BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR THE 27-28 JUNE 1984 STAP MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86M00886R000400100026-2
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• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2008
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: June 25, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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STAP 0022-84
25 June 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Office of the I
Executive Secretary
Science and Technology Advisory Panel
SUBJECT: Background Material for the 27-28 June 1984 STAP Meeting
Per our recent phone conversation, I am providing you a copy of the
agenda for the forthcoming STAP meeting along with a summary of the topics to
be considered by the Panel. I have also provided a list of the current
membership and a resume of the Panel's mission and functions. The Director is
scheduled to meet with the Panel at 1400 hours, 27 June 1984, in Room 1506
(first floor conference room
Attachments:
A. STAP Agenda
B. Summary of Topics
C. STAP Membership List
D. STAP Resume
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 DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Science and Technology Aduisoiy Pane!
AGENDA
STAP Meeting
1400-1500
1500-1630
1800
Advanced Radar Exploitation
Methodology (AREM)-Update
Executive Session
Preparation for Meeting
with the DCI
Executive Session
Consultation with the DCI
Cocktails and Dinner
Black Horse Tavern
1240 20th Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
[phone]
irec or, omputer
Guest:
Maj Gen Donald Lamberson, USAF
(Asst. Deputy Chief of Staff
Research, Development and
Acquisition, Department of
the Air Force)
STAP Members and Planning Group
Mr. William J. Casey
(OSWR)
Guest:
Lt. Gen. James Abrahamson, Jr., USAF
(Director, Strategic Defense
Initiative Organization)
STAT
STAT
 AGENDA
STAP Meeting
Thursday, 28 June 1984
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Science and Technology Advisory Pane!
(Room 1506, Community Headquarters Building,
1724 F Street, NW, Washington DC)
Guest:
Dr. Henry S. Cooper
Assistant Director, ACDA
Strategic Programs Bureau
1300-1400 Measurement and Signat"ure
Intelligence (MASINT)
Subcommittee
ice airman ommittee
Chairman, MASINT Subcommittee
STAT
STAT
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Science end Technology Ad~isury Ponel
The Science and Technology Advisory Panel (STAP) was formed by the
Director of Central Intelligence in 1976. It serves the DCI as a source of
independent advice and expertise on a variety of scientific, technical, and
management issues. The membership includes renowned senior scientists,
executives, and other leaders from industry and academe.
The STAP meets quarterly in plenary session where, inter alia, formal
briefings are presented, reports approved, and direct consultation with the
DCI is effected. At other times small working groups or sub-panels are formed
to respond to OCI tasking, address specific issues, and provide STAP
participation in technical studies or other ongoing projects.
The STAP also responds to requests for assistance from any Deputy
Director or senior line manager who believes a STAP member's expertise may
contribute to resolving a difficult technical intelligence problem. STAP
assistance may be in the form of an informal discussion, a written memorandum,
or a formal study or report signed by the Chairman and forwarded to the DCI.
Principal functions of the STAP include:
- To insure the DCI and senior Intelligence Community managers are
forewarned of significant advances in state-of-the-art technology and
in new applications of existing technology.
- To identify and highlight the implications of current and future SbT
developments for intelligence activity.
- To provide linkages and interactions between the intelligence
community and the scientific and technical communities in industry,
academe, and government, as appropriate.
- To provide a quality control mechanism; an outside source for
objective evaluation of current and planned SbT-related intelligence
activity.
- To review evidence on existing SbT intelligence "enigmas" and to
introduce new thinking and suggest avenues for solving these
unknowns.