THE NATIONAL SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

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This office is charged with preparing comments on Recommendation #4
of the attached PFIAB paper.
Views of the DDP are attached. It would be appreciated if the views
of your office could be obtained by 3 March 1964.
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Tin WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 7, 1964
idthiORANDUid FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
THE CHAIRNIA14. UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE
HOARD
SUBJECT: The National Signals Intelligence Program
The osolosed memorandum on the oubject, dated January 30.
1944, was insannitted by the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board following its coneideration of a detailed shady made by the
Board's Signals Intelligence Panel. The Hoard's memorandum
Includes five recommendations for action to supplement its previous
proposals. which were approved by President Kennedy. for strengthen-
ing the national capability for the collection and processing of aignals
Intelligence under leadership supplied by the Department of Defense
throssk the National Security Agency.
? The President has deferred further actioei on the flowfd's
current reconimendations pending the receipt of views and
Comments of the departments and agencies primarily concerned.
Accordingly.. It is requested that views and comments on the enclosed
vecommeadations be submitted to this office Ann to the Presid-snt's
inorti? as follows:
a. A report by the Secretary of Defense concerning
Seconunendations z. 3 and 5; and
b. A joint report by the Secretary of Defense and the
Cbairnian. United States Intelligence Board. concerning
It000mmunendations 1 and 4 fit being noted that be.. recommendations
oisconspass subject matters extending to areas of interest on the
port of the intelligence community at largo).
It would be appreciated. if you would forward the reports
is Ibis office and, to the President's Board by March IS, 1944.
NSC & OSD review(s) completed.
McGeorge Sandy
Enclosure (SC-1414)1/44)
ins!I.' . t C.a.: its
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Jasseary 30, 1944
IAZIIORAPIDUld
en the
NATIONAL SIGNALS INTICLLI01E3(CE PROGRAM
la our report of lone 26. 1962. tha Board made specific
recommendations with a view to strengthening our national capability
ter the sollectiss and processing of vital signals intelligeace which
Is obtainable Womb intercepts of: (1) electronic commuaicatious
and associated smasaadeaa (Communications Intelligence -- COMM).
and (2) electrode signals characteristic of such intelligence targets as
!radars. deisasiver and offensive weppects. and space vehicle telemetry
(1B1ostrontoto Intellisence 'CLINT).
Tb. loardis recimamendatioas wore, made ii .recognition of certain
fasters which Is oar jodgment warrant coatinsing priority attention: ?
(I) tine anountleg vele of Signals listelligence (SWINT) * estination of
onmplan Laterearional security intentions and maneuvers; (2) the corres-
ponding insrease in sine, cost, and difficulty of global sad eves space-
bars:" signals latelligence collection and analysis, and the accompanying
deausirds as all national resources, particularly those of the Department
at Itatensisi(3) the correspondingly high selectivity which &oast be
smorsisod in ardor to economise on cost sad use of scarce technical
biles* (4)Ailne oppertanities for orgaaisational irdpir0141111k4tattia the
Nakies***cavity Agency (NSA) which mast be the centralised sad prime
*soros ter tine capabilities noted &bowel and (5) tbo unprecodoutrd dernssidr
tsr ioodittt and wisdom within the latelligessee community in prescribing
priori* iatelligeace objectives which can Olen be talfilled.only by signals
Istollionmoo elements *prating la land, sea, atmosphere end space
asitrasassata.
apatiesally, die iloard has roconnteaded and President Kennedy
, Appowed followiag actions to bo takes *ado* the auspices of the
lieseelairy
of Dotsaisi (1) tintiestabliskaseal et strong control sad
Vaieds000sa by NIA its vast signals iatelligoace resoaroosi (2)
ei strong leadership .widnia NSA la nsestiag national Wei-
bitlioww roysirennealls rising beyond partionlar inilitary needs and responst-
feaks: (3) the 111111104VVIM41111 by NSA of all typos of sigaale iatelligeace
dstis sad pr000ssiag as long-tuts principle, and the exercise of
? imperviaiss, i smelt a naasser that aati4nal anode will but be served
2i ._t umilase capeskin of effort sad costsi (4) tine Mreill, by the Delartannot
of arloase ad more ostensive issioribip of NM activities sow that an
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Aosistaat fieoretary of Defense has bran doeigaated for this purptoei
(S) Mho oesspleties of loag-poadlos efforts to fersaulate a aadonal
Sarotrosies latelligoace (LUNT) pl&a for improved collection rad pre*
amts4 of electrodes latelligences and (4) a refisemeat by the V. I.
