LETTER TO LT. GEN. SAMUEL V. WILSON FROM E. H. KNOCHE

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• Publication Date: May 16, 1977
• Content Type: LETTER

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16 May 1977
Lt. GEtn. Samuel V. Wilson
Di rector
Defense Intelligence Agency
Room 3F258
The Pentagon
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Pursuant to our recent discussions about the continuing problems
of how to arrange appropriate staffing at NPIC, let me pass along to
you a few of my personal views.
First, NPIC is probably the best example we have of a cooperative
community effort in the mutual interests to accomplish a major task.
The tradition, as you know, has been that 50 percent of the PIs assigned
to the Center come from the DoD and the other half from CIA. CIA
provides all of the support, the building, the equipment, etc. I
can very much sympathize with the effects of cuts over the years made
against DIA and the requirements you encounter to find room for new
tasks at the same time. All of this has made it impossible to ante
up the now required by NPIC to maintain the 50 percent balance.
The tragedy of all of this is that this great community symbol
is tarnished and there is talk by some key officials within the
community that'the whole NPIC concept should be examined.
Without losing sight of NPIC as a-.commur.ity element, let's give
some thought and attention to a couple of new possibilities. One
has to do not with the quantity of DIA input to the Center, but to
its quality. Should the Deputy Director, for example, be a flag
officer or a civilian supergr?ade? Should the average backgrounds and
qualities of the DoD PI personnel assigned to the Center be enhanced
and upgraded? Should there be more regular rotations of such personnel
so that their time at NPIC is seen as an upward movement in career
terms?
In addition to addressing this question, I would suggest another.
Is there not a way in which we can take all of the PI resources
and combine the talents and skills so as to meet national
needs and at the same time guarantee the satisfaction of departmental
requirements?
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I would be most -interested in your react-ion to these ideas.
Progress of some kind is required. Working together, I think you and
I,can devise that progress.
25X1
Deputy Director
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