MEMO TO GEORGE W. ANDERSON FROM HENRY A. KISSINGER

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• Publication Date: April 17, 1973
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MEMORANDUM FOR
THE WHITE HOUSE
?WASHINGTON.
April 17, 1973
Admiral George W. Anderson
Chairman, President's Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board
The President has asked that I express to you his thanks for your
ideas on ways the Intelligence Community can substantially improve
the quality of the intelligence product while achieving improved
efficiency.
To that let me add my own appreciation for your memorandum to
me on your conversation with Director Schlesinger. I agree with
you that he is showing admirable enthusiasm for his new task and
I am confident that there will be genuine improvement in the
performance of the Intelligence Community.
In regard to your statement to Director Schlesinger regarding the
Board's human intelligence study, I believe you should make known
to him your conclusions and recommendations as soon as possible.
They should be of great assistance to him.
Henry A. Kissinger
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March 27, 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR HENRY. A. KISSINGER
FROM: BRENT SCOWCROFT
SUBJECT: Memorandum for Admiral Anderson
Attached for your signature is a memorandum to
Admiral Anderson thanking him for his 21 February
1973 memorandum to you on his first conversation with
Director Schlesinger. Per your instructions, your
memorandum also informs the Admiral that he should
provide the DCI with the conclusions of the Board's
human intelligence study.
RECOMMENDATION: That you sign the memo at Tab A.
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February 22, 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR BRENT SCOWCROFT
FROM: TOM LATIMER
SUBJECT: Memoranda From Admiral Anderson to the President
and to HAK
Attached are:
-- A memo from you to HAK covering a memo (Tab B) to
him from George Anderson on a 20 February conversation he had
with Jim Schlesinger and,
-- a memo from Admiral Anderson to the President (Tab A),
and,
? a memo from HAK to the President (Tab 1) informing him
of the points made by George Anderson in his memo to the President.
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MEMORANDUM FOR HENRY A. KISSINGER
FROM: BRENT SCOWCROFT
SUBJECT: Memoranda From Admiral Anderson for the President
and You
At Tab B is a memorandum from George Anderson to you concerning
hi* 20 February discussion with Director Schlesinger on a variet of
matters relating to intelligence. Some of the Admiral's ideas are
interesting and you might want to glance through his two-page memo.
At Tab A is a memorandum from George Anderson to the President
on the progress that has been mane in Implementing the President's
November 5, 1971, directive on the intelligence community. He
also suggests certain improvements which are the same ***he
mentions in his memo to you.
If you wish to forward Admiral Anderson's memo to the President,
a memo for your signature is at Tab I.
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON ?
PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD
21 February 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR DR. KISSINGER
Yesterday afternoon I met with Dr. Schlesinger in his office at CIA, the
first opportunity I have had to cR31 on him since he assumed his new
responsibilities. I endeavored to convey to him my impressions of the
intelligence community based on four years as a member of the PFIAB and
almost three as Chairman. ?
The first point I made was that the effective implementation of the
reorganization of the foreign intelligence community, based upon the 5
November 1971 directive of the President, is dependent upon two principal
factors:
a) The dynamic leadership of the individual occupying the post of
the DCI.
b) The full cooperation of the Secretary of Defense and his principal
assistants in view of the fact that some 75 to 80% of the personnel and
resources involved in foreign intelligence are a direct or an. executive
agent responsibility of the Secretary of Defense.
My feeling is that with the change of personalities accelerated progress in
implementing the spirit of the President's directive should now be possible.
I also mentioned to him the regret of the PFIAB that for understandable reasons
the NSCIC has not been able to meet frequently or regularly during the past
year. I suggested that he raise with you the question of your designating
a vice chairman who could convene this committee in the event that you
personally were otherwise engaged in travels abroad.
I explained to him that the staff of the DCI needed a broader base and less of
an image of just another echelon of the CIA. Otherwise, other parts of the
? intelligence community would feel that they were just being subordinated to
the Agency rather than to the DCI in his superior role. In this connection,
I emphasized the need for him to have someone of stature on the DCI staff who
could travel to the various important countries around the world and look at
the total US intelligence activities in each of the countries. In the past,
the only people who have been able to do this have been members and the staff
of the PFIAB.
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suggested to him that he review carefully the composition and the
functioning of the Board of National Estimates. In our opinion this needs
rejuvenation in order for it to be more effective. In this connection,
believe that you and the President and the DCI should select an individual
in whom you have absolute confidence, who could arrange for a properly
screened input to the Board of National Estimates of your own discussions
with the Soviets, Chinese, North Vietnamese, etc. (perhaps Gen. Dick Walters
might serve this purpose most effectively).
I informed Dr. Schlesinger that the comprehensive study on human intelligence
conducted by the Board over the past seven months had been completed and the
report submitted through you to the President. I told him that if and when
I was released to do so, 1 -would make known to him our pertinent conclusions
and recommendations. I did emphasize the urgent importance of full cooper-
ation between the CIA and the FBI. He assured me that steps in this
direction had already been initiated.
told him that the extent of progress in establishing the Central Cryptologic
System under NSA left something to be desired as of this time and that Dr.
