TTIC SURVEY OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER RESOURCES

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• Publication Date: August 30, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee
TTIC-C-060
30 August 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: TTIC Survey of Technology Transfer Resources
1. Attached are the results of a survey conducted by the TTIC to
determine past, present, and future resources devoted to the technology
transfer problem. This survey was undertaken because of Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) concerns about the adequacy of Intelligence
Community (IC) efforts in this area which were first raised in the
confirmation hearings for both Mr. Casey and Admiral Inman. Also, we believe
that such a survey will better prepare IC managers for future resource
programming exercises.
2. In response to the questions raised in the confirmation hearings,
The Summary Report on Technology Transfer to Communist Countries and the
Intelligence Community's Role and Effectiveness was submitted by the Director
of -Central Intelligence to the SSCI in October 1981. In his covering letter,
Mr. Casey assigned Admiral Inman the task of determining the adequacy of IC
resources. In a 17 December 1981 letter from the SSCI, a number of questions
were raised and requests made. Among these was the following: "Please report
on the status of the improvement measures outlined in the generally excellent
October 1981 report, including the resources and effort you are currently
programming." A response sent in late January dealt in a general way with
this issue. Among other things, it discussed the organization and early
activities of TTIC. A subsequent request by the SSCI included reference to
the October report and its allusions to the inadequacy of resources and
asked: "How far have we come in finding sufficient resources to assign to the
technology transfer problem?" An interim answer, prepared in early March,
noted: "Several agencies have reassigned personnel or reorganized existing
resources to better cope with the technology transfer problem. CIA, DIA, and
the FBI have established dedicated organizations in this manner. The military
services are presently reviewing their current capabilities to address the
problem. There have been no steps taken yet to create new resources and the
problem which is already large and complex continues to grow."
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3. The results of the new TTIC survey should help you address the DCI's
original task in the Summary Report and to answer in quantitative terms the
SSCI's questions about resources. Completing the survey was a difficult task
because technology transfer is not a line item in the National Foreign
Intelligence Program. The resources are hard to identify and the numbers we
developed are the result of a good deal of work by our members and their
programming and budgeting personnel.
5. The resources identified in our tables reflect bureaucratic realities
for the forthcoming fiscal years; that is, they are estimates of what is
possible to achieve in the programming and budgeting cycles. Unfortunately,
the technology transfer problem is here today and adequate resources for the
Community to deal with it--in our estimation--will not be available until
FY 85. To get a better appreciation for current needs, I asked the members to
provide me with resource estimates for the expected FY 83 workload, i.e.,
those resources that deep down they thought were necessary to do the work with
which they are presently faced. The responses indicated that additional 25x1
work-years and an additional for contracts are needed in FY 83 25x1
(see table 8). These numbers are even larger than those shown in Table 1 for
FY 85! By far the largest portions of the needed increase in both the
work-years and contract dollars are for analysis 25x1
for contracts).
6. I do not believe the "estimated" needs are unrealistic, particularly
in terms of the current workload and increasing demands of high-level
consumers for more and better intelligence support. Furthermore, the U.S.
Government has recently shifted its emphasis on the technology transfer
problem to countermeasure actions, a move that will add even greater demands
in the export control and counterintelligence areas. The TTIC-estimated FY 83
resource needs is another way of saying: The technology transfer problem is
here today--give us the resources to do the job now and not wait until the
budget cycle runs its course in FY 85..
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7. The attached resource survey should satisfy the original DCI task
assigned the DDCI in the Summary Report and the SSCI's requests for a
definitive answer on this topic. However, before forwarding it to the SSCI, I
recommend that you have the IC staff advise you on the short-term
.possibilities that are available for ameliorating the current resource
situation.
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BACKGROUND
1. Scope of Survey - This Intelligence Community survey includes only those
NFIB resources devoted to covering the transfer of Western Technology to
the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China and other Communist countries
through all mechanisms, whether legal or illegal.
2. Work-Years - Do not necessarily equate to numbers of people. One work year
often is the summation of the part-time efforts of several people.
3. Accuracy of Numbers - Figures given are estimates. There is no line item
in the National Foreign Intelligence Program for Technology Transfer.
Increases shown for FY82 over 81 and FY83 over 82 for the most part indicate
reprogramming of available resources. Increases shown for 84 and 85 primarily
reflect requests for additional resources.
5. FBI - The Bureau was unable to participate in this survey.
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