LETTER OF INSTRUCTION- -FY 1976

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• Publication Date: October 17, 1975
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, Economic Intelligence Committee
SUBJECT Letter of Instruction--FY 1976
1. The purpose. of. this letter is to set forth those
tasks I expect youx committee to accomplish this fiscal
year. By devoting particular attention to these matters,
the ETC will. provide valuable support to me as T carry out
my intelligence community responsibilities.
2. As noted in my previous Letter of Instruction
(4 September 1974), I look to you and your comrriittee to
coordinate the provision of guidance by the relevant users
in Washington, D. G. to all economic intelligence collectors.
Tn so doing, you Trill continue to work in cooperation with
the appropriate USIB collection committees, and the Department
of State as manager of the Executive Branch's Combz.ned
Economic P~.eporting Program (CL;RP). Likewise, T look to you
for judgments on priorities, including those that should be
attached to the economic items identified in DCTD 1/2 and
the National SIG:tNT Rea,uirements System. Whil.c maintaining
your focics on overt. human and COMINT collection, I would
like you to determine the extent to-which the EIC should
provide coordiziated guidance to the clandestine a.nd overhead
collection managers.
3. Tn addition, I direct you to:
a. Review DCID 3/:l, "Production and Coordination
of Foreign. Economic Intelligence" (effective 23 April 1965),
maki~~:g recommendations to USIB .for modifications so
that th.e directive is in consan~~.nce with current
practice;
b. Arrange, in consultation with its chairman,
fox the orderly transfer of those functions of the EIC
Shipbuilding Cubcommittee that: now are appropriately
within the purview of the new Weapon and Space Systen?~s
Intelligence Committee;
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:~~;COi~O1l~IIC 1NTl~LI~IGI!;i"~~CE COMMITTEE
The primary mission of the Economic Intelligence
Comxnittec (EIC) is to coordinate the production of foreign
economic intelligence. The Committee, chaired by the
Director, OER,, is composed of representatives from CIA.,
vIA., State, Treasury, NS11, and the military services.
In addition, representatives from 15 other Government
agencies and departments concerned tivith US foreign. economic
relations partica.pate irx the work of the Committee as as-
sociate members or observers.
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c. Assist the new NTO for Economics and Energy
in his review and. evaluation of overt field collectors'
responses--especially those of the Treasury attaches--
to the guidance provided them with respect to the FY
1976 economic KTQs; and
d. Utilize your netaly instituted, semi-annual
review of recently completed and. scheduled foreign
economic research in support of economic KTQs to assess
the degree to wl~.ich tlYe expressed needs of senior
policy officials are being met, and charge your functional
subcommittees--commencing with the Subcommittee on
Energy--to review in depth the entire research program,
-both in-house and external, within their areas of
responsibility.
~. Tn carrying out this year's program, you should
continue to:
a. Issue in. conjunction with CERP, the eight
triannual Economic Alert Lists and the annual "Coor-
dinated Statement a~Px-iorit7es on Economic, Financial,
and Commercial Intelligence ReQuirements 1~Varldwide af-.
the 14ashington Economic Community," t;he coorda_nated
community guidance documents for overt human collection.
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c. Employ aTour. membership on the Fcon.omic
Intelligence Subcammittc~e of NSCIC to assure that the
views of its members are c:~ffectively conveyed to both
collectors and producers of intells_gence, as the
expxession of senior-Icve] guidance an rec{uixe?nerts for
international economic inl:elligence;
d. Periodically review the KIQs and recommend to
the NIOs any revisions the EIC believes to be warranted
in the light of significant changes in the demand for
economic intela_i}-;ence, which a.re identified by EIC
member arga~nizatians; anal
r--.. Impress upon all members of your committee
the- need for f. tall cooperation on economic a.ntelligence
c~uestiolzs falling vrithin the province and capability of
more than one ag7ency, fostering joint product-ion in
those instances deemed feasible and desirable.
ti4'. E. Colby
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH D/DCI/IC
SUBJECT FY 1976 Letter of Instruction for
Chairman, EIC
1. At General Wilson's request, I met recently with
Maurice Ernst to review the accomplishments of the Economic
Intelligence Committee during the past year and to work out
revised objectives for the current fiscal year. The attached
Letter of Instruction for FY 1976 (Tab A) is the result of
that meeting and is submitted for your consideration.
