LETTER TO MR. DAVID N. KELLER FROM E. H. KNOCHE

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• Publication Date: September 29, 1976
• Content Type: LETTER

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29 September 1976
Mr: David N. Keller
Editor
The Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta
4740 Kingsway Drive
Suite 110
Indianapolis, Indiana 46205
Thanks very much for your letter of September 3
inviting me to contribute a brief article concerning
CIA-, as to what it really is and does. ,I welcome the
opportunity to talk about our Agency's work as so much
of it is misunderstood these days.
You will find enclosed an article with a biographic
profile and the photo you requested. The photo need not
be returned. We would appreciate a copy of the article
when published.
It was nice hearing from you. Please extend my
regards to Al Sheriff and thank him for the note.
Faithfully yours,
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PROFILE
Mr. E. Henry Knoche is currently Deputy Director
of Central Intelligence in which capacity he is responsible
for the day to day management of the Central Intelligence
Agency.
A Chinese linguist who served two tours of active duty
(World War II and Korea) as a Navy officer, he joined the
CIA in 1953 as an intelligence analyst specializing in Far
Eastern political and military affairs.
Mr. Knoche served as Special Assistant to the Director
and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from 1962 to 1967
when he became Executive Director of the National Photographic
Interpretation Center, a joint CIA-Defense Department unit.
In 1969 he became Deputy Director of CIA's planning and
budgeting activities and a year later became Deputy Director
of.the Office of Current Intelligence. From 1972 onward he
served as director of various Agency components including an
office charged with evaluating foreign military developments.
At the outset of 1975, during inquiries into American
intelligence activities by the Rockefeller Presidential
Commission and the Select Senate and House committees, he
served as Special Assistant to the Director of Central
Intelligence in liaison with those conducting the inquiries.
In the fall of 1975 he was named Associate. Deputy to
the Director involved in the coordination and management
of .the resources of the U.S. Intelligence Community, and
in April of this year he was named by President Ford to be
the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. He was confirmed
by unanimous consent of the Senate on 30 June 1976.
Mr. Knoche attended Bethany College (West Virginia) and
Colorado University, and was graduated from Washington and
Jefferson College (Pennsylvania).
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THE REAL WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE
Flashy triumphs of espionage, super-heroics by
James Bond, clandestine activity in exotic foreign lands --
these are the kinds of intelligence activities that make
great fiction and fascinating reading and constitute the
dramatics that most Americans tend to associate with the
world of intelligence.
At the same time, over the past, several years, fiction
and distortion seem to have crept into the daily news stories
in our newspapers and on television, with reports about our
government's intelligence activities frequently taken out
of context and blown all out of proportion.
It is true that total secrecy and silence have been
the hallmarks of intelligence for many'years. So it's not
surprising that most Americans. have a dim and distorted view
of what intelligence really is in the modern world.
That is why I welcome the opportunity to write a few
lines for The Rainbow. A year or so ago it would not have
.seemed appropriate for me to do so. But we in the Central
Intelligence Agency today want the American people to
understand the intelligence profession and its vital role
in ensuring our national security.
Modern intelligence essentially has to do with the
painstaking collection and analysis of facts, the exercise
of judgment on what these facts mean, and the clear and
.rapid presentation of accurate evaluations to our senior
officials who make policy. It includes whatever can be
learned or deduced about impending foreign developments
as well as long-term political, economic, and military trends.
To provide the most accurate, comprehensive and
objective information about national security affairs, CIA
employs career people trained in nearly all fields of
study--political science, history, international relations,
and more than 200 other areas of specialization. We have
economists, scientists, linguists, engineers, biologists--
people with enough degrees in enough disciplines to staff
a university.
Various offices of CIA produce foreign political,
economic, scientific, technical, military, and geographic
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intelligence to meet the demands of the President, the
National Security Council, and other elements of the
Federal government. Other offices in CIA collect the
information needed to make these evaluations, much of
it available from open or "unclassified" sources such
as broadcasts, newspapers, and libraries. Additional
information is gleaned from secret or "classified" systems
of sophisticated modern technology, supplemented as
required by information collected from traditional human
sources--foreign "agents" working for the CIA. Much
material also comes from other agencies involved in
departmental intelligence--diplomatic dispatches from
State, attache reports from the Defense Department, and
information from the military intelligence services.
The ultimate objective is to pull it all together,
to give to the highest officials of our government the
facts and evaluations they need to make the judgments
affecting our security, to make wise foreign policies
that will insure the peace.
Modern society has also greatly affected the kinds
of things U.S. intelligence must know in order to respond
to the needs of our leaders. For example, CIA collects
information on international terrorism in support of a
high-level Government task force dealing with this menace
to our security. International. economic affairs are of
increasing importance these days and are the subject.of
CIA analysis.
