MEETING TO PREPARE FOR SESSION WITH THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE STAFF ON INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91M00696R000200080032-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 15, 2004
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: July 30, 1976
• Content Type: MFR

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July 30, 1976
SUBJECT: Meeting to Prepare for Session with the Senate
Select Committee Staff on Intelligence Production
1. This meeting was held Friday, 30 July, to discuss a
coordinated approach to discussions on intelligence produc-
tion with staff members of the Sena.Le Select Committee on
August 3. Those attending today's meeting were:
Mr. George L. Cary, OLC ?
SA/DDCI
taff
Dr. Karl Weber, OSI/DDS&T
Mr. Evan Iiineman, OWI/DDS&T
Mr. Ernest J. Zellmer, ADS&T
Mr. Paul V. Walsh, ADDI
2. We all agreed the Agency would be well served by
cooperating with the Senate Select Committee and that the
DCI's views would be solicited cited by Messrs. Walsh, Cary, Zellmer,
and Admiral Murphy.
3. The Committee request to us has two aspects: One is
their intent to conduct a study of intelligence production to
be completed by November and which will involve both access
to Agency employees and to the intelligence product; second,
is their desire to have access to items of finished intelli-
gence on a regular basis.
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4. It was agreed that CIA would be responsible for dis-
cussions on Agency production only and that the Committee should
be asked to negotiate with other members of the Community for
their products. The .1_C Staff assume responsibility for
documents it produces and those non-substantive items produced
by NFIB Committees, excluding such finished intelligence items
as estimates produced by the Deputy to the DCI for National
Intelligence. The IC Staff also will- be responsible for post
mortems prepared in the past. The Deputy to the DCI for na-
tional Intelligence has the. basic responsibility for estimates
and interagency memoranda prepared under his auspices.
5. We agreed that human sources would be protected fully
and that wherever a sensitive human source might be revealed,
deletions would be made. Because the Committee already has
complete access to technical collection programs in its over---
sight capacity, we felt it would normally not be necessary to
delete references to such systems. Obviously, an element of
judgment would have to be utilized in both cases, but it is ex-
pected deletions will be the exception rather than the rule.
6. When the Committee requests a document to which other
agencies have con tr. ibuted sourcing, it will be the responsibility
of the releasing unit to determine whether that agency must be'
consulted to obtain their concurrence. Obviously, again, a rule
of reason must apply.
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officer r CIA &T, DDI, NIO)_in processing requests for
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Dissemination of Material:
8. We anticipate the Committee will. seek routine access
to intelligence production and we are prepared to cooperate as
much as possible. Attached for CIA internal use only, is a
tentative list of items which would and would not be provided
the Committee on a routine basis. They would generally be al-
lowed access to periodicals; would not be allowed access to such
items as the President's Daily Brief; and achieve access to
other finished intelligence by reviewing a machine listing we
would provide. The Committee has secure storage facilities and
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could retain some material overnight, however, we would pro-
pose establishing a reading room at Ileadquar_ter where they
would have access to TS and codeword material..
9. Mr. Walsh will chair the session with the Committee
staffers on Tuesday and will begin with an overview of intelli-
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Distribution:
See list of those-attending meeting
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Tentative List
Items of Finished Intelligence for Routine Dissemination:
National Intelligence Daily
Weekly Review
Economic Intelligence Weekly
International Oil Developments
Biographic Reports and Handbooks
VIP Movements
Communist Aid and Trade in LDCs
All DOCEX items
Environmental Analysis Brief (after release to
appropriate Executive Agencies)
Situation Reports
Scientific and Technical Intelligence Reports
Technical memoranda (research. papers)
Scientific Intelligence Digest
Weapons Intelligence Summary
Weekly Surveyor
CIA INTERNAL USE ONLY
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