CIA MILITARY RESERVE UNIT INTELLIGENCE UPDATE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01554R002700230001-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 17, 1977
• Content Type: OUTLINE

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CIA Military Reserve Unit
1745 - 17 October 1977
Intelligence Update
A. Past 7 months
- looking at/explaining past
- value: find ways to prevent reoccurance
B. Moving ahead in several important areas
1. ethics - foundation of all we do
2. legislation/regulation - boundaries within which
must operate.
3. oversight - ensure operating within those boundaries
4. attitudes - nurturing public support through better
understanding of what we do.
Let me discuss each briefly.
C. Ethics - working on a Code
- Difficult illusive
- Problems -
a. Values hard to pin down ~ change over time.
b. Can't test secret actions against public consensus.
- Whether or not code possible - salutary effect of
discussions ~ raised sensitivity to issues.
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E. Oversight
1. You know Pres/VP, Senate very active/interested.
2. Now, House Committee; new IOB.
w / i
~' r-.----Risks --
1. Timidity - LCD
2. Security leaks.
- Balance - next few years critical
Attitudes - Balance between Openess ~ Secrecy
1. American model vs British
- public scrutiny - safeguard against abuses
- government openness/informed electorate: fundamental
strength.
2. Initiatives taken
- MKULTRA disclosures
o voluntary disclosure
o not being done/condoned today
o hope last disclosure of its kind, but even
if not, must face squarely - refuse to be
drawn into wrangling over past
- Media accessibility
o dispell mystique
o gain public understanding/support
- Time
- Sixty Minutes
- Future of tours at Headquarters.
- Studies published ((unclassif' d~
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o includes public in work
o return on investment
o informed electorate
- Soviet economy study
- Energy study
3. Secrecy - can't/won't open up entirely
- Two approaches
o Declassify
o Tighten security
- Advantages
o Less to safeguard
o Greater respect
G. Prognosis
- Future looks bright
- Public better informed on Intel activities
- Y am devoting 2-3 days a month to speaking around
the country - business, academic, professional groups.
Main theme: explaining
- why intelligence is important,
- why ~,~c~u,rng some information is worth the
risks we must take.
- the surrogate control mechanisms.
- our desire to serve the public honorably and well.
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- Questions/discussions are reasoned, sometimes difficult,
but always receptive to an honest, forthright answer.
- See IC on way up in public esteem. We must continue
to demonstrate we deserve that trust.
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