33RD ANNUAL CONVENTION REPORT

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• Publication Date: August 1, 1979
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 Vice President and General Manager, Government Systems
Division, Western Union Telegraph Company
Rear Admiral Milton J. Schultz, Jr., USN
Deputy Director for Tactical C3 Systems, Organization of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Charles M. Denny ,
President, ADC Telecommunications Division of Magnetic
President, RCA Global Communications, Inc.
William N. Hart
Director of Communications, Central Intelligence Agency
Emanuel Fthenakis
President, American Satellite Corporation
Major General William I. Rolya, USA
Commander, U.S, Army Intelligence and Security
Command
George J. Mealey
President, Cincinnati Electronics Corporation
Dr. Harry L. Van Trees
Principal Deputy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Com-
munications, Command, Control and Intelligence (C3I)
John H. Sidebottom
Vice President, Washington Operations, Raytheon
Company
Major General Charles R. Myer, USA
Assistant Chief of Staff for Automation and Communica-
tions, Department of the Army.
The Honorable William F. Bolger
Postmaster General, United States Postal Service
Laurence J. Adams
President, Martin Marietta Aerospace
Robert.H. Mitchell
Senior Vice President and. Group. Executive, Aircraft
.Systems Group, E-Systems, Inc.
The Honorable Dr. Gerald P. Dinneen
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Communications,
Command, Control and Intelligence (C3I), Department
of Defense
Thomas A. Campobasso
President, Electronics International Operations, Rockwell
International Corporation
Arthur A. Collins
President, Arthur A. Collins, Inc.
Colonel Earl F. Vaughn, USAF
Chaplain, United States Air Force
Robert E. Gradle, Chairman of the Board, AFCEA
Vice President, Government Communications, American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret.)
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Dr. Joseph A. Boyd
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hams Corporation
Dr. John L. McLucas
Executive Vice President, International Communications
and Technical Services, Communications Satellite Corpora-
tion
The Honorable James H. Quello
Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
Donald O. Kiser
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Electronic
Systems Group, GTE Sylvania Incorporated
Dr. Robert J. Hermann
Special Assistant for Research, Development and Logistics
to the Acting Secretary of the Air Force
Lieutenant General Thomas M. Rienzi, USA
Deputy Director General, NATO Integrated Communica-
tions Systems Management Agency
R. P. Henderson
President, HRB-Singer, Inc.
Lieutenant General Philip D. Shutler, USMC
Director of Operations, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff
Bertram B. Tower
Chairman of the Board, ITT World Communications, Inc.
..Earle C. Williams
President, The BDM Corporation
Major General James Al. Rockwell, USA
Director, Joint Tactical Communications Office
President and Chief Operating Officer, AM International,
Inc.
Mark K. Miller
Vice President, Systems Acquisition, The Boeing Aerospace
Company
Michael J. Keliher
Vice President and General Manager, Marketing Services
Information Systems Division, Honeywell Information Sys-
tems
Jon L. Boyes
President, AFCEA
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by Admiral.Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret.)
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
THERE IS SO LITTLE that is done today, especially in
technical fields like communications and electron-
ics, that is not related to world affairs in one way or
another. As members and friends of this association, I
know you appreciate how important it is that we have
good information upon which to conduct foreign pol-
icy. The work which you do permits us not only to
transmit that information to its ultimate user, but in
many cases permits us to collect it in the first place. As
world events, progress in science and consumer de-
mands push you against the frontiers of knowledge and
require to adapt to inevitable changes, so too in in-
telligence are these same forces at work.
If there is one word that characterizes the state of
intelligence more than any. other, it is change. In-
telligence activities are undergoing a period of impor-
tant and fundamental change. Change which, while of-
ten not comfortable, I believe is beneficial. This
change is not coming about because we bureaucrats
have thought up some new ideas; it is coming about as
a necessary and inevitable response to three trends in
events going on around us. The first of those is a
changed perception by the United States of its role in
world affairs. The second is an increasing sophisti-
cation in the techniques for gathering information.
And the third is a greater interest and concern by the
American public in the intelligence activities of our na-
tion. Let me describe these three trends and the im-
pact that they have on intelligence.
First, I believe in the United States' perception of its
role in'the world is changing. We are in a state of tran-,
sitionin public attitudes toward foreign affairs, moving
from an activist, interventionist outlook to one which'
recognizes more the restraints and the limits on our
ability.to influence events in other countries. This is by
no means to say that we are becoming isolationist.
Quite the contrary, I believe we are gradually emerg-
ing from our post-Vietnam aversion to almost any
form of international intervention and entering an era
where our view of the world is much more reasoned
and balanced. Clearly, the United States must contin-
ue to play a major role in the world. Yet the circum-
stances today are such that we must gauge much more
carefully what that role can be and what it should be.
For instance, look at the difficulty that we have
today in simply deciding who we are for and who we
are against in any international issue. Traditionally,
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we often were in favor of the country opposed by the
Soviet Union. But today it is not that simple. Looking
back to the past year or so, there have been at least two
international conflicts pitting two communist nations
against each other with the Soviets backing one of
them. In neither case was the other country- an ideal
candidate for our support.