Baker, a member of the PFIAB, would be available to talk to Dr. Schlesinger and his
people at any time of mutual convenience.
With regard to the National Reconnaissance Office ORO), I stated that it
was the opinion of the PFIAB that there was a need for promulgation of a
NSCID, delineating the role, functions and relationships of the BRO, similar
to those promulgated for the other major components of the intelligence
community.
I informed him that it was my opinion there had to be a greater appreciation
of the importance of foreign intelligence within the State Department among
the various Ambassadors and particularly on the part of the members of the
Foreign Service. If the Foreign Service at home and abroad participate to
their full potential, it can then permit members of the CIA to concentrate
on those areas beyond the normal capacity of the Foreign Service, especially
in matters involving clandestine collection of intelligence.
It is clear to me that Dr. Schlesinger is embarking on his new duties with
enthusiasm and that there is a genuine opportunity to achieve in the short
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term future substantial improvements in effectiveness of the total intelligence
community, provided that there is the necessary degree of cooperation on the
part of the Secretary of Defense and those senior officers and officials
under the Secretary of Defense who are involved with foreign intelligence and
the utilization of the product. Dr. Schlesinger feels that he will receive
this cooperation.
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George W Anderson, Jr.
Admiral; USN (Ret.)
Chairman
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THE PRESIDENT
?HENRY A. KISSINGER.
Memorandum From Admiral
Anderson
George Anderson, Chairman of your Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board, has written you a memorandum on the implementation of
your November 5, 1971 directive on the organization and management
of the Intelligence community.
- He notes that progress has been made and that U.S. intelligence
resources are begirtning to be treated as a whole.
Admiral Anderson also points to certain areas where there will have
to be further concentrated efforts made in order to bring to fruition
the two principal goals which you established for the intelligence
community, namely, substantially improved quality of the intelligence
product and maximum efficiency in the utilization of intelligence re-
sources.
Among the areas where improvements can still be made, Admiral
Anderson lists the following:
-- More dynamic leadership on the part of the DCI, particularly
In respect to the intelligence programs in the Department of
Defense;
A greater willingness on the part of the Secretary of Defense
and his principal assistants to recognize the enhanced role
which you have assigned to the DCI;
Clarification of the national, or supra-departmental, character
f the National Reconnaissance Office;
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Continu.ed monitoring of the effort to achieve an economical
and effective national Signals Intelligence effort, and finally;
-- A more active role for the National Security Council Intelli-
gence Committee.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASH I N GTO N
February 21, 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Your Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board has been monitbring
the implementation of your November 5, 1971, directive on the
organization and management of the Intelligence Community.
We believe that progress has been made and that U. S. intelligence
resources are beginning to be treated as a whole, as evidenced by
the DCIis National Intelligence Program Memorandum for FY 74
and the National Intelligence Community Planning Guidance 1975-
1980. However, in the year ahead there will have to be further
concentrated efforts made in order to bring to fruition the two
? principal goals which you established for the Community, namely,
substantially improved quality of the intelligence product and
maximum efficiency in the utilization of intelligence resources.
The following are some of the areas on which concentration should
be placed:
(a) There is, first of all, the necessity for more dynamic
leadership on the part of the DCI particularly in respect to
the intelligence programs in the Department of Defense.
(b) There must be a greater willingness on the part of
the Secretary of Defense and his principal assistants to
recognize the enhanced role which you have assigned to the
DCI. A reluctance in Defense to accept his pre-eminent
position in the Community has impeded an adequate assess-
ment of certain programs, made difficult an examination
of possible cross-program trade-offs, and hindered the
DCIts ability properly to evaluate the allocation of resources
against requirements.
(c) There should be more frequent meetings of the National
Security Council Intelligence Committee, even though this
may require the designation of a vice-chairman to convene
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meetings when the frequent travels abroad and the other
heavy demands on your Assistant for National Security
Affairs preclude his attendance. As you will recall,
this Committee was established to fill a void in the
important area of direction and guidance to the Community
on national substantive intelligence needs and evaluation
of product from the standpoint of U. S. policy-makers.
(d) The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) should be
rechartered under a separate National Security Council
Intelligence Directive. Since its initial establishment,
the NRO has been operating without such a charter under
the executive agency of the Secretary of Defense. We
believe that the issuances of a NSCLD will serve to clarify
and preserve the national, or supra-departmental, character
of the NRO.
(e) Another national intelligence asset for which the
Secretary of Defense is executive agent is the National
Security Agency (NSA). Your November 1971 directive
resulted in the establishment of a Central Security
Service (CSS) for the purpose of consolidating the
activities of the military service cryptologic agencies
under the Director of NSA. A close scrutiny of the status
of the CSS will be necessary to determine whether it is
evolving along the course calculated to achieve your
objective of an economical and effective national Signals
Intelligence effort.
The Board will continue to monitor the implementation of
your directive to assure compliance with its spirit as well as its
letter. We expect to submit to you recommendations for corrective
action as specific deficiencies are observed.
George W.,Anderson, Jr.
Admiral, USN (Ret.)
Chairman, President's Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board
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