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THE SECRIT ARY OF DEFE:\lSE:: 

WASHINGTON 

AUG l 1969 

MEMORANDUM FOR Secretai:ies of the Military Departments 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

Director of Defense Research and Engineering 

Assistant Secretaries of Defense 

Assistants to the Secretary of Defense 

Directors of the Defense Agencies 

SUBJECT: Responsibilities for Intelligence in the Depari.nient of Defense 

After carefully reviewing the attached memoranchrm and Report 

frmn Bob Froehlke, Dave Packa1·d and I have decided that changes are 

required to improve the managem.ent of intelligence functions within 

the Department of Defense and have accepted Bob! s ,..ecornmendations. 

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 

cornmunity. 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 IntE;lligence Resource Plan. 

c. A procedure for identifying and surfacing major 

issues of intelligence resource allocation and manage,ment. 

a. A continuing system for review of intelligence 

collection require,ments balan,ced against collection resources. 

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2. To improve intelligence conununications among DoD 

agcncie s and between the Department of Defense and other agencies . 

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3. To evaluate intelligence organizational relationships, 

roles, and missions. 

4. To review security policies and eliminate unnecessary 

classification and compartn1entation. 

I expect the ASD (A) to be fully in business - - staff aboard and 

office space selected, equipped, and placed in operation -- by October 1, 

1969. In the interiln, to insure a smooth transition, I would appreciate 

it if you would continue to work on such intelligence papers or projects 

you might have which now beco1ne his responsibility with a view toward 

(a) finishing the paper or project in coordination with Bob, or (b) taking 

the necessary steps in conjunction with Bob to transfer the action to him. 

The in1portant thing is to insure that nothing 11 drops through the 

crack11 during this transition period. 

. In view of the importance of this assignment, both to the 

Department of Defense and to the nation, I would appreciate your g1v1ng 

the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Administration your complete 

and continuing support in this effort. 

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