OFFICE OF ELINT

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• Publication Date: March 8, 1971
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8 March 1971
3. Office of ELINT
1. In a real sense the success achieved in the
CIA ELINT Program has been made possible by the close
cooperation of the various offices of the Deputy
Directorate of Science and Technology. One of the
initial purposes in bringing together all ELINT
activities under a scientific directorate was to provide
electronic protection for airborne photographic collection
systems - first the U-2 and then the A-12 - which were
operated by the Office of Special Activities. Later with
the addition to the Directorate of the Office of Scientific
Intelligence there was added the third dimension of in-
depth intelligence analysis and vulnerability prediction.
Thus the close relationship between the Office of Special
Activities, the Office of Scientific Intelligence and the
Office of ELINT resulted not only in decreased vulnerability
of the aircraft but also provided excellent ELINT collection
as a by-product of the photographic collection activities.
In the same vein the addition of the Foreign Missile and
Space Analysis Center to the D:D/S&T resulted in the defining
of requirements and feedback to OEL which made possible
critical collection in missile and space ELINT.
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2. Similarly, OEL has worked very closely with
the Office of Special Projects in the case of/
3. OEL and OCS also work. very closely in data
reduction and analysis aspects of the ELINT operation and
much mutual benefit results from this cooperation. While
the day to day relationships with ORD are somewhat less
than with other offices of the DD/S&T, numerous benefits
result from research carried out by ORD. Particular
mention could be made of the
OEL has its own research and
development program, but its activities in this area are
principally entineering in nature and carried out under
contracts with various electronic industries.
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7. Mr. George C. Miller, who has headed the Office
of ELINT since its establishment, believes that the close
working relationships between the Agency's scientific,
technical and operational units and the quality of Agency
personnel involved are largely responsible for the success
achieved by the Agency's ELINT Program. Of particular
importance has been the support given by other substantive
offices of the DD/S&T, OSI and FMSAC.
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6. Foreign Missile and Space Analysis Center (FMSAC)
CIA's initiative in establishing FMSAC resulted
from general dissatisfaction with the efforts o.f the vari-
ous Community components concerned with the analysis and
interpretation of data in the missile and space field.
This dissatisfaction was sharply pointed up on the CIA side
on at least one occasion when Mr. McCone learned first of a
Soviet space event, not from his own intelligence sources,
but after the fact)
The first CIA plan for a "Missile and Space
Technical Intelligence Center (MISTIC)" was drawn up
early in 1963 before the?DD/S&T came into being, and pro-
posed to provide coordinated tasking of U.S. assets for
collection and reduction of data on foreign missile and
space events, as well as analysis of the data and pro-
duction of intelligence on these events for GMAIC, USIB,
and the Community generally. The initial plan was dropped
in August 1963 in favor of a CIA-financed, all-source,
national analysis capability to handle raw data on missile
and space activities. Since such a facility did not then
exist, there was no problem of duplication in furnishing
this service to the Community.
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Mr. McCone's' directive to the DDCI instructing
him to establish such a center was justified under the DCI's
statutory obligation:to correlate and evaluate intelligence
relating to the national security under the National Security
Act of 1947. Mr. McCone further noted that in his view,
CIA through its Office of Scientific Intelligence, and USIB
through the Guided Missile and Astronautics Committee, were
not satisfactorily organized for the task, despite the fact
that a considerable number of very valuable analyses and
reports on Soviet missile and space activities had been
produced through the years.102/
The Depaa~ tment of Defense at the same time
was reviewing its own activities in the missile and space
intelligence area with a view to centralizing control over
DOD collection and production facilities. Dr, Eugene Fubini,
then Director of Defense Research and Engineering, urged
that the new CIA center not duplicate current efforts being
carried on elsewhere in the Community.
FMSAC was established under the DD/S&T, pursuant
to Mr. McCone's 21 October 1963'directive, and was authorized
an initial T/O of
and an operating budget of
When officials of the Buxeau of the Budget
102/ John A. McCone, DCI, Memorandum for DDCI, 21 Oct 63,
Sub: Establishment of FMSAC, TS-188398.
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they were prepared to accept the
proposition that the DCI needed this capability for inde-
pendent substantive assessnr~ent of a most important area
of national security, but underlined the priority responsi-
bility of the DOD in the matter of foreign missile capa-
bilities and urged CIA to work closely with the DOD in
seeking to keep duplicative analysis, particularly that
under external contract, to a minimum. 103/
When the DOD,'in April 1964, established its
own "Defense Special. Missile and Astronautics Center (D/SMAC)"
the Secretary of Defense suggested to Mr. McCone that they
form a, DOD/CIA management coordination group in the missile
and space field. Mr. McCone, while welcoming the establish-
ment of a central point in DOD where FMSAC could conduct
liaison, turned down: the idea of another joint committee,
preferring that FMSAC make its reports to USIB through the
established Guided Missile and Astronautics Committee.
Dr. Wheelon'was fortunate in obtaining the
services of Mr. Carl E. Duckett, then Director of Army
103/ John Bross, D/NIPE, Memo to DCI, 2 Mar 64, sub : FMSAC,
DD/S&T-3080-64, So
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Missile Intelligence Activities at Redstone Arsenal,
who was recruited principally to chair the GMAIC, but
was given the additional job of laying plans for organizing
FMSAC, and on the formal establishment of the Center on
7 November 1965, became its first Director.
Since the inception of FMSAC, it has continued
to provide current analysis on a 24-hour basis, and to
produce finished intelligence on foreign strategic.weap
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analyses on significant event. In addition
it provides all-source. collection support, including eval-
uation in terms of effectiveness of various collection'
systems and sensors of Agency and other Community programs
tasked to collect missile and space data.
Principal intra-Directorate relations of F14ISAC
are with OSI, OEL, and OCS.
IP:inished intelligence production is
coordinated by FMSA(, with other components of DD/S&T
(#~rincipally OSI and with DD/I. Joint planning is
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carried on with OCS on a continuing basis regarding ADP
equipment requiremeflts of :FMSAC.
In its efforts to provide accurate assessments
F1MSAC -faces the problem of! collection deficiencies in
certain areas, e.g. new developing weapons systems,
particularly in the non-Soviet area. This means that the
analysts have an insufficient base of information on which
to make firm jud gme:'its, Also the analytical resources ' of
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quitetiainly in the non-Soviet areas, - with.
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one analyst$cover one or more countries. Since
the Soviet Union is no longer the sole threat, FMSAC and
the DD/S&T must increasingly give consideration to the
provision of sufficient analytical resources to cover the
entire missile and space field.
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As a part of the summary chapter of the
over-all Directorate history, I want to
include a short section on each of the
Directorate's offices, with a little of
the philosophy behind the operations of
each and something of the contribution of
each to the mission of the Directorate.
I would appreciate it very much if you
would blue pencil the attached rough
first draft, adding or deleting anything
to improve it.
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