HPSCI HEARING ON THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY STAFF REORGANIZATION AND BUDGET AMENDMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R001900040002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 18, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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18 MAY 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR. Director of Central Intelligence
FROM :
25X1
c ing Legislative Counsel
SUBJECT; HPSCI Hearing on the Intelligence
Community Staff-Reorganization
and Budget Amendment 25X1
1. Action RegUes-ted: Approval of the attached
witness lis for your appearance before the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) on the Intelligence
Community Staff reorganization and budget amendment, There
are also a number of informational. points contained in
Paragraph 2. 25X1
2. Background: You are to appear before the
Program and Eu get Aut orization Subcommittee of HPSCI
10:00 p.m. on Monday, 22 May.
will be our 25x1
your principal supporting i,itnessest The HPSCI staff
has been working hard this past week to become acquainted with
current Community activities concerning collection tasking,
systems evaluation, and overall management and have spent con-
siderable time interviewing senior officials of the Intelligence
Community Staff. it is clear that the emphasis will be on why
you feel you need so many people at high grades in order to
perform the functions of central management.. You will also be
pressed to relate these 'functions to other existing DOD functions.
There are a few specific points which you should focus on
before the hear.inz:
a. First, it appears that HPSCI, as well as
the other Congressional oversight committees, do
not have a problem with the general concept of
dividing the Intelligence Community Staff into
Collection Tasking and Resource Management. There,
fore, it does not appear that you need to concen-
trate on getting any further agreement to do this,
The HPSCI staff is under the impression that the
term "Intelligence Community Staff" will still
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Senate and House bills which have already
been reported out of committee. This should
not be a problem but will require constant
attention by the committees. We will watch
this closely.
3. 1I Recommendation: It is recommended that you approve
the attached witness list for attendance at the HPSCI hearing.
SIGiED
Attachments
Witness list
Briefing sheet
APPROVED : ~--5 /
Director of Central Intelligence
DISAPPROVED:
Director o Central Intelligence
DATE : 2. 7rt 7X
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Stansfield Turner
Deputy to the DCI for the
Intelligence Community. (Designated
Deputy to the DCI for Resource
Management)
Special Assistant to the DCI 25X1
(Designated Deputy to the DCI
for Collection Tasking)
Chief, Support Staff, Intelligence
Community Staff .
Budget and Fiscal Officer,
Intelligence Community Staff
Theodore G. Shackley
WITNESS LIST
Director of Central Intelligence
25X1
Special Assistant to 5X1
(Designated Associate Deputy to
the DCI for Collection Tasking)
Special Assistant to
(Designated Director, Office
o
Collection Evaluation)
Acting Legislative Counsel, Office
of the Director of Central Intelligence
Edward L. Sherman
Associate Legislative Counsel, Office
of the Director of Central Intelligence
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