FIFTEEN YEAR INTELLIGENCE PLAN (1966-80)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 30, 1965
• Content Type: MEMO

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30 June 1965
MEMORANDUM FOR: AD/Basic Intelligence
AD/Central Reference
AD/Current Intelligence
AD/National Estimates
AD/Domestic Contact Services
esearch an epor s
Director, National Photographic
Interpretation Center
Chief, Collection Guidance Staff
Chief, Research Staff
Chief, Administrative Staff
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SUBJECT: Fifteen Year Intelligence Plan
(1966-80)
1. The Director has requested a 15-year Intelligence
Plan for the Agency and the Community. The Agency Plan
is due 1 September 1965. It will provide the model and
format for 15-year plans to be submitted by the other
intelligence organizations.
2. The Directorates of CIA have appointed officers
to a planning group, chaired by the Executive Director.
The group is proceeding according to an outline and
format prepared by the Executive Director in collabora-
tion with the Deputy Directors.
3. The outline consists of these headings:
Assumptions (Substantive) (Attachment A)
Intelligence Objectives (Substantive) (Attachment B)
Planning Guides (Attachment C)
(Note: The attachments are initial lists).
Forecast of long-range goals (sample, Appendix B)
Forecast of programs and resources (sample, Appendix B)
Appendix A gives the organization of the Plan by categories
of intelligence functions, each with its own subdivisions.
Programs are to be categorized in accordance with Appendix A.
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4. This memorandum requests your contributions
to the Plan. We must have them by 23 July in order
to meet the Executive Director's deadlines for the
Directorates.
5. The Board of National Estimates is responsible
for the Plan's substantive assumptions. These will
be sent to you as soon as possible - not later than
rV 15 July. The assumptions may be too general to be of
direct assistance in the statement of your substantive
intelligence objectives. Hence there is no reason
to wait for them. You may state your own assumptions
before you state your objectives.
6. The essential elements of the Plan are the
substantive intelligence objectives and the programs
required to meet them. For the first 5-year period
(1966-70) objectives and programs should be as specific
for each of the years as we can realistically make
them.
a. Identify specific programs required each
year for the first five years.
b. Specify whether programs are existing
or are proposed new programs.
c. Indicate resource requirements (e.g.
people/money, R&D capital investment, etc.)
d. Indicate relative priorities of the programs.
7. For the period 1971-80, the Plan will consist of
more general propositions expressing our anticipations
of substantive problems and needs for each of the five
year periods, 1971-75 and 1976-80. Insofar as you can
do so indicate developments (e.g.- in collection and
processing) which would materially affect these problems
and needs. Where possible and practicable give general
levels of manpower and money required.
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8. The intelligence Plan will be reviewed and
revised annually.
9. As conceived the Plan depends heavily on
the offices of production. To them the Director
looks for substantive guidance for the Community as
well as for the Agency. Bear in mind the statutory
responsibility for national intelligence. Therefore
let your statement of intelligence objectives reflect
the nature of the foreign problem rather than the
organization for production in Washington. Your
office programs will reflect the organization according
to function.
10. You will note that there is no provision in
the outline and format, as attached, for a statement
of non-substantive assumptions and objectives, except
as implicit in planning guides and programs. This will
be of particular concern to offices of collection and
support, but may be of concern to production offices as
well. Therefore, use the headings "Assumptions" and
"Intelligence Objectives" for this purpose, distinguishing
clearly between substantive and non-substantive.
(Offices of collection and support are not estopped
from stating substantive assumptions and objectives
if they find it helpful to do so).
11. It is important that we have as clear a
common understanding as possible before we begin our
part in drafting the Plan. There are several things
which call for discussion among ourselves in order to
arrive at reasonably consistent interpretations (e.g.
of what belongs under planning guides, what might
be more suitably given as a non-substantive assumption
or objective, etc.) Even more important for the
Planning group is adherence to one format for goals
and programs.
12. On receipt of this memo, please designate
your representative to meet with the DD/I members
of the Planning group. The first item on the agenda
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will be a simplified format. The DD/I members of
the Planning group are:
PAUL A. BOREL
Assistant Deputy Director for Intelligence
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ATTACHMENTS:
As Stated Above
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Attachment A- Assumptions
Attachment B- Intelligence Objectives
Attachment C-. Planning Guides
Appendix A - Organization of Functional Categories
Appendix B - Formats for Long-Range Goals and Program Forecasts
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