TERMS OF REFERENCE

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• Publication Date: March 10, 1986
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Office of the Deputy Director for Intelligence
Membership of the Policy Review Group:
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SUBJECT: DCI Strategic Planning Group
~ who is running the DCI
Strategic Planning Study for the
Intelligence Community Staff, has
asked me to be chairman of a small
subcommittee to look into previous
system planning studies. Attached
is a copy of the Terms of Reference.
Unless you object, I intend to accept.
Now tells me that
the D as tasked him to do the
same thing. The DDCI is aware of
this ICS effort, but not the DCI.
I think this study will be somewhat
more "in-depth" than what Jerry has
in mind.
Chief , IPC Staf f
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Intelligence Community Staff
DCI/ICS 86-4261
10 March 1986
MEPIORANDUM FOR: Members, DSPS Planning Studies Review Panel
Chairman, Strategic Planning Working Group
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SUBJECT: Terms of Reference
1. The attached Terms of Reference for the DSPS Planning Studies Review
Panel are forwarded for your review and comment. ~~ ~ 25X1
2. Please contact me with any suggested changes by 12 March 1986, si~Ce
we would like to move forward in this area at the earliest possible date.
Attachment:
Terms of Deference
COPJTAINS SECRET INFORP~ATION--
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APPENDED DOCUMENTS ARE REMOVED
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Terms of Reference
Planning Studies Review Panel
As acknowledged in the Terms of Reference for ttre JCI Strategic Planning
Study (DSPS), significant work has been done in the past to define the
Intelligence Community's future needs and to identify effective system mixes
to meet those needs. These studies (FIRE, FSCS, etc.) must be reviewed for
applicability to the CSPS. Where possible such previous efforts should be
drawn upon to produce a single interdisciplinary vehicle for addressing future
Commiini ty requirements.
To assure that relevant infor!nation from these studies is considered, a
SWPG Planning Studies Review Panel is formed. The Panel will consist of four
members, namely: CIA/IPC (Chairman); NSA;
SAFSS; and ICS/PPS (Executive Secretary). The Panel is
hereby tasked to: (S)
a. Identify, review, and assess the rnerit of recent or proposed
planning system, system-mix, and capability studies. (Studies should be
Community-wide projects and not be over five years old.)
b. Review existing and proposed methodologies used in such studies.
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c. Report on the applicability and utility of the studies with
relevance to the DSPS.
The Panel will report its findings to the SPI~G on a routine basis during
regular group meetings. It will also be accessible to other Working Group
Panels that may be tasked to deal with selected DSPS issues.
The Planning Studies Revievr Panel will complete its review by 15 Apri l
1886, prior to the commencement of Phase III of the study--The Assessment of
Capabilities.
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INTELLIGENCE PRODUCERS COUNCIL
IPC 02'7-86
20 March 1986
NOTE TO: Acting Director, Planning
.and Policy Staff', ICS
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Attached are recommendations for
changes to the Challenges Proposed for
the DCI Strategic Planning Study.
.John L. Helgerson
Chairman
Intelligence Producers Council
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CONFIDENTIAL
INTELLIGENCE PRODUCERS COUNCIL
19 March 1986
SUBJECT: DCI Strategic Planning
Challenges
Herewith is the response to
request for "perusal
and comments' on the DCI Strategic
Planning Challenges..
The Executive Director, CIA, received
the same package. His response will
refer to yours for specific comments.
He will also express my concern over
where this DCI Planning Study is going.
At present it seems to be following
the same course as the Capabilities in
1985 Study (1981), which in the last
stages required long CIA papers on
program proposals. That is not
appropriate today.
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The Director of Central Intelligence
Intelligence Community Staff
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Intelligence Community Staff
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control,
Communications and Intelligence
Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State
Director, National Security Agency
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
Executive Director, Central Intelligence A' genc-y
Director, National Reconnaissance Office
Assistant Director, Intelligence Division,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chairman, Intelligence Producers Council
Acting Director, Planning and Policy Staff
SUBJECT: DCI Strategic Planning Study
1. Since the Strategic Planning. Study. Policy Review_6roup meeting of
18 December 1985, the Staff Working Group has identified a set of Challenges
that will be of crucial concern to the Community during the coming decade.
