LETTER TO MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT A. BREITWEISER FROM MARSHALL S. CARTER

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• Publication Date: October 23, 1962
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i?,W a jor General Robert A. Brettweisor
Assistant Chief of Staff (Inteliigeaie
United States Air Force
rI a shington 25, D. C.
Dear General Breitwelser:
Your letter of 28 August 1962 raises the question of the U. S.
Intelligence Board review of the subcommittee structure of the
,Guided ,Missile and Astronautics Intelligence Committee. I feel
that this matter Is best left to the Committee itself, which has just
coc.:ipleted a reorganisation of its working groups.-'
It is nay understanding that the Coai nittee has always used
the working group concept rather than a formal subcommittee
structure so as to retain itxypootant flekibiltty for handling new
problems and data. Theept nization of these working groups has
apparently never been bfibught itefore USIB for formal ratification,
and I see no need for `USIB to enter the matter at this time. Uf
course. if.the Air Force has strong arguments for changing this
tradition., ;,feel sure that the Chairman of the Board would receive
theca as an item for consideration by the Board,
Faithfully yours,
USAF review(s) (Signed) Marshall S., Carter
completed.
,?rarshall S. Carter
Lieutenant General, USA
Deputy Director
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
REPLY TO
ATTN OF: AiLrllV
SUBJECT: (U) Review of Committee Substructure
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
1. 1 am informed that the Guided Missile and Astronautics Intelligence
Committee (GMAIC) is currently reviewing its organizational structure.
Under USIB authority the GMAIC is authorized to establish working groups
appropriate for the discharge of its many functions, I do not recall
that USIB has ever reviewed the results from a management point of view.
Perhaps this is inconsistent with our responsibility.
2. The functions assigned to the GMAIC encompass production and manage-
ment tasks requiring complex actions and often transcending authority.
For continued effectiveness with increasing complexity the committee
should be afforded closer guidance from USIB. After examining the
GMAIC reorganization plan with reference to the probable Defense Intel-
ligence Agency framework within which a major part of our resources
will operate, I believe that the GMAIC needs direction regarding the
appropriate method of task management.
3. I have a specific proposal and perhaps other members of USIB would
like to discuss the matter.
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BRIEF FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
REFERENCE: Memorandum to DCI from Assistant Chief of
Staff/Intelligence, USAF, dated 28 August 1962,
subject as above (ER 62-6372)
1. Attached is a proposed letter to the Assistant Chief of
Staff /Intelligence, USAF, for your signature.
2. The Guided Missile and Astronautics Intelligence Committee
completed a reorganization of its working groups during August as
one step in our efforts to revitalize its activities. The number of
working groups remained the same, but the mission of each was
modified so as to better fill our current responsibilities. The new
groups are focused on offensive missiles, deployment, production,
space systems, antimissile missiles, air defense, and non-Soviet
missile problems. The aim was to create a small technical
community for analysis with particular disciplines working on each
common problem area. The representatives of Army, Navy, DIA,
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NSA, State and CIA. were unanimous in endorsing this reorganization
and basic philosophy.
3. The Air Force member advocated a different plan in a very
aggressive manner. He wanted to reduce the number of working
groups from seven to three and use these to "manage" national
intelligence analysis for GMAIC with three full-time DIA men.
We found that two Air Force Lieutenant Colonels had already been
assigned to the Committee for this handling purpose. The rest of
the Committee rejected their proposal for large "shunting and
switching centers" and General Breitweiser's letter to you is an
appeal of this decision by GMAIC. A similar letter (copy attached)
was sent to General Carroll and was considered (with unknown
result) by the Military Intelligence Board.
4. The working group breakdown has always been used by
GMAIC in preference to a formally ratified subcommittee structure.
This has avoided the problem of USIB review in the past and has
worked well in allowing flexibility to respond promptly to new
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problems, such as the proliferation of missiles to Non-Soviet
nations. I believe that it would be a definite loss to suddenly
reverse this position, especially on an appeal basis for a minority
viewpoint.
ALBERT D. WHEELON
Assistant Director
Scientific Intelligence
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cc of Letter to Gen. Carroll
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TO: Director (Lt. General Joseph F. Carroll)
Defense Intelligence Agency
SUBJECT: (U) Management of Technical Intelligence Resources
1. Currently the Guided Missile and Astronautics Intelligence
Committee (GMAIC) of USIB is reorganizing. The eight working
groups which the GMAIC seeks to re-establish will essentially
contribute another 'layer" of piecemeal disjointed management
over service technical intelligence elements.
2. I note that after implementation of the DIA Technical Intelligence
Plan two new functions will be centralized within DIA: "Over-all
management of the DOD technical intelligence effort" and "Synthesis
of technical intelligence produced and furnished by the Services. "
The Services retain not only responsibility for production and collection
but also for managing technical intelligence organizations and elements.
3. I believe that it is appropriate to consider our opportunity to
contribute direction for improved task management through USIA to
GMAIC. I would like to discuss this matter with the Military Intelligence
Board to insure uniform support to GMAIC and to guarantee that our
GMAIC members do not waste effort toward purposes inconsistent with
the express DOD basic policy decision.
R OBER T A. BREITWEISER
Major General. USAF
Assistant Chief of Staff for
Intelligence
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