PROPOSED REMARKS BY WILLIAM H. WEBSTER DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AT THE AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DINING-IN ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MARYLAND APRIL 15, 1988

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JUDGE:
You will be addressing the Air Force Intelligence Agency Dining-In, an
audience of 200 military and civilian Air Force Intelligence officers, at
9:30 p.m. on 15 April at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Your address will
include remarks to the group and the presentation of the National
Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Schuyler Bissell,
USAF, who will be retiring from active duty on 1 May 1988.
You will be introduced by Colonel George Lotz, USAF. Shortly after you
have completed your remarks and have presented the medal to Major Bissell,
Colonel Lotz will present you with a gift for the Central Intelligence
Agency.
I have attached remarks for you to present to the Air Force Intelligence
Agency Dining-In, as well as remarks of appreciation for the gift to CIA.
The thesis of the speech can be found on the first page -- "This evening I
would like to talk to you about the importance of interagency cooperation in
.meeting the challenges that confront the Intelligence Community."
Your remarks also include recognition of the significant impact two Air
Force officers -- General Hoyt S. Vandenberg and General Charles P. Cabell --
had on intelligence. Much of the information on Air Force Intelligence was
provided by AFIA; this organization came into being on 1 April 1988 and
replaces the Air Force Intelligence Service (AFIS).
The primary goals of Air Force Intelligence are also detailed on pages 8
and 9 of your remarks ("...to improve support to Air Force commanders, to
ensure that the Air Force possesses the knowledge and capability to carry out
wartime and peacetime missions, and to support policymakers at all levels").
You again emphasize the need for interagency cooperation and then provide an
example. ("I cannot stress enough the importance of interagency cooperation
in achieving these goals. My background with the FBI has provided me with an
excellent example of cooperation between the Air Force and the FBI on a
counterintelligence operation -- the case of Vladimir Makarovich Izmaylov.")
Also included in this address are some of the remarks you made to the
American Business Conference. Included here are reference to your testimony
to Congress on INF treaty verification (page 6); the objectivity and
cooperation inherent in the National Intelligence Estimate process (page 11);
and the role of intelligence in implementing and supporting -- but not making
-- foreign policy (pages 11 and 12).
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You conclude the address-with-remarks about the career of
General Bissell, which were drawn from an AFIA point paper and from the
memorandum prepared by the Air Force to nominate General Bissell for this
award. After these remarks, you will present the National Intelligence
Distinguished Service Medal to General Bissell.
Your proposed remarks are attached.
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PROPOSED REMARKS
BY
WILLIAM H. WEBSTER
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AT THE
AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DINING-IN
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MARYLAND
APRIL 15, 1988
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GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IT IS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO TAKE PART IN THE TRADITION OF THE AIR
FORCE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DINING-IN AND TO HELP YOU REFLECT ON THE
DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF MAJOR SCHUYLER (SKY-LER) BISSELL.
THIS EVENING I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
INTERAGENCY COOPERATION IN MEETING THE CHALLENGES THAT CONFRONT THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN MY REMARKS BY
ACKNOWLEDGING TWO AIR FORCE OFFICERS WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN
ESTABLISHING A TRADITION OF INTERAGENCY COOPERATION -- GENERAL HOYT
S. VANDENBERG AND GENERAL CHARLES P. CABELL. THESE MEN PLAYED
SIGNIFICANT ROLES IN GUIDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY -- AND OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AS
A WHOLE.
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IN JUNE 1946, PRESIDENT TRUMAN APPOINTED THEN LIEUTENANT GENERAL
VANDENBERG TO THE POST OF DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
GROUP, A FORERUNNER OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. GENERAL
VANDENBERG HELD THIS POST AT A TIME WHEN MANY AMERICANS VIEWED
INTELLIGENCE AND ESPIONAGE AS SOMETHING UN-AMERICAN AND VAGUELY
SINISTER. AS HEAD OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP, GENERAL
VANDENBERG HELPED TO DISPEL THAT VIEW. HE TOLD THE SENATE ARMED
SERVICES COMMITTEE THAT PRIOR TO PEARL HARBOR, NO ONE IN THIS
COUNTRY PUT MUCH STOCK IN THE VALUE OF INTELLIGENCE. IN FACT, HE
SAID, THERE WAS A PREDOMINANT BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES THAT ALL
THAT WAS NECESSARY TO WIN A WAR WAS THE ABILITY TO SHOOT STRAIGHT.
