RECOMMENDATION FOR HONOR OR MERIT AWARD -(Sanitized)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 106
• Publication Date: January 27, 1970
• Content Type: FORM

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MEMORANDUM FOR:
THROUGH . Deputy Director for Intelligence
THROUGH Director, NPIC
SUBJECT . Certificate of Merit
L The Honor and Merit Awards Board is pleased to notify you
that the award named above will be conferred on you in recognition of
the excellent service you have rendered this Agency. Security con-
siderations relevant to the award are explained in the attached memo-
randum from the Office of Security.
2. The award will be presented to you at a ceremony to be held
in the near future. Members of your family, Agency associates, and
intimate friends who are aware of your Agency affiliation may attend
the ceremony.
3. Invitations to the ceremony will be extended by the Secretariat,
Honor and Merit Awards Board, Office of Personnel,
Please send to that office the names and phone numbers of the guests
you would like to have invited, and indicate any dates on which you would
not be available for such a ceremony.
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SECTION A
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SECTION 9 RECOMMENDATION FOR AWARD FOR HEROIC ACTION OR ACCEPTANCE OF HAZARD
19. WERE YOU AN EYEWITNESS TO THE ACT rES No'
PERSONNEL IN Ih 1EDIATE VICINITY OR WHO ASSISTED IN ACT OR SHARED IN SAME HAZARD:
20. FULL NAME
21. ORGN. TITLE
22. GRADE
23. OFFICE OF ASSIGNMENT
LIST ANY OF THE ABOVE PERSONS GIVEN AN AWARD OR RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD FOR PARTICIPATING IN ACT:
24. FULL NAME
25. AWARD RECOMMENDED
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH ACT WAS PERFORMED:
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30. DATES FOR WHICH AWARD RECOMt+EHOED
31. ASSIGNMENT COMPLETED
32. NOW IN SAME OR RELATED ASSIGNMENT
SECTION C - RECOMMENDATION FOR.A1'IARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT, SERVICE, OR PERFORMANCE
33. IDO YOU HAVE PERSONAL .KNOWLEDGE OF THE. SERVICE OR,PERFORMANCE X YES No
34.: bFFICIAL ASSIGNMENT OF PERSON RECOMMENDED AT TIME OF SERVICE OR PERFORMANCE
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Prformsimagery interpretation of satellite photography of Soviet Far East; . .
Siberia, and Mongolia.
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36. ASSIGNMENT COMPLETED
39. NOW IN SAME OR RELATED ASSIGNMENT
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PERSONNEL WHO ASSISTED OR CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE SERVICE OR PERFORMANCE
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Chief GS-15 Western Geo. Division
Deputy Chief GS-14 USSR Branch, WGD
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Indicoto results of the act. Enclose unclassified citation.
Award forAchievement_Service_or Performance: State character of service during period for which recommended. (Give complete description of admin.
istrative, technical,. gr professional duties and responsibilities if not covered in Section C; include dates of assignment and relief.) What did the Individual
do that merits the award? Why was this outstanding when compared to others of like grade and experience In similar positions or circumstances? If
appropriate, include production records and assistance rendered by other parsons or units. What obstacles were encountered or overcome? Indicate re-
suits of oeh:e,en,,ent, service, or performance. Include reference to Fitness Reports, Letters of Commendation, or other documentation already on file which
supports this recommendation. Enclose unclassified citation.
1. The buildup of Soviet forces on the China Border, an event of major-significance,
was in an extremely early phase when elements of the buildup were detected from photog-
raphy in early 1966 at NPIC. However, the evidence was subtle and elusive, consisting
of minute bits and pieces such as limited.expansion of existing facilities, increases
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in equipment, and introduction of new enui-nminnt 'Its significance was recognized by
two ima c inte re ers, a specialist on airfields and
a specialist on ground forces installations.
iresourceruilir a ressed themselves-to the problem of proving the r interpretation.
They began a painstaking watch of small-scale search photography for the minute in-
dicators of change. In reporting out individual developments in 1966 and 1967, they
persisted in their interpretation that a me.jor buildup was beginning. They pressed for
the collection of further evidence. Where changes were found or suspected they pursued
requests for high-resolution photography and for successive coverage. Long before the
full magnitude of the buildup became obvious, they convinced NPIC officials of its
significance. As subsequent photography revealed an accelerating buildup and the extreme
importance of this situation became clearer within NPIC, they were formed into a two-man
team to correlate and assemble their evidence in comprehensive form. They prepared t
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served to alert the intelligence community. They briefed high-level officials of!the
intelligence community. The alertness and profea6ior alisiii of
t:-Arough their briefings and reports successPa'Ily conveyed the .,, a de
of the Soviet buildup.
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45. ENCLOSURES (List individually) IF ORIGINATOR IS NOT AN EYEWITNESS OR DOES NCT H.VE I"ChSONAI. KNOW"EDGE OF THE ACT'
OR,PERFORMANCE, ATTACH AFFIDAVITS OF.EYEWITNESS OR INDIVIDUALS HAVING PENSO;5AL KNO*LEDGE OF THE ACTS.
1. PROPOSED CITATION
471 RECOMME4 DIiT,I;ON 'IN!ITIAEEO BY
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MENDATION
Chief, Imagery Exploitation Group, NPI
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SECTION -E RECOMMENDATION FORWARDED THROUGH OFFICIALS CONCERNED FOR THEIR INFORMATI
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HEAD OF IP CAREER SERVICE
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CAREER SERVICE.
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATING COMPONENT
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2. is an extremely effective member of the Eastern
USSR Branch, Western Geographic Division, which is responsible for
first- and second-phase exploitation of reconnaissance imagery of
the Soviet Far East, Siberia, and Mongolia. He is recognized as a
prime NPIC expert on military airfields and air force equipment, and
is familiar with the techniques and timing of Soviet airfield con-
struction. He developed unique methods to exploit the imagery fully.
In recognizing the photographic indicators of the developing pattern
of the Soviet air force buildup on the China border, he assembled and
correlated a mass of small, individually insignificant items of intel-
ligence to make a comprehensive summary of Soviet air force activity,
in the border area over a period of several years. The summa was
first published in report form in February 1969 Buildup 2 X1
of Soviet Forces Near the China Border and in MonEolia which was given!
wide dissemination. is always articulate and clear. In
briefing on the air installations, his poise and self-confidence and
his memory and ready grasp of all significant details marked him an out-
standing briefer. His presentations were praised for excellence of
clarity, organization, and substance. In all he demonstrates a high
degree of intelligence, alertness, initiative, diligence, and versatility,
and he has an unusual ability to work effectively under great pressure.
3. Because of his especially significant contribution to the national
intelligence on this extremely important development, it is strongly
recommended that i1 be given the Certificate of Merit.
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