SOME THOUGHTS ON THE PROBLEM OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00022R000300120013-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 13
• Content Type: REPORT

Won eh tbs smmtsy in question places "at .tort, 7bes;
it would be guess ' , h e t is n's part o f us a+ovledgs of Sosi
aexsase oepebilltiss s -budit, the paucity of fi3wd points
draeiatic in the extreem.
If the datas or taxed pole`-3, art tr:nercr.a cM
the volds between then then wettr rtnl,
can b v dram,
If the data, or fired puan' a, ;:n tet; n.. ti-
5. I.a tW last analysis the aisa1s h of ?-jntelli,+?;3nce is t
draw the moaningtu2 an4' ob3eotire geverellzation i t.'ve data
 6, In ease 5b above the genes bsi-, :Aintzoml?y ooufiwd
and direotud b7 fined poin'. ts, my be enc'uifed by formes wboliy
xtreneous to the probic at bard. It is here that he nay be
COnsa,nualy or wtoonsoionsly taken over by his hopes, his wishes,
MA his.feers, or-by thaw of his frisv.3s or the institution he.,
works far. (I refer ; ou to the men who hevu designed maps g('
the beavms and vho have gamaraliaed the =ncalar anion an.
his club, belt a.?vd lion skin from a dozen or so stars.) Act
be mares up with is aornthiag far ditfereut from and 'usuall
y
far mars or in. than the meager auq"tions of the tL=d
point
.o
The added'eamathinp to not from the data) it in from bix,
T. An long as the aationul lptelll 'e ire aor,anm ity ova
x only relatipely few points in key scluntific and teohnioal ' " ,
datrlc7eeuents of the iii and as long as the voids bxotid a then x` ',
w points are very lnsge, gee a alizatioos by any single iadiiidnal
or single iSeiligeme iaatitttiam may be dangertusly sbsvaid
tadividual with or i;tatitution poliav.
8, Ask yourself o 'What void d I idn*1 if any future Were
,terry oven with that of one of the axed peruses?o You ntld
eh to of the boat don outfit of its sort. .n
3sts j: gyp outfit that could deliver ozwugh lethal pou*r
d ,troy? ,y saeaj in a single attack Kai do it vit`xout losing
finen. ti~.
a. To seams yourself that-YO= Bez-ViGe Viii Cot
the c: M7. You vUl build Iitt. ur, ea^._tally
in O rose torus of his offer;:; as map j l i ty,
To aware yourself that Onoai ; -vu 0t '.Ylav
best drain :outfit in the wor1c., itt sal!; parry
out its mission yvu begin to wv;a say 1r?.xj
the e-ia :y. You will toot
the arcs of his defensive You
are not quite so aertc?n to j.') this e:, to
5ai1 s? 'r.ie offensive eabv!' wo:y .rc, :=s
of t Le perile involved. Yc. ;,r,1 t ct. o
sirr.tfioontly rndertalue. !t;_. ~4ccraive c a~-
hil. t a aae plans are dra:-:, jp,~)n your
 svalvatioa rows serries mrW be orally )nnrt
in the clash. You finally fix the jaobtt of
thwas
p.v~rttaelres a pith-over in h showdown.
eo long as the ratio of find points to voila reueirc Vf tat it
of.the find points sad Toads ]N.Batltt ut4eruater wezfara
be opposed to the viih at another te:vtos; that the otter eervlai
will posse.. all the date of the first and that it will be oapa: le
of drawing its own crrtant or opposing ea:: zallZatinr,
vhieh it may or may not share with other t rv res and if ' it o.:oos. u
ca' Opposing gen?rclization have shrOok considerably ant. any h^:vu
shut to apju-oxtrats asses
14. lc are in a position today chars vall, cannot sr'aci,
either (a) a dremvetia decrease in the"ratic vol,,,; .'icer3
points in the area of scientific and teq--_ni.t " c}svel,r :. tt. In
the 1FSSX or (b) a dra4stie charge in boom Lure. At 011 ue
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 ve do not taM out inr=mn a against tic oooeptexoe of a
CamerelisatLan that at prfoa'se perta:=e hearily of the visi. j
we Ore asking for troML. If I we" csrryiag the statutc.?
rssponaibilitiea of the DOI the aiaiwca inmates I would take
out vault be as followst
a. Keep 0/$I in. buslasss t'ntty much as It i3
today - inn endeavor to strenat!en mama
of its division?. MW ones I wra7 d ctre?igt' .
would be those dealing with the mast is porta=it
qubjeot atoter itraepsotln.of whether another
ageaey,.hat been awarded ^gcimary" ntepc>nsihility
in this eubjest tatter.
b. Set iW a amaiainery to inr:rr that no cry &c'? r'ifio/
tpchnioal intellignos outfit withheld irfar ion
which it may have dgvoloped aM witch it found uqe-
ful in dtaving its own gang:-;~iimtlon:.