DDI REQUIREMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH NEW RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM
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August 23, 1966
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23 August 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR: Special Assistant to the DDI for
Special Projects
THROUGH : Director of Research and Reports X
SUBJECT DDI Requirements in Connection with New
Reconnaissance System
1. Within the responsibility of this Staff, this new
system has major implications for the indications function.
It will improve our ability not only to turn out a more
meaningful Watch Report, but will permit an added degree
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latest developments.
2. The new system also appears to be a great improve-
ver current arrangements which are so frequently
3. Many of our problems with current
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to "over-reaction"; that information will be
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widely disseminated before proper analysis can be completed.
Currently such information frequently is sufficiently "old"
by the time it is processed to preclude major concern.
The new system also will demand that we do additional work
on providing a store of background information for com-
parative purposes. It is possible that the system may,
in fact, require some decentralization of=activity 25XlD3a
25X1D3a placing and analysts in closer proximity
to take van age o the new information by turning out
timely intelligence reports.
Acting , urre Support Staff
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