SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE -- GENERAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01083A000100130008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 10, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 27, 1962
• Content Type: MF

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Office of
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Washington 25, D. C.
27 August 1962
SUBJECT Scientific and Technical Intelligence -- General
REFERENCES : a. USIB-D-34.4/1, 30 October 1961
b. USIB-D-34.4/3, 6 August 1962
c. USIB-M-229, 15 August 1962 (Item 8)
1. Recommendation No. 15 of the 4 October 1961 report to the
President by the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board states:
"We applaud the actions which have been taken in recent times by some
of the member agencies of the intelligence community to improve their
respective efforts to collect and assess information concerning the
scientific and technical capabilities of the Soviet bloc. We believe,
however, that some of these efforts have been piecemeal in character;
that they have not been coordinated fully; and that they have not taken
sufficient advantage of the scientific and technical competence
available to our intelligence community both within and without the
Government. Accordingly we recommend that the United States Intelli-
gence Board make an early and thorough assessment of the problem with
a view to improving the collection, coordination, and analysis of
intelligence concerning the scientific and technical capabilities of
the Soviet bloc."
2. In accordance with USIB-D-34.4/1, the Coordination Staff
prepared for Board consideration a proposed response to the recommen-
dation of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. This
draft response was circulated as USIB-D-34.4/3, 6 August 1962. The
Board took the following action on it as reported in USIB-M-229, 15
August 1962 (Item 8): "The Chairman stressed the importance of this
paper, but said he was not prepared to have the Board act upon it until
there was more specific data as to the cost in men and money of actions
which the responsible agencies mould take if the recommendations were
to be implemented.
suggested that the SIGINT Committee comment on
Section 6 of the reference report.
"After further discussion, the Board agreed with the Chairman's
proposal that the report be referred back to the Coordination Staff for
revision along the lines discussed in the meeting, including consul-
tation with Board members as to their views regarding specific actions
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and costs to implement the measures recommended in the report and any
other measures deemed appropriate as a response to the subject
recommendation by the President's Board."
3. To meet the desires of the Board as reflected above, we
propose to append to the basic report a financial annex containing
cost and manpower estimates with respect to each of the recommendations
contained in the report. We would accordingly appreciate receiving
from you a statement as to the specific actions you would take in the
event the USIB should approve any of the recommendations contained in
Attachment B to USIB-D-34.4/3 applicable to your agency, or in the event
that you would undertake implementation on your own initiative, and the
estimated manpower and budgetary costs of such actions. We believe for
this purpose approximate or gross estimates will suffice.
4. Additionally, it is requested that you submit to us a state-
ment of any other measures which you would deem appropriate as a
response to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board,
together with your estimate as to the costs of implementing such
measures.
5. We would appreciate receiving the above statements on or
before 21 September. Following receipt of the requested statements
from the USIB members, we will, of course, consult further with
appropriate members of their respective staffs prior to resubmission
of the paper to USIB.
Copies to: Members of the USIB
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