal
impact of selected ongoing or planned issue studies
in the community; (2) developing a concept for cross-
program resource packages to afford a different means
of examining and evaluating resource effectiveness;
and (3) a reexamination and restatement of IRAC
management objectives. Some of these actions will
be reported to the next IRAC, probably in late
April.
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-_ current intelligence reporting
STATUS: Much of the work reported in connection with
indications and warning intelligence also
responds to this task.
The NIOs and other elements of the community,
in cooperation with the IC Staff, have been
charged to find ways and means to serve more
effectively.
CIA/DDO has been instructed to seek ways to provide
less cryptic data concerning the reliability of
sources and reports, to provide better evaluations
on contents, and to increase contacts with community
analyts.
NSA and NPIC have been asked to explore ways to
highlight items and patterns drawn from their own
products. The IC Staff is consulting with these
offices and will prepare further specific recommendaions.
The NIOs have been charged with making regular
review of NIEs and SNIEs on subjects within their
areas of responsibilities to determine if updated
and revised versions should be issued.
-- HUMINT operations and foreign service reporting
STATUS: A comprehensive review of the USIB committee
structure dealing with HUMINT matters has been
made and a coordinated proposal for the establishment
of a permanent USIB Human Sources Committee with
a broad charter to guide and evaluate HUMINT
collection and to act as a focal point for the
examination of HUMINT problems is in preparation.
explore and, where necessary, increase the usefulness of the
intelligence product to Net Assessment producers and consumers.
ST",TUS: The IC Staff is maintaining contact with the Department
of Defense, via the Special Assistant to the Secretary
of Defense For Net Assessments, concerning efforts
to reach agreement on how the DCI can best exercise his
l eac-e rsh i p t e provide a community response to requirements
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-- with the advice of IRAC and USIA, define and complete,
throughout FY 1974, a series of major program issue studies.
STATUS: A series of 20.to 30 program issues have been
identified for community attention during 1974.
Some of these are currently under active study with
completion dates set, and others will be assigned
and initiated in the near future with completion
dates set between now and program review (July).
The IRAC Working Group is taking cognizance of
and monitoring the progress of these actions.
To meet this goal I will, with respect to Research & Development:
-- form an R&D Advisory Council as a subcommittee of IRAC by
mid-October 1973.
STATUS: An Intelligence Research and Development Council
has been established under the chairmanship of
Dr. Malcolm R. Currie, Director, Defense Research
and Engineering. The Council held its first
meeting on 18 December. Members include R&D
representatives of all intelligence organizations,
the Assistant Secretaries for R&D of the Military
Services, the Director, ARPA, and the Director,
DR&E.
instruct the Council to review all R&D activities within the
National Intelligence Program to identify ongoing R&D efforts,
their costs, their purpose, and who has responsibility for
each effort.
STATUS: An IRAC Management Objective addressing this task
was approved by the DCI in December and action
assigned to the R&D Council.
As reported by Dr. Currie to the Chairman, IRAC,
in his Quarterly Status Report of 26 March, a
review of all intelligence-related R&D programs
is underway aimed at identifying technology gaps and
opportunity areas which hold promise for solution
of these gaps. The Council expects to complete
this review by the end of the next quarter and
will report to IRAC on its findings and recommendations.
The basic objectives of the R&D Council are to
coordinate and share the RDT&E programs of the
members to insure minimum overlap and duplication,
and a maximum of cross-program technology application.
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-- instruct the Council to recommend by January 1, 1974 an
overall R&D strategy and structure for IRAC consideration
based on a clear perception of intelligence needs which
identifies technological gaps and resource deficiences,
eliminates unnecessary duplication of effort, and stresses
cross-program technology transference.
STATUS: As reported in December, this task was eliminated
as redundant.
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Objective D: Assignment of intelligence functions within the
community must be reviewed and revised to eliminate
inefficient, unnecessary or outmoded activities.
To meet this goal I will, with respect to Measures of Intelligence
Worth:
Undertake specific studies to evaluate the intelligence
product and its worth to the consumer and eliminate
intelligence collection and production effort of marginal
usefulness;
STATUS:' It is expected that the results of the KIQs Evaluation
Process will respond directly to this task.
In addition, one specific result of some of the major issue
studies noted under Objective C will be to provide
information on the relative substantive and technical value
of various collection systems for a wide variety of tasks.
Specific Key Intelligence Questions Evaluations
can then be addressed, using the study data for a
yardstick. This work will directly relate to the
DCI's capability to determine the relative worth
of a number of collection and processing systems.
A prototype exercise, 25X1
is underway to examine a mechanism
separate from the KIQs process, designed to elicit consumer-
identified deficiencies in collection, processing and
analysis plans. Phase I of this exercise is complete
with the receipt of a GMAIC Evaluation and Projection
on the US Exploitation of Current Soviet ICBM Testing.
The consumer survey phase is currently underway. It
is anticipated that the mechanism which results from
this prototype exercise can be used for a large number
of foreign system intelligence problems.
undertake selective review during the next 18 months of the
following in order to better rationalize the division of labor
and increase the number of services of common concern performed
within the community;
-- indications and warning intelligence
STATUS.: A wide-ranging post-mortem of the performance
of the intelligence community preceding and during
the October War in the Middle East was begun in
late 1973. In December 1973 the DCI submitted
to the NSCIC a report on the community's performance
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during the pre-hostilities period. Scheduled
for completion during the first half of 1974 are
several studies (together referred to as Phase II
of the Middle East post-mortem)concerning specific
aspects of the October War, including the performance
of the community during the hostilities period, and
the behavior and reaction of those officers and
institutions in the community responsible for
warning and indications intelligence.
