REQUEST FOR IMAGERY ANALYST SUPPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00316R000100260003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 7, 2004
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 29, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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SECRET
OIA-76/77
29 July 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, National Photographic Interpretation Center
SUBJECT . Request for Imagery Analyst Support
REFERENCE . DDI Memorandum to DDCI, 8 July 1977,
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1. The Office of Imagery Analysis recently completed a systematic
review of its people in an effort to identify specific areas where they
could provide you with photo interpreter support during the August-
January period. Their review took into account the following factors: 25X1
the availability of analysts qualified to fill the positions identified
in the attachment to your memorandum; priority commitments to support
DDI analytical activities such as NIE 11-3/8, SALT, MBFR,
and an assessment of the minimum levels of staffing needed o
cover the Office's major areas of substantive responsibility.
result of the review, I have concluded that OIA, by delaying
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some
existing commitments, could provide analysts during this
period
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without seriously jeopardizing their ana ytical support to DDI research
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In addition, the Director of OGCR has
indicated that e wou e a le to provide an analyst who has a back-
ground in photo interpretation. IL L E GIB
2. As you know, in my memorandum to the DDCI regarding your request
I recommended that some alternative solutions to your problem be explore
before agreeing to shift people from one major organizational component.
to another on a short-term basis. In my view such a shift would be,lused
only as a last resort. Specifically, I asked about some possible
reallocations of workload among NPIC resources and certain adjustments
in COMIREX reporting requirements. In connection with the latter issue,
I noted in the detailed requirements for the =positions you identified
that about 30 percent of the time would be allocated to preparing basic 2 5X1
and periodic reports in response to the National Tasking Plan. Couldn't
a large part, if not all of this work, be delayed until your present
predicament is resolved?
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SECRET
OIA-76/77
SUBJECT: Request for Imagery Analyst Support
3. As I stated in my memorandum to the DDCI, there is no question
that the Intelligence Directorate should commit resources if your
proposal constitutes the most effective approach to meeting national
intelligence requirements, and I stand ready to do so. Before I commit
the DDI resources,,however, I would like to be assured that all other
potential avenues of relief have been fully explored and exploited.
ILLEGIB
Sayre Stevens
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Distribution:
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