VISIT REQUEST LETTERS

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Publication Date: February 22, 1978
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22 February 1978
Director of Performance Evaluation and
Improvement
Imagery Division, OPEI
SUBJECT: Visit Request Letters
1. Attached are several letters to Air Force and Navy organi-
zations concerning proposed visits by I and me aimed at STATINTL
gathering data for the study of S&TI support to developers of doctrine
and tactics. I would appreciate your signing them so we can proceed
with our arrangements.
2. We have had no problems in informal coordination with Army,
Air Force, or Marines. The Army Training and Doctrine Command has
already concurred and final coordination is in process. The Air Staff
concurred by phone and asked that we contact the Air Force organizations
directly--they don't even want information copies of our letters (a case
of small staff and too much paperwork) . The Marines said to give them
a few days notice by phone and they would be happy to have us. The
Navy may be more bureaucratic so we are being very forrfial with them.
There is enough time to iron out any problems that may arise.
Attachments:
DCI/IC-78/3117 thru 78/3121
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The Director of Central Intelligence
Intelligence Community Staff
DCI/ IC-78/31 17
2 Fr F, -10
MEMORANDUM FOR: Commander, Strategic Air Command
Director of Performance Evaluation and
Improvement
SUBJECT: Scientific and Technical Intelligence Support
1. A recently completed study of scientific and technical intelligence
(S&TI) support to the research and development community demonstrated
that it could be systematized and greatly improved. Two of the key con-
cepts in the systematization of support were: (a) ensuring responsiveness
by bringing the user into the intelligence cycle, particularly with regard
to requirements and evaluation and (b) correlation of the S&TI production
program with the supported R&D program. It was found that these things
could be done simply with current resources.
2. It appears that the system which has been devised for S&TI
support to developers of weapons could be adapted to serve the developers
of doctrine and tactics. In order to verify this and to discuss specific
techniques, especially program documentation and correlation, I would
like to have a member of my study team confer with members of your
intelligence division on 6-7 April 1978.
3. If you concur in this request, I I who is STATINTL
providing contract support to the staff of the DCI for Resource Management
STATINTL will make the visit. has the requisite need-to-know conceriTrINTL
use of intelligence in the development of doctrine and tactics. The point
of contact for detailed arrangements is STATINTL
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STATINTL OPEI/ID/IAB (21Feb78)
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The Director of Central Intelligence
Intelligence Community Staff
DCI/ IC-78/3118
2 2 FED 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: Commander, Air Force Air Intelligence
Training Center, Lowry AFB
Director of Performance Evaluation and
Improvement
SUBJECT: Scientific and Technical Intelligence Support
1. A recently completed study of scientific and technical intelligence
(S&TI) support to the research and development community, demonstrated
conclusively that it could be systematized and greatly improved. Two of
the key concepts in the systematization of support were: (a) ensuring
responsiveness by bringing the user into the intelligence cycle, particularly
with regard to requirements and evaluation and (b) correlation of the S&TI
production program with the supported R&D program. It was found that
these things could be done simply with no reallocation of resources.
2. It appears that the system which has been devised for S&TI
support to developers of weapons could be adapted to serve the developers
of doctrine and tactics. In order to verify this and to discuss specific
techniques, especially program documentation and correlation, I would
like to have a member of my study team confer with members of your
staff on 4-5 May 1978.
3. If you concur in this request, I of the staff STATINTL
of the DCI for Resource Management will make the visit. It would be
appreciated if your designated point of contact would contact him at STATINTL
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The Director of Central Intelligence
Intelligence Community Staff
DCI/ IC-78/3119
2 2 FEB 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: Commander, Tactical Air Command
Director of Performance Evaluation and
Improvement
SUBJECT: Scientific and Technical Intelligence Support
1. A recently completed study of scientific and technical intelligence
(S&TI) support to the research and development community, demonstrated
that it could be systematized and greatly improved. Two of the key con-
cepts in the systematization of support were: (a) ensuring responsiveness
by bringing the user into the intelligence cycle, particularly with regard
to requirements and evaluation and (b) correlation of the SBTI production
program with the supported R&D program. It was found that these things
could be done simply with current resources.