How did CIA come about? Before World War II we had
so-called "departmental intelligence"--the War Department's
military intelligence, Navy Department's naval intelligence,
etc. But the information was scattered. Failure to
coordinate intelligence, to look at all the pieces of the
puzzle in one composite picture, led to Pearl Harbor and
other setbacks. Hence the creation in 1947 of the CIA--a
truly central intelligence organization.
In the past several years our agency has been charged
with every offense imaginable. Too often the accusations
and allegations have made the headlines; the denials and
truths often did not get published or were not heard. Few
people realize that it was the CIA itself, internally,
which three years ago corrected its questionable activities
of the past, long before the outside investigations.
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This is not to criticize the right of Congress to
review our activities. CIA will no doubt be the better
for the examinations of intelligence carried out last year.
New directives from the President, and closer oversight
from the Congress, have resulted. CIA is a disciplined,
loyal, and responsive agency, and it will most assuredly
adjust to the new guidelines and I think it can do so
without losing effectiveness.
I am frequently asked: what kind of career is. there
for a young person in CIA? I think my own career exemplifies
at least one career track in modern intelligence. When the
President nominated me to be Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence early this year, I had served in the Agency for
23 years without ever being in "clandestine" activity. Most
of my service was with "intelligence production," or analysis.
Others have preferred an "operational" career, with a focus
on overseas service.
I would say the agency is an excellent career for
young men and women who are intelligent, resourceful, of
good character and willing to serve overseas. Even with
the public criticism of the Agency, applications for
positions with CIA have increased. So I think there is
an understanding on the part of young people that intelli-
gence work is a public service vital to the security of
the United States.
America has, and must continue to have, an intelligence
service second to none in the world. Some mistakes were
made by CIA in the past, though we must be fair in recognizing
that some actions carried out years ago at the height of the
cold war were justified then but may not now accord with the
values of the mid-1970's. In any event, we in CIA pursue
our tasks now under new guidance and with the objective of
achieving excellence in all our callings.
In foreign affairs, intelligence is knowledge and
knowledge provides the basis for our nation's leaders to
influence international events in the best interests of
the United.States. Our job is a never-ending quest for
the most accurate information and the most objective
analysis of the forces at work in the world today. Americans
expect that we will have the best possible intelligence
service, and we will not let them down.
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Remarks :
Attached is a biographic profile
and an article that can be sent in
response to Mr. Kelley's request for
a piece by Mr. Knoche on the CIA for
publication in Delta Tau Delta's pub-
lication, The Rainbow. Mr. Knoche may
want to persona ize it a little with
some reference to the fraternity. You
may ish to check the profile as to whet
we mention the NPIC connection.
Let me know if you want any revisions.
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Mr. David N. Keller,
Editor
The Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta
4740 Kingsway Drive
Suite 110
Indianapolis, Ind. 46205
Dear Dave,
Thanks very much for your letter of September 3
inviting me to contribute a brief article concerning
CIA, as to what it really is and does. I welcome the
opportunity to talk about our Agency's work as so
much of it is misunderstood these days.
You will find enclosed an article with a
biographic profile and the photo you requested. The
photo need not be returned. We would appreciate a
copy of the article when published.
It was nice hearing from you. Please extend
my regards to Al Sheriff and thank him for the note.
Sincerely,
E. Henry Knoche
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PROFILE
Mr. E. Henry Knoche is currently Deputy Director
of Central Intelligence. A Chinese linguist who served
two tours of active duty (World War II and Korea) as a
.vim Lgs-3
Navy officer, he joined the CIAas an intelligence analyst
specializing in Far Eastern political and miliA, ry affairs.
Mr. Knoche served as Special Assistant to the
Director and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from
1962 to 1967 when he became Executive Director of the
National Photographic Interpretation Center, a joint
CIA-Defense Department unit.
In 1969 he became Deputy Director of CIA's planning
and budgeting activities and a year later became Deputy
Director of the Office of Current Intelligence. From
1972 onward he served as director of various Agency
components including an office charged with evaluating
foreign military developments.
At the outset of 1975, during inquiries into
American intelligence activities by the Rockefeller
Presidential Commission and the Select Senate and House
committees, he served as Special Assistant to the Director
of Central Intelligence in liaison with those conducting
the inquiries. In the fall of 1975 he was named Associate
Deputy to the Director involved in the coordination and
management of the resources of the U.S. Intelligence
Community
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Mr. Knoche attended Bethany College (West Virginia)
and Colorado University, and was graduated from Washington
and Jefferson College (Pennsylvania).
