WASHINGTON AREA OPERATIONS CENTER CHIEFS' CONFERENCE

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• Document Release Date: June 12, 2013
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: June 1, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
National Intelligence Council
NIC-01973-88
1 June 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
. Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Charles E. Allen
National Intelligence Officer for Warning
SUBJECT: Washington Area Operations Center Chiefs' Conference
1. Last week I hosted a 24-hour off-site conference that was attended by
almost every key manager of operations centers in the Washington area. The primary
purpose of the conference was to exchange information, to, establish procedures on
warning, and to develop fresh approaches to crisis management.
2. This was the first conference of its type to be held in several years and
brought together directors of operations and crisis management centers of the
National Security Council--including the White House Situation Room--the Depart-
ments of State, Treasury, Justice and Defense, the Joint Chiefs of 'Staff, the.military
services, the National Intelligence Emergency Support Office, the National Security
Agency and CIA.. The 28 attendees participated vigorously in both formal and informal
discussions; their written post-conference evaluations indicate a strong need to con-
tinue to meet periodically.
3. Participants commented time and again on the need to enhance information
flow among operations centers. The problem was viewed principally as a human one--
-not as a technical issue. New technologies enable daily, informal communications
among senior operations officers on duty. These officers could, for example, use the
new secure video teleconferencing system on a more regular basis if a decision were
4. Other conclusions reached at the conference were:
o There is a need for "lessons learned" sessions following each
major crisis in order to determine ways to improve Community
performance; the NIO for Warning should conduct such reviews.
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o Operations center managers should develop a program for briefing
transition teams on crisis management procedures as we move
towards a new Administration.
o We should complete work on a revised Community operations
center and warning system handbook.
o We should continue to work jointly on ways to use new technolo-
gies to move data more rapidly and efficiently.
5. I have agreed to host another off-site conference in the fall, working with
the operations center chiefs to set the agenda. I attached for your review the agenda
from last week's conference and a list of participants.
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Attachment:
Conference Agenda
Participants
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WASHINGTON AREA OPERATIONS CENTER CHIEFS'
Thursday, 26 May 1988
- Plane Departs Washington
- Arrive
- Check-in, Badging and Security Briefing
1630-1700
- Social and Dinner
1700-1900
- Introductory Session
1900-2000
"The Nature of Warning"
National Warni-n
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Office of the National Intelligence Officer for Warning
"Timely Intelligence to Support the Policymaker"
Mr. Fritz W. Ermarth
Chairman
National Intelligence Council
Former Senior Director for Soviet Affairs
National Security Council Staff
Friday, 27 May 1988
- Breakfast
- Intelligence Reporting and Requirements
"Uses of Intelligence during Crises"
Mr. Joseph E. Lake
Director, Operations Center
Department of State
"Warning of Strategic Attack on the United States"
Mr. Charles E. Allen
National Intelligence Officer for Warning
National Intelligence Council
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- Intelligence Processes & Information Flow
"New Ways of Doing Business"
Director, Operations Center
Central. Intelligence Agency
.Chairman, DCI Information Handling Committee
Intelligence Community Staff
"Update of CRITIC Operating Procedures"
Chief, NSOC Automation and Communications Division
National Security Agency
- Wrap-up Session
Mr. Charles E. Allen
National Intelligence Officer for Warning
- Lunch
- Depart
- Arrive Washington
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WASHINGTON AREA OPERATIONS CENTER CHIEFS'
CONFERENCE
26-27 May 1988
PARTICIPANTS
Michael B. Donley
Senior Director, White House Situation Support Staff
National Security Council Staff
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
Paul J. Lebras
Director, White House Situation Room
National Security Council Staff
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
COL Peter F. Verga, USA
Chief of Operations
White House Military Office
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
Richard A. Clarke
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Analysis
Department of State
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
Joseph E. Lake
Director, Operations Center
Department of State
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
V. James Fazio
Director, Office of Intelligence Support
Department of State
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone].
Randall M. Fort
Special Assistant to the Secretary for National Security
Department of the Treasury
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
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Jerry Rubino
Director, Security and Emergency Planning Staff
Department of Justice
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
Shirley F. Axtell
Director, OSD Crisis Coordination Center
Department of Defense
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
Lt. Col. Kenneth E. Baker, USAF
Assistant Director for Mobilization Plans
Department of Defense
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone:
LTC Lawrence H. Prather, USA
Chief, Operations Support Branch
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
COL Paul H. Gillespie, Jr., USA
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence
United States Army
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
Thomas H. Handel
Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence for Technology
United States Navy
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
Col. John P. Casciano, USAF
Director, Warning and Regional Assessments
United States Air Force
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
John J. Guenther
Special Assistant to Director of Marine Corps Intelligence
United States Marine Corps
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
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John L. Seliskar
Chief, NMCC and ANMCC Engineering Division
Defense Communications Agency
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
Chairman, DCI Information Handling Committee
DCI Intelligence Community Staff
Fritz W. Ermarth Chairman
National Intelligence Council
Charles E. Allen
National Intelligence Officer for Warning
National Intelligence Council
Assistant National Intelligence Officer for Warning
National Intelligence Council
Analyst, Office of the National Intelligence Officer for Warning
National Intelligence Council
Senior Analyst
National Warning Staff
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Frank L. Reynolds
Director, Office of Current Production and Analytical Support
Central Intelligence Agency
Chief, Operations Center
Central Intelligence Agency
Director, DO Operations Center
Central Intelligence Agency
Col. Warren A. Uthe, USAF
Vice Deputy Director for JCS Support
Defense intelligence Agency
Secure Phone:
Commercial Phone: [phone]
Chief, National SIGINT Operations Center
National Security Agency
National Security Agency
Chief, NSOC Operations and Reporting Staff
National Security Agency
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Washington Area Operations` Center Chiefs' Conference STAT
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