RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INTELLIGENCE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82M00311R000100470001-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 1, 1968
• Content Type: MF

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THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
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MEMORANDUM FOR Secretaries of the Military Departmei,ts
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Director of Defense Res ear Ch and Engineering
Assistant Secretaries of Defense
Assistants to the Secretary of Defense
Directors of the Defense Agencies
SUBJECT: Responsibilities for Intelligence in the Department of Defense
? After carefully reviewing the attached memorandum and Report
from Bob Froehlke, Dave Packard and 1. have decided that changes are
required to improve the management of intelligence functions within
the Department of Deferse and have accepted Bob's recommendations.
Accordingly, I hereby assign additional responsibilities for intelligence
to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Administration (ASD. (A)).
In discharging these responsibilities I fully expect the ASD(A)
to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the defense intelligence
community. In order to accomplish this improvement he is charged
with the following responsibilities:
1. To establish an. intelligence resource review and
decision making process which will comprise:
a. A mechanism for making comparisons and
appropriate trade-offs between major intelligence activities and programs
so that DoD decision makers can select the most efficient and effective
systems for collecting processing, producing, and disseminating
intelligence.
b. A Five-Year Intelligence Resource Plan.
c. A procedure for identifying and surfacing major
issues of intelligence resource allocation and management.
d. A continuing system for review of intelligence
collection requirements balanced against collection resources.
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2. To i.mpr. ove intelligence communications among Do?
agencies and between the Department of Defcnse and other agencies.
3. To evaluate intelligence organiiati.oiial relationships,
roles, and missions.
4. To review security policies and eliminate unnecessary
classification and con~partment:atior~.
I expect the ASD(.A.) to be fully in business -- staff aboard and
office space selected, equipped, and placed in operation -?- by October I,
1969. In the interim, to insure a smooth transition, I would appreciate
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it if you would continue to tivorlc on such intelligence papers or projects
you might have which now become his responsibility with a vie ,,- toward
(a) fiiiishi.ng the paler or project in coordination with Bob, or (b) taking
the necessary steps in conjunction with Bob to transfer the action to him.
The important thing is to insure that nothing "drops through the
crack" during this transition period .
In.vi.ew of the importance of this assigni-Izent, both to the
Department of Defense and to the nation,. I would appreciate your giving
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Administration your cornplet:e
and continuing support in this effort.
AttachmOnts
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