EVALUATION OF THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE FAR EAST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00967A000900040010-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2005
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 11, 1964
• Content Type: MEMO

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3.1. ~euember i~+
~iJ~Et"T'> ~velue~~on of the I?et'ense inteili~ncy Agency
Stith aspect to the P'a.r Ee~t
1. Althot~;h et~et3mes vem~eodebie, ~7IA ee~ntrt-utions
end pacrticpatio~~ on ~ eati.~te~ have ai`t+~an '~Zeen pax. DT~'a
represex~tatfves~ usue.lly ~..ack ~ good knowiee o~ the a,ree~ on
which they 8x+~ w,~xkin~ eotlmes lack eerienoe ira
inteil~.gence work. ~~ ~'e~1.a~ttess, these we~.ts~?esses axe not to be
e~s~ly overcome hec~uee off' the d~.veraity s~t'az~.@~.~'ficulty of` tk-e
inteiigence p~rn'biema er~cs~u~ere~. in xk on the ~`ar ~,st.
~.trthexrp~re, we c~mphi~e that there are akzining exceptions
td this ~enerai!~e a~ explain the m~thodo~t~gy it uses
iii arriving apt varicrn~ flB e~tla~te~. ~~h~.e Ming this
~tld "bye a Vedi4usly ec~licated process, .ts i~xport+ance
ie~ ill'uat. 1~~ the feet theta ply#~ decisi+~ ee~r~.ier
Ibis Yew' to eh~-n.~ its estitte of the ~i~e t~~ the
in2~xtxy d.i.~risic~n reeultec2 in ~ decr~~~ oi' ~('~, { in
the estis~tts ~f t me~~r~ o? the ~h~.x'~s+~ C
I~x'~ena3ve er3:oitetiou o~ photogxaph~ holds prcrr~ise c~fi
imprc~vir~ our kr~aw
n this 1:mpax~~eaat Meld, but so
th3 euxf~e has been ecxatche~,
~'~~ Fc~r ~~tmat~~ off` the pxi~uctioza
mi3.ita-ry squint quite ~k,~y have t~ turn ts~ URFt.
hao ~~~. ~~~ up estin~tes~ ' ~~ which
e,re dubicna~ m ,~ oi' which are- demoxastz~xb7y gxossly in
(~ ~ ~e s~ unable to ,fudge ~~# ~ s aotenee on
~vanc+~8 weapons mattes because ~rhate~ver wrrr~ they axe
doing in this fie3c3 thu8 ~`ar a tc~ ua th~i intex-a~ncy
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~:~~ ~eaeex~t7y, gapers ~,r~-du~ed, +~n th~a erf~i
area.. have ~e~a~~ men cx~,~h pro,~esets with short de?~...
2~.nes where- written cc~ntxibut~.ons ire inf`~aaibl.e. ~ience
the ecpeter3ce cif twt~ rtRpresente.~ive~ h?~s been cad u~avaual
:1.ortsoce. ~a th3.s x~, ~7ZAi ~ ~ bitting ~rea^e:~e a~'
. ~.
(~ pespite grivate x~esex~rat3.ans, 1~~ rep
ee~tmtives ?eve bee~a prune to accept
xt cha~.lee
'the data +3. a~ees~ents oP ~.t~cal. milits eoz,,nder~.
Ws have 8118?7 detteted a tendeney on the pssrt of
z~presentattves to svnic~ assess~r~ts x~atek~ ~1ght x't~i
mf.l:Lte~xlr p
decisl;ans whi~eh th+~y believe
~nraers sx~d, pol3cymakers favor.
~. ~. here in t ~ Wit.
axes h?~ been weak. Contributit~z~ hive been i.eq~tte
wren on ~uc~~ ~zapen" subect~ as Ca~twealth a~ in the
Contx~i'l~:tit>z~.s ox~; such matters Soviet mi~.itary
a#.d. tta IxuioA~es~a hetve haad: to be corxected and supplemented
~Y' f}RR.
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cep'tiC~l. caf the ar,d-
Bess of uc>rl. ~. ~#orth Korean ~il,itaxy ttera, `but this
,a~:tb~ec't has riot been recent~,y given isstes~ive stud in
~tions~..7. in?~elligence paiaers.
(~} Coverage of oux~ military forces of St~uth
Koss. and. Ni~tor~l.iet Chin. is g+aa3: an grass matters
af' d~, e: ~.ittle lean satisfactory an mettex$ of l~~isr-
shig, p7.ar~$, acid gale.
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