ADMIRAL AND MRS. TURNER, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01554R002900080001-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 15
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 27, 1978
• Content Type: SPEECH

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ADMIRAL AND MRS. TURNER, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
IT IS A PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU ALL HERE TO OUR ANNUAL ACSI
DINING OUT. YOU ALL HAVE MET OUR GUESTS OF HONOR, ADMIRAL AND
MRS. TURNER, AS YOU CAME IN TONIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE
SOME OF OUR OTHER GUESTS WHO HAVE JOINED US. I WOULD LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE GENERAL AND MRS. MCFADDEN FROM THE NATIONAL
SECURITY AGENCY; GENERAL AND MRS. FREEZE FROM INSCOM; AND
PEOPLE WHO DON'T QUALIFY AS GUESTS BECAUSE THEY ARE MEMBERS OF
ACSI BUT PERHAPS MEMBERS OF ACSI WHO WE DON'T SEE ENOUGH OF AND
HOPEFULLY WE WILL NEVER SEE ENOUGH OF BECAUSE GENERAL AND MRS.
JOHNSON JOIN US ON MOBILIZATION; GENERAL AND MRS., JOHNSON, THE
MOBILIZATION DEPUTY ACSI.
I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE ALSO BROUGHT GUESTS WITH YOU
AND WE WELCOME ALL OF THOSE GUESTS HERE TONIGHT AND ANOTHER
GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO I WILL NOT EVEN CONDONE TO SPEAK OF AS
GUESTS, AND THAT'S ALL THE PEOPLE FROM INSCOM WHO ARE JUST OUR
COMPATRIOTS OR FELLOW CONSPIRATORS OR HOWEVER WE WANT TO
CHARACTERIZE OURSELVES; BUT YOU'RE NOT GUESTS, YOU ARE PART OF
THE FAMILY AND I AM DELIGHTED SO MANY OF YOU COULD COME.
BECAUSE OUR DINING OUT ONLY ? COMES ONCE A YEAR, IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT .WE SHARE IT WITH A GUEST OF HONOR WHO NOT ONLY
CONTRIBUTES TO THE SOCIAL OCCASIONS, BUT ALSO TO OUR PROFES-
SIONALISM. AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TONIGHT TO HAVE SUCH A GUEST OF
HONOR WHO EXCEEDS ANY SPECIFICATIONS. THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE TO
NAME.
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ADMIRAL TURNER REALLY NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION TO THIS GATHER-
ING. HE IS THE LEADER OF ALL OF US IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
AND YOU ARE WELL AWARE OF MANY OF HIS STELLAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
YOU KNOW THAT HE IS A GRADUATE OF A CERTAIN INSTITUTION. I'M NOT
SURE YOU KNOW THAT HE ALSO, I AM TOLD, GRADUATED 34 FILES HIGHER
IN THE CLASS OF 1946 THAN DID ANOTHER MEMBER WHO HAS ALSO GAINED
SOME NOTORIETY. HE WAS A RHODES SCHOLAR; AND ONE OF THE MOST
INNOVATIVE PRESIDENTS OF THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE. AND THAT
DOESN'T NECESSARILY PUT HIM IN COMPLETELY GOOD COMPANY EITHER
BECAUSE ONE OF THE OTHER MORE INNOVATIVE AND FAMOUS PRESIDENTS
OF THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, CAPTAIN ALFRED THAYER MAHAN, I AM
TOLD, HAD A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFICULTY WITH HIS SEAMANSHIP, BUT
ADMIRAL TURNER IS NOT IN THAT CATEGORY. HE IS A SEAGOING NAVAL
COMMANDER OF REPUTE. HE HAS COMMANDED A MINESWEEPER; A
DESTROYER IN. THE KOREAN WAR; A GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE; A
CARRIER TASK GROUP OF THE US; HE WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE US
SECOND FLEET AND THE NATO STRIKING FLEET, ATLANTIC; AND FINALLY
AS THE CINC ALLIED FORCES, SOUTHERN EUROPE; AND I - DON'T -KNOW
WHETHER HE WOULD CONSIDER MOVING TO HIS PRESENT POSITION AS THE
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AS BEING A PROMOTION FROM
THAT POSITION OR NOT. - BUT WE E DELIGHTED THAT HE WAS
LATERALLY TRANSFERRED TO SIMILAR RESPONSIBILITIES BUT IN OUR LINE
OF WORK. AND WITH THAT BACKGROUND AS A NAVAL COMMANDER, IT
SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE TO ANY OF US THAT HE IS A STRONG ADVOCATE,
IN FACT, AN INSISTOR ON INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO THE TACTICAL
