PRESIDENT FORD'S MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-280-9-7-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 6, 1974
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
DATE AND TIME: Friday, December 6, 1974
12:00 noon
PLACE: The Cabinet Room
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President Ford's Meeting with the President's
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
President: Sorry I am late. I had a good session with Chancellor
Schmidt. Thank you for coming. I remember the meeting we had in
the EOB. I have been impressed with your work and I know you will
continue your outstanding work.
Adm. Anderson: Unfortunately, they still are fumbling along with that.
President: We have. an unfortunate situation with intelligence and it's
standing with the public. This group can take this highly important
matter and give an objective analysis.
There is one area where we could use some help. Our overseas in-
telligence collection facilities we need to look at. What are your
thoughts on this?
Adm. Anderson: We have been working on economic intelligence. You need
to be able to project, not just react. We had a good Middle East review
yesterday. We met with Secretary Kissinger yesterday. Today we
meet on The next meeting we will examine
our ability to verify strategic forces.
President. That will be an important part of the SALT Il agreement.
I would encourage you to support the agreement. It is not a partisan
issue. Any help you can give would be appreciated, as you travel
around the country and talk to people.
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Leo Cherne: It is a good agreement. If Colby's charts could be
sanitized and used, it would be very helpful.
Dr. Teller: You know I have been opposed to arms reduction
because I am suspicious. But I am impressed by Vladivostok.
I can and will support it. I have one reservation- -which I don't
plan to air in public. Where there is a potential for tremendous
improvement and difficulty in checking it is in the area of accuracy.
Improvement in accuracy should have high priority. That is not
an intelligence program.
E This is not directly associated
with the agreement. And I am astonished with the progress which
has been made.
President: Don't we have a strong program in this area?
Dr. Foster: I don't think so. Arms control agreements make it
harder to get from the Congress what we need to provide for our
security. Vladivostok limited their capacity to move, but it
probably increased our problems in getting the funding.
President: I will recommend whatever is needed. Congress, though,
might come to the wrong conclusion.
Dr. Foster: It is important to explain the realities to the Congress.
President: I will. Is there anything else?
Adm. Anderson: We have had excellent cooperation from the intelli-
gence community.
Mr. Gray: Our overseas visits are important.
Adm. Anderson: Someone mentioned the importance of measures
which could be considered economic warfare. Maybe we need
structural changes in the intelligence board to have one group
for military-political intelligence and another for economic-industrial.
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Dr. Foster: It would be good if the intelligence community would
give the best case (on critical questions) for each possibility.
Instead of just the worst case. For example, they should tell us,
yes, there will be a war; no there won't. To complete the picture.
President: Thank you. It was good to see you, again,
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