DDI EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91M00696R000600120002-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2004
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 18, 1976
• Content Type: MF

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18 August 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR: Richard Lehman
D/DCI/NI
SUBJECT DDI Executive Council Meeting
1. I have been attending the DDI Executive Council
morning meetings while we are somewhat shorthanded. Des-
pite the summer doldrums, Sayre Stevens commented on
recent meetings of the Executive Advisory Group (EAG) that
I thought would be of interest.
2. The EAG is beginning to think about and to define
Agency goals in the sense of long-range planning, i.e., as
long as ten years out, an admittedly neglected activity,
according to Sayre. He thought DDI managers should be giving
more thought to such issues as:
a) information handling (how does project SAFE and
other systems all come together in ten years)
b) CIA's presentation problem and ways to "jazz up
production". Do we "piddle a few thousand here or there"
or make a major commitment to tackle the whole problem?
c) Where should CIA go in handling "outer space"
problems?
d) Sayre has a special interest in R&D problems and
feels the DDI should in some way be involved. He stated
that most of ORD's '78 R&D program responds to requests
outside of DDS&T, which is correct. The problem is how
to handle the proliferation of requests from lower levels
where the problems originate and not lose sight of high-
level problems that deserve funding.
He noted that the DDO has a particular "communica-
tions problem" and that most of their budget could go to
working on that alone. He lauded "first-
rate job to bridge the gap between DDO and the technical
world" in fashioning requirements on R&D in particle beam
weapons, ASW, etc. and in certain black box developments.
has done more than anyone else in this area.
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3. If the EAG spawns more focused thinking on long-range
planning for the Agency, it probably will be worth following
A/NIO/E
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Center for Policy Support
Category
Mil i to ry
Strategic/Conventional Forces
Strategic Doctrine
Economics
Free World
Communist
Geographic
Geographic/ Environmental
Scientific
Civil technology
Life scientist
Technical
Weapons development
Energy matters
Political
Middle East
om~l m inator
A/NI0/USSR
NI0/SP
NIO/SP
A/NI0/USSR
NIO/SP
NIO/SSEAAF
A/NI0/USSR
NI0/SSEAAF
NI0/SSEAAF
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Political (continued)
USSR
Communist China
Western Europe
Research & Development
Nuclear Proliferation
Nominator
A/NIO/USSR
A/NIO/USSR
NIO/CH
NIO/WE
NIO/SP
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Attached, please find the list of names
of nominees for your Center for Policy Support.
Five NIOs chose to respond to your invitation.
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