IMPLEMENTATION OF JOINT STUDY GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS: QUARTER ENDING 15 APRIL

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• Publication Date: April 20, 1961
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
SUBJECT: Implementation of Joint Study Group Recommendations:
Quarter Ending 15 April
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
APR201961
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This report will cover Joint Study Group recommendations which are
the implementing responsibility, either wholly or in part, of the
Secretary of Defense. In Defense these are considered to be Numbers 1
through 9, 12, 13, 16, 19, 26, 30, 3l., 35 and 39.
As stated in the first monthly report on this subject, Recommenda-
tion No. 1 is considered basic to the great majority of the recoirmienda-
tions within the Secretary's purview. On this premise, the Secretary
of Defense directed the Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop a concept for
an integrated Defense Intelligence Agency.
A JCS paper was forwarded to the Secretary, early in March, setting
forth a proposal for a Military Intelligence Agency. This paper was
circulated throughout the Department of Defense and to members of USIB
for study and comment. After analysis of the JCS response, together
with the several detailed comments mentioned above, the Secretary addres-
sed specific questions to the JCS seeking fuller information about
particular aspects of the proposed Agency. Within the last few days the
JCS has provided answers to these questions and the initiative is again
with the Secretary of Defense as to the DOD reorganization required to
implement Recommendation No. 1.
While it is true that final action on the majority of the recommen-
dations under consideration herein must wait upon decisions directly
concerned with Recommendation No. 1, final action has been taken on No.
16 with the establishment of the National Photographic Intelligence
Center. Part c of Number 1, calling for revision of the NSCIDs, was im-
plemented by NSC Action No. 2377, approved by the President on 18 January
1961. In addition, a great amount of preliminary work has been done on
the majority of the recommendations. A description of this effort com-
prises the remainder of this report.
It is clear that the eventual intelligence organization which
emerges in Defense will be accompanied as a matter of high priority by
improved budgeting procedures as specified in Recommendation No. 3.
Meanwhile the Office of Special Operations will continue to seek improved
bases of comparability by refinements of the combined cryptologic budget
and submissions to the Intelligence Cost Data Committee.
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Recommendations Nos. 4 and 12 are clearly related and have been
studied together. At the request of the Assistant to the Secretary
of Defense (Special Operations), the military departments have made
available a comprehensive statement of policy governing each depart-
ment's provisions for career development of officers who are more than
ordinarily involved in intelligence and related activities. These
statements, together with related background material, have been
analyzed in OSO, and discussions have been initiated with the Office
of Manpower to explore approaches to improved management principles,
including selection and training, which might enhance the career status
of intelligence duty.
Recommendation No. 5 is considered related to training and is being
taken up in conjunction with Recommendation No. 13. The Assistant to
the Secretary of Defense (Special Operations) has written a letter to
each of the three military departments requesting that means be studied
by which Recommendation No. 13 could be most advantageously implemented
from the Defense standpoint. Estimates were also sought as to the num-
ber of personnel likely to be available on a yearly basis for training
and the criteria which the training would be called upon to meet. Re-
sponses are expected in the Office of Special Operations on 22 April
1961. The Deputy DCI notified the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
(Special Operations) by letter that Mr. Matthew Baird, Director of
Training, has been designated as the representative of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency to undertake negotiations concerning this matter. The
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Special Operations) by letter has
noted the designation of Mr. Baird, informed General Cabell of action the
Office of Special Operations has taken, assuring staff cooperation to
facilitate whatever arrangements are necessary to insure an effective
inter-departmental training effort. Contact has been made between OSO
and CIA Office of Training to arrange an initial meeting shortly after
Mr. Baird's return from a temporary absence.
The re-examination of the assignment of Defense electronics intelli-
gence resources to unified and specified commands, as prescribed by No. 7,
has been underway for some time. First, Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense (Special operations) requested Director, NSA to comment on the
general subject of ELINT direct support. Director, NSA has replied by
letter stating that he has directed a study be made to determine areas
where an improvement in existing arrangements could benefit all ELINT
consumers. A report of findings will be submitted to OSD during the
next week.
