OFFICE OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR (RESEARCH)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP66R00638R000100010041-7
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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 2004
• Sequence Number: 41
• Content Type: REPORT

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CE OF DEPUTY DIREC I
The Office of the Deputy Director {aesearch) was formed
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on 19 February 1962, for the purpose of bringing together and
emphasizing certain existing areas of advanced technology as they
apply to intelligence collection. Scientific support to the Clandes-
tine Services, NPIC, and Communications were not included in the
new mission.
2. The first unit assigned to the
E ARCH)
tor (Research)
was a major portion of the Development Projects Division of the
DD/ P. This portion deals entirely with the Agency's overhead
reconnaissance
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The present organization is known
as the Office o
s, both operational and developmental.
Activities and is presently engaged in an
expansion to meet the greatly increased workload. J)uring this
period, the National Reconnaissance Office was formed by joint
agreement between the Director of Central Intelligence and the
Secretary of Defense. Considerable effort has been expended in
implementing in detail the concepts outlined in the NRO Agreement.
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NRO review(s) completed.
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The Assistant Director, Office of Special Activities, is also the
Director of Program B of the National Reconnaissance Program.
This program, whose FY 63 and FY 64 funding has recently been
approved by the Director of Central Intelligence and the Secretary
of Defense, consists of the following:
a. OXCART
This project has as its purpose the development
and operational employment of a follow-on to the U-2. It
is currently in the flight test phase, with the operational
date now forecast for the summer of 1963. The air fray
ngines, and sub-systems are proceeding satisfactorily and
should meet their designed goal by that time. A ma j
effort is now being applied to provide means of covert en
to denied areas. There is a major radar cross-section
reduction program in effect which has been quite successful.
hoped that by a combination of these two factors a
ruly covert penetration will be feasible. Secondary
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emphasis is being placed on providing sufficient electronic
defensive measures for the vehicle to prevent its being
destroyed should detection inadvertently occur. The
operational plan envisages three or four air refuelings,
depending on the specific target area, permitting complete
operation from an interior U. S. base. Major emphasis
is now being applied to all operational aspects in order
to be ready at the earliest possible date.
b. IDEALIST
This project covers all of the Central Intelligence
Agency's U-2 overflight activities. The recent Cuban and
number
situations have resulted in increasing the
ous from 28 in FY 1961 to 32 in FY 1962
arter of FY 1963. These flights have
been highly successful in providing considerable quantities
of first quality information in support of these situations.
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several more years of useful life over ce
d. ORONA/ MURAL V
The CORONA
over this period in providing high quality satellite recon-
naissance photography. It re:
. S. workhorse
and has reached a reliability greater than 75%. Two recent
.ores causing severe film togging have been satisfactorily
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solved, and this system is programmed to continue for
at least the next calendar year at the rate of one per trxonth.
olution of the photography has been Increasing
eachly and is now considered very satisfactory for
survey purposes.
e. AIIG N
The A.GON project for mapping photograp
quite similar to MURAL and has had one partially successful
d another flight just completed. To provide
satisfactory photography the orbits have been lowered
and shielding added to reduce the radiation dose from high
de nuclear tests to acceptable levels. This project
is currently programmed to be completed after two more
succesafu
Office of FLINT
The consolidation of the Agency's L LINT pro
one of the major objectives of the reorganization. This was
accomplished by the formation of the Office of LLINT under the
Deputy Director (i esearch). This office has been formed in
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concept, and a Table of Organization has been recently approved;
appropriate transfers of personnel, funds, and space have not
yet been effected.
The Office of ELINT is responsible for the following:
a. : .esearch, development, testing,, and production
of ELINT and LOIVINT collection apparatus for all Agency
applications.
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During this period a major portion of the effort was
applied to identifying the various Agency SIGINT efforts suitable
for transfer to the Office of ELINT. Support to existing ELINT
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projects has been continued by the various Agency components
concerned pending transfer. Special emphasis to now being
placed on sauppo
e aircraft reconnaissance progra,
Activities of this nature will increase considerably
over the next year.
4. Mice of Research and l
his office was formed to stlz
eeearch and
innovation leading to the exploitation of scientific
:-agent
intelligence collection methods. It will be responsible for the
following main areas of interest:
Special emphasis will be put on applied research
leading to improved methods for accomplishing overhead
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b. A broad program of basic and applied research
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in all areas which will lead to inno
technical collection methods.
ns in advanced
as well as special techniques on thin-film electronic
systems, are some examples of this program. Emphasis
will also be placed on those advances required to produce
c. All non-agent technical collection systems will
be considered by this office and those appropriate for
field deployment will be so deployed.
d. This office will also provide integrated systems
analysis of all possible collection methods against
important target systems.
At present this office exists in concept only, although
a tentative Table of Organization has been approved. No personnel,
funds, or working space have been authorized. It is expected
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that at least a year or more will be required to bring this office
up to working strength. Recruitment of qualified scientific
personnel will be the chief bottleneck in attaining our goal.
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