2. It appears that the system which has been devised for S&TI
support to developers of weapons could be adapted to serve the developers
of doctrine and tactics. In order to verify this and to discuss specific
techniques, especially program documentation and correlation, I would like
to have two members of my study team confer with members of your intelli-
gence division and TAFIG on 18-19 Apri 1978. I also request your
concurrence for the team members to visit the Tactical Fighter Weapons
Center, Nellis AFB, on 1-2 May and the Tactical Air Warfare Center,
Elgin AFB, on 3-4 May.
3. If you concur in this request,
of the DCI for Resource Management will make the visit.
STATINTL
TATINTL
of the staffSTATINTL
STAT II who is providing contract support, will accompany
Both have requisite need-to-know concerning use of intelligence in the
development of doctrine and tactics. The point of contact for detailed
STATINTL arrangements is
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The Director of Central Intelligence
Intelligence Community Staff DCI/IC-78/3120
2 FEB 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: President, Naval War College
Director ot Pertormance Evaluation and
Improvement
SUBJECT: Scientific and Technical Intelligence Support
1. A recently completed study of scientific and technical intelligence
(SBTI) support to the research and development community, demonstrated
this service could be systematized and greatly improved. Two of the key
concepts in the systematization of support were: (a) ensuring responsive-
ness by bringing the user into the intelligence cycle, particularly with
regard to requirements and evaluation and (b) correlation of the SBTI
production program with the supported R&D program. It was found that
these things could be done simply with current resources.
2. It appears that the system which has been devised for S&TI
support to developers of weapons could be adapted to serve the developers
of doctrine and tactics. In order to verify this and to discuss specific
techniques, especially program documentation and correlation, I would like
to have a member of my study team confer with the Center for Advanced
Research and the Center for War Gaming on 25 April 1978.
3. If you concur in this request, I I who is STAT
providing contract support to the staff of the DCI for Resource Management,
will make the visit. He has requisite need-to-know concerning use of
intelligence in the development of doctrine and tactics. The point of
contact for detailed arrangements is the study director, at STAT
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The Director of Centra' Intelligence
Intclligence Community Staff
DCI/IC-78/3121
N 2 FEB i_?
MEMORANDUM FOR: Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet
Director of Performance Evaluation and
Improvement
SUBJECT: Scientific and Technical Intelligence Support
1. A recently completed study of scientific and technical intelligence
(S&TI) support to the research and development community, demonstrated
this service could be systematized and greatly improved. Two of the key
concepts in the systematization of support were: (a) ensuring responsive-
ness by bringing the user into the intelligence cycle, particularly with
regard to requirements and evaluation and (b) correlation of the S&TI
production program with the supported R&~D program. It was found that
these things could be done simply with current resources.
2. It appears that the system which has been devised for S&TI
support to developers of weapons could be adapted to serve the developers
of doctrine and tactics. In order to verify this and to discuss specific
techniques, especially program documentation and correlation, I would like
to have two members of my study team confer with members of your staff
on the morning of 20 April 1978, followed by conferences later that day
and the next with staff members of COMSUBLANT, COMNAVAIRLANT,
COMSURFORLANT, and COMOPTEVFOR. STATINTL
STATINTL
3. If you concur in this request, I lof the Staff
of the DCI for Resource Management will make the visit.
who is providing contract support, will accompany Both have
requisite need-to-know concerning use of intelligence in the development
of doctrine and tactics. The point of contact for detailed arrangements
is STATINTL
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DCI/IC-78/3115
13 February 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Director of Performance Evaluation and
Improvement
I
SUBJECT: Interest of the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence in S&TI Support to R&D
1. 0 In my memorandum of 2 February to you on this subject,
I indicated that George Pickett of SSC (I) had asked for the IC Staff report
on S&TI Support to R&D and for a briefing on the subject. The report will
be sent after receipt of an SSC(I) request through channels. Mr. Pickett
was given a deskside briefing here on 7 February. Thereafter, we had
an exchange of professional views. The following is a summary of my
observations.
