INTERIM RESPONSE - 984/8211/01

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00788R001600200001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2000/08/08 :
SUBJECT: Interim Response (U)
984/821 I /o1
The information provided as an enclosure to this report was obtained
in direct response to a collection requirement provided by your office.
The information is from an unconfirmed source,; therefore, caution is
warranted in its use. The material which you will now review has been
acquired from a totally new and potentially valuable source of intelligence.
Work is currently being conducted to establish ways .by which to improve
the accuracy and reliability of the data. Your attention to a preliminary
evaluation,-and later a final evaluation, will be the basis for our
assessment of this new collection technique. In addition, your comments
provide impetus upon which approach modification can be predicated for data
collection against the same or any additional targets for which you may
have an interest. The effort you expend will. greatly'assist us and will
ultimately result in your receiving more information of increasing accuracy
and reliability. While formulating your judgements concerning the
information provided, the following comments concerning this new source of
intelligence may be helpful. Foremost, the information is likely to consist
of a mixture of both correct and incorrect elements. Specifically:
The descriptive elements are generally of a higher reliability than
judgements or labels as to what is being described by the source (a
recreational swimming pool may be mistaken for a water purification pool,
or an aircraft hull may be mistaken for a submarine hull, etc.) Therefore,
seemingly appropriate descriptive elements should not be rejected because
they have been mislabeled.
The data will often contain gaps (in a three building complex for
example, only two buildings may be described, or an airfield may be added
which is not there.) Such gaps or additions should not be taken to mean
that the rest of the information provided is necessarily inaccurate.
Some of the data provided may be abstract with no apparent impottance
concerning the target. However, when considered in light of additional
information provided or obtained at a later date, may then be considered
of high intelligence value. (i.e., lack of personnel within a 24 hour
operations area on a given time and date, which is later confirmed to
coincide with a fire evacuation demonstration.)
Therefore, a recommended approach is to first examine the information
provided and to answer the questions as best you can (hence this interim
response), in order to provide us with sufficient feedback to continue our
support with the best methods possible. Later, when the project has been
terminated against that specific target, our office will provide you with.a
more detailed format wherein a full evaluation of all the information provided
can be accomplished.
If you have any questions regarding the data you have received, or its
interim evaluation, please contact this office any time.
SECRET
CLASSIFIED BY: MSG, HQDA (DAMI-I$H)
REVIEW ON: DTG: 05163OZ JUL 78
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NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS
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Boxes are provided to th6 right of each question. Only one box should be
checked for each question asked. If you have any _comments which you would
like to make emphasizing the accuracy of the information or with reference
to any information not generally covered in this format, please write them
on the reverse of this oac~e or attach an additional page.
Response--to Tasking
Does information provided satisfy
your. intelligence collection require-
ment?
Accuracy
Geographical location (terrain, water,
river, etc.)
Large scale man-made objects (docks,
'silos, buildings, etc.)
,Small scale man-made objects (tanks,
computers, antennas, etc.)
Target ambience.(research, production,
administration, troop movement, etc.)
Activity (nuclear testing, CBR, SIGINT
monitoring, etc.)
Personality (Physical, plans, actions,
traits, etc.)
Utillix
Please check which best describes the
utility of the information provided (in
view of what is known at this time, un-
derstanding that additional information
could raise or lower such an interim ass-
essment at a later date)
Res,onses*
*YES indicates a full agreement with what is known to be fact about the
target. NO - indicates a total lack of agreement with what is known to be
fact about the target.
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Additional tasking
.Is additional tasking required?
(If yes, please write what that tasking
is on the back of the form)
Did the attached information add to
information derived from other intell-
igence sources?
Did the attached information aid in tasking
other intelligence resources by providing
targeting information?
(Printed). NAME, GRADE
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(Printed) TITLE, or OFFICE
Reference: Response to Tasking: The reason that IN PART was checked is
because we have not fully exploited that
target.
Additional Tasking: Your office has/will have the additional
tasking.
Additional comments: According to the two scientist that have seen/evaluated
the reports, the information maybe new to the intelligence
and R & D Community. Evaluation is continuing.
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