Moreover, it is not nearly so clear today that it is
necessary for the United States to take sides in every
international issue even if the Soviets are pressing for
an advantage. The consequences of a nation succumb-
ing to communist influence are not always as irrevers-
ible perhaps as we once thought. Indonesia, Egypt,
communist influence, and have returned to indepena-
ence.
Even when we decide that some struggling nation,
deserves our support, there are problems in providing.
that support which simply did not exist a few years
national communications. Today, any international ac-
tion. is almost instantly communicated around the
Th
at
globe, instantly analyzed; and instantly judged.
judgment-often approbation or criticism-though of-
ten coming from second or third level powers, influ-
In the past, free nations often took their diplomatic
cues from the United States. Today in fora like. the
United Nations, every small nation uses its one vote
independently and the major powers frequently find
themselves together on the minority side of such
votes.
If in frustration we decide to use military influence,
we must remember the lessons of Vietnam. When the
pendulum of offense and defense in military weaponry
tends toward the defense, as I believe it does today,
even a minor military power can cause a major military
power considerable difficulty.
Now what all this adds up to is not that we are impo-
the challenge is not only to absorb and
utilize the vast new quantities of technically
collected information, but also to pull together
all of our efforts ... so. that they can be or-
chestrated to compliment each other, to help
us acquire what our policy makers need at
minimum cost and minimum risk."
tent on the international scene but that our leverage of
influence, while still considerable, must be exercised
much more subtlely if it is to be effective. We must be
more concerned with long term influences rather than
just "putting a finger in the dike." And, if we want to
be able to anticipate rather than simply react to events,
we must be able to recognize and interpret the under-
lying theme and forces which we can influence over
time. For the intelligence world this means vastly ex-
panding the scope of our endeavors.' =
Thirty years ago our primary concern was to keep
track of Soviet military activity. Today, we recognize .
that the threat to our national well-being does not
come alone from the Soviets-or from military events
alone. We must be equally interested in politics and
economics, in. food resources-and:population growth
and energy reserves, international- terrorism and in
narcotics to name just a few. There is hardly an aca-
demic discipline, hardly an area of the world which we
can afford not to be well informed in if we are to keep
policy makers informed. This is a more demanding
time perhaps than ever before for intelligence and it is
a time in which there must be a vast expansion of the
subject matter with which intelligence must deal. -
The second trend bringing change on us is the tech-
nological revolution in how we collect information-a
revolution which I hardly need to detail for this au-
dience. Thanks to the great sophistication of American
industry, our national capabilities in the technical area
today, in overhead photography and signal intercept, .
are -simply burgeoning. Interestingly. though, rather
than denigrating the role and the importance of the hu
man intelligence agent, this has accented it. The more
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ions it raises. A photograph or a signal intercept . fled information. At the least, these disclosures . have
which generally tell us something that happened in the
)ast prompts the policy maker to ask why.it happened.
Lnd what will happen next. Understanding the con-
demoralized an intelligence service that has tradition-
ally, and of necessity, operated largely in secrecy. Far
more important is the destructive effect that such dis-
ems, the forces that bring about decisions, the in- closures can have on our ability to do what we are
entions of other people and other nations, is the forte mandated to do by the President and the Congress.
f the human intelligence agent. First, no foreign country or individual will entrust
Thus today, the challenge is not only to absorb and lives or sensitive information to us if they do not be-
itilize the vast new quantities of technically collected lieve we can keep them secret. Secondly, it is impos-
nformation, but also to pull together all of our efforts sible to carry out the quest for information in a society
n these three fields-photographic, signals and hu- like that of the Soviet Union if what we do and how we
nan-so that they can be orchestrated to compliment do it becomes public information. In'short, these im-
:ach other, to help us acquire what our policy makers
teed at minimum cost and minimum risk. - -
This sounds logical and simple to the bystander. But
as you well know, because technical capabilities have
xpanded so and because intelligence in our country is can be placed if we are not well informed about what
t large bureaucracy spread over many different gov- goes on in closed societies. For instance, actions like -
rnment agencies and departments (each with its own those of the Soviet Union in 1972 in dramatically en-
;oncerns and priorities) we can no longer do business
n traditional ways. It has taken some fundamental re-
structuring to accommodate these changes.
The Director of Central Intelligence has been autho-
ized to coordinate all national intelligence -agencies
since 1947 when the National Security Act was'
sassed. Unfortunately, until recently he never had the
authority to actually do it. A year and a quarter ago,
?resident Carter signed a new Executive Order which
fives to the Director of Central Intelligence authority
liver the budgets of all of the national intelligence or-
,anizations and authority to direct the way in which
hey collect information. This strengthening of my au-
hority is still new and the processes are still evolving,
)ut it is having a very substantial effect on the whole
ntelligence community. -
The third trend driving change is the increased pub-
ic attention to intelligence activities ever since the in-
iestigations of 1974 to 1976. Those investigations
)nought to American intelligence more public attention
han has ever before been brought to bear on a major
ntelligence organization. The impact of this has been
substantial and, within the intelligence community, it
ias been traumatic.
