IG SURVEY OF THE IMAGERY ANALYSIS SERVICE

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2005
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• Publication Date: April 13, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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IAS 57/72
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT IG Survey of the Imagery Analysis Service
1. I am naturally.quite pleased with the published results of
the Inspector General's Survey of the Imagery Analysis Service. After
five years of operation, it is very satisfying to all of us in this
Service to have official affirmation that the direction and goals of
IAS management are sound, that the quality of support to CIA is
excellent, and that our departmental role is relevant and vital.
2. I consider it especially significant that the survey team both
recognizes and supports the principle that imagery analysts, though
exploiting single source materials, must in fact be substantive special-
ists using information from all sources if they are to provide high-
quality analysis to the production offices. This principle is not always
understood or conceded by the finished intelligence producers but is
certainly fundamental to achieving maximum value from the materials we
exploit.
3. The survey team's analysis of the current IA careerist ("The
Career Service" pg. 41) was excellent. Some of the judgments drawn
concerning future problems, however, are in my opinion overdrawn.
Although promotions will be limited by the available grade points, there
is ample headroom in AS. Furthermore, there are few other activities in
which an analyst can see more clearly the usefulness of his contributions.
4. I consider the lack of parity in grades with production offices
the most significant problem facing the IA career analyst in the future.
Analytical capabilities of the production office analyst and the imagery
analyst are becoming more and more comparable. As the quality and
quantity of the photography have increased, the tasks of the imagery
analyst have also become more sophisticated. The disparity of grades is
obvious to the IA careerist and is a major source of irritation and
frustration. It fosters his desire to seek opportunities elsewhere.
This desire is not essentially economically motivated. Nor is it the
result of a flagging interest in photo exploitation. It is an attempt
to overcome what he considers to be the status of a second-class citizen.
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IAS 57/72
SUBJECT: IG Survey of the Imagery Analysis Service
The principle of near parity in grades was approved by the DDI and the
Director of Personnel several years ago and a program was implemented
for upgrading. Unfortunately the upgrading was interrupted and the
program not fulfilled due to events beyond Agency control. I urge most
earnestly that we work toward the objective of parity with whatever
resources can be made available. This will strengthen the morale of
the IA career professional and allow us to retain and improve on the
analytical skills we have acquired.
5. The various judgments of the survey team which led to the
recommendations were sound and factual for the most part. As pointed
out, the recommendations deal mostly with "people problems." Problems
of this kind are subject to widely differing solutions, depending on
the philosophies and emotions of those seeking to deal with them. IAS
management attempts to strike a balance between people and production.
If we disturb this balance, we consider it proper to do so in favor
of production. We were aware of each of the situations involved in the
recommendations and were actively pursuing solutions to those we con-
sidered most important. Set forth below are our responses to each of
the nine specific recommendations.
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