The Intelligence Community: Investigation and Reorganization
61. Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Saunders) to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: National Archives, RG 59, General Administrative Correspondence Files of the Deputy Under Secretary for Management, 1968–75: Lot 78 D 295, Box 3, M Chron, December 1975 (1). Secret; Sensitive. Sent through Sisco and Eagleburger. Harold H. Saunders was appointed Director of INR on December 1, replacing Hyland who became Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
62. Executive Summary of a Draft Report to President Ford by an Ad Hoc Interdepartmental Group
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, OPI 10, Executive Registry, Job 80M01044A, Box 5, Bush Files (Eyes Only) Reorganization Report. Secret. Scowcroft directed the preparation of this study by an ad hoc group in his November 14 memorandum, Document 58. Ogilvie chaired the group. Lynn forwarded the complete 56-page draft to Ford under an undated covering memorandum. Lynn also forwarded the study for comment to Kissinger, Simon, Rumsfeld, Levi, Colby, and JCS Chairman Brown under a December 16 covering memorandum. The transmittal memoranda and agency responses are in the Central Intelligence Agency, OPI 10, Executive Registry, Job 80M01044A, Box 5, Bush Files (Eyes Only) Reorganization Report. A summary version of agency responses prepared by Ober for Hyland, December 19, is in the Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Outside the System Chronological File, Box 3, 12/19/75 (1). The final report, titled “Intelligence Community: Decision Book for the President,” comprising four chapters and three appendices, was sent to Ford on December 22. (Ibid., Richard B. Cheney Files, Box 6, General Subject File, Intelligence Subseries, Intelligence Community Decision Book (1)–(2)) The decision book formed the basis of a January 10 meeting to discuss intelligence reorganization options. See Document 64.
63. Letter From Director of Central Intelligence Colby to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, Richard B. Cheney Files, Box 6, General Subject File, Intelligence Subseries, Meeting to Review Decision Book. No classification marking. A stamped notation indicates that Cheney saw the memorandum.
64. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, James E. Connor Files, Box 57, Intelligence Community Subject File, Intelligence Community Decision Meetings, January 1976. No classification marking. The memorandum bears a handwritten date, January 11, and a handwritten notation, “Close Hold.” Printed from a copy that was not initialed by Scowcroft.
65. Telegram From the Department of State to Secretary of State Kissinger in Moscow
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, 1976. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Saunders and approved by Saunders and Eagleburger. Kissinger was in Moscow January 21–23 for talks with Brezhnev and Gromyko. In telegram 14881/TOSEC 10112 to Kissinger, January 22, the Department requested decisions on how to handle the Pike Committee’s charges. Kissinger authorized Saunders and Eagleburger to approach members of the Committee whom Eagleburger judged “might be prepared to help us in modifying the report in an effort to try to get them to work to remove the most grievous errors” and to prepare a draft response to “those portions of the Pike Committee report that are the most misleading and unfair.” (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 411, Congressional Hearings, House of Representatives, Select Committee on Intelligence (Pike Committee), Chronological File, Jan.–Apr. 1976, n.d.) Fact sheets refuting the Committee’s charges were prepared and cabled to Kissinger in telegram 17297/TOSEC 10182, January 23. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, 1976)
66. Memorandum From Attorney General Levi to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, Philip W. Buchen Files, Box 111, Intelligence Investigations/Reorganization Numbered Files, Reorganization (12). No classification marking.
67. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, John K. Matheny Files, Box 9, President’s Meeting on Intelligence Decisions, 1/76–2/76 (2). Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. Printed from a copy that Scowcroft did not initial.
68. Memorandum From the President’s Counselor (Marsh) to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, President’s Handwriting File, Box 31, National Security—Intelligence (9). No classification marking. A stamped notation indicates that the President saw the memorandum.
69. Letter From Secretary of the Treasury Simon to Director of Central Intelligence Bush
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 79M00467A, Box 31, Department of Treasury. Confidential. Attached to a February 5 covering memorandum from William N. Morell, Jr., Treasury Representative on the USIB, to Bush.