Prior to the issuance of the Joint Study Group report and Recommen-
dation No. 8, the Office of the Secretary of Defense had been concerned
about developments in the concept of partnership between NSA and the
service cryptologic agencies. The attention devoted by the Joint Study
Group to this problem and the resultant recommendation were therefore
welcomed. While still retaining the organizational relationship between
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The Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Special operations) has
convened a group composed of OSO, DDR&E and NSA representatives to study
approaches to the implementation of No. 9. Two meetings have been held
which have: a) Reviewed with NSA the capabilities and limitations of
existing research and development programs for ELINT purposes, b) deter-
mined that major deficiencies now appear to center on ELINT data proces-
sing, analysis, handling and dissemination, c) discussed the Strong Report
of 1958 in light of current activities and studies now in progress, and
d) generally agreed that the qualitative and quantitative aspects of col-
lection capabilities be kept under constant review to insure proper
assignment of priorities and consistency with the current strategic situ-
ation.
Looking to the implementation of No. 19, the JCS is currently review-
ing its directives and procedures governing MAAG and mission support of
the intelligence effort. In requesting this review the Assistant to the
Secretary of Defense (Special Operations) has also asked for an evaluation
of the indoctrination given by the Military Assistance Institute to pros-
pective MAAG and mission personnel. The Office of Special Operations is
furnishing staff assistance in this review and is coordinating contacts
between the Joint Staff and the Office of International Security Affairs
in matters relating to the Military Assistance Institute and other matters
within its jurisdiction. The JCS report is due on 15 May 1961.
As a result of invitations from the Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense (Special Operations) to the Director of Central Intelligence and
to the Director, Defense Research and Engineering, an inter-departmental
group has been organized to define the scope of the problem in coordin-
ating Defense and CIA research and development activities as defined by
Recommendation No. 39. To date three meetings have been held in which 25X1
the group has been briefed by on the role of the Coordina-
tion Staff of DCI in i lenti Joint Study Group recommendations and by
Ion the coordination procedures within
CIA.
The results achieved so far have been a fuller exchange of informa-
tion on intelligence-related R&D projects. Defense participants have
particularly benefited from increased knowledge of CIA projects of in-
terest to Defense, including some devoted to clandestine purposes. A
fresh start has been made on the problems of compatibility, duplication,
security classification (particularly in the photographic reconnaissance
field), and the hazards--as against the advantages--of a highly
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formalized inter-departmental coordination. On this last point it was
pointed out that coordination on a personal basis at working levels
has developed very satisfactorily. The substitution of formal depart-
mental coordination runs the risk of saddling creative research and
development with the inhibiting weight of bureaucratic overhead and
the possibility of inter-departmental check mating through the exercise
of veto power. On the other hand there is a real need for a strong;
focal point in OSD to prevent duplication of effort in service depart-
ment programs, provide timely introduction of new equipments into the
operational inventory and to prevent the demoralizing effect of an un-
expected technological breakthrough in one or more of our own programs.
Recommendations Nos. 2, 26, 30, 34 and 35 are considered to be
entirely dependent upon a decision on No. 1 and there is nothing to
report on their implementation.
In addition to the above recommendations which are specifically
assigned to DOD for implementation, the Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense (Special Operations) has taken action on No. 20, since it in-
volves a matter of vital Defense interest. A request has been directed
to the Director J-2 (Intelligence), The Joint Staff, for information on
the present level of CIA support to unified and component commands, and
what additional support is required. The views of the commanders them-
selves will be solicited for the purpose of laying the groundwork for a
coordinated Defense approach to CIA with concrete proposals.
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GRAVES B. ER.SKINE
General, USMC (Ret)
Assistant to the
Secretary of Defense
(special operations)
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