THIRD DOD WORLDWIDE INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, 25-29 OCTOBER 1965

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• Publication Date: November 9, 1965
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9 November 1965
:MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT: Third DoD Worldwide Intelligence Production
Management Conference, 25-29 October 1965
1. The subject conference, to which CIA was invited to
send an observer, was sponsored by the DIA and included repre-
sentatives from the Unified and Specified (U&S)'Commands for
the purpose of discussing the worldwide production of basic in-
telligence in the Department of Defense. Summarized below are
the highlights of the conference, but I have requested, and
believe I'll receive, verbatim texts of the papers presented
which could be made available to those interested.
2. The dominant theme of the conference, espoused by DIA,
was the necessity for sound management concepts in the production
of intelligence. It was made clear, however, that DIA cannot
itself direct the intelligence effort of the commands, that
the tasking of production must be by mutual agreement. The
worldwide coordination of DoD intelligence programs is seen as
the first step toward achieving a goal of overall Government-
wide management of intelligence production to include CIA.
a. Defense Intelligence Planning - DIA planning for
intelligence collection and production is related to
overall DoD planning, particularly the Joint Strategic
Plan of the JCS. It was frankly stated that the essence
of the plan is to try to keep the Joint Chiefs in charge
of military requirements and to assure that DoD requirements
will be part of national requirements and expressed in
military terms rather than be imposed by the DCI. In
response to some command skepticism regarding the plan's
role versus that of the DCI and USIB, DIA said that by
being first with .a plan it expects to influence any
subsequent national plan.
The framework for DIA planning is the Consolidated
Intelligence Program (CIP) which embraces all intelligence
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facets of the DoD, excluding NSA, and involves over 160
units or programs. Its principal purpose is to focus
a review of all intelligence activities and resources
and to relate this to effectiveness. Specifically cited
as included in the CIP were Collection; Processing and
Production; Mapping, Charting and Geodesy; Intelligence
Data Handling System; Counterintelligence, Research and
Development; and Departmental Intelligence Activities.
It also includes the Defense SSO System which is centrally
managed by DIA and eventually is expected to be merged
with NSA's CRITICOM. For FY 67, the total resources
included in the CIP are about 746 million dollars and
53,000 people. Planning for the CIP includes guidance
documents from DIA, internal reviews of proposed programs
and submission to OSD for approval. A key element in
the cycle is the DoD Review Group chaired by DIA and
including representatives from the Bureau of the Budget
and CIA.
b. Country Studies - A recurring point of discussion
during the conference was the production of country studies.
In its presentation on the NIS General Survey, DIA urged
that the Survey, together with the NIS Basic Intelligence
Factbook, be used by the Commands to satisfy the requirement
for country studies on their area of responsibility. Some
of the Commands, most notably SOUTHCOM (Canal Zone), were
insistent, however, that each Command be permitted to produce
its own studies to meet its special requirements as well
as for training purposes. DIA, not in a position to direct
the Commands, urged that they look to satisfaction of its
overall and detailed operational requirements in the "package
concept" -- the NIS General Survey plus supplementary studies
on Urban Areas, Transportation, etc. In response to a strong
argument from SOUTHCOM in favor of its country studies,
General Maples pointed out that an examination of one of
these studies showed that 85% of it was borrowed from the
NIS General Survey. Somewhat weakened in its resolve,
DIA then stressed that at least the Commands should not
produce country studies on areas outside of their responsibility
without first coordinating with the appropriate Command.
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c. Plans for Intelligence Production - Throughout the
Conference, a number of papers were read presenting DIA
plans for the production of a wide span of basic intelligence
with the objective of assuring Command knowledge of DIA
thinking and soliciting Command comment.
(1) Urban Area Intelligence - Urban Area Studies are
highly detailed town plans designed to meet earlier command
objections on the lack of such detail and will be prepared
under worldwide management if the Commands agree. As
a "complete saturation" study, it is consistent with
desired DIA emphasis on tactical type of intelligence.
The Commands were asked to consider how they would
feel about DIA ceasing the production of the Urban
Areas portion of the National Intelligence Survey (NIS)
on the grounds that this NIS is too "strategic oriented"
to meet the requirements of the Commands. DIA maintained
that the published NIS on this subject would provide a
sufficient base for many years and that cessation of
scheduled produc DIA to do its tactical
urban studies. (Conference Chairman 25X1
and Chief of the DJA Fro uc on Management Staff) in-
dicated that DIA did have a commitment to the NIS
Program, but was anxious to get more mileage out of
the DIA capability.
(2) Terrain Intelligence - DIA proposes "stream-
lining" the Topography Section of the NIS by eliminating
all textual material and relying more on tables and some
additional maps. This proposal will be forwarded to
the Commands for their consideration. DIA would then
produce a Standard Terrain Study to meet the current
needs of the Commands; this terrain analysis would be
broad in scope and consist of topical and evaluative
components.