These issues were reviewed, revised,-and endorsed by the Planning Working
Group on 25 Feb, Feb, ruarv,l_986. They are now ready for Policy Review Group
validation.
2. The enclosed Challenges are hereby forwarded for your perusal and
comment. While changes which would further enhance identi i`'~'ca ion and"'
'bra ation of key strategic issues are welcome, it is important that
validation of the Challenges be made at the earliest possible date to ensure
adherence to the study milestone schedule. Accordingly, it is requested that
your response be forwarded to this office by 21 March 1986.
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SUBJECT: DCI Strategic Planning Study
3. Once the Challenges have been validated, the Staff Working Group will
proceed forward in accordance with the study Terms of Reference, e.g.,
generation of requirements, assessment of required capabilities, etc. Interim
reports wi l l continue to be presented to th o~i cy ~Revi ew Group: s ma j or --fl ~ ~ l ~`~
tud are com leted. A fina'1 - y wi a made u~~~~--~'`'~'
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4. Study completion is presently estimated for earl~r~une~ 986.
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? The Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
w~n~an.o.crosos
0 2 DEC 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR:--Director, Intelligence Community Staff
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control,
Communications and Intelligence
Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State
Director, National Security Agency
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
Executive Director, Central Intelligence A enc
Director, National Reconnaissance Office
Assistant Director, Intelligence Divisiv ,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
-~-ha-irman; Intel gence_P_r_o ucers_Councjl
SUBJECT: DCI Strategic Planning Study
1. In a memorandum on 9 October the DCI expressed his inte~ntio.n to
produce a Community Strategic Planning Study covering the period up to~1995.
He has asked me to chair the Policy Review Group that. will oversee preparation
of the study. This ~ro_up~will Gmee for the first time on ~l-8-December_1=9_$37
from ~1430~1~00 i n the C~omr~u~r~i~.y He adquar_ter_sdBual.di ng
embership of the.,P'~o_li_cy Review Group--consists of the addressees of thi_s~
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2. The agenda for the initial meeting will include a final review of the
Terms of Reference, establishment of a timetable for the study, and a
discussion of the study's relationship to the effort currently under way to
produce a National Foreign Intelligence Strategy.
3. Each participating organization has ?had an opportunity to comment on
the Terms of Reference and only minor changes have been proposed. Aversion
incorporating the proposed revisions is attached. Among the modifications is
the method by which the "View of the Future" will be coordinated. Rather than
being circulated for comment, the "View" will be considered as an NFIB agenda
item on 12 December (a draft has been distributed). Other principal changes
include a widening of the study's scope to include intelligence dissemination
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TERMS OF REFERENCE
DCI STRATEGIC PLANNING TU : 1990-1995
Steps have since been taken towards realization of many of the
capabilities identified in 1981, and headway has been made towards attainment
of the companion goals and objectives. It is now prudent to examine the
impact of this progress in light of the evolving resource environment and the
challenges that are expected to prevail in the nineties. Significant work has
been done in the intervening years to define the Intelligence Community's
future needs and to identify effective system mixes to meet those needs. Most
of this work has centered on individual disciplines, such as SIGINT. What is
needed is a synthesis of various such approaches to define a coh
intelligence strategy for the first half of the next decade.
PURPOSE. To develop an intelligence strategy for the 1990s by identifying
the most important intelligence challenges that will face the US in that
period and reviewing the capabilities that will be needed to meet them. To
articulate the goals and objectives necessary to ensure an efficient and
comprehensive intelligence program is pursued. To Drovide an implicit basis
for investment guidance and program structuring.
