INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL PROBLEM: LAW ENFORCEMENT VS INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION COLLECTION

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2001
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• Publication Date: November 3, 1972
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VII. MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS
A. Background
Differences of opinion have long existed as to how best to attack
the international drug control problem. With respect to-intelligence support,
these differences have resulted in the problems discussed in the following
paragraphs.
B. Law Enforcement vs. Intelligence Information Collection
1. The lack of agreement in Washington is reflected in the field,
where representatives of the different agencies involved are confronted with
the pract-ical problem of operating in a foreign country and trying to dovetail
their varying types of operation.` One of the major problem areas is thelack
of understanding of the roles ,and modi operandi of clandestine intelligence
information collection agencies and law enforcement agencies in support of
law enforcement activities, abroad. Basically, clandestine information collec-
tion agencies do not engage in law enforcement activities, and CIA has no
law enforcement' authority. On the other hand, law enforcement agencies
such as BNDD and Treasury do engage in collection activities in support of
their enforcement mission. Difficulties arise primarily from two areas: (1)
how deeply involved in law enforcement activities collection agencies
become in order to protect the sources of the information which they
collect; and (2) how much detail concerning their collection operations must
be furnished to CIA by enforcement agencies to enable CIA to fulfill its
coordinative responsibility. These problems are compounded by the fact that
U.S. Government agencies have no law enforcement authority abroad and
must work with police and other appropriate officials of the host govern-
ment to which they are accredited.
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APPENDED DOCUMENT USIB-D-64. 7/2
CONTAINS CODEWORD MATERIAL 3 November 1972
HANDLE VIA COMINT CHANNELS (Revised 6 November
1972)
UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOAR D
MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJECT CCPC Study on Intelligence Activities
Against Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
REFERENCE USIB-D-64.7/1, 1 February 1972, Memorandum
for USIB Principals
1. The enclosed memorandum on this subject from the Chairman of
the Critical Collection Problems Committee (CCPC) and its attached Study
and Special Appendix are circulated for Board consideration of the CCPC
recommendations that USIB:
a. Approve the Conclusions in Section VIII.
b. Approve the Recommendations in Section IX.
c. Approve the recommendation on page 2 of the
Special Appendix (attached hereto, but bound
separately for reasons of security).
2. The attached study responds to a January 1972 DCI request
(reference) that the CCPC conduct a review of intelligence efforts against
narcotics, looking into such problems as"... the coordination of collection,
dissemination and production of national intelligence information on
narcotics; the gaps in our knowledge of this subject; additions to, or adjust-
ments in, resources allocated to this problem which might be made in order
to fill these gaps; and to make recommendations for improvements in our
overall intelligence on this subject. "
Exempt from General Declas sification
Schedule of E. O. 11652, Exemption
Category: 5B(2). Automatically Declassified
on: Date Impossible to Determine
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Dis &qg f I Q~ ~~ eting, B-M- 33) -Remanded to the CCPC
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3. It is planned to schedule the subject study on a USIB agenda
for Board consideration at an early date,
i
Executive Secretary
Enclosures:
1 - TS 204206-72
1 - SC 09918-72
SC 02401-72/1
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