LUNCH WITH PFIAB, FRIDAY, 3 AUGUST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-453-1-11-5
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: August 1, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

MEMORANDUM V
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
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August 1, 1973.
MEMORANDUM FOR HENRY A. KISSINGER
FROM:
SUBJECT:
A. W. Marshall
Lunch with PFIAB, Friday, 3 August
You are scheduled to have lunch with the PFIAB on board the Sequoia
at 12:30 p.m. Friday, 3 August. Talking Points are attached at Tab A.
A letter from Admiral Anderson suggesting topics for your discussion
with the Board is at Tab B.
BACKGROUND
This is the first meeting of the newly reconstituted Board. Because this
is a natural occasion to restart and reorient their efforts, to overcome
past problems, a good deal of attention has been focused on the program
for the 1-tx~n..rla~r meeHng; Since thy will tint meet with the President. the
hope is that you will provide some of the guidance they sought from the
President.
Admiral Anderson's letter reflects some of the Board's concerns with
respect to:
- Lack of contact with the President and you.
-- Lack of assurance that their studies and advice reach
the President.
-- Whether they are serving the President well, whether
they are doing what he most wants them to do.
His letter specifically suggests that in your discussion you cover the
following topics:
-- Which areas and what aspects of U. S. foreign relations will
require substantial intelligence support in the next few years?
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SENSITIVE.
What is your appraisal of Soviet and Chinese objectives
vis-a-vis the U. S.
What is the impact of economic considerations on U. S.
foreign policy and what intelligence is needed?
-.. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the intelligence
support which the President and your office now receive?
w- How-can the Board most effectively operate to support
the President?
In dealing with the last question you should be aware of:
wj The' question raised by Admiral Anderson in raid-June
as to the desirability of occasional Board contact with selected
members of the Senate and House who have special cognizance
over foreign intelligence matters. The notion is that the Board
might be a source of independent and informed judgment the
Congress could tap.
-- You sent to Admiral Anderson two suggestions for
future Board effort (see Tab C):
Further review of the Board's recommendations on
human source intelligence.
- Assessment of progress toward the goals. of the
President's reorganization.
Note also the Anderson reference to Ed Land's inclusion on the
"enemies list" as a problem.
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ch,with PFIAB
August 3, 1973
Express your assessment of the importance of the Board's
role in advising the President as to objectives, conduct, and management
of the national intelligence effort.
-- The'need for better intelligence has never been more
important. The need for intelligence on Soviet military, political, and
economic activities remains high. Of special importance is intelligence
i zformatio! Ind analysis that would allow us to understand the rationale
behind Soviet behavior, the bureaucratic politics of Soviet decision processes.
-- Intelligence relevant to the U. S. Soviet-Chinese triangular
-relationship is of special importance. What are the prospects of a Sino-
Soviet war? What are the objectives of the Soviets and Chinese with respect
to the U. S. ?
-- Of growing importance is political and economic information
on-all countries with which we shave substantial relations. Some of this
information will have to be collected and analyzed by the intelligence
community.
-- What are the strengths and weaknesses of the intelligence
support provided to the President and to the NSC? The major areas of
strength are the current intelligence reporting and our ability to follow
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HAI,'a,TALKING POINTS
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Soviet weapons development and deployment. Major areas of weakness are
political analysis generally and in particular an inability to provide intellectually
respectable explanations of why the Soviets are doing the things they are doing.
Our ability to follow what they do has improved a great deal over the past
decade, our ability to understand or explain has made no progress. This
is particularly acute at the moment in the SALT monitoring area.
--~ How can the Board best serve the President? The past .
pattern is appropriate. The Board should see the President soon and
receive his views on the matter. Important problem areas for Board
attentions are:
- Review of the recommendations in the report on human
source intelligence, especially as regards their implementation
in the light of the domestic political situations.
- Assessment of progress toward the goals of the President's
November 5, 1971 reorganization.
- Development of a long-term program ,to significantly upgrade
the intelligence community's capability to supply analyses of key
foreign leaders and elites, and of the decisionmaking processes
of foreign .governments.
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THE WHITE HOU.SE
WASHINGTON
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PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD
Dear Henry:
July 31, 1973
Cancellation of the PFIAB' s proposed August 3 meeting with the
President makes it vitally important that our meeting with you
include a discussion of how the Board can most effectively op-
erate to support the President. This is particularly important,
since August 2 and 3 will be the first meeting of the Board since
the appointment of four new members: Clare Boothe Luce,
Leo Che~ne, John Foster, and William Galvin.
The Board last met with the President in May 1972, and with
you in June of that year. It is important to recognize that this
lack of contact, coupled with the long delay in announcing the
changes to the Board (from D +-.ec_eiil .Wte1' 19771 n%n1 2 to v T'__un-e 23, 19731)
fosters an aura of uncertainty in the minds of the members as
to their role as Presidential advisors. The departing members
voiced sentiments reflecting on the unfortunately distant relation-
ship prevailing between the Board and the President as well as
your office. I am concerned that this attitude not become endemic
to the Board as a whrole. I might add that Dr: Land's apparent
inclusion in the White House "enemies list" has left him non-plussed.
I would like to suggest that in your meeting with us you start with
a tour d'horizon which highlights those areas and aspects of U. S.
foreign relations which, in the next few years, will require sub-
stantial intelligence support. Your appraisal of Soviet and Chinese
objectives vis-a:-vis the U. S. might be one way of discussing these
two major areas. The impact of economic considerations on U. S.
foreign policy and the intelligence necessary to support these con-
siderations are also important areas to cover. Finally, the Board
must learn the strengths and weaknesses of the intelligence support
which the President and your office have been receiving, and your
appraisal of the modus operandi by which the Board can best meet
its obligation to the President.
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CONFfDEi TIAL
I understand that you will not be able to meet with us Thursday
morning, but that you and General Scowcroft will join us for
lunch on the "Sequoia" on Friday, August 3. This should provide
an equally appropriate atmosphere for a good working session.
Sincerely,
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Assistant to the -President
for National Security Affairs
George W. An son, Jr.
Admiral, (Ret. )
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MEMORANDUM FOR ADMIRAL ANDERSON
SUBJECT:- Future PFIAB Study Efforts
The President has expressed interest in obtaining assessments
and advice from the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board in
two areas. They are:
-- Review of the Board's recommendations in its
report on human source intelligence, following dis-
cussiorrs with the DCI, and other persons involved. in
their implementation. In particular, the Board may
wish to give its advice on the problems of implementing
its recommendations, or suggest modifications of the
earlier recommendations.
-- Assessment of progress toward the goals of the
President's November, 1971 intelli.gence.reorganization,
improved management-of resources and improved intelli-
gence products.
Later in 'the year the President wants to' meet, with the Board to
discuss in more detail a program of work for the Board.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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