LETTER TO DINO FROM JOHN F. BLAKE

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
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• Publication Date: December 12, 1977
• Content Type: LETTER

The Deputy Dueller
Central intelligence icy
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Dear Dino,
Thank you very much for your fine
memorandum for the record on your recent
stellar performance in Jefferson City,
Missouri. I have furnished copies of
your memo both to the Office of Training
as well as to the Assistant to the DCI
for Public Affairs so they may give some
consideration to your suggestions.
John F. Blake
:Acting Deputy Director
ADDCI:JFBlake:kmg (12 Dec 77)
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Presentation to Missouri Limestone Producers Association and
to Jefferson City, Mo High School Students
Background: On October 7, 1977, Mr. N. A. McDonald, Executive Manager,
Missouri Limestone Producers Association, requested permission from the
DCI for me to speak to their 33rd Annual Meeting on December 1, 1977 at
Osage Beach, Mo., and to Jefferson City, Mo. high school students on
December 2. Mr. Blake approved the request.
Presentations:
1 - At 3 p.m., December 1, at the Tan-Tar-A resort at Osage Beach,
Missouri, I addressed about 400 members of the Missouri Limestone
Producers Association on "The Evolution of Aerial Photography
with Special Emphasis on the Cuban Missile Crisis."
2 - On December 2, at 8:30 a.m., I gave'the same presentation to
about 400 senior and junior students at the Helias High School
in Jefferson City, Mo.
3 - At 2:30 p.m., on December 2, I addressed a special assembly of
about 500 history and international relation students at the
Jefferson City High School.
Press, Public and Media Reactions:
1 - On December 1, my host, Mr. Adolph Adrian of the Missouri
Limestone Producers Association, said that the publisher of
the Jefferson City News Tribune, Mr. Robert D. Blosser, wanted
to meet me and that he was assigning one of his best reporters,
Mr. Bob Baysinger, to do an article on my presentation. I met
with both these gentlemen, and later with Mr. Baysinger, for
about an hour. Mr. Baysinger was invited to my presentation
at Osage Beach. He accepted and took copious notes. The
resulting favorable article in the News Tribune is Attachment 1.
2 - My address was accorded much advance publicity by the Missouri
Limestone Producers Association, emphasizing that it was
"a first." (See Attachments 2 and 3) The reception I received
can only be described as very salutary toward the Agency. As
I unveiled. the history of aerial reconnaissance, there was a
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rapt attention that I've seldom encountered. The presentation
lasted for 1 1/2 hours and an additional 30 minutes was allotted
for questions. After the address, at least 200 members came
forward and complimented me. There was a strong consensus that
the Agency should offer more of this type of presentation and a
number of admonitions that "You people should be allowed to tell
your side of the story just as you have here." Several members
said they were going to write personal letters asking that the
Directorship of the Missouri Limestone Producers Association
thank the DCI for making the presentation available. Although
there were questions about satellite photography which I evaded,
there were no hostile questions or any attempt to embarrass me.
I met with the Principal, Mr. James ,Rachers, Brother Roland
Pepperling and Sister Mary Ann Fisher, both before and after
my presentation at Helias High School. Again, there was rapt
attention as I showed movies of the U-2 and unfolded the story
of the Cuban Missile Crisis with vugraphs. The question and
answer periods extended beyond the allocated 1-hour class
period, and I was given a standing ovation at the conclusion.
At lunch, Sister Mary Ann said that she might conduct a little
experiment with her history students to see if my presentation
had changed any opinions about the CIA.
While I was-addressing the Helias students, a TV crew from
station KRCG was filming the presentation and, afterward, I was
interviewed by Mr. Charles "Chuck" Teegarden, the leading
newscaster for the station. That evening an approximate 10-
minute news segment, which was favorable to the Agency and
followed the general tenor of the newspaper article, was
telecast. The TV segment was particularly effective in that it
captured the gist of my presentation, the photography itself,
and the immediate effect on the audience.
Mr. Marion Fleming, the principal, along with all the
history and international affairs teachers and their classes
(approximately 500 people) attended the presentation at
Jefferson City High School. Again, there was rapt attention
and great interest in the presentation. One of the teachers
who had been a photo interpreter for the U.S. Army in Vietnam,
said that he had often tried to explain to his students how
photo interpretation was performed and that my address had
given a new dimension to the students' perception. I understand
that there will be a feature article in the high school newspaper
on my presentation.
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I later learned that there was a student reporter from
the University of Missouri School of Journalism in the
Jefferson City High School audience. This might result in
an article in a University publication.
Conclusion and Recommendations:
There is an almost unique fascination with.aerial photography,
particularly among those who have not been exposed to it before, which is
not being exploited sufficiently by the Agency. The public marvels at the
almost limitless wealth of information that can be derived from the photog-
raphy in almost any discipline or subject. Their interest is easily stim-
ulated when their innate intelligence is piqued, and because they can
relate. Both young and old are intrigued. The high school and college
students have a particular interest in its scientific applications while
the older people have an insatiable historical interest. The general
public is impressed by the technical aspects of photo acquisition and
exploitation, as opposed to the traditional espionage or "dirty tricks"
image of human intelligence collection. One student said that photo
interpretation to him was "clean."
The signal fact evident in all of these presentations is that there
is a widespread demand for more. It is also plainly evident that the
Agency could do much more in fostering a better public image through these
presentations. There obviously is a large segment of the American public
that supports the Agency and is very receptive to this type of "inside"
information about the Agency and how it functions.
I recommend that the Agency consider establishing a regular program
for this type of presentation and that it possibly be expanded to include
other topics or functions which could be declassified and made public.
DINO A. BRUGIONI
Chief, Warsaw Pact Forces Division
IEG/NPIC
Attachments:
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cities at relatively ldw-altitudes in wartime, the CIA
needed a plane that could fly extremely high for long
periods (up to 12 hours) over the Soviet Union.- The
film created ar problem,' too, because the celluloid
backing on the film would freeze and crack at higher.
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`70,000feet for10to12hours' Brugioni impressed students with 'an example of
ho ' -much he could, learn about Jefferson City and
Central Missouri by flying at an:altitude of 14 miles
He said a U-2 flight from Washington. D.-C. to
Phoenix, Ariz., would photograph. everything in a 300-
mile-wide swath'.. through;. Missouri' from north of
-Macon southward to Springfield. Brugioni said he]
:could look at the photo 4ind identify every object on'the
ground that was, atIeast three feet wide. . =~
It would be easy,-he said, to_tell`that Jefferson
City .
was an administrative center. because'of the Capitol
.and office buildings..; x f,. ;1, .w, .
But he could also icIt out the factories by following
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