ICS ACTIVITIES REPORT NO. 1

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• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: February 15, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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ICS ACTIVITIES REPORT NO.
15 February 1974
The DCI's InteZZigence Community Staff is currently' engaged in a number
of activities of interest to USIB principals and members of IRAC. The
foZZowing'summary of these activities is provided for your information.
1. Middle East Post-Mortem
.With the i ssuance of the Preliminary Post-Mortem Report,* covering
the intelligence community's performance before the Arab-Israeli War,
Phase I of this project, dealing with the period prior to commencement
of hostilities on 6 October 1973, is complete. Following review of the
report by the USIB, copies were distributed to USIB, the NSCIC, key
officials of the community, and the President's Foreign Intelligence
Advisory Board (PFIAB).
Phase II activities continue. A number of studies are in progress
dealing with one or another aspect of intelligence activities during the
Mid-East crisis itself, or with issues which came to light during our
investigations of those activities. A study of the operations of the
intelligence community during periods of crisis is in hand following a
series of interveiws held with key officers of the various Watch Offices
and the White House Situation Room, covering their activities and operations
during the 6-25 October period.
2. National Fames of Products
This project is one of the efforts in support of the DCI's
objective to make all analytical products as responsive to consumer needs
as possible, to avoid overproduction and duplication, to improve and
expand substantive coordination in the community and facilitate the
expression of contrary views concerning topics of particular significance,
and to provide warning intelligence in as clear and systematic and timely
a way as humanly possible.
The concept underlying this project has been refined and amended
in recent months by the lessons learned from the Mid-East post-mortem effort
to date, and on 31 January the USIB was briefed on the amended proposal.
At the conclusion of this briefing, the USIB approved two actions: (a) an
immediate initiation of the testing of the National Operations and
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Intelligence Watch Officers Net and its product, the National Watch
Officers Bulletin; and (b) the establishment of a committee under the
chairmanship of the IC Staff, with participation by-all of the principal
production agencies. The purpose of this committee will be to resolve
various management and production problems associated with implementing
daily and weekly national products.
3. The DCI's Key Intelligence 9uestions for FY 1974
The DCI distributed copies of his Key Intelligence Questions for
FY 1974 to USIB principals on 10 January. Coordination of the KIQs will.
be an agenda item at an NSGIC meeting expected to be held soon.
The KIQs represent a selected number of topics considered to be
of high current importance at policy levels of the government against
which the response of various agencies and organizations of the community
can be measured. The listing has been organized primarily around the
particular geographic and functional areas of the National Intelligence
Officers (NIOs) who will have the primary role in the KIQ Evaluation
Process (KEP) and who will be responsible for the development of follow-
on KIQs for evaluation in FY 1975.
As explained to USIB principals by General Graham, the KEP will
involve the preparation of a baseline review on each question, and then,
at the close of the evaluation period, a recapitulation and evaluation
of the performance of the intelligence community and of individual
agencies in responding to the questions. For the initial effort, a six-
month period will be used, but in future iterations the evaluation process
will apply to the entire fiscal year. Detailed instructions are being .
developed by the IC Staff for use by Program Managers in the first evalua-
tion period which is expected to begin on 1 March and end on 1 September 1974.
The DCI stated his interest in all Board members becoming personally involved
in the KEP in their agencies and departments.
4. National Foreign Intelligence Budget Recommendations for FY 1975
On 19 December the DCI forwarded to the President through the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget his National Foreign
Intelligence Budget Recommendations for FY 1975. This action responds to
the President's 5 November 1971 memorandum and to the DCI's "Objectives
for the Intelligence Community" of 6 September 1973. Members of the
IC Staff are currently preparing the supporting materials which the DCI
will need for his defense of'these recommendations before the Congress
this spring.
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5. National/Tactical Intelligence Interface
Responding to the President's memorandum of 5 November 1971,
the DCI included as one of the actions to meet his "Objectives for
the Intelligence Community," the submission of a report in the third
quarter of FY 1974 on the national/tactical intelligence interface.
Actions to be taken were contained in a joint DOD/DCI memorandum of
agreement signed by Rear Admiral Hannifin. Chief, Strategic Plans and
Policy Division, J-5, JCS, and Maj /DCI/IC, on
2 November 1973. During January, the D/DCI/IC's
representative, met with Admiral Hannifin to discuss the on-going
JCS action and to explore ways to expedite this effort. An inventory
of national intelligence assets was sent to Admiral Hannifin on 18 January
for use in the JCS report and a tentative reporting format established.
6. Foreign Intelligence Liaison Study
An examination of foreign intelligence liaison relationships
is being made leading to a report which the DCI plans to send to the
NSCIC on how current arrangements contribute to US policy and intelligence,
objectives and whether and how they could be improved. The DCI indicated
his desire for such a report at a USIB meeting in late 1973 and asked the
D/DCI/IC to undertake, the study with the assistance of appropriate
community elements. Contributions are being received and drafting of
the report has been started.
7. Other studies currently underway include:
a. An intelligence community study of new process/methodology
to enhance the utility of SIGINT for technical intelligence analysis
of weapon system characteristics and performance.
b. A community review of proposed future posture of US SIGINT
system in areas of SIGINT and telemetry to insure coordinated
planning to support program/budget decisions. This study is one
of the actions called for in the DCI's "Objectives for the
Intelligence Community."
c. A community review of the'US imagery collection systems
capabilities into the future, to set forth the various options
available to the DCI with respect to system mixes. All overhead
imagery collection systems are included.
8. Coordination of External Substantive Research and Development
of Analytical Techniques
Consultations are underway with personnel from ARPA, DIA, and
CIA to identify what is being done in the community in the areas of
analytical methodology development and external research relating to
product improvement. A preliminary survey report will be prepared on
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these findings which will identify the degree and channels of
coordination that currently exist. This is the first step in
the development of an overall community program which will
identify both short and long term objectives, insure the exchange
of proven analytical techniques between production components, assure
a proper balance between, as well as recommend and encourage new
areas for, research, development and application efforts. The
program will be coordinated with the R&D Council of IRAC.
9. Interagency Training Activities
Working with curriculum specialists in the community, the
IC Staff is gathering information for an Intelligence Community
Catalog of Courses.- Inputs have been received on preferred data
elements and format for such a catalog, and computer programming
needed is being explored by IC Staff data support officers.
Production of the catalog will satisfy a community requirement
for a single document which contains a comprehensive listing of
current intelligence education and training courses.
Coordination for a forthcoming Army feasibility study on
HUMINT training was conducted with personnel from CIA, ASD(I), DIA
and ACSI, Army.
Inquiries regarding the ICS Activities Report may be directed to
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STAFF NOTE
The IC Staff, under the direction of
USA, Deputy to the DCI for the Intelligence Community D/DCI IC),
assists the DCI in his inteZZigence community responsibilities.
The staff consists of three main elements: the Management, Planning
and Resource Review Group (MPRRG) which monitors the budget develop-
ment process throughout the community; the Product Review Group (PRG)
which reviews the factual and analytical product of the community;
and the Collection and Processing Assessment Group (CPAG) which
conducts national ZeveZ review and assessment of community collection
and processing activities. A small Coordination Staff handles
community-related tasks involving the activities of more than one
Group.
Recent staff additions and changes of interest:
The arrival on 7 January of 25X1A
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The arrival of on 2
PRG's Middle East analyst, replacing USA
who was selected to be the Assistant NZO for the Middle East and ~25X1A
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The arrival of I on 2 January from
DIA/DE as the Latin Amerzcan analyst in PRG, replacing F-- I
I who was selected to be the Assistant NIO for Latin America.
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