VANDENBERG BELIEVED THAT PREWAR HOSTILITY TO INTELLIGENCE WAS
DIRECTLY LINKED TO AMERICA'S LACK OF PREPAREDNESS AT PEARL HARBOR.
GENERAL VANDENBERG WANTED TO AVOID "INTELLIGENCE BY COMMITTEE,"
AND HE STRESSED THE NEED FOR AN INTEGRATED INTELLIGENCE SERVICE.
UNDER VANDENBERG'S LEADERSHIP, THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
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EXPANDED IN SIZE AND SCOPE AND INCREASED ITS CLANDESTINE COLLECTION
ACTIVITY. UNDER HIS DIRECTION, THE GROUP ALSO PRODUCED ITS FIRST
NATIONAL ESTIMATE, PREPARED AT PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S REQUEST, ON SOVIET
INTENTIONS AND CAPABILITIES -- AN AREA THAT IS STILL OF VITAL
CONCERN TO US TODAY. IN APRIL 1947, VANDENBERG RETURNED TO AIR
FORCE DUTY. PROMOTED TO GENERAL, HE LATER BECAME THE SECOND AIR
FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF .1
ANOTHER AIR FORCE OFFICER WHO PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE FORMATIVE
YEARS OF BOTH AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE AND THE CIA WAS GENERAL CHARLES
P CABELL. GENERAL CABELL HEADED AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE FROM 1948
TO 1951, MAKING DECISIONS AND ADOPTING POLICIES WHICH HAVE HAD A
SIGNIFICANT AND CONTINUING IMPACT FOR FOUR DECADES.
IN 1953 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER NAMED CABELL DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, A POSITION HE HELD UNTIL 1962. HIS LONG
ASSOCIATION WITH INTELLIGENCE DID MUCH FOR ESTABLISHING THE AIR
FORCE ROLE IN U.S. INTELLIGENCE. HIS ASSOCIATION WITH INTELLIGENCE
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WAS MEMORABLE FOR ANOTHER IMPORTANT REASON: GENERAL CABELL WAS THE
FIRST AIR FORCE OFFICER TO RECEIVE A FOURTH STAR WHILE SERVING IN AN
INTELLIGENCE POSITION.2
GENERAL VANDENBERG AND GENERAL CABELL WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR
THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF U.S.
INTELLIGENCE. BUT THE CHALLENGES WE IN INTELLIGENCE FACE TODAY ARE
MORE COMPLICATED IN MANY WAYS FROM THOSE OUR PREDECESSORS FACED 40,
20, OR EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO. FOR EXAMPLE, TODAY WE ARE WITNESSING
DRAMATIC CHANGES IN THE SOVIET UNION UNDER GENERAL SECRETARY
GORBACHEV. WE ARE SEEING SIGNS OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REFORM,
CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP STYLE, SWEEPING PROPOSALS FOR ARMS CONTROL
AGREEMENTS WITH THE WEST, A REASSESSMENT OF SOVIET INVOLVEMENT IN
AFGHANISTAN, AND MUCH MORE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE SEE NO
SLACKENING IN SOVIET MILITARY CAPABILITIES. THE SOVIETS CONTINUE TO
UNVEIL NEW WEAPONS SYSTEMS AND ENGAGE IN SOPHISTICATED WEAPONS
RESEARCH.
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ALTHOUGH MUCH OF OUR EFFORT REMAINS FOCUSED ON THE SOVIET UNION,
WE ARE SPENDING MORE OF OUR TIME AND RESOURCES COLLECTING
INFORMATION ON REGIONAL CONFLICTS, THIRD-WORLD INSTABILITIES,
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING, NUCLEAR
PROLIFERATION, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, AND GROWING COMPETITION IN THE
WORLD MARKET.3
THESE INCREASED CHALLENGES COME AT A TIME WHEN DOMESTIC BUDGET
CUTS THREATEN TO AFFECT OUR RESOURCES AND MANPOWER, FORCING US -- IN
EFFECT -- TO DO MORE WITH LESS. YET OUR BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES
REMAIN UNCHANGED: TO COLLECT, ANALYZE, AND DISSEMINATE USEFUL
INTELLIGENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THE NEXT FEW MINUTES LOOKING AT
SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES AND THE ROLE AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE PLAYS
IN MEETING THEM.