(3) Medical Intelligence - DIA has stimulated the
creation of a Medical Board to iron out DoD dissatisfaction
with medical intelligence. DIA is now producing Health
and Sanitation Studies which are considered to be "strategic"
publications but operationally useful. These studies pur-
portedly are in more depth than their NIS counterpart
and include more medical intelligence and are to be
produced at the rate of two per month. The Commands
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had seen the prototype publications and believed that
they were needed and in sufficient detail for their
purposes. DIA intends to explore the possibility
of eliminating the NIS Health and Sanitation units
as "unnecessary duplication."
(4) Evasion and Escape - DIA plans to produce
36 Safe Area Descriptions, hoping that the Commands
utlimately will share the production effort. In
addition, it will do Escape and Evasion Country
Studies in response to Command identification of
over 100 countries requiring such studies. Only two.
of these annually are being produced now but DIA
will simplify the format and increase publication.
(5) Coasts and Landing Beaches - DIA was interested
in reaction of the Commands to cessation of the Amphibious
Operations Studies (AOS) in favor of an automated file
which would be more detailed than the AOS. . The Commands
generally agreed to this file _but wanted the AOS con-
tinued until automation is completed. DIA then proposed
to simplify the AOS format and eliminate existing du-
plication. The NIS unit on Coasts and Landing Beaches
was cited as geared to the high-level planner and for
which DIA would propose a revised format, reduced text,
and a print-out of automated beach table information.
(6) Meterological Intelligence - DIA is sending
a prototype of an improved"NIIS unit on-Weather and
Climate unit to the Commands for their comment. DIA
would change the outline of this NIS to avoid what it
considers excessive textual detail and reduce by half
the countries now covered. A single volume covering
several contiguous countries is contemplated and the
Upper Air would be on a hemisphere basis. DIA proposed
that the NIS unit be aimed at weather officers and be
unclassified.
(7) Port Study - Twenty-four Port Studies are to
be produced per year and the Commands may eventually
be asked to contribute their capability for their
production. They are now planned to coincide with
the NIS schedule in order to save.research effort.
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(8) Transportation - Transportation Guides, one
each on Railway, Inland Waterways and Highways are
being produced on a worldwide basis. They are to
be produced by the U&S Commands with DIA support as
.required. The Guides purportedly are for operational
utilization and, therefore, more detailed than the
corresponding NIS sections. Also, to be produced
are Lines of Communications studies which analyze
the capability of transportation facilities in a
sustained resupply situation.
(9) Telecommunications - DIA wants to prepare
publications combining the best features of the NIS
Telecommunications Section with more detailed information
for operational purposes. Three separate publications
are contemplated: A "Foreign Telecommunications
Facilities" will pick up where the NIS stops and will
not be a duplication; it would be produced by the
Commands. DIA would produce "Foreign Telecommunications
Systems" on large world areas and also two maps -- a
Global Telecommunications Map and one on Worldwide
Frequency Allocations. The Commands indicated a need
for such production but questioned whether the Commands.
have the capability to produce the volumes on Telecom-
munications Facilities.
(10) Petroleum - A joint DIA-Command effort is
contemplated to produce "Foreign Petroleum Data."
This publication would include a brief textual summary
and tables to show the supply situation and maps in-
dicating refineries, pipelines and storage facilities.
The counterpart NIS unit is regarded as "too economic
oriented" for military use. The Commands were not
enthusiastic over the proposed publication, some
believing that it could not be dynamic or current
enough and others believing that such information
could be included in the LOC studies.
(U) Army Material Production and Factories - This
publication would show production of armaments and
material and detailed data on the factories. A question
was raised as to whether this would duplicate CIA
publications but DIA stated that such production was
clearly a DIA responsibility.
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(12) Aircraft and Missiles - A publication on each
is planned which would include a summary, plant data
and statistical tables. There would be two volumes, one
on the Communist countries and one on the Free World.
(13) Foreign Milita Assistance - Requested by
'IBA, of D07 Ms pu cat on woi0d include (by donor
country) a summary of military assistance, a summary
of military personnel trained in Communist countries
and military assistance by recipient countries.
(14) Military Biographies - The Military Biographic
Plan calls for worldwide production of biographies of
military personnel and those civilians who have an
influence on military posture. DIA will prepare collection
requirements, collate the information into a worldwide
file and produce, as appropriate, reports on selected
individuals. The Commands will process the raw data and
provide DIA with finished biographic intelligence in
a standard format and create a solid data base. (The
Commands did not want to be tasked for more biographic
information than it actually needs for its operational
requirements.) In addition to the production of a
Biographic Sketch Handbook, DIA will produce a Military
Personality Register. This will be a name list which
will include selected biographic items of primary interest
for ADP retrieval use. In this connection, the Community
On-Line Intelligence System will first be tested against
Soviet military personalities.
d. Unified & Specified Command Reports -
(1) EUCOM - The relationships with NATO and the
Command's dual mission as well as the diverse missions
of the three service components were cited as unique
and having an influence on intelligence management
problems. This unified command produces very little
basic intelligence, leavin it to the component commands.
