LETTER TO THE HONORABLE ROBERT B. ANDERSON FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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The Honorable Robert S. Anderson
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Department of Defense
Washington, D. C.
October I wrote you a letter about the coordination
kd of ELINT and asked the opportunity t
before a er of us reached conclusions an
he subject. I know that you have been out of to recently
thai
probably there has not been the opportunity for as to get
Cher.
November I received from Bill Goeie a draft NSCII3
hich he indicated was the result of full discussion in
eefense and bad your tentative a,,~. pr'oval.
given this directive most careful consideration.
e in agreement with nvach of it, we find some
mental points of difference.
e view the EL U FT effort as a problem of intelligence col-
lection abroad, and we feel that the general principles applicable
activity should be fitted into the framework
we are developing in the entire field of intelligence collection.
Ever since the Naticnval Security Act of 1947 established the C
tral Intelligence Agency, we have been building up a code:
program with the other Intelligence Services for the collection,
exploitation, axed dissemination of intelligence. This has been
effectively handled through the Intelligence Advisory Co
the United States Communications Intelligence Board. and
related representative bodies. We are nuking good progress
and developing a spirit of team play which would have seemed
impossible a f. tir years ago.
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mly believe that we can fit the #LT work
structure and that 1t-is not necessary, in effect, to lodge the basic
responsibility for the exploitation of ELXNT in one of the collection
agencies, giving the intelligence community as represented by
USCIS a very nebulous advisory function.
Today the main instrument for the collection of ELINT is
the Air Force. There are, however, other collection agencies
not under the administrative control of the Department of Defense
which have substantial resources and are already in the collection
field. As time goes an I believe that the clandestine collection
effort and the production which can be obtained through both overt
and covert negotiations with friendly foreign governments will
play an increasingly important role in the FLINT field.
In order to give you a concrete idea of our line of thought,
end a tentative revised draft of Directive and would welcome
an opportunity to discuss this with you, as well as the basic intel-
ligence collection problem involved, at your convenience.
Faithfully you r$
AWD:meo
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Allen W. Dulles
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1RAFT NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DL'ECTIVE
Organization of U.S. ELINT Effort
1. Electronics Intelligence (ELINT) is an important and may become
a uniquely valuable source of intelligence. The term ELII\T is defined as
the observation, recording, and processing for intelligence purposes of
foreign non-communications electromagnetic radiations. The ELINT effort
includes the production of ELINT information requirements, the collection
and reduction of raw information, the technical analysis of the data col-
lected; the evaluation of tie data and its synthesis with data from non-ELINT
sources, the production and dissemination of finished ELINT intelligence,
and research and development.
2. The Department of Defense (including its Military Services and the
National Security Agency) and the Central Intelligence Agency are principally
involved in the national ELINT effort. All of these agencies have an immediat
concern with the end product.
3. The U.S. ELINT effort can be made most effective if it is operated
in response to a single policy direction; with collection responsive to the
needs of all interested elements of the government; with technical analysis
of data on a coordinated basis, including provision for centralized analysis
wherever necessary for the effective handling of matters of common concern;
and with coordinated technical research and guidance to the operating and
collection units. There must be provision for beneficial interaction and
mutual support of ELINT and COMINT, and for a coordinated mechanism for
dealing with foreign governments in ELINT matters.
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Lj.. It is recognized that effective military operations require that
the authority of operational commanders over their own ELINT units and
equipment be unabridged. It is also recognized that the carrying out of
clandestine operations requires a considerable degree of operational automony
and secrecy. On the other hand, full dissemination of ELINT information
obtained by any agency must be made to all interested agencies,
5. In order to achieve the objectives set forth above, while pre-
serving the principles of the chain of command, and pursuant to the pro-
visions of Sections 101 and 102 of the National Security Act of 1947, as
amended, THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES MID DIRECTS THAT:
(a) The U.S. Communications Intelligence Board (USCIB), in
addition to its authority and responsibility as defined in NSCID #9,
and without change therein or prejudice thereto, and operating under
the procedures established under paragraph 1(f) of that Directive,
shall be the National policy and coordinating body concerning ELINT.
It will develop National ELINT policy for approval b3 the National
Security Council, where a::propriato, including policy concerning:
the optimum development and utilization of U.S. ELINT resources,
relationships between ELINT and COMINT,
and, subject to the provisions
of NSCID #5, policy arrangements with foreign governments in the field
of ELINT
-(6) USCIB shall establish a standing Executive Committee on ELflT,
r t'o be composed of representatives of the Department of Defense, Army,
Navy and Air Force,, the National Security Agency, and the Central
Intelligence Agency. Representatives of the Department of State and
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of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall also be authorized to
participate with the right to vote, on matters which they or either of
them, consider to be of concern to them. The Executive Committee on
ELINT shall, subject to the guidance of USCIB, have such functions as
may be assigned to it by USCIB, rthich shall include the follovdng:
(1) The establishment and maintenance of an ELINT Master
Requirements List and the allocation of collection tasks;
(2)
Negotiations with foreign governments (subject to
NSCID #5)
(3)
The direction of the National ELINT Center; and
(Li)
The coordination of research, development and pro-
curcment.
(c) The members of USCIB shall establish, on the basis of budgetary
and other arrangcmunts to be worked out bctweun them, a National ELINT
Center to dual with matters of common concern to the National ELINT
effort. The Center, to be headed by a Director selected by USCIB and,-
approved by the Secretary of Defense, shall be staffed by personnel
detailed to it by the Member Agencies,, and shall have authority to hire
full time employees, if this be found desirable.. It shall perform such
functions as may be assigned to it by USCIB or by the Executive Committee
on ELINT, which shall include the following:
(1) Technical analysis and collation of such raw material as
USCIB determines can be. more efficiently handled centrally;
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(2) Making of recommendations to the Executive Committee
on ELINT with regard to the coordination of processing operations
in the field;
(3) Development of standards for the various ELINT processes,
as may be required.
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