The right kind of visibility can be beneficial both to
is and to the American public. By the right kind of
visibility what I mean is visibility that gives the public
access to information about the general way in which
we go about our business and why we are doing it, and
which confirms that the controls which are established
ever intelligence are being exercised as they were in-
ended. To achieve this kind of right visibility, the in-
telligence community is trying to be more open. We
ire passing more of the information which we gain and
3roduce to you through the unclassified publication of
wr studies. Taking the analyses that we produce, we
.emove from it that which must be kept secret either to
3rotect sources or to preserve for policy makers some
inique advantage, and if what remains continues to
lave adequate substance and we feel the American
,ublic would benefit.from it, we publish it in unclassi
led form.
In addition, we are answering questions more. We
;peak in public more as I am with you today. We par-
ticipate more in academic symposia and conferences. I
now that the intelligence community is doing an hon-
)rable and a vital job for our country and is doing it
well. I personally want you to know as much about it
as possible.
Still, some of the visibility is unwanted. Unwanted
fecause it benefits neither Americans nor our friends
and allies. Here, of course, I am talking primarily
proper revelations damage our country's long. term
ability to know what is going on in the many closed
societies around us. Because We.are such an open so-
ciety, we often overlook the disadvantage to which we
tering the international wheat market cost Americans
a lot in our pocketbooks. Other surreptitious and un-
suspected moves can cost us in many other ways.
On balance, this increased visibility is a net plus. We
do need the understanding and the support of the
American public and we do need to avoid any possible
abuses. Yet, at the same time, we must recognize that
with visibility there are also minuses. There are inhibi-
tions on the actions we can take and limits on the risks
that we will take. The issue today before our country is
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metamorphosis is emerg-
ing an intelligence commu-
. nity in which the legal rights
.of our citizens and the con-
trols and the restrictions on
intelligence activities will be
balanced with the necessi
ty of gaining information
essential to foreign policy.".
how much assurance does the nation need against in-
vasions of its privacy or against the possible taking of
foreign policy actions that could be considered unethi-
cal? How do we balance these desires for privacy and
propriety with the resulting reduction in our in-
and covert action capabilities?
telligence
Congress is expected to give expression to this ques-
tion of balance by enacting legislation called charters
for the intelligence community. These charters would
set forth our authorities to undertake specific in-
telligence activities, the boundaries within which we _
must operate, and the oversight mechanisms for
checking on those activities. It is my sincere hope the
Congress will pass these charters during this session of
the Congress. Written with care and with sensitivity to
the kinds of problems I have been discussing with you,
charters could help to resolve some of these funda-
mental difficulties. Overreaction, either by tying the
intelligence community's hands or by giving it unre-
stricted freedom, would be a mistake-on one hand,
emasculating our necessary intelligence capabilities
and on the other, inviting abuses. ' . -
After all these comments, let me assure you that, in
my view, our intelligence arm is strong and capable. It
is undergoing substantial change and that is never an
easy or a placid process in a large bureaucracy. But,
out of this present metamorphosis is emerging an in-
telligence community in which the legal rights of our
citizens and the controls and the restrictions on in-
activities will be balanced with the necessity
telligence
of gaining information essential to foreign policy. This
is not an easy transition. We are not there yet but, we
are moving swiftly and surely in the right direction.
When we reach our goal, we will have constructed a
new model of intelligence, a uniquely American mod-
el, tailored to the laws and the standards of our so-
ciety. As we proceed towards this goal, in this period
of transition which will probably last another two or
three years, we will need your understanding and sup-_
port. For that reason I am grateful that you have let me
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 Robert E. Gradle accepts a ship's clock from AFCEA Presi-
dent Jon L. Boyes in appreciation of his invaluable years of
service as National Chairman of the AFCEA Board of Direc-
William F. Bolger, Postmaster General,
U.S. Postal Service, receives the AFCEA
Distinguished Speaker Award at the In-
Senator John W. Warner (R-VA) and Dr. Walter B. LaBerge,
Under Secretary of the Army were also presented an AFCEA
Distinguished Speaker Award but are not pictured. -?
4dmiral Starisfield Turner, USN (Ret.), r' Been. Lawrence E. Adams, USA (Ret)., Judith H. Shreve, Editor, SIGNAL
)irector, CIA, receives the AFCEA Dis- AFCEA Executive Vice President, is Magazine, accepts an award for her
:inguished Speaker Award at the Annual presented an award for his outstanding outstanding service to AFCEA.
3anquet. service to the association.
Beulah Houck, Director, Membership
Services for AFCEA, receives an award
for her outstanding service to the associ-
`ation_
SIGNAL, AUGUST, 1979
Robert E. Gradle presented a silver tray to LTGen.
Thomas M. Rienzi in acknowledgment of Gen. and Mrs.
Rienzi's long-time support and valuable service to AFCEA.