REQUEST FOR AGENCY TRANSPORTATION

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CIA-RDP82T00285R000200060019-8
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December 19, 2016
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December 14, 2006
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June 7, 1979
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Approved For Release 2006/12/16: CIA-RDP82TOO285ROO0200060019-8 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. Approved For Release 2006/12/16: CIA-RDP82TOO285ROO0200060019-8 Approved For Release 2006/12/16: CIA-RDP82T00285R000200060019-8 w V-WM OIA-50/79 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. Approved For Release 2006/12/16: CIA-RDP82TOO285R000200060019-8 Approved For Release 2006/12/16: CIA-RDP82T00285R000200060019-8 OIA-50/79 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 STAT Approved For Release 2006/12/16: CIA-RDP82T00285ROO0200060019-8 Approved For Release 2006/12/16: CIA-RDP82T00285R000200060019-8 Attachment Office Director Comments on Office of Imagery Analysis/National Photographic Interpretation Center Request for Agency Transportation comment J { G.( ~~~-G~c is /"L~~-~c ~,~.~r l ~cc Zl~ c~ /; f-C 4L i z~ru a~-L /~ i u " cc~c~c< c l v . . c c c-L. -t lLCC. t.. I Scientific Intelligence .* is 4-r [1 L e- I S*AT 1i A. t.. ,(~-.~,,-c.. 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