Evaluation of Intelligence Reports

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00662R000100040032-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 4, 2001
• Sequence Number: 32
• Content Type: MEMO

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
AFOIR-CO-10 WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
*USAF Declass/Release Instructions On File*
SUBJECT: Evaluation of Intelligence Reports
TO: Director
Central Intelligence Agency
2430 "E" Street, N. W.
Washington 25, D. C.
Office of Naval Intelligence
Department of the Navy
Washington 25, D. C.
Department of the Army
Washington 25, D. C.
ATTN: G-2
Department of State
Washington 25, D. C.
ATTN: Office of Intelligence Research
1. In order to improve the caliber of intelligence reports, to check
conflicting reports and thus eliminate unsound sources of information, and
to grade the efficiency and promptn#es with which requests for information
are answered by Air Attaches and other sources, a system of evaluating in-
telligence reports is being initiated.
2. The office receiving an intelligence report and using that report
for whatever intelligence value it possesses is the logical office to eval-
uate that report. The system being established will allow the using agency
to express its opinion of the value of the report. It will give that
agency the opportunity to make recommerfdations and lend valuable construc-
tive criticism to the field collecting agencies.
3. The inclosed "EVALUATION CARD" represents the type of form that
will be attached to each report distributed by the Directorate of Intel-
ligence. It is intended that the evaluation be concise as possible; how-
ever, the briefness of the form demands that the few entries that are
made thereon be given careful consideration; otherwise the evaluation
program will be of little value
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4. The Evaluation Card is chemically treated for Ozalid repro-
duction and in all cases where intelligence reports reaching this
Headquarters are printed on Ozalid parchment the "header information"
(title of report, date, originator, number of report, etc.) will he
printed on the card by this Headquarters prior to the distribution of
the report (Referende Inclosure No. 1). For those cases where the in-
telligence report is not reproducable by Ozalid process the Evaluation
Card will be attached to the report in blank form (Reference Inclosure
No. 2) and it is requested that the analyst or officer using the report
fill in by pen, pencil or typewriter the header information called for
on the face of the card.
5. The individual using the intelligence report should then eval-
uate that report by punching out appropriate holes on the left hand
margin of the card. (Excellent, Usable, Not Usable, etc.) No more
than two holes in the "Material" section of the evaluation card should
be punched for any one report. 'As an example, a report may be "Usable"
but "Too General" in which case the spaces marked "Usable" and "Too
General" will be punched out.
6. The three spaces opposite, Timeliness, marked "Prompt", "In
Reasonable Time", and "Delayed" are for those offices which receive a
report in answer to a specific requirement submitted by that office.
These spaces are for evaluation of the timeliness of the,report to
determine the efficiency of the collection activities in,response to
specific requests. The remaining spaces in this section, Xl, Y2, Z3,
are for use by this office and will be ignored by the evaluator.
7. In cases where the officer or analyst evaluating the report
does not have access to a hand punch with which to notch the card he
should indicate with a check mark (pencil or pen) his evaluation and
the card will be punched when returned to the Collection Branch, Air
Intelligence Requirements Division, Directorate of Intelligence, Hq.
USAF. It is emphasized that the evaluator should only notch or mark
the spaces on the left hand margin of the card, opposite TIMELINESS-
EVALiJATION-MATERIAL, which have been discussed in paragraphs 5 and 6.
8. Particular attention should be given to the item on the bot-
tom, right hand corner of the evaluation card marked COMMENTS - USE
REVERSE SIDE OF CARD. It is requested that a short concise statement
be made on the back of the card by the evaluator as to his personal
opinion of the report. It is desired and urged that no holds be
barred" in this statement for it is only through the honest and frank
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opinion of the analysts using the reports that the Collection Branch,
Air Intelligence Requirements Division can improve its services to
you.
9. The evaluation system is effective now and your cooperation
in this matter is requested. The Evaluation Card should be returned,
as soon as completed, to the address indicated on the face of the
card.
2 Incls.
1. Evaluation Card, Sample Report
2. Evaluation Card, Blank
WALTER R. AL;1
Brigadier General, USAF
Chief, Air Intel. Req. Div.
Directorate of Intelligence
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