bthellistare ileard of its iseueice of intelligoace plaids' which Iona
the basis for sperifie aloud' iatelligeare aellesties tasks.
We osasider that those eirjectives remain vii114. sad that their
oressaplishmesat will esolinue to serve OW madams' security istoresta.
We note with approval certain efforts which have been perm& withia .
tho Drparttorat of Defense sod She National Security Ageacy is response
to Sho reesaimendatioas whithisave been made. We sots that Skews
? efforts have fee the .most part se far taken two forms;
(1) rut device of the Consolidated Cryptolegic Prevent (CCP)
vaikbar is proposed by ths IXrector of ISA as a teaaslation of U.S.
? liaMICS Sierd regairements into specific intercept and proceseing tasks
ID-be performed by NSA sad the Military Services. subject to inter-
asoney reviser and the .approval of the Secretary of Defense. This IllOvi,40
Seillien* illustrates compactly the contiaairg &facility of assuries optimtun
smapst in the expensive operation based ea intercepts of signals. when the
soparate Berries Cryptologie Agencies function in at Toledso to the
111111.61111.1 missies of the NSA and to the coastantly shifting field interests
of She &swims Commanders. Accordiagly. we Akan cat later on
saelhode a technical study that could load to greater *peed and economy
La Note diverse cryptelogio prevent; -
(2) Mona now rounding eat their .third year to formulate a
nation' 121.111T plan which weald inhabit engage all the asthma' capabilities
foe electrodes latelligence. in assignmeate yieldiag thrifty sad timely
Informaties ma rockets, missiles, space vehicles. radios. 14,19,11PI air
aetheity sad related ass-verbtl sigaalliag. Hors. we are dreply esherrerd
by progressive delays in the itapleraratatioa of mach a pit" and urge
Sot beramiliale adeptioa be directed of operatiosal insprovements derived
hem the slaty up to sow. Itasedificatless. forlastancei is this Pacific -
thirstril are later ascessary sad adatiaistrative issues have further to be
.41oisato4. this should be dome wit the present damaging and costly
delays Is aasigains tookoical coatrel to the Itatioaal Security Agency. as
WWI ordered some years molts mums No. 6. For isttaare, *via svismkra
osoll of tape celleetioa techniques woad cease large gains. Meanwhile
thre, thisters ler SLINT analysts are beiag established without coordiaaties.
IMMO *trees:iota or tecbalcal gaidasce from ear proven assupetency Is
4110.611?1111141 programs. Also the *remissly iateraniaakie diabetes &bait /
basitleas in the satiate' Iti.DIT plan' bays perasitted.the extension
diluatiese previously deplored. Inamples are the dieuseaess sad
lialisq&acy of providing suitable ICLINT prirrities and resuirements aseerdiag
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to thn, present practices. where Bold sad theatre cessraterdeee reedUT
? can coafusis I?cal objectives vdth What appear to be aatissal demands.
with the result that there is little &1118111111111411 of selective hut deep views
et forelipt military activity as required for major aational strategic
decisiona.
ltaceirdeing values from the.. efforts which ate now Nader way
and esaphasialag the aged for their coatintaace. the *lard feels that
rousse for supplementary MAIM are sew compelling, is order to
prepare for feller realisatioa.of the poteatial of sigaals intelligeace
Salsetiest sad processing. We fool this is necessary, to meet the diversity
if carrels! national Reeds which if/MU likely to nialtiply through Caserta
sad South Amiens. la the Middle reit, the Far East, and is Africa La
the bamediate &taro. Further, these same actions will be vital ia pre-
racial se lb meet priority intelligence needs of the next five to ten years.
