THE PROBLEM OF COORDINATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86M00612R000100030026-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2005
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: February 14, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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14 February 1966
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SUBJECT
The Problem at Coordination
1. This is is response to your 9 February 1966 request to:-
gestious as to possible problems to discuss with members of
the PFIAB or its Secretary.
You indicated your intention to discuss candidly.
a. Aasase of the problems, of coordination.
b. Achiev euts to date.
ec. Roartaiaai g problems:
1) situations, or relationships.
2) Caps, a" areas of ineffectiveness.
As examples of possible tiers to discuss specif'i'cally, y
intormafly offered he following:
a. D icating bulleti* s.
c. ELINT ceerdia s Lion.
4. Achieving visibility, together with conflicting
considerations, a. S. , political and security.
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early wa>r slug.
M:tlttary manpower turnover.
. SCI-PTUB relationships. including citanrneiiitc
of reporttaag, pressure in meetings. etc.
k. Items from prior papers submitted by the 3DC:!.
3. Identification of coordination problems and constrt, tivw"
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the heart of
effort toward solutior3.s to t lem will always be
y-antitatively complex nature of the tocire
and they A
biti
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t r
or-s
respr Of these problems. I ara reluctant to quickly ttck.off my ova,
suggestions from a list of at least "50. and t" possibilittie*f,
Lack time this recurrent problem comes up I pens ally
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feel uneasy that I do :sot have a frame of reference to taw'* .J%W
most as to the relatt,e significance of the several prohte a fir
us. I am vdadhil that each one of as in the 14IPE Staff deal Wit-
this question every day, and particularly yourself.
Accerrdingly. I thought my contribution this time wdit be he
drafting of a scheme for identifying the possible sourens of "
Problem Areas. " 't'ote primary questions I (we or someone f serf t
aniwes are:
a. drat are the most sigxMicaot problems
b. Mow would one go abcat solving teem
How b a I 'slice" shall we take
d. Arne the sircamsiances and conditions rim at tai -
starts to apply the knewa remedies to a selected
problem ?
s. Who. is addition to the DCI, is refired is c ev+ 1pislo!
and allying t h e remedy (in this case, is it tbeJ'y
4 . Attached, thee, is a n o t h e r attempt to d r a f t a . . s b e tar
the identification of possible "C.oordization Problem Areas.
dirnensional" reiatic*sttip* i. e.. each matrix to each Of fite otk.er.
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d 4uuessdeu rel assure. I MA
ntellipert a coordbadoa problem I have Lear
e.naee I have sot had to sines your rear,; st
p the xr*t st. cant Problems. ssrticelar
PtIA. rcA4 Geis eratioa of the options
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W se -tri+cee. I at-, v4 dd isiiests those icb shu .t
ids -ed as key. By k.r. I mean that it a me to obt.iu o f = s
these problems. other-w world be taken care of eritho t e4 plic#t
e zate attention
S. In mesnw e, perhaps those matrtcs$ will O:-4
*is for a selecticia it you use then as a chock list.
,A / i3/ DCI/ Ni1PE
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