58. Memorandum by the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)1
MEMORANDUM FOR
- The Secretary of State
- The Secretary of Treasury
- The Secretary of Defense
- The Attorney General
- The Director, Office of Management and Budget
- The Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT
- Organization and Management of the Foreign Intelligence Community
The President has directed that a study be made of the organization and management of the foreign intelligence community. The study should include an examination of:
[Page 184]- —the basic structure of the community,
- —key problems of organization and management,
- —definition of requirements,
- —systems design and selection,
- —resource allocation,
- —guidance mechanisms,
- —consumer-producer relationships, and
- —relevant recommendations of the Rockefeller and Murphy Commissions.
Based upon the results of these reviews, the study should:
- —evaluate the need for changes in the current organization of the foreign intelligence community,
- —present options for a possible reorganization of the foreign intelligence community, and
- —submit the recommendations of each addressee on the options presented.
This study will be prepared by an ad hoc group composed of representatives of the addressees and chaired by the representative of the Office of Management and Budget. The study should be completed by December 12, 1975. It will be submitted to the Intelligence Coordinating Group which was established by the President on September 19, 1975.2
- Source: Central Intelligence Agency, OPI 10, Executive Registry, Job 80M01066A, Box 8, Executive Registry Subject Files—1975, The 1975 Reorganization of the Intelligence Community (1 Nov 75–31 Dec 75). Confidential. A copy was sent to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General George S. Brown. Although Ford formally announced Colby’s removal on November 3, Colby remained as DCI on an interim basis until he was succeeded by George H.W. Bush on January 30, 1976.↩
- See Document 49.↩