AGENDA ITEM FOR 15 JANUARY MEETING WITH EX DIR- TERRORISM

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• Publication Date: January 13, 1982
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FROM: EO/DDA
SUBJECT: Agenda Item for 15 January Meeting with EX DIR -
Terrorism
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1. As you are aware, a number of Agency components have some piece of the
"Terrorist Pie"--there is a terrorism group within IAD in the DO; the Office of
Security has responsibilities in this area for physical and personnel protection
(domestic and foreign); the Office of Medical Services has its experts in CCCR;
and I would guess that the DDI has a unit that probably produces info on
terrorist activities; SCS/uSO in the DS&T plays a critical role in communications
and OTS also gets involved.
2. While I do not question the need for all of the above activities to meet
"parochial" interests in the terrorist field, I suspect that the "right hand"
frequently does not know what the "left" is doing in this area. Further, I do
not think we are in a position to exploit our high level of expertise in this
area.
3. I note that C/CCCR is participating in a State Department working group
on the Dozier kidnapping case--I wonder if C/CCCR has all info availabl
terrorism of the Red Brigade as it must exist in the DO, DO, OS, etc.
4. There is no question in my mind for the existence of these various
groups working on the terrorist problem and their placement among the directorates.
In order to have an effective interchange, however, I would suggest the creation
of a standing committee with either D/Security or the terrorist group chief in
the DO being designated as chairman. The committee would meet on a weekly basis
to ensure data is exchanged; its members would have the expertise cited in para 1
above; and its chairman and accompanying expert members, as appropriate, would
represent the Agency in dealings with other U.S. Government activities in this
area. When a specific terrorist crisis occurs, the standing committee, with
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ORGANIZATION FOR COUNTERING TERRORISM
I. The Problem
--Terrorism is, probably the number 1 threat to the U.S. Government and
people ih the present decade. It is equal to or possibly second only
to the Soviet and drug threats.
--The threat, as we see it, is not solely anti-U.S. terrorism but the
greater problem of worldwide terrorism and the possible effects on the
security of the United States, i.e., terrorism bringing down another
government such as Saudi Arabia could possibly cause the U.S. to go to
war.
II. Facts Bearing on the Problem
--The key organizational elements of the U.S. Government program to combat
terrorism are the EXCOM and Working Group on Terrorism established under
the NSC Special Coordination Committee. CIA's designated member on both
the EXCOM and Working Group on Terrorism is the Chief, Terrorism Group,
International Activities Division, Directorate of Operations.
--A number of Agency components have some piece of the "terrorism problem";
IAD in the DO, the Office of Security has responsibilities for physical
and personal protection (domestic and foreign), the Office of Medical
Services has its experts in CCCR, DDI in analytical work, SCS/OSO in the
DDS&T, and OTS gets involved. It is likely under this arrangement that
the right hand frequently does not know what the left hand is doing in
this area of concern.
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III. Proposed Solution
--The CIA is the only entity in Government which has the expertise and
capability to deal with this threat internationally.
--If we are to counter terrorism, dedicated resources are necessary to
cope with the problem. We must have dedicated case officers, dedicated
intelligence offi.cers, dedicated assets, dedicated covert action
personnel, etc. There must be an office or group of people solely
dedicated to this problem.
--Since the DDO and DDI are organized on a regional basis and terrorism is
not a regional problem, we would propose a model similar to the SE Division
be established to cope with the problem.
--This group would devote its efforts to intelligence collection, infil-
tration, propaganda, political action, disinformation, etc.
--Since the DO effort in the case of terrorism is more critical than the
analysis and technical collection, the group could reside in the
Operations Directorate. In this case the group should report directly to
the DDO. By separating it from IAD you remove the impression that CA is
the more vital part of the effort than collection. The group does not
necessarily have to be large in size.
--An alternate solution would be to have the head of the group report to
the DCI through the EXDIR CIA.
--The complement of the group should include detailees from the Intelligence
Community.
--The balance of the Agency effort in terrorism such as analysis, technical
collection, and support should be coordinated and tasked by a single
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special assistant reporting to the Deputy Director of each directorate.
This individual should attend regular staff meetings and work directly
with the head of the terrorism group.
--Within the terrorism group there would be established an operations
center. The center, not unlike those used by large metropolitan police
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forces, would collect all information on terrorist activities, keeping
an up-to-date worldwide picture. It would develop identities and the
modus operandi of the different terrorist groups. It would be responsible
for tasking of collection by Agency and Intelligence Community human and
technical assets. It would maintain day-to-day interface with intel-
ligence agencies and Agency components involved in analysis of information.
It would provide information and guidance on covert activities to
infiltrate, negate or frustrate terrorist activities.
--In this proposal the group would not be a staff, it would have a manage-
ment role in countering terrorism.
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