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? THE REAL WORLD OF INTEL
ENCE
Flashy triumphs of espionage, super-heroics by
James Bond, clandestine activity in exotic foreign lands--
these are the kinds of intelligence activities that make
great fiction and fascinating reading and constitute the
dramatics that most Americans tend to associate with the
world of intelligence.
At the same time, over the past several years, fiction
seems to have crept into the daily news stories in our
newspapers and on television, with reports about our
government's intelligence activities frequently taken
out of context and blown all out of proportion.
It is true that total secrecy and silence have been
the hallmarks of intelligence for many years. So it's
not surprising'that most Americans have a dim and dis-
torted view of what intelligence really is in the modern
world.
That is why I welcome the opportunity to write a
few lines for The Rainbow. A year or so ago it would not
.have seemed appropriate for me to do so. But we in the
Central Intelligence today want the American people to
understand the intelligence profession and its vital role
in ensuring our national security.
Modern intelligence really has to do with the pain-
staking collection and analysis of facts, the exercise of
judgment on what these facts mean, and the clear and rapid
presentation of accurate evaluations to our senior officials
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 wi1b make poI cy.- -fit inclines whatev -" cari'be_-learned
or deducleabout impending foreign developments as well
as long-term political, economic, and military trends.
To provide the most accurate, comprehensive and
objective information about national security affairs,
CIA employs career people trained in nearly all fields
of study--political science, history, international re-
lations, and more than 200 other areas of specialization.
We have economists, scientists, linguists, engineers,
biologists--people with enough degrees in enough dis-
ciplines to staff a university.
Various offices of CIA produce foreign political,
economic, scientific, technical, military, and geo-
graphic intelligence to meet the demands of the President,
the National Security Countil, and other elements of the
federal government. Other officesAcollect the in-
formation needed to make these evaluations, much of-it
available from open or "unclassified" sources such as
broadcasts, newspapers, and libraries. Additional in-
formation is gleaned from secret or "classified" systems
of sophisticated modern technology, supplemented as re-
quired by information collected from traditional human
sources--the "agents" and "clandestine sources." Much
material also comes from other agencies involved in
departmental intelligence--diplomatic dispatches from
State, attache reports from the Defense Department, and
information from the military intelligence services.
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The timate objective is to pulb it all together,
to give to the highest officials of our government the
facts and evaluations they need to make the judgments
affecting our security, in peacetime as well as war.
Modern society has also greatly affected the kinds
of things U.S. intelligence is interested in, to respond
to the needs of our leaders. International terrorism,
for example, has resulted in CIA's support of a high-
level task force fighting this menace. Overseas narcotics
trafficking, something which concerns every American in
his own backyard, has also been a subject of attention
by CIA.
How did CIA come about? Before World War II we
had so-called "departmental intelligence"--the War
Department's military intelligence, Navy Department's
naval intelligence, etc. But the information was
scattered. After the war, it was clear that Pearl.
Harbors had to be avoided for all time. Hence the
creation in 1947 of the CIA to put the pieces together
into a composite intelligence picture.
In the past several years our agency has been charged
with every offense imaginable. Too often the accusations
and allegations have made the headlines; the denials and
truths often did not get published or were not heard. I
hope the day will never come when people believe something
just because it is printed or repeated. Few people realize
that it was the CIA itself, internally, which corrected its
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 ~e~8113?4YIY2%fC!81-gDf Ka~ QO#N0Ve0plg00Rgo6, long
before the outside investigations.
This is not to criticize the right of Congress to
review our activities. CIA will no doubt be the better
for it. New directives from the President, and closer
oversight from the Congress, have been forthcoming.
The Director of CIA now reports regularly to seven
committees of Congress. I can assure you that CIA is
a disciplined, loyal, and responsive agency.
I am frequently asked: what kind of career is
there for a young person in CIA? I think my own career
exemplifies at least one career track in modern intelligence.
.When the President nominated me to be Deputy Director of
Central Intelligence early this year, I had served in the
Agency for 23 years without ever being in "clandestine"
activity. Most of my service was with "intelligence
production," or analysis.
I would say the. agency is an excellent career for
young men and women who are intelligent, resourceful,
of good character and willing to serve overseas. Even
with the public criticism of the Agency, applications for
positions with CIA increased. So I think there iiC an
understanding on the part of young people that in-
telligence work is a public service vital to the security
of the United States.
America has, and must continue to have, an in-
telligence service second to none in the world. Some
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mistakes w e made by CIA in the past; some abuses were
brought to light, but we must go forward to provide the
President and other policymakers with the best possible
intelligence.
In foreign affairs, intelligence is knowledge--the
never-ending quest for accurate and objective analysis
of people and the forces influencing events in the world
today. Americans expect that we will have the best
possible intelligence service, and we woOmt- let them down.
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