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-COMMANDERS. HE'S 'BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF WHAT WE EITHER
HAVE GIVEN HIM OR HAVE NOT GIVEN HIM IN THE PAST. SO LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, IT IS A PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE AT THIS TIME, THE DCI,
ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER, UNITED STATES NAVY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ED. 'T IS A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU
TONIGHT. IT IS A PLEASURE TO SEE THIS IMPORTANT COMMRADER' IN THE
ARMY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION, *015 I'M HERE TO EMPHASIZE TO YOU
HOW MUCH MORE IMPORTANT I BELIEVE IS THE ROLE OF ARMY INTEL-
LIGENCE OFFICERS AND THE OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY TODAY, THAN PERHAPS EVER BEFORE IN OUR COUNTRY'S
HISTORY. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS PAROCHIAL, COMING FROM AN INTEL-
LIGENCE OFFICER, BUT I MEAN IT SINCERELY AND I BELIEVE IT CAN BE
JUSTIFIED. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT PART OF THE
GROWING RESPONSIBILITY ON INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS REPOSES IN THE
ADDED RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEIR SPOUSES AND FAMILIES MUST TAKE
TODAY ALSO. I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT NO ELEMENT OF OUR
GOVERNMENT, MILITARY OR CIVILIAN, ASKS, REQUIRES, OR DEMANDS
MORE SACRIFICE, MORE SUPPORT FROM THE SPOUSES AND THE FAMILIES
OF OUR OFFICERS THAN DO THOSE IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE SPOUSES AND THE FAMILIES ,MAKE IS
REALLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ACTIVITIES, THE CONTRIBUTIONS,
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WHICH THE OFFICERS CAN MAKE TO THEIR COUNTRY AND WHICH I AGAIN
ASSURE YOU IS, TO ME, MORE IMPORTANT IN AN ERA OF NEAR MILITARY
PARITY-,AND IN AN ERA OF GREAT ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE AROUND
THE WORLD) AND IN AN ERA WHERE POLITICAL DEPENDENCE IS MUCH
MORE PREVALENT TODAY THAN IT WAS BEFORE. GOOD INFORMATION IS
PROVIDING GREATER LEVERAGE TO OUR POLICY/MAKERS TODAY WHEN
THE* OTHER ADVANTAGES IN THE MILITARY, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC
SPHERES ARE NOT AS DISPROPORTIONATE TODAY WITH RESPECT TO THE
REST OF THE WORLD AS THEY ONCE WERE.
LET ME SUGGEST A FEW THINGS THAT I SEE ON THE FUTURE HORIZON
AS WE TRY. TO PLAY OUR ROLE OF MAKING AN INCREASED CONTRIBUTION
TO OUR COUNTRY, THROUGH INTELLIGENCE, IN THE YEARS AHEAD. ONE
WHICH ALL OF YOU OFFICERS AND MANY OF THE WIVES PRESENT ALSO
RECOGNIZE IS THE BURGEONING CAPABILITIES OF WHAT WE CALL OUR
TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEMS; THE PHOTOGRAPHIC
SYSTEMS, BE THEY FROM SATELLITES OR AIRPLANES; THE SIGNALS
INTERCEPT SYSTEMS, BE THEY FROM LAND, SEA; OR AIR. THANKS TO THE
TREMENDOUS AND SOPHISTICATED TECHNICAL COMPETENCE OF OUR
COUNTRY; THE ABILITY TO INVENT THINGS AND THEN TO TURN THEM INTO
PRACTICAL APPLICATION; THESE TECHNICAL SYSTEMS ARE JUST BRINGING
IN MORE AND MORE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION AND I SEE THAT AS A
CONTINUING EXPANSION OF CAPABILITY IN THE YEARS AHEAD./i 'JVHAT
DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU AND ME AS MANAGERS OF INTELLIGENCE? FOR
ONE THING, IT MEANS THAT IT IS MUCH MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO HAVE A
GOOD INTELLIGENCE -CAPABILITY TODAY. IN MY VIEW, FOR INSTANCE,
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THERE ARE ONLY TWO COUNTRIES IN THE ' WORLD WHO TODAY CAN
AFFORD A FULL PM, OF INTELLIGENCE--OURSELVES AND THE SOVIET
UNION. THERE ARE OTHER WONDERFUL INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES IN
THE FREE WORLD, BUT NONE CAN AFFORD ALL OF THE CAPABILITIES THAT
WE DO; AND THEREFORE, A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPOSES ON OUR
SHOULDERS. BUT WE TOO, HAVE NOT UNLIMITED FUNDS AVAILABLE TO US.
