SUMMARY OF THE (Sanitized) STUDY, 'BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON INTELLIGENCE MATTERS,' 24 NOVEMBER 1975

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• Document Release Date: April 7, 2006
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• Publication Date: November 24, 1975
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SUMMARY OF THEI STUDY,
"BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON INTELLIGENCE MATTERS," 24 NOVEMBER 1975
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON INTELLIGENCE MATTERS
A. The Intelligence Community, 9 pp. (plus 3 blank pages for
budget info).
(The material reads as if it came from a DCI speech.)
B. Summary of recent reports, 14'pp.
(Primary feature is four-page table listing 21 issues
and the position taken thereon in the Schlesinger
study of 1971, the PFIAB 1971 study, the Democratic
National Committee Policy Council, Subcommittee on
Intelligence and Security study of 1972, the Murphy
Commission, the Rockefeller Commission and the CIA
study of 1975--Jim Taylor Group.)
C.
Tentative Identification of Issues, 3 pages
No.
issues
In scope of
NSC study*
A listing as follows:
A.
Public accountability
6
0
B.
Congressional concerns and
role of Congress
11
3
C.
Executive accountability
and control
8
6
D.
Organizational arrangements
10
8
E.
Management improvement
13
_
10
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48
27
*The Ogilvie Group set up 14 Nov.
TAB A: INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
I. Congressional Committees
(3-page description of eight committees)
II. Executive Office of the President
(3-page description of NSC, NSCIC, 40 Committee, PFIAB,
OMB, and ICG)
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III. The Intelligence Community
(7-page description of the DCI role, USIB, IRAC, ICS3
NIOs, and the agencies and organizations of the Community)
TAB B: MAJOR CLASSIFIED REPORTS 1960 THROUGH 1974
(6-page summary of 17 classified reports on some aspect
of the Intelligence Community beginning with the Joint
Study Group Report of December 1960 and ending with
President Nixon's directive of November 1971 and President
Ford's letter of October 1974.)
TAB C: DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS OF RECENT REPORTS ON THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
A 14-page analysis of recommendations in six recent studies
under 20 topics.
The studies are:
1971 Schlesinger study
1971 PFIAB study
1972 Democratic National Committee Policy Council papers
1975 Murphy Commission study
1975 Rockefeller Commission study
1975 CIA Intelligence Officers' study
Recommendations are grouped under the following headings:
1. Congress
2. President
3. PFIAB
4. NSC
5. NSC Intelligence Committee
6. 40 Committee
7. OMB
8. DCI
9. USIB
10. IRAC
11. DCI staff (ICS and NIOs)
12. CIA
13. EXCOM
14. DoD (ASD for Intelligence)
15. NSA
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16. :DIA
17. Service intelligence agencies
18. State
19. Treasury
20. Justice
The summation addresses all of the recommendations pertinent
to the above-listed topics, and is not restricted to matters on
which legislation might be pertinent.
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