LETTER TO LT. GEN. MARSHALL S. CARTER, U.S. ARMY FROM JOHN A. BROSS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01138A000100040027-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: September 25, 1967
• Content Type: LETTER

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25 September 1gb7
Lt. Cxen. Marshall S. Carter, U. S. Army
Director, National Security Agency
Fort; George G. Meade,
Maryland, 20755
Dear Pat:
I firmly support the vi?ws which you expressed in your letter
tv m.e an 1.1 September 19b7. More explicitly, I am convinced that
we nnuat eventually accomplish an overall evaluation of multipurpose
collectors and their contributions to our national intelligence objectives.
Furthermore, your ccsm.ments concerning the limftatione and hazards
of e`raluating a collection system with respect to its contribution to a
sng:te intelligence problem can be firxniy based in fact. However, I
thini: you will agree that we can accomplish the overall evaluation in
several consistent and carefully taken steps. We consider the evaluation
of the collection systems used on the Soviet ICBM threat to be the fir at
step toward a capability for evaluation of the overall threat.
You indicated in your letter that we should not attempt to merge
independent evaluation and make dollars statements covering syaterns
which have two or more intelligence goals. I think that you have
mistaken our objective, we da not intend to disregard or make decisions
without regard to the multipurpose nature of collection systems. The
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irtteniian of this study is to describe tha effectiveness of pertinent
systems as they are applied against an isolated goal, given limited
resources, we should be able to better apply these resources to mare
fully accomplish the specific goal. We have chosen the ICBM problem
ae one goal and we intend to make concluaiona which simply describe
a coll:ector's contribution to that specific Baal, The next step could
be th+ Soviet ABlvi ar the Ground Forces. Ida not believe that we will
bt able to recamxnend the elimination of a multipurpose collector simply
because of its marginal contribution to the ICBM problem. However, we
sxray be able to direct improvement or elimination of certain pure collectors
of lirxlited utility..
As you suggested in your letter, our representatives have discussed
the course of action which should be taken regarding this study. I am
not p