THEREFORE, IT IS UP TO YOU AND TO ME TO ENSURE WE KNOW WHAT WE
WANT AND THAT WE DON'T ASK FOR MORE THAN WE NEED THAT WE
DON'T TRY TO HAVE JUST A LITTLE EXTRA TO BE COMFORTABLE AND SAFE
BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH TO GO AROUND TO DO THAT. SO WE
HAVE TO BE JUDICIOUS; WE HAVE TO BE THOROUGHLY ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND THE CAPABILITIES OF EACH OF THESE SYSTEMS, AND HOW
MUCH WE REALLY DO NEED THEM. AND AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS AN
INCREASING CHALLENGE BEFORE US TO BE SURE THAT WE UTILIZE THEM
PROPERLY. EACH TECHNICAL SYSTEM HAS ITS UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS
AND CAPABILITIES; IT'S OWN STRENGTHS, AND WE MUST LEARN TO PLAY TO
THOSE STRENGTHS; LEARN TO MAKE THEM RESPOND TO THE BEST OF
THEIR TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES. IT IS A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE FOR
ALL OF US.
THE TECHNICAL SYSTEMS, HOWEVER, ARE ONLY ONE HALF OF OUR
INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION PICTURE. THEY DEAL WITH FACTS AND
FIGURES AND THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, GENERALLY
SPEAKING. THE OTHER HALF DEALS WITH HUMAN BEINGS, AND IDEAS,
PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR THE FUTURE. THIS IS THE HUMAN INTEL-
LIGENCE SIDE. IT 15 ONE, OF COURSE, IN WHI C'-l I A ' VERY PLEASED AND
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PROUD THAT THE ARMY PLAYS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE. THE HUMAN
INTELLIGENCE SIDE IS SOMETIMES, TODAY, PORTRAYED AS DECLINING IN
IMPORTANCE BECAUSE OF THIS BURGEONING CAPABILITY ON THE
TECHNICAL SIDE. NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH,
BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT IN QUALITY IN THE KINDS OF
INFORMATION WHICH THEY PROVIDE, THE HUMAN AND THE TECHNICAL
INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEMS ARE COMPLIMENTARY--NOT
COMPETITIVE; AND IN POINT OF FACT, THE MORE THAT "YOU HAVE FROM
THE TECHNICAL SYSTEMS, THE MORE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DEMAND
THE COMPLi IENTARY INFORMATION OF INTENTIONS AND PLANS THAT
COME FROM EITHER THE OPEN HUMAN SOURCES OR THE CLANDESTINE
HUMAN SOURCES.
