REQUEST FOR AGENCY TRANSPORTATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82T00285R000200060019-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2006
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: June 7, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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OIA-50/79
7 June 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
THROUGH . Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Director, National Foreign Assessment Center
SUBJECT Request for Agency Transportation
1. We request that scheduled official transportation be
established between and Headquarters as soon as STAT
possible. Such service could be either direct or in connection
with existing shuttle services between Headquarters and Rosslyn/NW
Washington. A minimum of three round trips per day is required.
2. In the past, similar requests have been made by Agency
components in but have been rejected on the grounds STAT
that such service wou no be as cost effective as reimbursing
people for the use of their own vehicles. We believe that there
are compelling reasons for reversing the previous decisions and
changing the present system.
3. First and most important, in our view the cost of lost
intelligence product that is incurred by the present way of oper-
ating is far greater to the Agency than the dollar cost of
establishing shuttle service. In many areas of intelligence
I lprofessional contact between imagery analysts. STAT
and Headquarters analysts is essential to the
production of first-rate intelligence, and there is no question
that the lack of direct contact reduces both the efficiency
and effectiveness of analysis. This need for face-to-face
analytical interchange cannot be overemphasized, particularly
when imagery--which is a visual source--is a major contributor
of information. Telephone and other electronic communications
help, but they simply cannot replace personal contact as an
effective means of problem solving and ensuring that the maximum
amount of intelligence content is being extracted from images.
The present system greatly discourages the kind of personal
contact that is needed. Clearly, the high cost of acquiring the
imagery does not justify anything less than its total utilization.
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SUBJECT: Request for Agency Transportation
4. It is clear to those who have been in for STAT
some time that in the la rs the numDer ot visits by STAT
Headquarters analysts to has been declining, as have
the number of imagery analysts' visits to Headquarters. Both groups
of analysts are convinced there needs to be more--not less--inter-
action on substantive issues but state that the unavailability of
convenient public or Agency transportation has impaired their efforts
to enhance this dialogue. The Headquarters analysts also have
stated that even when they do have their transportation avail-
able they are reluctant to drive tol given its bad STAT
location and the stringent parking arrangements.
5. There is no doubt in our minds that our views on this
matter are shared by our colleagues in Langley. To demonstrate this,
we have asked those Office Directors in the National Foreign
Assessment Center who rely most heavily on imagery analysis to
endorse our proposal. (See the attachment). And comments like
"Regular transportation betweeni and Headquarters could STAT
make an important difference in coordinating the work of the Offices"
are' typical of the views we hear almost daily expressed by analysts
from Headquarters. The quoted comment was made by an analyst from
the Office of Strategic Research as part of a written critique of
an orientation course we conducted earlier this year.
6. Even if a more narrow view of costs is considered, the
establishment of regular shuttle service probably is now justified.
Surely, the rapidly escalating costs. of operating private vehicles
must be having a substantial impact on the dollar cost comparisons.
Finally, the present system is not consistent with Agency policy on
energy conservation. If we are going to exhort our people to form
car pools and make greater use of mass transportation, and if we are
going to further restrict and charge for parking, we must provide
alternatives to personal vehicle travel for transportation that is
required to conduct official business. Aregular official
transportation system that is capable of carrvinn he large number
of personnel who would travel betweeni __J and Headquarters STAT
in pursuit of more thorough analysis and higher professional achieve-
ment would be much more consistent with energy conservation objec-
tives than the present system.
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SUBJECT: Request for Agency Transportation
7. Your approval of this request would reat service
not only to those Agency components in I I, but also.to
the achievement of the Agency's intelligence production goals.
F. HALLAHU'
Director I
National Photographic Interpretation Center Imagery Analysis
Attachment:
As Stated
Distribution:
Original & 1 - Addressee (w/att)
1 - DDS&T (w/att)
1 - D/NFAC (w/att)
STAT
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Attachment
Office Director Comments on Office of Imagery Analysis/National
Photographic Interpretation Center Request for Agency Transportation
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