LETTER TO BARRY M. GOLDWATER FROM JOHN N. MCMAHON

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2008
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• Publication Date: April 7, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Honorable Barry M. Goldwater
Chairman, Senate:Select Committee
on Intelligence
Senate Russell Office Building
Washington, D.C:__20510
Dear dir. Chairman::
Attached is the requested impact statement on the Subcommittee's
recorrunended cut of 0 positions in the FY-84 budget request .for the
Directorate~of Intelligence. .Together with the detailed description.
of the specific analyst specialties we are seeking (provided to the
The United States has paid a heavy price in recent years for the
the budget submission on the. role and importance of the requested positions.
:Committee staff earlier) this dociment expands on the explanation in ~,
specific as possible. This not only ensures more accurate analysis,.it.
are looking principally for military analysts, economists and computer
specialists -- not people in the soft sciences. We consider it essential
to keep our analysis of the problems I have described as drn~n to earth and.
inadequacy of intelligence resources to investigate problems of instability,
international economic and finance problems and the Soviet defense
industrial complex. Over the last two years this Agency, with the support.,
of the Senate Select Committee, has been attempting to remedy .these short-
comings both in terms of resources and improving the quality of our analysis.
As the listing of positions provided to the Committee makes explicit, we
also makes it more helpful to_the decisionmaker.
The FY-84 Directorate of Intelligence budget submission was developed
on~the basis of our view of our .resource needs both now and for the next
several years, and~was.influenced considerably by the judgment of the Senate
Select Committee itself, which last year assessed our analytical resources
as inadequate and even added positions. to our request for more analysts for
the Directorate of .Intelligence.
I~ir. Casey and I strongly endorse the retest for a positions for the ~2sx1
Directorate of Intelligence and earnestly hope that the Committee will support
this request. CIA!s entire program is keyed to our analytical needs which.
in turn are based on requirements assigned us by the. President and other
members of the National Security Council. We must have the analytical
resources to evaluate and analyze the increasing amount of high quality
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The Honorable Barry Nl. Goldwater
Chairman, Senate Select Committee
on Intelligence.
information flowing in from our present and projected collection
capabilities and to get this analysis into the hands of the
decisionmaker.
Sincerely,
John N. McMahon
Acting Di~,ector of Central Intelligence
Attachment:
As Stated
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RECOPIMENDATION: Delete ew positions for production of political/economic
intellige~'
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ew positions would have a devastating impact gn.CIA's
efforts to rebuild analytical capabilities lost over the past 20 years (e.g. the
Soviet defense industries; Third World data base) and to develop new capabilities
The deletion of
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to meet present and future needs of senior decisionmakers (e.g. technology transfer,
early
these areas.
Of the
identification of instability of the kind that led to the revolutions in Iran and
Nicaragua and e~onomic problems of East Europe and LDCs that impact heavily on
the US). This agenda reflects the tasks we have been given by the President, the
National Security Council and the Departments of State, Treasury and Commerce.
CIA is the only source of analytical support for the US Government in most of
positions requested for FY-84,
are for analysts. Of these,
we seek) economists ~ilitary analysts area specialists/political
scientists, and imagery analysts, four of whom are needed for DDO and DDS&T
.operations. The other) (positions include ~ specialists to develop and maintain
our automated data bases and large economic model positions for the DCI's
Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee Staff, an~positions for secretaries,
cartographers and other support functions.
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In sum, the Directorate of Intelligence request for additional personnel
focuses on economic and military analyst positions, with computer specialists the
next largest group. These are hard requirements in key areas. We hope these break-
downs will a11ay~Committee concerns that we seek to add only political scientists
and others in the "soft sciences."
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We also understand that the Subcommittee is concerned about whether CIA
should be involved in four specific areas of analysis--international finance,
Third World instability, civil technology and psychological assessments. .While
our FY-84 personnel requests for these four areas together total fewer than a
positions out.'of the ^ (and no new positions at all for civil technology
or psychological assessments) we take this opportunity to explain the nature of
our work in these fields.
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