THE OVERALL CHALLENGE TO US IS TO NET BOTH THE NUMEROUS
TECHNICAL SYSTEMS AND THE OLD TRADITIONAL HUMAN SYSTEMS INTO A
TEAM WORK SO THAT WE PLAY TOGETHER--EACH ONE PLAYING TO ITS
STRENGTH AS I MENTIONED, BUT ALSO EACH ONE ENSURING THAT WE'RE
NOT UNNECESSARILY DUPLICATING, OVERLAPPING, AND THAT WE'RE NOT
LETTING IT PASS THROUGH THE CRACKS? THAT WE ARE ORGANIZED SO
THAT WE'RE SURE THE RIGHT PERSON IS DOING THE RIGHT THING~'v
''COLLECTING INTELLIGENCE IS EXPENSIVE; IT'S RISKY; WE MUST BE
WELL ORGANIZED; WE MUST BE ABLE TO BE A TEAM THAT WORKS
TOGETHER IN HARMONY IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THE JOB THAT I THINK THE
COUNTRY NEEDS IN THE DECADES AHEAD.
NOW, COLLECTING IS ONLY HALF OF THE INTELLIGENCE PICTURE; AND
INTERESTINGLY IN THE OTHER HALF, ANALYZING, INTERPRETING, WHAT
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INFORMATION WE COLLECT, I THINK THE PRINCIPLE FOR THE DECADE_
AHEAD IS QUITE THE REVERSE. WE'RE NOT CONCERNED HERE ABOUT
COMPETITION AND OVERLAP, IN FACT, WE WANT DUPLICATION; WE WANT
MORE EFFORT THAN THE MINIMUM. - WHY? BECAUSE YOU KNOW AS WELL
AS I THERE IS ALMOST NEVER A PIECE OF INTELLIGENCE THAT HAS A
SPECIFIC ANSWER OR INTERPRETATION TO IT. DIFFERENT PEOPLE LOOK
ON THE DIFFERENT FACTS FROM DIFFERENT HORIZIONS, DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, AND THEY COME UP WITH
DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS. NOBODY CAN SAY JOE IS RIGHT, BILL OR MARY
IS WRONG. AND WHAT WE.NEED TO PRESENT TO OUR POLICqIMAKERS IS
NOT A PREDICTION THAT THE WAR IS GOING TO START ON MONDAY, OR A
PREDICTION THAT IT'S GOING TO START ON FRIDAY; WE NEED TO PRESENT
TO THEM THREE REASONS WHY IT MAY START ON MONDAY, AND FOUR
REASONS WHY IT MAY START ON FRIDAY; AND LET THE DECISI4AKER
UNDERSTAND THEN THE FORCES THAT ARE AT WORK, AND MAKE HIS OWN
DECISION. AND THE ABSOLUTELY WORST THING WE COULD DO WOULD BE
TO COMPROMISE AND SAY THAT IT WOULD START ON WEDNESDAY. THAT'S
THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU'RE 100 PERCENT SURE OF BEING WRONG. SO WE
DON'T WANT INTELLIGENCE BY COMPROMISE. WE ALSO DON'T WANT
INTELLIGENCE BY.FIAT, WHERE ONE PERSON, ONE GROUP, DOMINATES AND
HAS THE ONLY SAY. WE WANT COMPETITIVE OVERLAPPING INTELLIGENCE
INTREPRETATIONS. AND THAT IS WHY THE ANALYTIC INTERPRETIVE
ELEMENT ACSI, OF THE OTHER SERVICES, OF DIA, OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT, CIA, TREASURY, ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT TO US. AND
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS -ORCHESTRATE THEM SO WE DON'T
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UNNECESSARILY DUPLICATE; BUT 50 WE ALWAYS ASSURE-THAT THERE ARE
ALWAYS TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS BROUGHT TO BEAR. IF
THEY COME TO BASICALLY THE SAME CONCLUSION, THAT'S FINE.-ONE
FEELS STRENGTHENED IN HIS RESULTS. IF THEY COME TO SEPARATE
CONCLUSIONS, WE NEED TO. WORK HARDER TO HAVE WAYS TO)) PORTRAY
THOSE DIFFERENCES IN A MEANINGFUL MANNER TO OUR POLICY/MAKERS.
