DRAFT OUTLINE FOR A NATIONAL ELINT PLAN

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 13, 1998
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• Publication Date: February 19, 1963
• Content Type: OUTLINE

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DRAFT OUTLINE FOR A NAT-TONAL FLINT PLPJ
I. REFERENCES:
A. National Security Council Intelligence Directive No. 6,
(NSCD- ) Communications Intelligence. and Electronics Intelligence,"
dated 15 September 1958.
D. Depa ,went of Defense Directive No. S-3115.2, "Electronics
Intelligence (ELINT)," dated 19 March 1959.
C. Department pf Defense Directive No. 5105.21, "Defense
Intelligence 4gency," dated 1 August 1961.
D. Department of Defense Directive No. 5105.28, "Defense
Intelligence Agency (Technical Intelligence)," dated 1 December 1962.
E. Report to the Secretary of Defense on ELINT Resources, dated
1 October.1961.
F. Report to the Secretary of Defense, ELINT Study - RDT&E
Supplement, dated 9 November 1961.
G. JCSM-117-60, Subject: ELINT Activities Conducted by the
Commanders of Unified and Specified Commands (U), dated 11 April 1960.
H. SECDEF Memorandum to the Chairman, JCS, Subject: ELINT
Activities Conducted by the Commanders of Unified and Specified
Commands (U), dated 1 July 1960.
I. JCSM-652-60, Subject: ELINT Activities Conducted by the
Commanders of Unified and.Specified Commands (U), dated 7 July 1960.
J. SECDEF Memorandum to the Director, NSA, Subject:. ELINT
Study, dated 30 October 1961.
K. SECDEF Memorandum to the Chairman, JCS, Subject: National
Security Agency Study of Electronics Intelligence, dated 30 October
1961.
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'II. GENERAL:
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A. Purpose. This plan is designed to integrate in one document
the resources in being or programmed to satisfy all U. S. requirements
for FLINT information and to provide mechanisms for effective planning,
managment, operation and utilization of all U. S. FLINT resources.
B. Sco e. This plan is national in scope and describes initially,
the interrelationships between all U. S. ELINT activities during cold
or limited was situation.. It encompasses all U. S. FLINT resources --
ground, sea, or overhead platforms, present and proposed (including
RDT&E), and FLINT resources of foreign countries: with whom.ELINT arrange-
ments have been made. It covers, in detailed form,, programs*for the
next year, outlines planning for the following four years and includes
trends pertinent beyond the five year time frame.
C. Definitions. This section will include definitions of appropriate
terminology used throughout the plan.
III. MISSIONS AND OBJECTIVES:
A. General.. This plan-recognizes two mission, each having its
own objectives. One has been designated as the Xa'tional mission and is
intended to provide that FLINT information needed'to satisfy the intel-
ligence requirements of'those civilian and military echelons of the
Government that are concerned with the'overall considerations of~the
National Pasture and the National Defense. The other, referred.to as
the direct-support:mission,,provides EL1NT information to the commander
in the field in direct support, of his assigned mission. These missions
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are interdependent and in many cases engage identical targets. The
principal distinction between the two lies in essential:. differences
inherent in the ultimate consumer requirements. On this ground,
they are treated separately below.
National Objectives.
1. To date national ELINT objectives have tended. to be
primarily a synthesis and reaffirmation of objectives- generated in
the lower echelons --`ydepartmental, agency, and command. Within the
past few years USIB has developed these national ELINT objectives as
a useful method'of converting, from the general national intelligence
objectives to national ELINT requirements. As the full poteritial of
ELINT is achieved, there will undoubtedly develop a greater body of
distinctly, national.ELINT objectives which should bring added scope
and better-balance to the program.
2. At the national/interdepartmental level current and .-6
foreseeable objectives are designed:
To produce
early warning and indications of hostile
foreign actions.
b. To prevent technological surprise.,
c. To support strategic plans, estimates and.studies.
d. To assist in the determination of Soviet Bloc technical
capabilities of national security interest, including
(1) Major Communist ELINT and Electronic Warfare
developments
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(3) Long range scientific and technical trends.,
C. Direct Support Missions and Objectives.
1. Direct Support - To provide to the Unified and Specified
Commanders and such other commands or agencies as may be determined by
the Secretary of,.Defense an `LINT capability sufficient to 'provide them
and their subordinate commands with direct ELINT support. Such provision
of resources in support of..the command mission may be'accomplished either
by direct assignment of resources or by tasking appropriate resources with
a direct support mission. In either case, the resources so allocated
remain under the operational control of the supported command or agency
until properly relieved by competent authority.
2.' Effective accomplishment of the direct support mission
requires satisfaction of the following objectives:
a. The organization, manning and equipping-of ELINT units
appropriate for the tasks of collection,, analysis and production of ELINT
information and suited to the environment in which the direct support
mission must be accomplished.
b. The provision to commanders who have been allocated
ELINT resources of adequate staff support to advise them on the employ-
ment of ELINT resources and the interpretation of FLINT information.
c. The provision for appropriate response within available.
resources to national intelligence requirements as received through
command channels.
d. The provision for the research, development, test,
evaluation, procurement and issue of ELINT equipment designed to
accomplish the direct support mission.
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e. The optimum employment of FLINT resources in a
direct support role by (a) promulgating approved doctrine, tactics
and techniques; (b) adopting standard procedures and formats for
the collection, analysis and reporting of FLINT information; and
(c) instituting service training programs appropriate to the
service requirements for FLINT direct support.
IV. OPERATIONS:
A. Statement of Responsibilities. This paragraph will outline
the basic responsibilities'of USIB, SECDEF, JCS, (S)NRO, DIA, NSA,
CIA,Specified and Unified Commands, Military Departments and the
Service Cryptologic Agencies as related to the national and direct
support ELINT missions described in section III. Instructions
which may be common to two or more Departments, Agencies, or Commands
will be included here.
B. Status of Operations: This paragraph will describe how
the objectives of section III are met. It will also include a brief
discussion of how RDT&E, Training, and technical standards. fit into
the overall operational concept.
V. RESOURCES AND REQUIREMENTS:
A. Resources. This section will include a complete listing of
all units with an ELINT collection or processing, capability, and will
include a concise statement of their ELINT capability.
B. Requirements. This section will clarify and specify current
requirements for ELINT information and data, and extend these require-
ments to cover not less than the five-year period of the plan in order
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to provide a sound basis for collection, processing and research
and development planning. It will also contain a description and
a discussion of the nature of ELINT collection requirements,
including the methods of registry, validation, operational
justification, and dissemination of information gained.
C. Evaluation. This paragraph provides a primary basis for
future programming actions. It will compare the above requirements
and the current and programmed assets of the US in order to de-
termine how well we can collect, process and report the ELINT
results tp?the consumer (whether for intelligence, R&D or other
purpose).. Based upon this evaluation, which should identify gaps,
over and under concentrations of effort, duplication, etc., future
objectives will be established which will relate to shifts in,
emphasis in targeting, collecting. or processing; changes in
collection or processing' techniques; and requirements for new
or more refined capabilities. The evaluation section should also
provide means for periodically assessing the value of ELINT products
to consumers.
VI. COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT:
Based on foregoing information on responsibilities; operations,
resources, requirements, and evaluation, this section will describe
and, as necessary, analyse the principal mechanisms and procedures
for the coordination and management at the various levels and from
both a technical and substantive viewpoint.
A more comprehensive outline of this part of the study will be
developed and distributed later.
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