INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE ORGANIZATION'S (SDIO) INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 7, 2010
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: April 18, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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Intelligence Community Staff
Washington, D.C. 20505
DCI/ICS 86-4292
18 April 1986
SUl3Uf;CT: Intelligence Community Response to Strategic
Defense Initiative Organization's (SDIO)
Intelligence Requirements
1. The scope of the Strategic Defense Initiative has placed large demands
upon the entire Intelligence Community. At the DCI's request, after last
summer's off-site conference, I asked LtGen Abrahamson to provide us with a
prioritized list of SDIO's intelligence requirements so that the Intelligence
Community can adequately respond to the requirements in a balanced fashion. I
nave just received the formally submitted SDIO intelligence requirements from
LtGen Abrahamson and I am forwarding a copy to you. While many similar
SDI-related intelligence requirements have been levied upon us, the SDIO
document provides the total scope of requirements as well as additional detail
or emphasis, priorities of the various topics from the SDIO perspective, and
suggests a number of new topics.
2. On behalf of the DCI, I am requesting that you review the adequacy of
our capabilities to detect, analyze, and forecast Soviet actions and
developments as they relate to the US SDI. Please review our capabilities to
respond to the SDIO intelligence needs, identify collection and/or production
gaps, identify issues that should be addressed at the senior level, and
suggest improvements from your particular perspective. We are addressing this
request simultaneously to the principal production components (CIA, DIA,
etc.), the DCI Production and Collection Committees, and other committees and
components that we believe are impacted by SDI intelligence requirements. We
recognize that this approach will lead to some duplication, but we want to
ensure the broadest possible Community response. Please organize your reply
in accordance with the format outlined in the attachment.
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SUBJECT: Intelligence Community Response to Strategic Defense
Initiative Organization's (SDIO) Intelligence Requirements
3. Your response should be forwarded to the Intelligence Community's
Planning and Policy Staff o later than 15 May 1986. Your
replies will be consolidated by the Planning and Policy Staff and substantive
findings documented and briefed to your organizations for review and comment.
me results will be presented to the NFIB and the DCI for their consideration
and guidance. Based on the DCI's guidance, we will provide feedback to the
SDIO on the degree to which we can satisfy their requirements and the existing
shortfalls. We should then explore approaches aimed at addressing the
shortfalls which would be of mutual benefit for the SDIO and the Intelligence
Community. Please name a point of contact within your organization to
establish a quick line of communication to facilitate the completion of this
action. If you have any questions concerning this request, contact
m action officer for this effort. He can be reached on
Vice Admira , USN
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SUBJECT: Intelligence Community Response to Strategic Defense
Initiative Organization's (SOIO) Intelligence Requirements
Distribution:
IC Principal Components
I - Exec. Dir., CIA
1 - D/DIA (LtBen Leonard erroo s
1 - NSA (LTG William E. Odom, USA)
- ACSI, Dept. of the Army (LTG Sidney T. Weinstein, USA)
1 - D/Naval Intelligence (RADM William 0. Studeman, USN)
1 - ACSI, Dept. of the Air Force (MajGen Schuyler Bissell, USAF)
1 - U/Intelligence, USMC (BUen Frank J. Bretn, USMC)
- State/INR (Richard Curl)
- U/DoE (Mr. Charles Boykin)
I - D/FBI (William H. Webster)
DCI Collection and Production Committees
1 - Chmn/COMIREX
1 - Chmn/HUMINT
1 - Chmn/SIGINT
- Cmmn/MASI NT
I - Chmn/EIC
1 - Cmmn/DOAC
1 - Chinn/JAEIC
1 - Cmmn/STIC
1 - Cmmn/TTIC
1 - Chmn/WSS1L\
Other SDIO Impacted Organizations
1 - Chmn/FIPC
1 - Chmn/IPC (John Helgerson)
1 - NIO/SaT (Julian Nall)
1 - NIO/SP (Larry Gershwin)
1 - DIA/SP
1 - DIA/DT
1 - DIA/VP
1 - DIA/DC
1 - DIA/DC
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1 - NIO/USSR-EE
1 - CIA/ACI
1 - CIA/OSWR
1 - CIA/DDI Robert M. Ua es
I - CIA/DDI/CRES
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Intelligence Review of SDIO's Intelligence Requirements
While many intelligence requirements relating to the SDI have been levied