FIRST, WE FACE CHALLENGES STEMMING FROM THE ARMS CONTROL
PROCESS. THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAS PLAYED AND WILL CONTINUE TO
PLAY A KEY ROLE IN PROVIDING INFORMATION TO SUPPORT THE NEGOTIATION
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PROCESS AND TO MONITOR TREATY COMPLIANCE. INTELLIGENCE IS VITALLY
IMPORTANT AS WE APPROACH THE INF TREATY. I RECENTLY TESTIFIED
BEFORE CONGRESS ON THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO MONITOR
SOVIET COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE INF TREATY . WHILE I
CANNOT DISCUSS DETAILS HERE, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT CONGRESS REALIZES
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR ROLE AND IS GIVING VERY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO
OUR MONITORING CAPABILITIES .4
THE VERIFICATION MEASURES REQUIRED BY THE INF TREATY POSE A
FURTHER CHALLENGE TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. THE NEWLY
ESTABLISHED ON-SITE INSPECTION AGENCY IS DEVELOPING THE METHODS AND
MEANS TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE MONITORING CAPABILITIES, AND MANY OF YOU
HERE TONIGHT ARE PLAYING KEY ROLES IN THIS PROCESS. I COMMEND THE
COOPERATION AND SUPPORT OF AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE IN THIS IMPORTANT
AREA.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR A START AGREEMENT POSE AN EVEN GREATER
CHALLENGE. THE MONITORING AND VERIFICATION TASKS ARISING FROM ANY
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FUTURE AGREEMENT WILL BE EVEN GREATER, IN TERMS OF THE EXPERTISE,
PERSONNEL, AND RESOURCES REQUIRED.
APART FROM THE ARMS CONTROL PROCESS, THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
PLAYS A CONTINUING ROLE IN ASSESSING THE GENERAL NATURE AND EXTENT
OF THE SOVIET THREAT. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN CHANGES
IN THE WAY THE SOVIETS DO BUSINESS -- AT LEAST ON THE SURFACE.
CURRENTLY, THE SOVIETS ARE PUBLICLY ADOPTING NEW POSITIONS AND
INFLUENCING IMPORTANT SPHERES OF PUBLIC OPINION IN THE WEST.
GORBACHEV'S PROGRAM OF PERESTROIKA -- HIS AVOWED POLICIES OF
GLASNOST, HIS "NEW THINKING" IN FOREIGN POLICY, AND HIS INTIMATIONS
ABOUT A NEW, DEFENSIVE MILITARY DOCTRINE -- MUST BE SUBJECT TO
INTENSIVE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SCRUTINY.
TO ANALYZE THE REAL SUBSTANCE OF CHANGE IN THE SOVIET UNION, WE
MUST PENETRATE SEVERAL LAYERS OF INFORMATION AND DOCTRINE. FIRST,
WE MUST LOOK BEYOND WHAT THE SOVIETS ARE TELLING THE WORLD AS THEY
ATTEMPT TO PUT THE BEST LIGHT ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THEIR COUNTRY.
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THEN WE MUST LOOK BEYOND WHAT THEY TELL THEIR OWN PEOPLE IN ORDER TO
INFLUENCE AND MOTIVATE A POPULATION THAT HAS GROWN APATHETIC FROM
YEARS OF CORRUPTION, BUREAUCRACY, AND REPRESSION. TO BE SURE, REAL
CHANGES ARE TAKING PLACE BENEATH THESE LAYERS, AND WE IN THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MUST ASSESS THEIR IMPACT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE
DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN SIFTING THROUGH THIS INFORMATION TO
DETERMINE WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE SOVIET SYSTEM AND WHAT HAS NOT.
I WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK DONE IN THIS AREA BY YOU IN AIR FORCE
INTELLIGENCE, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GENERAL BISSELL AND COLONEL
LOH. THE NEWLY CREATED AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, WHICH
UNITES ALL THE ANALYTICAL AND PRODUCTION ELEMENTS OF AIR FORCE
INTELLIGENCE INTO ONE COORDINATED TEAM, PROVIDES SUBSTANTIVE SUPPORT
FOR ALL AIR FORCE COMMANDS AND FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.
THE IMPORTANT GOALS OF AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE -- TO IMPROVE
SUPPORT TO AIR FORCE COMMANDERS, TO ENSURE THAT THE UNITED STATES AIR
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FORCE POSSESSES THE KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITY TO CARRY OUT WARTIME
AND PEACETIME MISSIONS, AND TO SUPPORT U.S. POLICYMAKERS AT ALL
LEVELS -- COMPLEMENT THE GOALS OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.5
AND I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERAGENCY
COOPERATION IN ACHIEVING THESE GOALS. MY BACKGROUND WITH THE FBI
HAS PROVIDED ME WITH AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE
AIR FORCE AND THE FBI ON AN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OPERATION -- THE
CASE OF VLADIMIR MAKAROVICH IZMAYLOV.
THE IZMAYLOV CASE DEMONSTRATES THE LENGTHS TO WHICH THE SOVIETS
WILL GO TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE ON U.S. MILITARY AND TECHNICAL
CAPABILITIES. IZMAYLOV WAS A COLONEL IN THE G.R.U. -- SOVIET
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE -- AND A SOVIET AIR ATTACHE ASSIGNED TO
WASHINGTON, D.C. HE APPROACHED A U.S. AIR FORCE OFFICER AND OFFERED
HIM "THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS" FOR SENSITIVE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ON
STEALTH TECHNOLOGY AND S.D.I. TO HIS CREDIT, THE OFFICER WORKED
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CLOSELY WITH THE AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS AND THE
FBI TO TRAP IZMAYLOV. THE RESULT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL U.S.
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OPERATION WHICH EXPOSED G.R.U. METHODS AND
OBJECTIVES. THIS OPERATION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY INTERAGENCY
COOPERATION .6
IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING OPERATIONAL SUPPORT, AIR FORCE
INTELLIGENCE ALSO PERFORMS ANALYSIS THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY. THIS ANALYSIS IS CONDUCTED BY HIGHLY SKILLED
ANALYSTS AT THE PENTAGON AND IN THE FIELD. AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE
PROVIDES OUTSTANDING SUPPORT TO NATIONAL OPERATIONS AND POLICY. ONE
EXAMPLE IS THE WORK DONE IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST. THE EXEMPLARY WORK IN THIS REGION HAS INVOLVED MANY DIFFERENT
INTELLIGENCE DISCIPLINES. AS WELL AS ALL-SOURCE ANALYSIS.
SUCH EXAMPLES OF COOPERATION AND SUPPORT TO NATIONAL POLICY
OBJECTIVES ARE FREQUENT WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY -- AND OUR
CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS DEPENDS ON CONTINUED INTERAGENCY
COOPERATION.
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THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE PROCESS, FOR EXAMPLE, RELIES
ON THE OPEN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS FROM MEMBERS OF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES REFLECT THE BEST
ESTIMATE OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE -- NOT THE LOWEST COMMON
DENOMINATOR OF OPINION. ESTIMATES ARE ASSEMBLED IN AN OBJECTIVE
WAY. DISSENTING OPINIONS ARE NOT CAST TO THE BACK OF THE REPORT IN
SMALL-PRINT FOOTNOTES, BUT ARE CLEARLY REFLECTED IN THE TEXT OR IN
FOOTNOTES DIRECTLY BELOW THE TEXT, SO THAT THOSE READING THE
ESTIMATES -- PARTICULARLY THE PRESIDENT -- WILL UNDERSTAND WHERE
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION EXIST.7 THE COOPERATION INHERENT IN THE
NATIONAL ESTIMATE PROCESS EXEMPLIFIES THE CLOSE COMMUNITY
RELATIONSHIP THAT WE ALL DESIRE AND SUPPORT.