2. This meeting was the first of several I am holding,
individually, with the USIB Committee Chairmen, and in view
of your workload, I would propose to forward each Chairman's
new LOI for your consideration as available, rather than
burden you with a large package at one time.
3. As was the case last year (see FY 75 LOI at Tab B),
the EIC's new LOI continues to focus on the goals of the
Economic Intelligence Action Program of November of 1974,
which sought to enhance the utility of intelligence in
support of the economic policies of the US Government (Tab
C). You will note that paragraph 2 calls for a special
emphasis to determine what guidance is needed to the clan-
destine and overhead collection managers. This task combined
4. Another noteworthy accomplishment last year was the
establishment of the new Subcommittee on Energy, designed to
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actively encourage the most effective use of the economic
and technical talent on energy matters available in or to
the Government in meeting the needs of US policymakers.
5. The critical problem of energy is, I believe, worth
special attention in looking at the ways in which USIB
Committees address this issue. It is a matter of interest
to JAEIC, and to the Scientific and Technical Intelligence
Committee, as well as to EIC. It appears to me that each of
those Committees should have working groups dealing with
energy, and that the Chairmen of those Committees should
meet and confer occasionally to integrate the work and
findings of the working groups.
6. I recommend that, after you have approved the
attached LOI, we ask to send copies to USIB for
information as was done last year.
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E. H. Knoche
Associate Deputy to the DCI
for the Intelligence Community
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--~ The NIt7 for Economics and Energy c,~ill
expand his contacts, formal and informal. with
consumers of economic intelligence tee gain better
guidance on subjects of concern to policymakers ,
and to provide mare effective feedback to ~raducArs
and collectors.
? --Under the aegis of the RAS, the. EIC will
hold annual~neetings to discuss the direction. and
focus of economic research programs and to deter--
niine how these programs relate to the R.IQs and to _
the expressed needs of policy officials. The
Department of State representative will report the
committee's findings to,the N5C/USC Subcommittee
on Foreign Affairs Research (FAR}. ?
- The NIO far Economics and Energy and the
Intelligence Comanunity Staff's Coordinator far _
External. Research, working 'pith the EIC and FAR,
wz.ll provide advice to contract manages of external
research so that there will be a minimum of unnecess~;ry"
duplication. At the same time, they will re~riew ongc~i.nc}
external economic research contracts. sa that, if
neededP a recom-reended program of work using external,
sources. can be implemented in F'Y 1976 a
-- The NIC for?Econamics and Energy will consult
with the CIEP staff, with others in the washzngton~
economic community, and with outside consultants,
as necessary, to assure that intelligencE studie:~ and
estimates have the greatest relevance and agprapriate
rigor, including the employment of relevant analytic
methodologies. -
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12 October 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, ETC
Chairman, 5TIC
Acting Chairman, JAEIC
SUBJECT: Energy
1. Each of your USIB Committees has specialized interests
in the critical field of energy in its various forms. The EIG I~.as
established a subcommittee to deal with economic and technical as-
pects of the world energy problem; the STIC is also in process of
creating a working group to keep an eye on international energy
developments; and JAEIC has a continuing interest in keeping abreast
of nuclear energy programs abroad.
2. This is a matter of especial interest to the NIO fox Economies
and Energy. To help insure a coherent and coordinated approach. by the
intelligence community to this critical problem, may I suggest that the
heads of your committee's substantive entities meet periodically with:
him to exchange views and identify areas of special concern?
3. The IC Staff too is interested in developments in this field,
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