LETTER TO MAJOR GENERAL LINCOLN D. FAURER FROM SAMUEL V. WILSON

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• Publication Date: September 18, 1975
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I*rwardfag your ox ressi of concern to Mir. Ober.
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LAeote General, USA
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of n s tl4 deal with FAA ? And what would be
of NOIW ON In all at tW, a?
wAwa need consl#era teen. For example: oIfhat events "0" :i U,
civil aircraft be wsxa*4 of ? U warned while still airb ra . ho v
should the aircraft reOct- -tern back. land, avoid csrteiiu .real,
or what ? If essehtially Political ems are involved, + a>IA age
M" s to aircraft are is much biter shape than llydrograpi,i-Z i* Lte
links to skips, there are a variety of questions ceaeeraj ai,rct Ait
aviali . tudred, though F f" sad private airlino cotnc83%mic4tti*
We .bare your cctvicern about the prabiern of waraiat =t civ
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initiate a NS$U-type a rcise for this purpose. AccorAW,
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DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301
LTG Samuel V. Wilson, USA
Deputy to the Director for
Central Intelligence for
the Intelligence Community
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
2 SEP 1975
As you know, an ad hoc panel chaired by RADM Showers has
been meeting periodically to identify procedural solutions
to ensure the timely dissemination of special warning
information to US flag merchant ships. As a corollary,
the problem of warning civil aviation has been raised.
In an effort to clarify watchstanding instructions to the
NMIC Alert Center, we have discovered that the civil air
problem is somewhat fuzzy. Apparently, the Federal Aviation
Administration is in charge, but their directive authority
may be questionable, and, in any case, we can find no
formalized guidance for the intelligence community to
provide the FAA with an appropriate warning.
communit to US flag civil aircraft, and that the J.C"s
the appropriate agency to undertake such an .,_effort. I
note that the DCI post-mortem on the Mayaguez incident
recommends action be taken in the case of aircraft
responsibility; however, the "action under way" _(p. 18)
does not include the air problem. I am particularly
anxious to publish instructions for DIA alert Center
personnel concernin.a the prop r actions they should take
in conjunction with other members of the community, but
would like such directives to reflect the community
position.
I believe that action should be initiated to formalize
the flow of warnin in orma ion from intelligence
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Major General Lincoln D. Faurer, USAF
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Defense Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20301
Dear Linc:
We share your concern about the problem of warning to civil avia*.ian-i..
Indeed, though FAA and private airline communication links to aircraft
are in much better shape than Hydrographic Office links to ships, there
are a variety of questions concerning aircraft which need consideratioi.
For example: What events should US civil aircraft be warned of? If
warned while still airborne, how should the aircraft react- -turn back.
land, avoid certain areas, or what? If essentially political events are
involved, which agency of Government should deal with FAA? And whi:.
would be the role of NOIWON in all of this?
You may know that, because of sensitivities concerning Community
relations with purely domestic agencies, we asked General Scowcroft ,,x...
June to sponsor, on behalf of the NSC, an effort to compile a director',
of the "National Nervous System" and to obtain information concerning,
operations centers associated with domestic agencies and departments.
General Scowcroft agreed to do so and apparently planned through
Mr. Richard Ober of the NSC Staff to initiate a NSSM-type exercise
for this purpose. Accordingly, I am forwarding your expression of
concern to Mr. Ober.
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In addition, if you wish, we could discuss this issue at our next
meeting of the operations center officers a
2/3 October. Perhaps you or your representatives could tell us if
there are existing procedures for warning military aircraft which
might prove instructive vis-a-vis the civil aircraft problem.
Sincerely,
Samuel V. Wilson
Lieutenant General, USA
Deputy to the DCI for the
Intelligence Community
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Mr. Richard Ober
Director for Intelligence Coordination
National Security Council
Washington, D. C. 20506
Dear Dick:
The attached letter from General Faurer to me concerns a specifiz
problem which falls within the "National Nervous System" account. ' e
share General Faurer's apprehensions about procedures for warning
civil aircraft via FAA, and we have let him know that we are relayin,
his letter to you. It may be that the Department of State could serve
as a conduit to the FAA for warnings of a political nature (in the same
way, perhaps, that State serves as the principal channel to the Hydrr?
graphic Office of the Defense Mapping Service for warnings of thi s
character to the US merchant fleet).
All of this seems appropriate to your efforts to handle the problet-l
of the warning activities of domestic agencies through a NSSM-type
procedure.
Sincerely,
Samuel V. Wilson
Lieutenant General, USA
Deputy to the DCI for the
Intelligence Community
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Major General Lincoln D. Faurer, USAF
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Defense Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20301
We share your concern about the pro m of warning to civil aviation.
Indeed, thou h F ommunic ion links t aircraft are in much better
shape than Hydro ra hic Of ice links to i s, there are a variety of
questions concerning aircraft which need consideration. For exampl?
What events should US civil aircraft be warned of? If warned while Et:i.11
airborne, how should the aircraft react--turn back: land, avoid certain
areas, or what? If essentially political events are involved, which .kency
of Government should deal with FAA? And what would be the role of
NOIWON in all of this?
You may know that, because of sensitivities concerning Cornmuriity
relations with purely domestic agencies, we asked General Scowcrofl. in
June to sponsor, on behalf of the NSC, an effort to compile a directory
of the "National Nervous System" and to obtain information concernir
operations centers associated with domestic agencies and department,.
General Scowcroft agreed to do so and apparently planned through
Mr. Richard Ober of the NSC Staff to initiate a NSSM-type exercise
for this purpose. Accordingly, I am forwarding your expression of
concern to Mr. Ober.
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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft, USAF
Deputy Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
In a letter to the President on 23 May 1975, Mr. Colby
addressed his continuing efforts to improve intelligence community
procedures to support the National Security Council in the light of
the Mayaguez experience. In the attachment to that letter, reference
was r..nade to a better understanding of our 'own "national nervous
system. "
Our purpose in writing to you at this time is to enlist your help
in obtaining the necessary information to create a national nervous;
system directory. Its use can improve lateral communications
among the watch officer community and will materially assist us in
disseminating foreign intelligence promptly to selected key officia"
in incipient crisis situations. This directory would identify major
watch centers of U. S. government agencies (intelligence, military,
diplomatic and domestic) both in the U. S. and overseas. It would
briefly describe their functions and interconnections, and it would
list phone numbers and message addresses.
The Intelligence Community Staff took a first step in this
direction last fall by issuing a "Crisis Management Communication
Card, " which lists 29 of the 24-hour watch centers in the Washington
area (copy attached). We would now like to expand this effort.
However, we have refrained from collecting this kind of inforrnati-)--
about centers associated with domestic agencies and departments
because we did not want to run the risk that such an undertaking
might be cited (mistakenly) as an example of DCI intrusion in dom=e- tic
affairs.
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To avoid such a misunderstanding, we believe that collecting
the directory information should be approved in advance and suon-
sored at your level. The Intelligence Community Staff can provide
guidance on the kinds of.iriformation needed and the formats for
collection and updating the.information, and it can assemble and
produce the end product. Displays would be placed in watch centers
so that their staffs will be reminded continually of the nature and
extent of the national nervous system.
To get such an effort underway, we need your approval and your
designation of some instrumentality to work with us and to serve as
the intermediary and mechanism for collecting this information,
particularly from domestic agencies and departments. Your guid;-_r.::e
is requested.
Sincerely,
/s/ Samuel V. Wilson
Samuel V. Wilson
Lieutenant General,. USA
Deputy to the DCI for the
Intelligence Community
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Attached is draft response to Gen.
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