IMAGERY SUPPORT TO INTERDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00316R000100090031-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 2, 2006
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: June 2, 1978
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Release 2006/10/02: CIA-RDP84TOO316R00&IO`0 31-5
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Slt"J1LI Imagery Support; to Interdisciplinary Analysis
1, lh r ~c~nl proposal b~f Maurice Ernst to create a petroleum
anal ysi :s con tH:r in OER has focused niy thi'hki ng on the question of how
the Office ,i Imaciery Analysis can best be integrated into NFAC effo is
at indisc-rf',I iorry analysis. One thing is clear--this question is
nsPpai ahl e r, ml the larger issue of how NFAC can most effectively use
tkr mojor non lvtical assets th, t exist in the talents and expertise of
U I A : ,When I:ho issue is considered in this broader context, I bel i eve---
for reasons `:hat 1 w i l l try to explain below--tha.t the interests of HI 'M
i 1 T be bec;! orveyd by having the imagery ingredient of interdisci-
pIinar aria ;s provided by Of'\ analysts operating from
,afher than them to other locations.
fly 1rjnr cot'oern about moving our analysts out o
,1 ro I .'es a r~ i T;~ue 1:Ila t; is furul;lnren to I to the effective inancrgement of
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