As we have noted before, we somata convinced that speed of national security
, reminds& rewired in the. coming decade can frequently be met only by the
mast powerhd SIGINT technology and opeations.
Accordingly. based upon the results of a study receaUy completed.
by the Signals latelligence Panel of the Board, we submit the following
recoototeadations:
1. valuation of the Silesia latellivace Product. The board ?
reannosteads that stpessite tales to intrece generally effective
orraluades techniques into the signals Intelligence community, with
fit'tviaw to ensuring the objective assignment to the sigaale intelligance
emaniesity et tasks and priorities derived from a realistic estimate
if the voiles 4 the iatelligeace likely to the produced. (We concur in
the Peaere observation that the desired techniques can only be evolved
thsghs comprehensive 0114 of the'entire signals intelligouice operation.
isobeding the sources of such iate.11igence; its processing, and the
ultbsolle use made of It We suggest such a study be made throegli the
tenshined efforts a signals intelligence experts within Government and
distattlia esperts in the field of snider* management techniques. We
believe that the recent extensive study of documentation and information
handling within the coinnivanitm known as the SCIPIO Study, .gi.ves an
'barmiest access to methods of evaluation, since for the first time a
etempoiateasive and manageable survey si the articulation 1 the intelligence
prodiet sad circulation to its users has been made.)
- Z. Systems Asalysis and rations search. The board
rooessmends that there bs established at NSA ea ',tars a special
speratioas research and systems analysis grin*, wider scientifically
leadership. with responsibility for conducting a continuing study
otthe vast collection, message handling ited data processing activities
if the Itatiessi Sip** Agency as aumitite if accoMpliehiat li`Virrove-
mammas in suck areas as (a) the efficisacy.with whin)" intercept
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pottiess aro- allocated to sewerage of purlieu's: latellipar Urging,
Ib)ihis sampliag of iatelligence roams as the heals for poesible
.rediaction la the iaterespt frost setae target*, sad (a) message handling
lad data processiug all the way :from intercept to. tba fiaieles4 product.
(We saggset that effective impletneataties of this effort will repairs that
the proposed group have &came to all NIA activities falling within' time '
scope it its eantianfas study. We ale. feel that, tbrmilta irrticrt
with some organisation luck as the Tastituts for &dense Assay/es. the
grasp would be kept seisatificallyv viable sad would Ise provided an effective
amass ot reeraiting highly qualified persomtel. )
As activity parallel to the Operations research sad systems analyst.
grasp shield be embeidied in a systems experiment group. This group.
mot Oneossarily located at NSA Headquarters, should hams tryskilitY Ape
oyshmes trials with emperimental equipment for various schemes of
latersept saalysis, tufarenation flow, and so forth. (If particular
aro !modern facilities for systems siouslation la which.
NISi.vttobl. eacumbraaces of field operations, valid trials
of now operettas procedures could be derived. It is realised that
Nes greeds* of each a resource is ? major anderialdng, exceeding even
La organisational problems the sow highly successful IDA-TOCUS grasp.
It may be that by contract mechanisms the exterior ressarces mead be
WO dews to consultation eddy, and the prosiest NSA efforts in this
field would *Imply be angamated. .
Acelieatay it is suggested that the National Security Agency may
wish to arrow for a study of the meet pressing fuactioas sad opportunities
for bella a Neadquarters grasp and an amiliary for experimental activity.
Probably ease- anamig the various outside valentine COSIMICUOUS et the NSA
would be available for such aa launtediats stady which ought to involve
iftwo as independent ebservationsof major overseas lutercept
pasta. oisactunicatien relays and so forth.