WE IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR
COUNTRY'S FOREIGN POLICY, BUT WE MUST UNDERSTAND THIS ROLE CLEARLY
AND HANDLE IT CORRECTLY. WE DO NOT MAKE POLICY, NOR DO WE HAVE OUR
OWN FOREIGN POLICY. TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE INVOLVED IN
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SUPPORTING AND IMPLEMENTING A FOREIGN POLICY,' IT IS THE FOREIGN
POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES. WE MUST PRESERVE OUR OBJECTIVITY --
EVEN IN THE FACE OF PRESSURE FROM POLICYMAKERS. WE MUST CONTINUE TO
TELL IT LIKE IT IS, AVOIDING BIAS AS MUCH AS WE CAN. ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE COIN, POLICYMAKERS MUST RECEIVE FROM US INFORMATION THAT
THEY CAN USE -- INFORMATION THAT IS BOTH ACCURATE AND TIMELY. THIS
IS NOT ALWAYS EASY, BUT IT IS ALWAYS NECESSARY.8
YOU IN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED FOR YOUR
EFFORTS IN MEETING THESE CHALLENGES. I HAVE SEEN THE RESULTS OF
YOUR LABORS ON FAST-BREAKING WORLD EVENTS, ANALYSIS OF THE SOVIET
THREAT, AND MANAGEMENT OF INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES.
AND I AM KEENLY AWARE THAT THE KEY TO CONTINUED SUCCESS IN
INTELLIGENCE IS OUR PEOPLE. THE AIR FORCE HAS PROVIDED OUTSTANDING
INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS AT ALL LEVELS AND IN AN ALL DISCIPLINES. I AM
PLEASED TO SEE GREATER RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE CIVILIAN
PERSONNEL PLAY IN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE. YOUR EFFORTS TO
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ESTABLISH A CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WILL
ENABLE US TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN WELL-QUALIFIED CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
FOR YEARS TO COME.
AIR FORCE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS ARE A
VITAL PART OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. I AM GRATIFIED BY YOUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. AND I LOOK '
FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED COOPERATION. I KNOW THAT IF WE WORK
TOGETHER, AS A UNIFIED TEAM, WE CAN MASTER THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT
LIE BEFORE US AND ENSURE THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION.
TONIGHT, AS I CLOSE MY REMARKS, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK BRIEFLY
ABOUT A MAN WHO HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR UNIFIED TEAM --
GENERAL SCHUYLER BISSELL. EARLIER THIS EVENING, YOU REFLECTED ON
MANY OF GENERAL BISSELL'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTELLIGENCE, AND I WOULD
LIKE TO ADD MY OWN OBSERVATIONS.
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FOR MANY YEARS, GENERAL BISSELL HAS BEEN A LEADER, INNOVATOR,
AND DEVELOPER IN THE FIELD OF INTELLIGENCE -- BE IT AS DIRECTOR OF
A.F.I.S., DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF D.I.A., OR IN HIS CURRENT POSITION AS
ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS U.S.A.F.
HIS COMMITMENT TO INTELLIGENCE PLANNING, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND
TRAINING, AND EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES WILL HAVE A LASTING IMPACT
ON OUR NATION'S INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES.
GENERAL BISSELL IS A STRONG ADVOCATE OF GREATER INTERAGENCY
COOPERATION. HE HAS PLAYED AN EXTREMELY ACTIVE ROLE IN THE NATIONAL
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE BOARD AND COUNCIL, WHERE HIS KEEN INTELLECT AND
SOUND JUDGMENT WERE INVALUABLE ASSETS.
HE HAS OFTEN SERVED AS AN ELOQUENT AND EFFECTIVE SPOKESMAN ON
BEHALF OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, DEFENDING OUR RESOURCES AND
REQUIREMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND CONGRESSIONAL ARENAS.
