OFF-SITE CONFERENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86M00886R000600110045-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 21, 2009
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: August 6, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director o en ral Intelligence
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
Director, National Security Agency/
Chief, Central Security Service
Under Secretary of the Air Force
Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State
Director of Naval Intelligence, Department
of the Navy
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence,
Department of the Air Force
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence,
Department of the Army
Director of Intelligence, U.S. Marine Corps
Assistant Director, Intelligence Division,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Executive Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central
Intelligence Agency
we shall be having our next off-site conference
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on Friday, September 21, and Saturday, September 22, 1984 The
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ose of the conference will be to discuss emerging iss
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Intelligence Community impacting on resource allocation.
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2. Attached for your review are a series of issue papers grouped
around the five major components of this theme, including the unconventional
threat, survivability, information explosion and,
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finally, Community concerns regarding manpower
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3. I should appreciate receiving your comments on these issue
papers. We want to be sure that the formulation of the Challenge section
accurately reflects each issue and that the Factors to be Addressed are
that will be conducive to coming to grips with
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issues and to providing definitive guidance for Program Managers.
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TOP SECRET
SUBJECT: Off-Site Conference
4. May we please have your response, addressed to the Director of
the Intelligence Community Staff, no later
^tha7 Friday, August 17, 1984
cc: Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence
Attachment:
Issue Papers
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 I. Unconventional Threat
A. Intelligence Response to Third World Instability and Insurgency
1. Challenge
2. Factors to be Addressed
B. The Problem of Surge Capability
1. Challenge
2. Factors to be Addressed
III. Survivability of Collection and Processing Systems
A. Challenge
B. Factors to be Addressed
IV. Information Explosion: Impact on Collection, Processing and Dissemination
A. Challenge
B. Factors to be Addressed
V. Manpower
A. Challenge
B. Factors to be Addressed
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