EUCOM believes DIA should (a) coordinate the intelligence
of all U&S Commands,. (b) establish uniform standards
for production disseminated outside of a command and (c)
monitor the publications. On the other hand, EUCOM
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believes it should (a) determine production requirements
and capability and produce accordingly, leaving to
DIA the tasks the Command cannot do, (b) devise a production
plan which would assign tasks and responsibilities. In
the ensuing discussion, CINCLANT also voiced an objection
to DIA assigning production tasks. There was general
agreement on the necessity for an authoritative reason
for intelligence production, whether command or DIA
produced, in the face of Bureau of Budget queries.
(2) PACOM - This Command has appointed an intelligence
production manager and organized a board of review, which
includes the components, to examine PACOM production with
a view to eliminating duplication. The NIS General Survey
and Basic Intelligence Factbook is being used as DIA
suggested and has resulted in the cancellation of four
Basic Intelligence Studies (country handbook). PACOM
did raise the question of duplication between the DIA
proposed Transportation Guides and the Lines of Communica-
tion studies of U. S. Army,,Pacific. It also cited the
possible conflict between the fixed requirements of the
Command and worldwide intelligence requirements.
(3) SOUTHCOM - The Command is active in the production
of basic intelligence and stoutly defends its product.
These include: (a) Who's Who, (b) Tacta, (c) Special
maps, (d) Post Studies, and (e) Country Studies. The
latter is produced by the components on each of the
Latin America countries within the Command's jurisdiction
and pulled together by SOUTHCOM J-2. A strong argument
was made for this one volume document over the "package"
concept proposed by DIA.
(4) STRICOM - This Command also produces a Country
Resume which it regards as tactically oriented, not
strategic as in the NIS General Survey. It defended
some duplication as warranted if the product is tailored
to command requirements and utilizes existing intelligence
production. STRICOM expressed a strong requirement for
Washington-produced strategic studies such as the NIS
unit on Health and Sanitation and recommended against
any dilution of this type of intelligence by too much
"streamlining."
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e. Multi-Sensory Imagery -
(1) In the context of a Bureau of Budget letter
regarding Photo Interpretation responsibilities in the
Intelligence Community, a study is underway on PI
inventory, resources, tasking, coordination of ADP
and duplication. DIA plans an independent report to
the Secretary of Defense as well as a joint DoD-CIA report.
In preparation for this report, a survey will be dis-
seminated to the Commands asking for a PI time study,
publication, R&D, ADP equipment and an evaluation of
strengths and weaknesses. The Commands were urged
not to view this as "just another survey", but to
give it their thoughtful attention.
(2) An Advanced Multi-Sensor School has been
established to centralize DoD training in interpretation,
laser, infra red etc. It will be located at Offutt Air
Force Base because of the presence of appropriate
supporting elements of SAC.
(3) DIA maintained that, in contrast to fast read-
out of photography at NPIC,. the DIA PI Unit works on
detailed read-out and analysis. .
f. Miscellaneous
(1) Reorganization of MACV:- Formerly, military
intelligence on South Vietnam was largely advisory, a
small staff and ineffective. An Intelligence Division has
now been created as well as an Intelligence Center with
a combined U.S.-Vietnam Staff. These people do area
analysis, OB, targetting, etc. Intelligence detachments
are now assigned to each of the South Vietnam Corps.
The full and effective capability of these detabhmehts is
expected by January or February 1966. The MACV repre-
sentative also emphasized the need for more and better
terrain analysis.
(2) Electronic Order of Battle In response to
JCS instruction, an apparently major effort is underway
to achieve a more completed and sophisticated EOB for less
money. Each Command is correlating its own data base.
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(3) A survey of DoD intelligence production indicated
three areas requiring significant improvement. Order of
Battle was regarded as not sufficiently timely but is
now being alleviated by ADP. There is a need for more
area intelligence but fulfillment of this requirement is
limited by capability. The content of counterinsurgency
studies were regarded as inadequate, but the revised
Paramilitary Studies and the revised NIS unit on Subversion
and Insurgency is expected to fill the gap.
(If) DIA plans eventually to produce a worldwide
DoD Intelligence Production Index to provide a single
reference document for military users. It will be
produced semi-annually and, unlike CIA's IPI, it will
be cumulative.
(5) STRICOM made a plea for more DoD production
of "anticipatory" intelligence on political, social and
economic matters -- "since the military has to do'the
fighting, these important facets should not be left
to CIA."
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Director of Basic Intelligence
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