2. 1I Mr. Pickett has a strong interest in S&TI management
and has developed a good grasp of some of the problems. He absorbed
the briefing readily and I have the feeling that he is supportive of the
results. He asked what the RM Staff intends to do, so I referred him
to the executive summary of the report. (You may recall that the summary
contains the recommendations.) I told him that the findings and recommen-
dations had been briefed at many locations including CIA, DIA, and DDR&E,
and that it had been distributed throughout CIA and DoD. I made the point
that the RM Staff had recommended the use of some system for improved
S&TI support to R&D and that it was felt that the "DARCOM" system had
been demonstrated as workable.
3. II He wanted to know if we were experiencing problems.
I said that there were bureaucratic impediments in DoD based on reasons
I consider specious, but that you were redirecting the effort so as to make
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SUBJECT: Interest of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in
S&TI Support to R&D
use of the RM, Staff role in evaluation within the Intelligence Community.
That is, attempt to get some DoD action going based on the fact that there
are no existent tools to allow for meaningful evaluation of S&TI products.
He then asked about CIA's part in S&TI support to R&D. I said we were
examining this problem and that we were confident that CIA products could
be put to better use by DoD R&D users once there was a more systematic
distribution system.
4. II Mr. Pickett said he would be preparing questions for
Senator Hathaway at future hearings when the DCI will be a witness.
One of the questions will be along the lines of, "What steps have you taken
lately to improve analysis?" "Analysis" will be used in its broadest sense
to include priorities among problems to be analyzed, measurement of user
satisfaction, and the like.
5. II We had a discussion about what is meant by "quality of
analysis"? I told him that I felt this question was usually addressed in a
vacuum; that is, the "quality of analysis" in a product is judged without
attention being paid to the questions that caused the production. I suggested
that there should be intense interest in the "quality of the questions (require-
ments)" and in the system for raising the questions to the Intelligence
Community. At present, it appears that there is too little systematic
requirements input from users and too much Intelligence Community guesswork
about what is really needed. Thus, products that appear to be high quality
analysis from the point of view of the Intelligence Community may not
furnish information needed and be useless from the users perspective. The
lack of a meaningful evaluation system prevents correction of the communi-
cations breakdown. We agreed that our study indicated a lack of Intelligence
Community capability to systematically address the broad base of require-
ments.
6. " I understand that Mr. Pickett plans to request the briefing
on S&Tl support to R&D for a small staff group at the Senate Select Committee
on Intelligence. I recommend that we cooperate fully, stressing our under-
standing of current problems in this area and our proposed actions to
correct them. It is also important to point out that we are extendinq our
solutions to other areas in need of support such as training, doctrine,
and tactics.
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I was disappointed to (hear Mr. Pickett say that he has
found Naval Intelligence to be the least cooperative agency with which
he has dealt. He rates them a poor third behind Army and Air Force
intelligence, citing a series of specific instances when the Navy had been
very slow or unresponsive. Mr. Pickett said this view is also prevalent
among his counterparts in the House.
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2 February 1978
Director of Performance Evaluation
and Improvement
SUBJECT: Senate Select Committee Request for Report
1. When I was at US Army Foreign Science and Technology
Center last week, I was asked if George Pickett from SSC(I) had contacted
me about the DARCOM system for S&TI Product Evaluation. Since he
had not, I called him this morning to ask if there was some information
about it that he might want.
2. During the course of our conversation, I mentioned the
ICS report on Intelligence Community Support to R&D. He asked if I
would send him a copy and we also agreed that I would visit him at
noon on 6 February to give him the "highlights". I also agreed to
send the report.
3. I understand that he should request this formall and --
after the fact -- am working this out through STAT
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