HELMS' PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF HIS ROLE IN INTELLIGENCE REORGANIZATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-294-9-9-7
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 9, 2009
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 14, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM
NATIQNAL SECURITY COUNCIL
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MEMORANDUM FOR I]R. KISSINGER
FROM: ~~Phil Odeen/A. W. Marshall
INFORMATION
December 14, 1971
SUBJECT: Helms' Flan for Implementation of
. His Role in Intelligence Reorganization
Helms has xesponded to the request that y~rxthin 3Q days he submit
to the Pxesident a plan for
_.. delegation of day-ta-day management of CIA,
staffing of his new xale.
(See Tab A far his memorandum. )
The general directiaxz Helms' plan take uep oern,on torgthees a#fing
appxoprxate. Andy Marshall w~.ll cont~.n
.far Helms' new role. All appears to be going well so fax.
No response is needed or expected to Helms' mexnaranduxn,
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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTEI.UGENCE
WpSHING'CaN, d. C. 10505
~ D~cecnbex 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR 'THE PRESIDEhIT
SUBJECT: Organization and Management of the
U. S. Foreign Intelligence Community
REFERENCE: The President's Memorandum of 5 November 1971
In referent memorandum you requested that I subrxzit to you
within thirty days plans fox the appropriate delegation of my current
authority fax the management of the Central Intelligence Agency and
fax increased staff support in my new role as outlined in that
memorandum.
I attach hexeto a copy of the kind of delegation of authority
to the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence which would seem to
be in keeping with your directive. ~Vhe1n General Cushman's
replacement is sufficiently indoctrinated, I will sign such a paper
fox him. You are of course familiar with the concerns Senator Stennis
has about this delegation. The action vests in the Deputy Director
of Gentxal Intelligence all of the authorities necessary far managing
and directing the plans, programs, and day-tor-day operations of the
Central Intelligence Agency, including certification of the expenditure
of confidential funds. In fact, the only significant authority not
delegated is the extraordinary authority, as set faith in Section 102c
of the National Secuxity Act of 197, as amended, to terminate the
services of employees in the n.atianal interest, which my General
Counsel advisors I may not delegate. The Deputy Directox of Central
Intelligence may, of course, exercise this unique authority when he
is Acting Director of Central Intelligence.
I am also submitting herewith a tentative organization chart,
setting forth our thoughts about how to organize far the now role you
have given mc. I will plan to build an the sma.11 staff which hc;retofore
has been helping me with various intelligence community xespansibilitics
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and which will faxm the nucleus for the expanded structure. As
you will see from the chart, I am planning to set up a staff the
elements of which will be focused an the several objectives and
tasks outlined in referent memorandum, along the following lines.
A community comptxollex's office will be established, supported
by a staff which will maintain year-round contact with the manage-
menu of the various pxogxams which comprise the U. S. intelligence
effort. This office will assist xne in drawing up the consolidated
intelligence prvgxam budget and will provide the essential staff
suppvxt fox the Intelligence Resources Advisory Committee. This
office will perfoxm all the usual functions of planning, progxarnming
and budgeting for the over-all, pxogram. Anothex section, which
will work very closely with the comptroller's office, will be
cancexned with planning and pxogxam evaluation to assist in reaching
decisions on the optimum makeup of our foreign intelligence progxarn
and ixx looking ahead to future needs. This will include an element
which will manitvr~an,d evaluate the community's xeseaxch and
develvpmenl pxogram to insure that it is pxoperly focused and in
support of the objectives of the total intelligence effort. In this
section I would expect to have performed the detailed analysis and
evaluation of pxagxams fxom which to make decisions an the mast
effective combinations to pxoduce the; intelligence required. The
thixd component of the staff will serve the dual function of acting as
the contact paint for the evaluations of the canxxnunity pxoduct
stemming from the National Security Council Intelligence Committee
and the Net Assessment Group, and examining ways and means to
impxove the community's pxoduction capability. Thxough this
compvnent'I would expect not only to monitor community pexfoxrnance
with xespect tv individual intelligence tasks, but also to examine
the various intelligence organizations to see where their procedures
and. methods might be improved. In all this, the essential goal will
be to improve the quality, scope and timeliness of the community's
product. These, together with the expanded United States Intelligence
Baaxd and its imgartant subcommittees, should pxovide the structure
needed to discharge my broadened camxnunity xesponsibilities.
The present estimate is that this incxeased staff will be an
the oxdex of 8d pxafessional and clerical personnel. They will be
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dxawn from the Central Intelligence Agency, from vaxious elements
in the community and, in a~few cases, from the outside.
Richax'd Helms
cc.: Dixectar,
Office of Ma.nagernent and $udget
Chaixrnan, '
Pxesidean.t's Foreign Intelligence Advisoxy Soaxd
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7HE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
WASWINGt'aN, D. C. 2~ipi
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Dixector of Centxal Intelligence
SUBJECT: Delegation of Authoxity
I hexeby delegate to the Deputy Directox of Central
Intelligence all authoxities vested in rrxe by law ax by virtue of
xny position as Dixector of Central Intelligence and head of the
Centxal Intelligence Agency, except fax any authorities the
delegation of which is prohibited by law. These authaxities
include, but are not limited ta, the certification authoxity far
confidential expenditures as set forth in Section 8(b) of the
Centxal Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended.
Richaxd Helms
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