SCOPE. The study will focus on the period from 1990 through 1995 (and,
where appropriate, will include considerations extending to 2000). All
aspects of the intelligence process (collection, processing, analysis,
production, and dissemination) will be included. It will be comprehensive in
the sense that it will embrace any issue or topic that is of crucial concern
to the Community. In its findings, however, it will be limited in the sense
that only the most important topics will be addressed. The goal is to develop
a broadly conceived document that provides a solid foundation for strategic
intelligence planning. Judgments on which intelligence capabilities should
receive emphasis or priority in the future will be implied.
PROCEDURE. A Policy Review Group, chaired by the DDCI, will set overall
goals for the study, receive interim reports as major portions are completed,
and review the study prior to submission to the DCI. It will ensure
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high-level involvement in the effort from its beginning. Membership will
include the following: Director, IC Staff; Director, NSA; Director, DIA;
Director, INR/State; Executive Director, CIA; Director, NRO; Assistant
Secretary of Defense, C I; the Assistant Director, Intelligence Division,
FBI; and the Chairman, Intelligence Producers Council. The Director, Planning
and Policy Staff, IC Staff, will serve as the Executive Secretary.
The Planning Working Group, which is an existing body chaired by the
Director, Planning and Policy Staff/IC Staff, will be the principal steering
group for the study. This group will validate issues and guide the efforts of
a Staff Working Group drawn from the Community. It will approve drafts
prepared by the Staff Working Group, and its individual members will be
responsible for home-agency coordination and cooperation.
A Staff Working Group will prepare the study. This group will be chaired
by the Deputy Director for Planning, PPS/IC Staff. Interested agencies and
departments will be tasked to provide representatives. Its composition will
be adjusted as necessary to ensure knowledgeable representation is available
for all phases of the study. Such adjustment should provide flexibility while
assuring that sufficient continuity exists to produce a cohesive document. At
the chairman's option, panels will be formed to deal with selected topics; it
is expected, however, that most work will be done by the Working Group as a
who 1 e.
A sequential order of tasks will be pursued. As a first step, the
National Intelligence Council will be tasked to prepare a "View of the
Future," a view that will encompass the intelligence requirements and
challenges expected to be the most significant in the projected time period.
Although this view will necessarily be based on a geopolitical forecast of the
world in the 1990s, it is essential that specific issues and complexities be
identified at a level which has meaning for collection, processing,
analytical, and distribution capabilities. This view of the future will be
provided to the Community (both collectors and consumers) for comment and
consideration at an NFIB meeting. The Staff Working Group will then prepare a
list of challenges and issues, drawing on this view, on previous work done for
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The list of challenges and issues identified by the Staff Working Group
will be validated by the Planning Working Group and winnowed to a small set
(12-15) of the most significant or difficult. Staff Working Group membership
will then be altered to assess required capabilities. Validation procedures
used will be the same as for issue identification. Program Managers will be
asked to evaluate the issues in terms of current and programmed capabilities.
For some disciplines, previous studies should prove extremely useful in making
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The Intelligence Community Staff will be tasked to prepare a forecast of
the anticipated resource environment for the early-to-mid nineties, which will
also be furnished to Program Managers to aid in their evaluation of plausible
responses to the issues and problems that have been identified. Using such
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Group.
The Staff Working Group (with membership alteration if necessary) will
then examine the required capabilities to derive new DCI goals and objectives
for the post-1990 time period. A key part of this effort will be a review of
the existing statement of goals and objectives to reaffirm or revise them
where needed. The goals and objectives will be stated in terms of where we
are and where we need to be, and should provide the necessary foundation for
future programs. Again, validation will be provided by the Planning Working
integrated look at required capabilities.
inputs, the Staff Working Group will construct capability matrices related to
the Community's most important needs. These matrices will provide an
TIMING. The study will begin in November 1985. It should be completed in
spring 5986.
PARTICIPANTS. Policy Review Group and Planning Working Group membership
will be as described above. All NFIB members will be tasked to participate in
the Staff Working Group in the areas where they have substantive interests and
responsibilities. Membership in this group, the principal drafting mechanism,
will be adjusted to meet the needs of the various phases of the study.
Administra tive support will be furnished by the Intelligence Community Staff.
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