RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES FOR LABELING OF NPIC BRIEFING BOARDS

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• Publication Date: April 25, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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DRAFT No. 2
25 April 1963
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director/Intelligence
SUBJECT:
Recommended Procedures for fiketweeltar
Amid Labeling of NPIC Briefing Boards
1. In accordance with your instructions of 5 April, a group
of representatives of DD/I offices (NPIC, ORR., OCI, OSI) was
called together by the undersigned. The group has had a number
of meetings and a tour of NPIC. The following recommendations
represent the agreed views of the group.
BACKGROUND
2. Under present procedures a combined CIA/DIA team IpLi4ry, v anis
reviews the film from which briefing boards are to be derived.
This may take place either before the start of the mission readout
or concurrently with the readout, which normally begins at
0800. When it precedes th.e readout, all night or early morning
exercises are frequently necessary in order to have the boards
ready by 0800. The actual selection of board subjects is made
by the NPIC mission coordinators, under eftekinski whom a
?yi OVVIrietlly
number of PI teams work. Selection is based on the COMOR
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target list as well as on quality of coverage. To this point
generally three to eight days have elapsed since completion of
the mission (Cuba is an obvious exception).
3. --Theismintisse-ipsiesitier for the
boards are rev:on:mended by the Collateral Support Division/NPIC,
7ed,v epvort Iler5&'%1 04,
.1310ShINSPIP*41 senior photo interpreters, and finally by Director/NPIC.
4. In preparation for his briefings, the Director/NPIC
discusses the targets with the senior OAK coordinator and with
the Collateral Support Division/NPIC. The latter supplies cards
containing reviews of previous coverage and essiormast collateral
Information on each target. Labels are then decided upon. In
accordance with DCI instructions these boards, when approved by
Director/NPIC and completed in two copies, are released simulta-
neously for briefing of DCI and Director, DIA.
S. In this rapid processing, DD/I analysts are not normally
involved. -UndowShiexitswiseinstele-Cere is little opportunity for
consultation and there is little4material for review.
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Director/NPIC giveishis briefing to the DCI before either boards
or texts have been seen by DD/I analysts or the heads of DD/I
offices. Ai-suctr=review-nurroally takeirptarireeverel homes-later.
DISCUSSION
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DISCUSSION
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officials and considering that
detailed photo interpretation and analysis in depth may be some
time in coming, any misconception may be difficult to correct
if in fact opportunity A* do so ever arises. In CIA, no other
source material is presented to such a high level without the
benefit of all.souxce analysis.
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. [Prenent-X.RIC4preeeduree- krevorirvolVid-tiVil a period
QJ nearly Seven year*. sof activity. At the beginniAgb The immediate
threat from the USSR was kein.W felt and the NPIC briefing
provided a useful introduction to new da,ta. Increasingly, however,
files of collateral data as well as photo inter;;140tion have been
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built up 9n- many strategic targets, particularly in theliSSR, so
that the need for the quick preview has diminished. In the
case el .t.E?than-asesa,,...anabCommunist China, tho-ersenery
oi-ihe-etardb?egit?threato-fs--stintibrentir 4esier?Puirtirermws,
collateral information is often lacking or scarce and, therefore,
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target.
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interpristation?Ors
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effect.; yet may significantly increase the chances of aiiiirtiter
assessment of the new information. 7
8. The short me schedule on which NPIC presently is
mired to produce its Wing beafis may lead to the erroneous
coral on that what is bei
own are the most sisnifteant
intelligence4esults of the mission. SuchAtlisults can be determined
only after somets,grest of anakei has n performed on all
of the various tar
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-netiiitro4enay analysis to be done prior to the firet briefing
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presentation, the b iefing board items must itikeessarily
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be based on anArhitrary and so at ran5ledi selection by WPIC
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personnel. Selection of briefing board ite are often. determined
more bY-quality and availlibility of the raw data raher than
. In the past, attempt -by NPIC, personnel
to perform-even superfi analysis 9arley briefing board iteins
?havt(frequently)resulted in inc;N *et assessment. 1
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Tible-*zes not even allow a preliminar readout of some
of the gas.- tor-onanalati _Mission 9053 provided
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10. Despite the necessities of Life under a national charter,
there appears to be sufficient flexibility of operation at NPIC
to accomodate some changes. The assets of the CIA departmental
contingent, the Photo Interpretation Division (PID), could be
employed to ensure response to the needs of the Agency for
immediate reporting in greater depth than is now the ease with
the joint CIA/DIA teams. PM Could provide PI support on further
analysis of targets screened by the OAK teams each day. VA
would be free under this procedure to follow suit or make other
arrangements to meet its current intelligence needs.
RECOMMENDATIONS
11. The workivg group recommends modification of present
procedures as follows:
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a. Except in the case of new developments
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of overriding significance, all final soiles*erip. of
material for briefing boards and their labeling be
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deferred until 3:6110 hours on each day of the OAK or
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LPIR exercises so that the PI results of the
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b. DD/I analyst be designated DD/I coordinator
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to produce the best all-source interpretation
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DD/I coordinator would e authorised to contact
ORR. OC.I. and 081 analysts as required for consultation.
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d. Textual material rssulting from t1is
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exercise be furnished to OCI
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PROPOSED PARAGRAPH 7 BY
ORR
7. In effect, the immediacy with which reporting on all
new photographic missions is currently handled is similar to that
normally afforded only indication's intelligence, where the need
for quick reporting outweighs the inherent dangers at superficial.
single-source analysis. In the past, the simplicity of the major
intelligence problenns(e.g., did the Soviets have deployed ICBM's
or didn't they?) and the immediate political consequences cot the
answer to Witdproblerg may have warranted the immediate reporting
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of current iiiec strategic capabilities is much greater and con-
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