SECRET is df a1 28APR 9 ACSI-CGU I 84 EEMORARDUH FOR DIRECTOR DEFENSE IETELLIGENCE AGENCY AETN DIAAQ SUBJECT Memorandum of Non-Concurrence l ACSI does not concur in the proposal that an Army and Air Attache in Moscow return with unprocessed film immediately following the May Day Parade to the U 8 Air Force Foreign Technology Division Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio where the initial processing and technical analysis of the take is to be made This prOposal is not concurred in for the following reasons a With the recent night photography node by our attaches of the new track mounted missile and expected in Washington on 30 April we do not understand the degree of urgency required to have attaches return with an inferior product on 1 May as opposed to a better product on a May Parade rehearsal reports the hilite cable of the parade and photographs received from news media should establish the identity of any new equipment and should satisfy immediate current' intelligence needs b The attaches in'Moscow have had a successful joint effort with the British Canadians and often the French Attache in acquiring the photography and in processing it immediately after a parade Usually our attaches process the film of the foreign attaches for them 1 Disruption of this nonperation by deferring foreign attache exchange no is proposed will possibly hamper our future efforts with foreign attaches It also can delay or prevent foreign attaches from passing their photography that has often been superior to U 5 parade photo- 3 graphy i Initial processing annotation and preliminary reports -E coo - can best be accomplished nearer the scene of the parade and by the an people actually taking the photographs Although the officers m nomna v as couriers are well qualified to do this they cannot substitute for nyf C the individual taking the picture Early technical analysis by attache personnel has proven to be invaluable in the past With the allied attaches contributing to this analysis it has given Army technical a much broader basemoi Me fir an NUT moduli- pm DIR 5 00 10 r r 5h 4 c max-can SUBJECT Hemorandum of Non-Concurrent d The proposal that all of the photography go to at Wright-Patterson will create an unknown delay factor for photography of non missile equipment 1 9 tanks vehicles small arms arriving in the hands of the qualified technical in Washington 2 Recommend that the female coverage he brought to Washington by an Army and Air ForceJAttache to arrive not latar than h Hay 1965 and as indicated in paragraph 1 of Joint Army Air Force Message from Moscow FOR THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF FOR INTELLIGENCE J E Colonel 63 Chief Collection Division in This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu