MEMORANDUM FOR: DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR INTELLIGENCE FROM L. K. WHITE

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 4, 2004
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: February 11, 1966
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MEMORANDUM FOR Deputy Director for Intelligence
As TM requested during our conversation on
Friday, I am returning the three NPIC R&1) projects for your personal
consideration. While t have not attempted to review therm ,. in great depth,
the following thoughts occurred to we as a result of a cursory review.
a.. All three project (or program) approvals
1 the utilization at a, prime contractor to coordinate a group of
ch efforts under the major program. I believe this is a
from normal Agency practice and that it should be very
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carefully considered as a question of policy before we embark upon
this course,
b. All three project requests speak to broad
objectives, without subrnt.esion of any specific details susceptible to
substantive review.
c. None of these requests show evidence of
coordination with other Agency R&D components, particularly
DD/8&T. The Human Factors project, in particular, appears on
the surface to duplicate planned ORD efforts in this general area.
(While it may be all right, I was rather surprised that 0 was
the chosen contractor for this particular project, )
d. Aside from the fact that a much setter
case will have to be pressenteed before I can recommend that Dick
Helms approve those projects, there is no question that the Bureau
of the Budget will require an infinitely better prepared case than
these projects present.
say, While I have not discussed these pro,
acts with DD/S* T and will not do so before having further conversa-
tion* with you, I do believe that it will eventually be necessary to do
so in order to ensure that there is no duplication, that the program
ter jrstrd, and that we are capable of managing it properly.
L. K. White
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SUBJECT : NPIC Requests for Three R&D Project Approvals
and Release of Agency Reserves
Attached are the following documents received from NP'IC :
Requests for FY 1966 R&D Project Approvals
within Available Funds
Tab A - Human Factors Research project with
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Tab B -? Automatic Stereo Scanning Prototype
Tab C - Image Analysis Program with
Request for Release of Agency Reserves
Tab D - NPIC memo requesting release of
from Agency Reserves
I of which is for a large num er
of R&D projects.
2. A cursory review of the attached documents raises a number of
major policy considerations and specific project questions outlined as
follows :
All three project (or program) approvals entail
the utilization of a Prime contractor who is to
coordinate a group of research efforts under the
major program. This is a new concept in NPIC
as well as the Agency and is worthy of close
scrutiny regarding desirability of delegating a
large degree of project menageriat control to
an outside contractor. 0RD, TSD, Commo and other
components doing this type of R&D maintain this
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authority in-house. There are a host of questions which
should be answered before embarking on this new direction
of R&D management.
b. All three project requests speak to broad objectives
without submission of any detailed contract proposals
or specifics for substantive review.
c. None of the project requests shows evidence of coordination
with other Agency R&D components, particularly DD/S&'.
The most glaring lack of coordination involves the Than
:?+tctors project which appears duplicative of planned ORD
efforts in this general area {PI Improvement Project for
We question the availability of qualified scientific
aaersonnel to properly effect substantive project manage-
ment of the proposed Human Factors contract without use
of known scientific assets existing in ORD.
e. There may be some doubts as to the choice of
We know BOB analysts will require much more justificat;
the prime contractor in the area of Human Factors.
before releasing A,;ency reserves in the amount of
7--7or R&D :purposes in 1966.
3. In view of the unofficial but forthcoming decision that Agency
R&D program and projects will be filtered through and staffed at a central
coordinating level, i.e., the DD/8&T it seems appropriate that the attached
be forwarded to the DD/$&T for his substantive review and recommendations
re rding further implementation. I would suggest that PPB work with the
DD&T on this effort. I appreciate time is of the essence in accelerating
the high priority NPIC R&D program, but it should be done prudently and in
coordinated fashion.
John M. Clarke
Director of Planning,
Programming, and Budgeting
Attachments : Tai A, 13, C,
and. D
Distribution:
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