COVER STORIES FOR ADVANCED INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SYSTEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R003200190040-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 2006
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: September 17, 1962
• Content Type: MF

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DDR-559-62
17 September 1962
MEMO.R.A UM FOR: Acting Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT : Cover Stories for Advanced Intelligence
Collection Systems
REFERENCE : Action Memorandum No. B-25, dated. 15
September 1962
In general, I concur with the proposed letter from Mr. Bundy
to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. However,
I believe paragraph 4 tends to whitewash the situation which occurred
after the Sakhalin and Honolulu newspaper incidents. In these cases
the procedures were not followed, and decisions were made at
highest levels of Government without consultation with all interested
Agencies and w~7rking level personnel. I am not sure, however,
whether it is appropriate to criticise performance of such high-
level officials, and I believe we have corrected the situation for
the future. We will never know until the next crisis occurs.
HZRBERT SCOVILLE, 1R.
Deputy Director
(Research)
Vic: Executive Director
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DDR-310-62
3 July 1962
1\ E ORANDUM FOR: Chief, Covert Action Staff
SUBJECT: Research and Development Having Application
to Counterinsurgency Activities
1. tecently you requested this cdfice to prepare a statement
commenting on the R&D projects under way or contemplated in
support of the Counterinsurgency Program. This request contained
copies of the CIA and DOD programs on this subject.
2. As you are aware, the DD/R has no responsibility or, more
importantly, any capability to assist the Agency in R&D on counter-
insurgency, with the possible exception of high altitude reconnais-
sance and Elint. It seems that these two subjects have relatively
little application to counterinsurgency activities. It would seem most
appropriate that the Agency's R&D efforts would be primarily in
support of CIA's particular type of counterinsurgency operations
and not across the board. As far as I can determine, practically
all of this is being accomplished within the DD/ F and the Office of
Communications.
3. In view of the above, I feel that the DD/ R cannot at present
provide a useful input to the R&D program for counterinsurgency,
nor implement any portion thereof unless it were concerned with
I' lint or aerial reconnaissance. We stand ready to consult or advise
on these two subjects as your office desires.
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HERBERT SCOVILLE, Jr.
Deputy Director
(Research)