upon us, the submitted SDIO document provides the total scope of requirements
as well as additional illustrations or emphasis, adds a number of topics, and
prioritizes the various topics defined by the latest version of the US Foreign
Intelligence Requirements Categories and Priorities (US FIRCAP) from the SDIO
perspective. This document will form the foundation from which more detailed
SDIO requirement statements will be developed over the next year. Your
top-level review should be performed now comparing the SDIO requirements as
they have been submitted with the Intelligence Community's existing
capabilities to meet them. Some of the submitted SDIO requirements may differ
in perspective from those that are documented in detail by other intelligence
consumers. For example, while intelligence products are urgently needed by
the SDIO to influence many research decisions and directions taken between the
present and the early 1990s, they need the best estimates of Soviet force
capabilities and performance characteristics primarily for the time frame of
possible US SDI deployment (early 1990s through 2000). These requirements
emphasize the need for collection of Soviet R&D and early field testing,
multidisciplined analysis and projection of probabilistic estimates (as
opposed to point estimates) on future Soviet forces. The variety of desired
intelligence products (discussed on page 2 of the SDIO document) and desire
for lowest possible classification may also differ from other consumer needs.
Please sort your responses into the following four classes and designate
to what degree the requirements can be satisfied within each class:
a. Meeting requirement. Resources (collection, analytical, etc.)
currently exist and are adequately allocated to address requirement.
b. Potential to meet requirement within a year or two. Could
allocate or redirect programmed resources if necessary to address
requirement in the near term. Indicate modifications needed to more
fully satisfy requirement.
c. Potential to meet requirement in a few years. New or modified
collection systems, analytical techniques, etc., could be acquired
within several years using existing technologies to address
requirement. This may require redirecting programmed resources.
Indicate modifications needed to more fully satisfy requirement.
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d. Cannot meet requirement. New collection and/or production
techniques need to be developed and/or additional resources are
required.
Your reply should address at least the subcategory level of detail as defined
in the US FIRCAP (for example: category: 3.0 Military; subcategory 3.3
Offensive Forces) but can go into the more detailed topics if necessary. Your
reply should also address the five key topics highlighted by LtGen Abrahamson
in his cover memorandum. The SDIO document has identified eight
subcategories. F-~
FORMAT:
1. Each addressee should sort requirements into four classes (as defined
above) and provide results. Discuss significant findings from your
particular viewpoint.
2. Each principal component should review and evaluate existing special
groups or arrangements that have been established to provide
intelligence liaison and support to the SDIO. Discuss shortfalls, if
any.
3 Each production committee, NIO and DIO should provide a list of
publications, documents, estimates or other reports and key briefings
that have been issued on the SDI subject, and another list of planned
research topics. Discuss shortfalls, if any.
4. Each collection committee should review its collection activities and
provide a list of generic target types against which collection is,
can be, or cannot be performed. Discuss shortfalls, if any.
5. Each addressee should identify currently planned activities that are
aimed at satisfying SDIO intelligence requirements.
6. If appropriate, identify issues that should be brought to the
attention of the NFIB. (For example: SDIO is planning to collect
optical signature data on Soviet systems. Some of their programmed
efforts have not yet involved the Intelligence Community. What is
the best way to ensure that the Intelligence Community is involved in
collection and protection of data on Soviet systems?)
7. If appropriate, similarly suggest improvements in procedures,
methods, or techniques that could result in greater requirement
satisfaction. (For example: Many individual organizations have
analytical shops that specialize in specific disciplines. Can we
sharpen our focus on multidisciplined analysis efforts?)
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