70. Executive Order 11905
Source: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Vol. 12, No. 8, February 23, 1976, pp. 234–243. Ford announced the main points of the Executive Order during a news conference broadcast live on radio and television from the White House East Room beginning at 8 p.m. on February 17. At the same time, he announced the creation of an Intelligence Oversight Board, comprised of prominent private citizens, under the chairmanship of Robert Murphy. For the text of Ford’s announcement and the question-and-answer session that followed, see Public Papers: Ford, 1976–77, Book I, pp. 348–360.
71. Minutes of a Meeting of the Committee on Foreign Intelligence
Source: National Security Council, Ford Administration Intelligence Files, CFI/First Meeting, February 18, 1976. Secret; [classification marking not declassified]. Drafted by Knoche.
72. Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (Eagleburger) to Secretary of State Kissinger
[Source: Department of State, Policy and Procedural Files of the Deputy Under Secretary for Management: Lot 79 D 63, M Chron, March 1976 F. No classification marking. 2 pages not declassified.]
73. Memorandum From the National Intelligence Officers to Director of Central Intelligence Bush
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, OPI 10, Executive Registry, Job 79M00467A, Box 13, Reorganization of IC 010476–300476. Confidential.
74. Memorandum From John K. Matheny of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, John K. Matheny Files, Box 11, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Final Report. No classification marking. Scowcroft initialed the memorandum and wrote at the top of the page: “It’s hard to figure out what is the main thrust of all of this.” All brackets are in the original except those accounting for still-classified material. Kissinger received a similar analysis of the SSC report from INR, April 22. (National Archives, RG 59, Records of Henry A. Kissinger, Entry 5177, Box 19, Nodis Briefing Memos, 1976 (Folder 1))
75. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Agency Files, Box 8, Defense, 5/7/76–6/27/76. Secret. Ford initialed the memorandum, which bears a stamped notation indicating that he saw it.
76. Memorandum by the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Ellsworth)
Source: Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA Command Files 1970s, Box 3, DIA Command 1976. Secret; Codeword.
77. Memorandum by the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)
Source: National Security Council, Ford Administration Intelligence Files, Operations Advisory Group (OAG), 30 Jun 1976–17 Jan 1977. Confidential. Copies were sent to the Chairmen of PFIAB and the IOB.
78. Letter From Director of Central Intelligence Bush to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, President’s Handwriting File, Box 9, Subject File, Federal Government Organizations Subseries, Central Intelligence Agency. Confidential; [classification marking not declassified]. A handwritten notation reads: “Pres. has seen.”
79. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Ford Library, L. William Seidman Papers, Seidman Subject File, Box 124, Economic Policy Board, Memoranda, 9/76 (3)–1/77. Confidential; [classification marking not declassified]. Drafted by [name not declassified], Chief of the Production Assessment and Improvement Division, OPEI.
80. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Ford
Source: National Security Council, Ford Administration Intelligence Files, 40 Committee/OAG Meetings, Minutes/Approvals, 1976. Secret. Sent for action. Attached to a November 23 memorandum for the record by OAG Executive Secretary Rob Roy Ratliff, stating that the approved paper “should now be considered an addendum to the Chairman’s Guidelines for Operations.”
81. Semiannual Intelligence Review Prepared by the Intelligence Community Staff
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Agency Files, Box 11, Intelligence Community—NSC Semiannual Review (1). Secret; Noforn. Prepared by the IC Staff on behalf of the DCI for the NSC. An attached note indicates that this paper was part of Cheney’s briefing book for the January 13, 1977, NSC meeting.
82. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Ford
Source: National Security Council, Ford Administration Intelligence Files, NIE Evaluation by PFIAB. Top Secret; Sensitive. Ford initialed the memorandum, which bears a stamped notation indicating that he saw it.
83. Minutes of a National Security Council Meeting
Source: Ford Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 29, NSC Meeting—Semiannual Review of the Intelligence Community, January 13, 1977 (6). Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting was held in the White House Cabinet Room.