COMMENTS ON WATCH COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES BY DIA

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• Publication Date: December 14, 1964
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14 December 1964
DD/S&T #3451-64
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Bross, D/DCI/NIPE
SUBJECT: Comments on Watch Committee
Activities by DIA
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1. DIA with its widespread indications organization
performs a rapid and efficient screening operation. The
communications setup associated with this organization makes
for very rapid dissemination of potential indications in-
formation to and within Washington.
2. The liaison within DIA between their Indications
Center and their Intelligence Support organization (ISIC)
perhaps could be further improved as the analytical judgments
expressed at the Watch Committee table at times vary from
those concurrently carried in their daily Intelligence Summary.
This is not a serious matter.
3. DIA appears to have its greatest competence in
analyzing activities of a military nature. The analytic
capability of the organization is adversely affected, however,
by the inherent nature of the organization--the steady rota-
tion of military people causing breaks in continuity on
complex problems.
4. DIA's general posture on a twenty-four hour basis in
Watch matters is energetic, consistent, and discharged on
the highest priority basis.
Chairman, Watch Committee
cc: Mr. Kirkpatrick
DIA has no objection to declassification and release.
DIA review(s) completed.
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JOINT ATOMIC ENERGY INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
14 DEC 1964
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy to the DCI for National
Intelligence Programs Evaluation
SUBJECT: Evaluation of the Defense Intelligence Agency
REFERENCES: a) DCI Action Memorandum A-437, dated
30 November 1964
b) DD/S&T 3143-64, dated 10 December 1964
1. With the formation of the Defense Intelligence
Agency, the quality and quantity of intelligence in the
atomic energy field. produced within the services dropped
perceptibly. Although production has recently shown some
improvement, the JA:EIC member still appears to be severely
hampered by the organizational structure within DIA.
2. The nuclear energy effort within DIA is divided
into several elements. There are approximately ten
professionals in the Production Center and six in the
Directorate for Science and Technology, of which two are
assigned to JAEIC. Although the latter two are within
S&T, they are organizationally and physically separated from
the other two elements. This separation of effort and
analyst files has hampered the DIA-JAEIC member in his
in-depth analysis of JAEIC problems. Up to the present
time, the DIA support to JAEIC can be summed up as cooperative
(as opposed in any sense to being antagonistic) but minimal
in actual quality and quantity.
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