S. frilruftfic Inadequacies La Research and Development. The
lewd viessramseads that, as a micas Unrest meeting developments
Ma& argoist by the changing nature et technology and the signals
onvirenumat, longer-tease stades be andertalten by NSA
EMI
It. coneractors with a view to tchieviag the following
(a) baprwroment in the State of the art ell locafina an
opposteat's radio transmitters by direction Radios metbode
sb pressatly appear to bi. tecimically feasible. 4We
dalpiptei that for the parpoee it access to tlie physieista ead facilities
asqptired tor the 'propagation studies involthed, this study could boot
lia acemaplished through =Ate estsblishateat it a separate coutract
,.111041ity, or through centract vias waned university. Weed
liONtine
it Oho surreat ceatract twitiatelt la this area eould gainfully
masiderably expanded.)
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(it) The auteanatias sad sompactiag el all. or a large pert,
'of an Intereept statism-4er example. through the developuseat
of elialaltarisad, signals Intel- 25X1
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eestrate particularly epos co-locattes of directies-findiag and
istoreept sad would satand the premising beentOngs already aside
.the *Missal Security Agency. (We suggest that the combination;
analytical sad electrode skills reqaired few stash a shady
**add be provided by various possible NSA contractors.)
Stitiltelfle sad Mahatma Toresisht. As a supplement to.
but Sielhast teeth iho operadesta research "Lad systems analysis grasp.
Nee Beard ressiatheade that there be established ander NSA spessorship
25X1 having respoasibility for
esisatific Gad toebilcol foresight through research sad development.
is prepare. the Aga*, for its encomia" tasks.. The.. along with having
rqsIsti.Secess to the operations of agencies la the iatelligence community.
dtie toshalcal ageacy should provide research sad development so that
there is. early attaiameil of capabilities in mach fields as electronic
fatemept end smile interims. In this way, the forefront of modern
? elostronies.'1 ace s.d. engineeriae caa be coupled to ?neonatal' needs
? OW Matisse' Security Agency sad of the whole SIOV1T oseasolitty.
Irtirthor, this effort would suitably salaam* the 15eadquarters' research
esti ongiatbeting efforts, gamy of which have to be directed to okorter-
nage istoilh. Al.., inevitably the responsibility for preempts in inch
.saisa? mete sitv.Uhaace heavily related to electromagnetic signal
VeivsUlsac?ld ijth. total technical operates& so that
the whole latellgence community will be benefitted.
? S. ?Waite of Communications Securitz (comsr4). 1110 8011141
elmeestimiado 'tat the NatWest Security Agency 'initiate a lese-range
daft with a view to producing (a) an maluellea of the COlidUC require-
sersole of ea-essaiag communicatiess system". sad (b) a strengthened
program at research and develepessat that to adequately responsive- to
prespatos. Mare smammatcations enviressmate. (We oats that over-
tiopeallesse OM primate encryption methods may well have to give way to the
at ossoliate pada which we saderstaad saa be prodaied sad stored
y at iirtaally slicing sad which would involved the use of
^ esaaller encryption machties than presently employed. We feel
that COMM studies must be integrated with studies of eseamenteations
?attesedlit wed of ear rapidly developiag Natimaal Commaudeattess firetme?
Plitthwierly in the light of new policies en strategic weaponry sad seemesati-
oll?ogatrol which favor ostensive secure voile networds sad lovers data
tothWeinisetes. )
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micumpam PDX: Chief, Speeial Intelligemce Staff
SOBJMOTV CWsmocts on She National signals
Intentions* Program
A. US= OC.15./46 dated SO *46'64
0rgaminstios Natio, RN 1.114
"los carob and Developmest Revive
Board" dived 16 April um.
l. Pursuant to your request for 611.eosmest oa
esildresse A with particular retainer to CS interest
ii , we offer the following eossamato.
2. eke CS undertakes limited research and de-..
VOlopment In the scientifie field where this R&D
simony relates the speeifie Cl operating activities.
05 maintains contact with broadmr research and
development through its membership on the CIA geseareh
emd.Development Rowley Board established milder Beferense
14 Tho functions ef this Board as described in paragraph
10 of Reference B adequately earl/a a interests is
scientific research and development ineludisg
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We recommend that you look to Dr. Albert L
lbselost Chairman of the CIA RIAD Review Board, for
advtes
sad assists.** is formulating your 10015141** on
noterwm A. Maould you require greater-detail os the
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