ONE OTHER AND FINAL TREND OF INTELLIGENCE THAT I THINK BEARS
PARTICULARLY ON YOU A 3 ACSI WHICH I'D LIKE TO MENTION BRIEFLY,
GOES BACK TO THE KIND WORDS ED HAD TO SAY ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE
AS AN OPERATIONAL COMMANDER, COMING FROM THAT
ENVIRONMENT TO HERE, I DO APPRECIATE HOW MUCH THOSE
COMMANDERS ARE DEPENDENT UPON US. HOW MUCH THE QUALITY OF
WHAT WE PROVIDE TO THEM DETERMINES HOW WELL THEY CAN DO THEIR
JOB AND HOW WELL THEY ARE PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES. BUT HAVING
BEEN HERE A YEAR AND A HALF, I' M ALSO VERY IMPRESSED BY HOW MUCH
WE CAN HELP THEM. AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE HERE CONTROL WHAT ARE
KNOWN AS THE T EM NATIONAL, INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTION SYSTEMS, THOSE WHICH ARE CONTROLLED AND OPERATED
LARGELY FROM WASHINGTON. WHEREAS THE MILITARY COMMANDER, OF
COURSE, HAS HIS OWN TACTICAL COLLECTION ASSETS IN THE FIELD. BUT
WE HAVE SO MUCH THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE TACTICAL COMMANDER
FROM OUR NATIONAL ASSETS. AND I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU BECAUSE I
THINK ACSI AND THE ARMY, IN GENERAL, HAS DONE MORE TO PIONEER, TO
EXPERIMENT, TO PUSH AND PROD THE REST OF US IN THIS SYSTEM THAN
ANY OTHER ELEMENT OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. I SAID THIS
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SEMIPUBLICLY TO GENERAL THOMPSON AT A MEETING OF THE NATIONAL
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE BOARD NOT SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, IN RESPECT TO
A PARTICULAR ACTIVITY MANY OF YOU ARE ENGAGED IN, AND I AM
ANXIOUS THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS, INDEED, ONE OF THE
GREAT CHALLENGES BEFORE US: TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO THIS
BETTERIHOW DO WE GET THE INFORMATION TO THE FIELD COMMANDER
IN A TIMELY MANNER? HOW DO WE GET IT TO HIM IN A FORM SO THAT HE
DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE '17 NEW COMPUTERS AND 525 NEW PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND AND INTREIT# IT? AND YES HOW DO WE GIVE HIM
PERSONALIZED SERVICE, SO THAT HE GETS WHAT HE NEEDS, NOT WHAT WE
THINK THAT HE NEEDS? BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A ONE OF US HERE THAT
DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE IN HEADQUARTERS DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE PICTURE AS WELL AS THE FELLOW IN THE FIELD. AND
WHETHER WE'RE RIGHT OR WRONG, YOU HAVE TO SERVICE THE MAN IN THE
WOE-
FIELD TO HIS SATISFACTION BECAUSE HE'S GOT THE BURDEN
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WINNING THAT BATTLE ON HIS SHOULDERS AND UU
THERE IS`NO WAY WE CAN TAKE THAT FROM HIM AND WE'VE GOT TO GIVE
HIM THE SUPPORT. AT THE SAME TIME, WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THAT
THE TACTICAL COMMANDER'S INTELLIGENCE ASSETS ARE ALSO OF
CONSIDERABLE INTEREST AND USE TO US ON THE NATIONAL SCENE; AND
WE MUST, THEREFORE, DEVELOP THIS PROBLEM SO THAT THERE IS A FLOW
IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, AS APPROPRIATE.
IT'S r A VERY BIG CHALLENGE; IT'S ONE IN WHICH I WILL BE LOOKING
IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD TO YOU HERE IN THIS ROOM, IN
PARTICULAR, WHO ARE SO ORIENTED TO, SO CLOSE TOE, THE MAJOR
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COMMANDERS, IN THE, FIELD ABROAD, TO BLAZE THE TRAIL, TO CONTINUE
TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON ALL OF US(TO RESPOND AND TO MAKE THESE
SYSTEMS FROM THE NATIONAL SIDE SUPPORTIVE OF THE TACTICAL AND
VICE VERSA.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU. I'M VERY IMPRESSED IN
-MY SHORT TIME WITH YOU AT THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION THAT EXISTS
THROUGHOUT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. IT IS VERY.HEARTENING
TO SEE THE DROPPING OF PAROCHIAL SERVICE AGENCY BARRIERS, WHEN
THE JOB NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND IT'S INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
BE WILLING AND ABLE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF CROSS-AGENCY, CROSS-
DEPARTMENT, CROSS-SERVICE COOPERATION AS WE PROCEED ON INTO
THESE DEMANDING CHALLENGES. I AM EXCITED AT .THE POTENTIAL THAT
THERE IS TO PROVIDE EVEN BETTER INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND
INTERPRETATION WITH ALL THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES OF THE TECHNICAL
SYSTEMS, THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, THE ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES, THAT
ARE AVAILABLE TO US.
AND FINALLY, I WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT IN MY ENTHUSIASM IN.
WATCHING THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY NOW FOR A YEAR AND A HALF,
I BELIEVE WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO PROVIDE WHAT THE COUNTRY
NEEDS. WE CAN NEVER RELAX BECAUSE THE JOB IS IMMENSE AND OF
TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY. BUT WE DO. HAVE THE CAPABILITY. WE
JUST NEED TO KEEP WORKING, KEEP LOOKING TO THE FUTURE,,, 5SURING
THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE INTELLIGENCE FOR TODAY AND
TOMMORROW, AND NOT FOR YESTERDAY.
GENERAL THOMPSON, I COMPLIMENT YOU ON HAVING THIS ANNUAL
DINING OUT; BRINGING YOUR WHOLE TEAM TOGETHER; BRINGING THE
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SPOUSES IN WITH IT(IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF HAVING A GOOD
INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION IN THE ARMY, AND IT'S PART OF THIS TEAM
WORK, THIS COOPERATION, THIS SPIRIT THAT MAKES THIS SUCH A
WONDERFUL PART OF OUR COUNTRYAOF THE MILITARY SERVICES.
I THANK YOU FOR HAVING MY WIFE AND ME WITH YOU TONIGHT AND
GOD BLESS YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US. THANK YOU.
COLONEL FLYNN: ADMIRAL AND MRS. TURNER, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR
AND A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS EVENING.
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DINING OUT
0/ACOS, INTELLIGENCE, U.S. ARMY
Koran Room,
Fort Myers Officers Club
1900, Friday, 27 Oct
REMARKS
- Pleased asked to join you
o Intell more important-than ever
o Your contribution vital
Want to speak briefly on two subjects:
o What future looks like in intelligence
o Where we are going to have to work hardest in future
Future of Intelligence
1. Collection - Technical
- Continue exploit fantastic capabilities
- Problem: getting more expensive
Means: (1) Judicious in choosing what need vice nice-to-have
n egra ing tec systems so they complement
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ly-tz eacff-'o#hers wea nesseslstrerrgtl~
2. Collection - HUMINT
Not downgraded - but enhanced for reasons just discussed
Important trend : must dovetail with other systems
o Not enough emphasis here
o Putting clues together (e.g., signals, photo, HUMINT)
Major changes to help this : (E.O. 12036)
(1) Authority to task
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(2) NITC
- But end objective = teamwork
Because:
(1) Expensive
(2) Risky
3. Analytic
- Trends in opposite direction, i.e., more divergency
Excised the footnote -1'~ t br
Therefore USA, USN, USAF, DIA, must maintain independent capability
- Real essence analysis not conclusion, but explication
4. 'Qunterintelligence
Diffi ult paranoid
Countert lligence split in IC
- Work /I oser wi h FBI
- Increase teamwork
Second topic - touch on briefly - National-Tactical Interface
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Two aspects:
(1) Especially important - continued emphasis to make national assets
available to'Mil Cdr in field
e.g., satellites, signals, etc.
(2) Tactical Cmdr. - sometimes info of strategic importance, e.g., Mayaguez
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Future - Need to work hard to
(1) Understand better how get info into tactical cmdr's hands
(2) How to get him thinking about what needs to be shared with national.
Conclusion --
Encouraged by spirit of cooperation I have found.
Excited by the potential you and I have yet to tap
Look forward to doing it in da;'s ahead together.
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