MINUTES OF THE EIGHTH MEETING - 15 MARCH 1965

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 18, 1965
• Content Type: MIN

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1.8 March 1965
U N I T E D S T A T E S I N T E L L I G E N C E B 0 A R D
Task Team VI - Research and Development
Minutes of the Ei th Meet -,15 March 1965
Members or Their Representatives PreseRS
DEFENSE - Dr. Ruth M. Davis,, Chairman
CIA - Mr,
DIA - Mr.
NSA - Mr.
AIR FORCE - Lt. Co].. Waldo Bertoni
NAVY - Mr. Richard L. Bragan
ARMY - Mr. Norman J.. Taupeka
STATE - Mr. Curtis L. Fritz
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1. The draft minutes of the seventh meeting were reviewed by
the Team members as the first item of business. They were approved
with some minor editorial changes.
2. The Team once again reviewed the draft Terms of References
dated 5 March 1965, which had been sent to CODIB representatives for
their consideration at the meeting planned for 18 March 1965. The
Chairman had requested all Team members to contact their CODIB
representatives for any potential changes desired. The Navy member
of the Task Team indicated an objection to the possible interpretation
of the phrase "final usage" as used in the Definitions of the Terms
of Reference. After some consideration,, the Team agreed to strike
the sentence "It spans the entire classic intelligence cycle from
collection recording through final usage,," It was also agreed to amend
the sentence "It includes the functions of receipt from collection
sources9 transformation, coding,, storage, search? retrieval, manipulation,
presentation, delivery and usage" to read "It includes the functions
of receipt from collection sources, transformation, coding. storage,
search? retrieval, manipulation, presentation.and delivery,, and j,
involves usage pgcedures " (additions underlined). Several other
changes were considered and rejected by the Team. The Chairman stated
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that she would recommend this change to CODIB and requested those
several members who had not yet contacted their respective CODIB
representatives on this matter to do so before the CODIB meeting and
inform her of any potential objections that may be raised at the
CODIB meeting.
3. During the consideration of the Terms, the State Department
representative raised the question of whether the Team is considered
to be a permanent team or not. The Chairman Indicated that it Is
an ad hoc team and is not meant to have any permanent status. A
further question was raised as to whether some permanent mechanism
for the coordination and planning of R&D among the intelligence
agencies is contemplated. The Team response to this point was that
this may be a report to CODIB after proper consideration. Discussion
of the immediate versus the long-range R&D needs followed. The
question was raised as to whether the Team should focus its attention
toward the equip and techniques of R&D or toward the management
aspects of R&D among and between the intelligence agencies. It
was generally agreed by the Team that both of these aspects are
of concern.
4. The Team next turned its attention to the R&D management
questionnaire provided each member with the minutes of the last
meeting. A general preliminary discussion raised such questions as
the following: Should the Team pursue a functional or subject-type
analysis? Should it move from the general to the specific or vice
versa? What are the "goals" referred to in the Terms of Reference?
How can we shorten the time between development of new techniques
and equipment and their use by the Intelligence Community? Do we
really need a "map" of the very complex intelligence processing within
the Community to pinpoint R&D needs? Should we start by looking at
the R&D goals of each agency and then search for those points of
commonality among them? Must we know where we are in the technical
state of the art? Should we plan for tomorrows needs through research
and development by projecting tomorrows techniques and human assets
by network planning techniques? Many of these questions were
tentatively answered but essentially all were left, as yet, unresolved
and for further consideration by the Team members. After this
general discussion, the Team members responded verbally to each of
the eight questions, thus giving the group a general understanding
of the various responses. Four Team members turned in written
responses to the Secretary for collation and distribution to the
members.
S. The Team generally reacted to these questions by taking
the position that they are pertinent, useful and should be used for
asking other knowledgeable individuals in the intelligence, R&D and
information processing fields. It was suggested that at least two
specific individuals be asked these questions; namely. Dr. Samuel N.
Alexander, National Bureau of Standards and Dr. Burton W. Adkinson,
National Science Foundation.
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6. The Team then considered what the next steps should be.
After some discussion, the Chairman indicated that it might be
useful to announce no further meeting dates until each of the members
had provided the following to the Secretary for consolidation and
return to each member:
(a) A listing of R&D goals deemed necessary as referred
to in the Terms of Reference,
(b) The best method or methods of obtaining the Team
objectives, and
(e) Definitions of eoim mzieation and data flow models.
The Team agreed to this procedure and further agreed to get this
material to the Secretary before 9 April 1965,
7. The Chairman noted that the members should consider the
present R&D priority allocations of the various agency programs in
the presentation of the material in response to the questions listed
above. She also encouraged informal discussion sessions between the
various members to better find areas of commonality in the informatie"X1A
being prepared.
Secretary
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