GENERAL BISSELL HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE FIELD OF
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INTELLIGENCE PLANNING. HE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE EFFORT TO
ESTABLISH SUBSTANTIVE INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE GEARED
TOWARD SUPPORTING U.S. FORCES IN FUTURE PEACETIME AND WARTIME
INTELLIGENCE EFFORTS.9
BUT THE TRUEST TEST OF GENERAL BISSELL'S LEADERSHIP COMES NOT IN
MANAGING PLANS, PROGRAMS, OR BUDGETS, BUT IN GUIDING PEOPLE. THE
GENERAL'S PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION HAVE ATTRACTED MANY
TALENTED MEN AND WOMEN TO INTELLIGENCE, AND HIS STRONG LEADERSHIP
HAS ENCOURAGED MANY TO REMAIN IN THE FIELD. THOSE OF US GATHERED
HERE RECOGNIZE THAT GENERAL BISSELL'S GREATEST LEGACY TO THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS THE CADRE OF HIGHLY SKILLED, HIGHLY
DEDICATED, AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS HE HAS HELPED
TO DEVELOP -- A CADRE FROM WHICH THE INTELLIGENCE LEADERS OF
TOMORROW WILL BE DRAWN.
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AND SO TO RECOGNIZE THESE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS, I AM PLEASED TO
PRESENT GENERAL BISSELL WITH THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE MEDAL, WHICH IS GIVEN IN RECOGNITION OF HIS 35 YEARS OF
EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, THE NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, AND HIS COUNTRY.
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PROPOSED REMARKS
BY
WILLIAM H. WEBSTER
AFTER ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT
AT THE
AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DINING-IN
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MARYLAND
APRIL 15, 1988
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I AM HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS GIFT ON BEHALF OF THE CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AND I APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS OF COLONEL
LOTZ.
THIS GIFT WILL SERVE AS A LASTING SYMBOL OF THE SPIRIT OF
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AND THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. I WILL DISPLAY IT PROMINENTLY, SO THAT
ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WILL APPRECIATE ITS
SIGNIFICANCE.
THANK YOU.
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FOOTNOTES
1-The background on General Vandenberg was drawn, from the following
?sources: DONOVAN AND THE CIA: A HISTORY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT-0F,THE CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, by Thomas F. Troy (University Publications of America,
Inc., Frederick, Maryland, 1984); THE RISE AND DECLINE OF THE CIA, by John
Ranelagh (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1986); and THE WASHINGTON
PAPERS/105, U.S. INTELLIGENCE: EVOLUTION AND ANATOMY, by Mark M. Lowenthal
(Praeger Publishers, 1984). Relevant passages from Troy's book are attached.
-2 The background on General Cabell was drawn from the same sources
cited in the above footnote, and from a 1986 Air Force Intelligence Service
(AFIS) memorandum: "1986 Cabell and Gilligan Awards." The memorandum is
attached.
3 The diversity of challenges facing US intelligence were drawn from US
MILITARY POSTURE FY 1989, by the Joint Staff, et al, National Foreign
Intelligence Strategy, 1986. The excerpts used in the speech have been
sanitized. Documentation is attached.
4 Comments regarding Judge Webster's testimony to Congress on the INF
Treaty were drawn from extemporaneous remarks Judge Webster made in his
address to the American Business Conference on 23 March 1988. Relevant
passages are attached.
5 The principal goals of Air Force Intelligence were drawn from "Goals
of Air Force Intelligence," an article which appeared in THE INTELLIGENCER in
January 1988. Documentation is attached.
6 Details on the Vladimir Makarovich Izmaylov counterintelligence case
were taken from "An Analysis of a Successful Offensive Counterintelligence
Operation," COUNTERESPIONAGE SPECIAL REPORT, prepared by the HQ Air Force
Office of Special Investigations, Counterintelligence Directorate, Operations
Division, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., July 1986. Documentation
is attached.
7 Judge Webster described the cooperative effort behind National
Intelligence Estimates in extemporaneous remarks made in an address to the
American Business Conference on 23 March 1988. Relevant passages are attached.
8 Judge Webster described the role of intelligence in supporting and
implementing US foreign policy in his remarks to the American business
Conference on 23 March 1988. Relevant passages are attached.
9 Highlights on the career of Major General Schuyler Bissell were drawn
from a 1988 Department of the Air Force memorandum: "Nomination of Major
General Schuyler Bissell for the National Intelligence Distinguished Service
Medal" and from the "Point Paper on General Bissell's Impact on the
Acquistion Process," prepared by Chris S. Ferguson of AF/INEGT, on 18
February 1987. The memorandum and point paper are attached.
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