INTELLIGENCE ON CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN ANGOLA

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• Publication Date: June 17, 1977
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM : Deputy to the DCI -for National Intelligence
SUBJECT : Intelligence on Cuban Involvement in Angola
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1. Action Requested: That a member of the IC Staff be assigned
to monitor intelligence collection from all sources on Cuban involvement
in Angola and to ensure that the various components of the Intelligence
Community are producing the maximum intelligence on this subject.
2. Background: In view of President Carter's concern at the lack
of sufficient hard information on the involvement of Cubans in Angola,
I am attaching a brief report concerning an earlier review of intelli-
25X1 gence collection which Acting NIO for Latin America,
addressed to me. It describes steps already taken to improve reporting
on this subject.
3. It seems to me that it is important for someone to be named
ad hoc to make sure that intelligence collection strategies are estab-
lished and implemented by all collection committees and to monitor
all source intelligence collection for three months. I understand that
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and is familiar with the problem.
4. Recommendation: That you ask John McMahon to assign
or another officer of his choosing to this task.
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Attachment: (1) Memo to D/DCI/NI dtd 16 Jun 77
Ctansfield Turner
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Director of Central Intelligence
Director of Central Intelligence
JUN 1977
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MEMORANDUM FOR: D/DCI/NI 16 June 1977
SUBJECT : Intelligence coverage of Cuban activities in Angola
1. Last September, Hank Knoche, then Acting DCI, expressed concern
about the lack of information on the Cuban military intervention in Angola,
as well as coverage of Cuban activities in general. This prompted a special
assessment of the performance of the entire intelligence community, which
was accomplished under my chairmanship, and addressed to the SIGINT, COMIREX,
and Human Resources Committees. Called) 1, the assessment 25X1
covered a number of subjects including Cuban military intervention in Angola.
A copy of this assessment is attached with the sections concerning Cuban interven-
tion in Angola marked in red. The assessment was published on 23 February
1977, and a copy was sent to Admiral Turner who, by then had been appointed
DCI.
2. In connection with the assessment, I had a series of conversations
with senior officials in Washington who formulate and implement US policy
concerning ~.ub a. Based upon these conversations, I developed a list of
intelligeac requirements including a stbstantialnumber on the Cuban role
in Angola and elsewhere in Africa. I formalized these requirements in the
Current Intelligence Reporting List (CIRL); established priorities for them
in cooperation with the DCID 1/2 Ad Hoc Committee; and issued them to the
Intelligence Community through the National Foreign Intelligence Board, in
the form of an Interagency Intelligence Memorandum
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4. Raw intelligence on Cuban involvement in Angola and elsewhere in
Africa has increased in volume as new sources have been developed. There has
also been a build-up in analytical intelligence on the subject. Since 1 January
1977, there have been 18 items in the Presidential Daily Brief on Angola;
20 articles in the National Intelligence Daily (NID) ; six items in the
Current Intelligence Weekly Report; three major DDI memoranda; and one
Interagency Intelligence Memorandum.
5. As a followup to the Assessment, the undersigned 25X1
monitors and stimulates all-source intelligence collection on Cuba. The
NIO for Africa also fulfills this function in Africa.
A/NIO/LA
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6 JUL 1977
Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, Chairman
Select Committee on Intelligence
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
I I I appreciate the Committee's concern regarding
the in the United States. The Executive
Branch views this as a very serious matter, as demonstrated
by the high-level attention it receives, and the active program
underway since 1974 to counter this intelligence collection.
Enclosed are responses to the Committee's follow-up questions
from our 8 June 1977 briefing, and a response to a question
raised by Senator Huddleston during the briefing. Please
advise if we can be of further assistance.
Yours sincerely,
LAI Stans_ield, Turn t
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