INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION REVIEW (INTERIM REPORT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01133A000900070017-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: May 8, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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8 May 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR: General Graham
SUBJECT: Intelligence Production Review
(Interim Report)
1. Attached is a first analysis of CIA, State Department
and DIA intelligence production on Latin America for the period
1 April 1972 to 1 April 1973. The analysis is based on 166 docu-
ments entered into the CIA Central Reference Service AEGIS
computer.
2. Although the AEGIS file is not a management tool, the
file can be effectively used for at least some generalized production
analysis. Based on my own knowledge of production for the Latin
American area, I have a high degree of confidence that the file covers
almost all of the finished intelligence production for the area and that
the CRS analysts' title expansion entries are valid and appropriate.
3. Based on the criteria used for the analysis, most intelli-
gence production is appropriate" in terms of producer interest and
competence. The primary finding to the contrary is that the DIA
should concentrate on matters of direct military concern and State
and CIA should not normally produce in these areas. Of the seven
clearly "inappropriate" documents, four were State and CIA docu-
ments on strictly military matters, and three were purely political
products prepared by the DIA.
4. While the analysis showed little outright production dupli-
cation, there is considerable overlap among producers. Because of
the broad interests of CIA and State, some duplication is probably
unavoidable and may serve a useful purpose when there is a difference
in interpretation of events; however, given the scarcity of resources
in the community, duplication should be held to a minimum.
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4. General recommendations for production management
improvement will have to await the findings of similar surveys for
other geographic areas, but two tentative recommendations appear
to be taking shape.
a. The DCI, probably through the USIB vehicle,
should address the matter of appropriate agency pro-
duction. Our analysis should provide a good basis for
this.
b. Some means must be devised to keep produc-
tion duplication and overlap in check. To this end, an
online registry file for finished intelligence prodyction
would appear to be a feasible solution. The file would
consist of the proposed title for a product, a brief-
content description, and the estimated production date.
Each agency contributing to the file would be responsible
for inputing the file and consulting it before initiating
production. Within directive bounds, an agency would
have the option to declare its intention to produce on a
subject already identified, but the file would immediately
alert production managers to carefully scrutinize the
duplicative products. IC/PRG access to file on a con-
tinuing basis would allow us to take corrective action
in cases of unwarranted duplication.
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CIA, State and DIA Intelligence Production
April 1972 to April 1973
Latin America
CIA
State (INR)
DIA
TOTAL
Documents 1
Most Appropriate2 Appropriate3 Least Appro-
Producer Producer priate4Producer
134 25 75
IBased upon CRS AEGIS file holdings.
2 Criteria:
a. Production on a subject under DCID authority.
b. Production on a subject clearly within the responsibility of the
producing agency and production for which the producer has the greatest
competence within the intelligence community.
3Criteria:
a. Production does not violate DCID authority.
b. The producing agency has some responsibility for such production
and a considerable degree of competence on the subject.
4Criteria:
a. Production violates DCID authority. (No product in this sample review
violated DCID authority. )
b. The producing agency has little direct responsibility for such production
and limited competence in the subject area.
5Documents in the least appropriate producer category are:
CIA:
1. Peruvian Arms Procurement Policy (US military assistance problems
aid Soviet military sales of MI-8 Helicopters; Offer of MIG-21, T-54
tanks; Olmos, Paita projects), published March 1973.
2. Arms Sales in Latin America (Military sales from Europe, USSR on
increase; US military assistance; mirage, MI-8 Helicopters, YAK-40
sales or interest), published April 1973.
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State:
1. Peru: Soviet Helicopters for Air Force (Military sale of MI-8),
published December 1972.
2. Patterns and Trends in the Development of Chinese Communist Military
Assistance Activities Since 1954, published August 1972?
DIA:
1. Bolivia: President Banzerts Downfall--One Crisis Away (Military coup
possibility; Labor relations, devaluation crisis; Shaky FPN Alliance,
FSB,, MNR Role), published February 1973.
2. The Argentine Military--Return to the Barracks? (Role in Govt after
elections; electoral law), published March 1973.
3. The Argentine Military and Peron's Return (Peronist activity; election
maneuvering), published December 1972.
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