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Appendix  IV.— "Reorganization  of  the  Intelligence  Community 
(November  5, 1971) 
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WKKir  COMMlATtON  Of  PIISIOINIIAl  OOCUMtNtt.  NOVEMtfl  8.    t«7l 
Reorganization  of  the  U.S. 
Intelligence  Community 
Announcement  Outlining  Management  Slejn  for 
Improving  the  EQeclivtntiS  of  the  Intelligence 
Community.     November  5,  1971 
The  White  House  announced  today  that  the  President 
has  directed  a  number  of  management  steps  to  improve 
the.  efficiency  and  effectiveness  of  the  U.S.  foreign  intelli- 
gence community. 
The  President's  objectives  are  to  ensure: 
— Continuing  review  of  the  responsiveness  of  the  U.S. 
intelligence  effort  to  national  needs. 
— Strengthened  leadership   for  the  community  as  a 
whole. 
— More  efficient  use  of  resources  in  the  collection  of 
intelligence  information. 
—  I'.Iimination  of  less  efficient  or  outmoded  activities. 
—  Improvement  in  the  quality,  scope,  and  timelines- 
of  intelligence  information. 
The  improvements  directed  by  the  President  follow  an 
exhaustive  study  conducted  at  his  direction  by  the  staffs 
of  the  Rational  Security  Council  (NSC)  and  the  Office 
«.f  Management  and  Budget  (OMB)  with  contributions 
front  the  President"*  Foreign  Intelligence  Advisory  Board 
( PFIAB),  the  President's  Science  Adviser,  and  the  intelli- 
gence- community. 
The  major  management  improvements  include: 
-An  enhenced  leadership  role  (or  the  Director  of  Cen- 
tral Intelligence  (DCI)  in  planning,  reviewing,  co- 
ordinating, and  evaluating  all  intelligence  programs 
and  activities,  and  in  the  production  of  national 
intelligence. 
— Establishment  of  a  National  Security  Council  ln- 
tf'.'.i^nce  Committer,  chaired  by  the  Assistant  to  the 
President  for  National  Security  Affairs.  Its  members 
will  include  the  Attorney  General,  the  DCI,  the 
Under  Secretary  of  State,  thr  Deputy  Secretary  of 
Defense,  and  the  Chairman  of  the  Joint  Chiefs  of 
Staff.  The  Committee  will  give  direction  and  guid- 
ance on  national  intelligence  needs  and  provide  for 
a  cimtir-.uing  evaluation  of  intelligence  products  from 
the  viewpoint  of  the  intelligence  user. 
f:\tahU-hment  of  a  Net  Atteismrnt  Cmut)  w<th:n  the 
\ntionnt  Security  C'mncil  Staff.  Thr  groiip  will  Ik* 
headed  bv  a  senior  staff"  u. ember  and  will  br  r«p"n- 
Ml»|f  for  reviewing  and  evaluating  all  intelligence 
pfdurts  and  for  pp-during  net  jissrs-imrnts. 
/  •  tihl'nhmenl  of  an  l^ifUi^ence.  Re;oiir>r<  \ii:  itirv 
(  umirtfi.'e.  chaired  by  the  DCI.  including  ,?s  mr-m- 
l><T-  .1  senior  representative  from  the  Pepartrrv-nr  of 
"»'air.  the  Department  of  Defence,  thr  OlTi<  r  ><i 
Management  and  Budget,  .md  the  C«  turn!  Intrlli- 
g'-ive   \ 'i-ncv   This  Committee  will  advi-e  the  PCI 
on  the  preparation  of  a  <  nnvulitlalrd  iulelligenc c  pro- 
gram budgrt. 
—  Rct  (institution  of  the  United  States  Intelligent  c 
Hoard  chaired  by  the  DCI.  including  .is  members  thr 
Deputy  Direc  tor  of  Central  Intelligence  (  Vice  Chair- 
tu.ui);  Director  of  Bureau  of  Intelligence  and 
Research,  State  Department;  Director  of  National 
Security  Agem  v;  Direc  tor  of  the  D'fen-e  Intelligence 
Agency;  representatives  of  theSecrci.u  vol  theT  rr.L- 
ury  and  of  thr  Director  of  thr  Federal  Bureau  oi  In- 
vestigation an<l  the  Atomic  bnergy  Commission.  The 
Board  will  advise  and  .xstist  the  DCI  with  respect  to 
the  production  of  national  intelligence,  the  establish- 
ment of  national  intelligence  requiremrnts  and  priori- 
ties, the  supervision  of  the  dissemination  and  securitv 
of  intelligence  material,  and  the  protection  of  intelli- 
gence sources  and  methods. 
The  President  has  also  directed  certain  changes  in  thr 
Department  of  Defense's  intelligence  organization. 
A  National  Cryptologir  Command  will  lie  set  up  under 
the  Director  of  the  National  Sennit v  Agency.  Under  this 
contmand  will  he  consolidated  activities  now  carried  on? 
by  separate  agencies.  A  further  change  is  the  consolida- 
tion of  all  Department  of  Defen-e  personnel  security  in- 
vestigations into  a  single  Office  of  Defence  Investigations. 
The  President  has  also  directed  that  a  Defence  Map 
Agency  be  created  by  combining  the  now  separate  map- 
pifrgTThailing,  and  geodetic  organization-;  of  the  military 
services  in  order  to  achieve  maximum  efficiency  ami 
economy  in  production.