DD/S&T STAFF MEETING

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B00803R000200030056-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 56
• Publication Date: May 12, 1966
• Content Type: MIN

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DD/ ~T Staff Meeting
on this responsibility. Great deal has happened since then,
and felt need to gather round to see where we stand.
1 2 MAY 195
1. Nearly thxee years ago that I~'"was asked to talc
2, In 1963, DD/R was composed of:
OSA - Much the same as today, but trying
to accommodate itself to a new management and
fiscal deal which left much to be clarified -
and having just taken the first important steps
to step out of this satellite reconnaissance
group.
OEL - Recent amalgamation of Commo and OSI,
people learning to work together and
s~a~e out a useful claim on which to contribute.
ORD - with some projects TSD felt
were more properly laced elsewhere and a
downpayment on
Scoville - Had left in fundamental
disagreement with McCone on the reconnaissance
management scheme and the lack of positive
forward motion on creating a real S&T capability
in the CIA,
- A seconded officer on a fifth year
ex ensi n f his basic military tour.
3, You should not wonder that I thought long and hard
about accepting this assignment.
a. The basic idea of bringing Science and
Technology to bear massively on the intelligence
element of our national security.
b. The demonstrable contribution of CIA to the
reconnaissance program was an essential national
asset - and one was rapidly going down the drain in
a climate of confusion and comprehension, OX go in
one year's time.
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c. My own respect for the able people then
on board who were focused then on the tough
business of intelligence and who deserved a
witting champion to insolate them from raging
words.
5, We have come a very long way in these three years,
to a point where this group is the envy of the rest of
government and a respected partner in CIA itself. ?We have
done this by the quality of our people and their hard work
and by the evident success of our endeavors on behalf of
the U, S. I do not presume to take credit for this
accomplishment. I am simply proud to have played a role
with all of you in bringing it about. Ting Sheldon
climbed this mountain with me.
6. Having climbed a difficult mountain, there is a
strong tendency to spend the rest of one's year on the
Chautauqua circuit of lecture engagements. Rather, it
seems that the real job of realizing the creative,
contributory potential of DD/S&T is only just begun,
?. To think about the future in an organizational way,
the ficers of this Directorate spent several days
examining our common Directorate problems of
ecrui ing and Training, Procurement and Contracting,
Security, Staffing and Organization. Out of this came a
clear need to focus at the Directorate level on these areas
in a continuous, energetic way, A series of special
assistants was suggested. Rather, it seems to me that these and
other problems are properly lodged in the command chain -
which reminded me that it has been two years since the job
of A/DD/S&T was filled.
8, To fill this position and need simultaneously, we
felt that we needed an officer with substantial intelligence
experience IN THE several aspects of our enterprise - not
an outsider. We felt that it called for a man with
considerable management skill. The man we have selected is
Carl Duckett. Carl has been in the intelligence game since
1957, and at the CIA since 1963, having built first the
Army's S&T intelligence capability and then FMSAC, He has had
both R&D operational experience. He is well known throughout
the CIA. He is known and respected throughout the community
and other branches of government. It was a straightforward
choice, and we hope that it will provide a very considerable
strengthening of the DD/S&T management.
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9. This creates a need for a new Director of
FMSAC and Dave Brandwein will assume that position on
16 May 1966 when Carl takes on his official duties as
my deputy.
10. Carl Duckett will continue to serve as Chairman
of the USIB Committee: GMAIC.
11. At the same time, we are moving to fill other
key positions which have been vacant for some time.
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12, is coming from State to serve as
George Miller's Deputy on 1 June 1966--a man with FSO and EE
experience, who has previously been engaged in the operational
aspects of OEL business, .but was more recently responsible for
establishing the State R&D capability.
13. will assume the Deputy post in OCS on
the 18th o May, having worked within the organization for some
years on CHIVE.
14. Joe Becker is moving up to Red White's Staff on
1 June 1966 to coordinate-all of the CIA ADP activities, a
staff job which has proven most difficult to do effectively
from one of the line organizations.
15. Chuck Briggs from DDI will take over as Director
of OCS on 1 June 1966 and work with Joe and Doug to accelerate
the application of ADP to CIA needs.
16. The penultimate announcement is not a change in
names, but rather a most pleasant confirmation of the CIA
role in the satellite reconnaissance program. At one point
in 1963 and again in 1964, CIA was very nearly out of this
program. For the past nine months we have been working
under a new and diffent arrangement with the DOD on recon-
naissance matters--different mostly in spirit. We now find
a climate in which CIA participation in satellite recon-
naissance is both appreciated and welcomed. CIA participa-
tion in two photographic systems has now been assured and.
overall program responsibility for a new dimension in this
whole enterprise has been assigned to CIA. This nails down
the floor boards under our Office of Special Projects and
means that we can now move rapidly to fleshing out the skeleton
of this organization which has been so long in confusion. We
can look forward to making a major contribution to the
development and operation of space reconnaissance systems, a
picture which has not been this clear since 1961.
17. Having spoken of these changes, it is only fair to
speak to the rumors which have circulated so freely in this
anti other Directorates at all levels during the past weeks.
Barring unforeseen developments, I expect to be in my present
position as DD/S&T at least through June of 1967, and I hope
that we can now turn our attention to more productive matters.
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18. Now that we have covered these matters, it is
time to look forward:
A.
B. .Replacement for Photo Sat./Aircraft Mix.
C. Large technical collection/cost effectiveness
D. Miniature Electronics--Audio, Devices, Commo.
Implications for our own security
E. Processing and Understanding
F. Basic Intelligence Base
G. Analysis and Projection
G. Relentless Impact
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