In addition a number of papers are being developed
which will offer proposals for changes in community
concepts and practices, based in large part on
lessons learned during the Middle East crisis, and
addressing such topics as alert systems, joint crisis
reporting and challenge procedures. Also underway
is a study which is examining ways in which the
community's overall collection effort might be
adjusted to cope more effectively with the demands
of crises and the needs of national consumers.
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To meet this goal I will, with respect to Tactical Intelligence:
-- submit a report in the third quarter of FY 1974 on the
national/tactical intelligence interface. As a basis for
this report I will,
-- ask the Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of
Staffs to review the requirements for intelligence assets
in place with the military forces, and identify support
which could be provided to the military forces from
national assets;
STATUS: The first phase of the JCS study being conducted
in cooperation with the DCI has been completed
and has just been approved by the Chairman, JCS.
This phase identifies elements of military
organizations that are intelligence associated and
that may have a role to play in satisfying national
intelligence requirements.
The second phase of the study, which will examine
tactical and national intelligence capabilities to
satisfy tactical as well as national requirements
was initiated 15 April.
determine, with the assistance of program managers, the
contribution which can be made to the national intelligence
effort by the in-place assets of the military forces, and
identify the kinds and amounts of data from national assets
which can be provided in a timely and usable form to
military force commanders;
formulate recommendations in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense by early in 1974 to insure that the
needs of national intelligence and of military operations
are met and to avoid unnecessary overlap or duplication in
the national and tactical areas.
STATUS: Since these three sub-tasks are sequential,
actions of the second and third tasks must
await completion of task 1.
Other actions responding to this objective
have been taken, however.
The DCI has presented the tactical information
for warning, 25X1
as defined by DOD, to the oversight committees of
Congress and it is integral to his presentation
on the FY 1975 community budget to the Appropriations
Committees.
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Objective E: The provision of intelligence and its utilization must
enhance the formulation of the foreign, military and
economic policies of the U.S. Government and the planning
for and conduct of military operations by U.S. forces.
To meet this goal I will, with respect to Consumer Needs:
-- implement a procedures with USIB whereby requirements for
collection and production of intelligence are kept under
continuing review. Provision will be made for the introduction
of new requirements as needed and for elimination of those which
become out-of-date.
STATUS: The National Intelligence Officers have been
established to maintain liaison with customers,
identify consumer needs, and provide responsive
community-coordinated products.
The KIQs and the KEP also respond directly to
this objective.
Additionally, on 14 March 1974 USIB concurred in
the promulgation of a revised Attachment to DCID 1/2,
"U.S. Foreign Intelligence Priorities," intended to
serve as basic substantive guidance for the period
FY 1975-1979 for planning and programming the overall
U.S. foreign positive intelligence effort.
To meet this goal I will, with respect to Military Intelligence:
-- have the Department of Defense identify by November 1, 1973
the ten or so highest priority needs in the field of technical
intelligence required by their planners;
STATUS: Inasmuch as the Key Intelligence Questions reflect the key
concerns of the DOD, as expressed by NSCIC members, they
are considered to respond to this task. In addition,
the IC Staff is working with the R&D Council to identify
singular areas requiring technical assessment where
intelligence support to R&D decision can be improved.
However, progress to date has been slow.
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To meet this goal I will, with respect to Economic Intelligence:
-- identify during the second quarter of FY 1974 the
current needs of the users of foreign economic intelligence;
STATUS: The key needs of users of foreign economic intelligence
have been incorporated in the Key Intelligence Questions
for FY 1974. In addition, the economic topics and
priorities contained 'in the revised Attachment to
DCID 1/2 of 14 March 1974 were largely developed by
a special sub-group of the USIB Economic Intelligence
Committee and reflect the increased importance
assigned to economic intelligence by policymakers.
-- determine, in coordination with other Federal agencies,
what contribution the intelligence community can make in
this area;
STATUS: Under Secretary of the Treasury Volcker has been
appointed to represent the economic community on
the NSCIC. An NIO for Economics has recently been
appointed.
Rejuvenation of the Requirements Advisory Board (RAB),
as suggested by of PFIAB, is being proposed 25X1
as part of the compre eo3ive program which has been
developed for the DCI by the IC Staff, responding to
all economic tasks.
Two of the 12 KIQs currently being evaluated
are economic topics relating to the energy problem.
Two special studies are nearing completion; one is
a CIA study entitled, "Economic Intelligence and the
Clandestine Service Forecast for the 1970's" and
the second is an IRAC issue study on economic
collection.
-- Determine appropriate resource levels and, through USIB,
assign responsibilities for collection and production in
this area;
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-- provide for implementation of this program by the end of
the third quarter of FY 1974.
STATUS: The comprehensive economic program proposal has
been coordinated with CIA's Director of Economic
Research, and discussed with the NIO for Economics.
It is currently being typed and should be ready
for the DCI's consideration very soon.
In addition to responding to the community objectives,
the plan also responds to the recommendations of
the PFIAB reports on economic intelligence of
December 1971 and December 1973.
After DCI approval, the plan will be coordinated
with the PFIAB, at its request, before formal
dissemination is made.
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To meet this goal I will, with respect to Narcotics and Terrorism:
de in coordination with other Federal agencies, identify the
needs for foreign intelligence in these areas, and match
the unique capabilities of the intelligence community to those
needs;
-- determine by January 1, 1974 the appropriate assignment of
responsibilities and the resource levels which the community
should devote to these problems.
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