I PL 86-36 50 USC 36051 ······ ·yep IEl • ET ' U '1J Vl l l1 f Sut DV CillflllIOO l V Wo u aF WfU CBCE Ul Cbl ' ' OO l i j fil £ fl ' ' ' ' rum r m r e nc ntt _ I I Non - Responsive ' ' II ' A CRYP'f OLOG lN'l'ER 'lEW I 1 w1·rH • • • • • • · • • • • • • • I all WIJHIIQ' DOAUNI CGDllalOID Ht -IAl '8PIIIIR • Oz P G'lyllUNti CIICII I I l' Ciilli IOII-C 111ur1 lh I r V tr•• · _ e-taln a Declassified and Approved for Release by NSA on 03-18-2021 pursuan t to E O 13526 MDR Case #1 09412 Non - Responsive I 18P 818RIT UMBIM PL 86-36 50 USC 3605 '' auT IT LOO_ t lKII TH REAL tl'r·· - J '• • • lo• o pc plo ln d of thtJ Ql'l6I predw ted th4i lOJ 1 lippw- n Could ltou fl crin ht$ fOU happo ied to got that ntl- t • lftll flnt of all I'd Ute to ars- tl at tut•s ctn ena er tted statet111u J dldn't pt'f dtot the nr •• J DCJ'flly wrctc' and presented bl'iefinas on tbe lndlcator• tbai• ptec Ddod 1 he ' 1n r 1 pvo theso bdofb1p l our DirectoT ' at Ills Daily Jntelligenco Brief GIid to key personnel at Cit •· GonM al ltrahu who vu tr en tho Deputy c o the D or ot Centnr · lntolliscnce 0 DCI And t9 Mr Hoskinson 11ho vas Mr Colby's adv15 0r on Nield t af£4irs • • Tho tiU• shes • uhd11• r h- • lot ot analysu and ctanslatqrs in C6 f Ut 1 i an ovful lot of hour to eoae up wlth' dlose incllcnor _ Job•acroly ciit•Ued looklna at au e 5101flt 4nd ol1Hent available and tryln1 t o • • s a s nse out of lt'J Loo'klng back l 1111 t t tllat bOSSH llt that UM -- Mr Ravcm· Mr Parish and r- _'l ' - Jeeway l n 1111 · • ftall ' alad tile ' dld I stlll recall Y1Vldly the dlt '5 preceding ih• cut N•• cf the war -- aatt nJ In to work a'l'Olllld 5 o'clock In tile 111 ffllng collecting all tho SJCUOT rq orti iHuod durlriJ the nisflt by our nriout field staiUont 1 ryln1 to sort out th inti I U 1tn lND th c h•ff Mr R en would c up to wr uoa ro1Jnd II qga1'cer to W ' ' to I •• bTlofin1 l _o 01 reetoT Thls - Ye1Y urw l • but kcauao of Mr Raven•• deop coacom ov r the 'Niddlo East situati on he - do thls • dalty 'pnctico M thl• would t1ko about 10 or 15 mi®tes Nr O isor in V3 would invariably call wOT dorlnJ t hffc J vns M r Geip1' taa in i Jtarso of tho Dlrcctor'a lntelll mco bri ef and ho u w to have • dry nm at 074$ NAwrally r ' late every day SoaoUaos I didn't eve21 flnl ti vdtlns me brief untll oazs 5 minutes before the actuel bl'iot bcpn 1111 Dt a nia ttturcl eu 1n tbinas ialdond dLc t T-lcfinp wvnt prctt ' snoothly Ha ov01' 1 u• ed to pray that 1f •ar uottlons wcro uked li Ould bo ones that I • s propard to 1111$11Cr I 1Cllew that questions vould bo lUcoly becau e thln1s 11ere clevolopina very idly in tbo Hidd le eut I always niecl to Jcflow th• tact• lnllde ud out lbat atUI Uke all brie f era I Uvtld Sn £ea-r of not 1'e n1 ••io to 11ns11er • question aallod by ne of our u p UJl48e1'll llt • £orml brloflq POrtlll atOl ' soiae ooe looklila out for •• because the quastloas 4 tltcd • ones that I could ll ISNer Al for hOlr 1 tia- A to bo In a position to rr-• give Cboso bri fin1s tflat'• Jronlc al o ay die least hi J aly 1'73 wbon DDO undencnt • NOrp nizailon I 11as asked If l would Hk• • ob in G6 Ni4dlo I hacl been workln i n GS L ttn AIIOl'lc• for about 2 can After thi nking lt ovn I clodded it wa ti• for• ' ' ' Ma• I •• • Doc euer f6 • CRVPTOl 00 • Pap l • 'SOP 81GIID PSll R• EO 3 3b 3 PL 86-36 50 USC 3605 'f8P 8NAM' IJJ IIRA chanae So of'f J went to - Utt Jo dl4 J knoll what QOut tO p-eot 1 11 l So it tutaed out tl at r bad GJ l of t11Q an a hd f acnthf • of •xpnit IICII 1111'1 Nitdlc l a t llttJIOU vhon thins• NJan to develop LoOlinl bic k a 4J11 t bat wu an asset believe lt or ftOt 1 vas n•t U'pffl• encod enouth to havo an bP11c•in pr Jlllli est Oftoft 4Jl lysu 11ho vo ttmkcd a spodfie tar• set for a loR2 ftM'iod ol tli ie tend to down• I Jf l'a 81vt'ft CN41t IOI' 'pN ilCUftl tno 11J' it roaUv ao11ns that athor DIIDDlo hail f1'1lail to did lfOU fwt got i nwl lf1d £11 t bPiofUl 81 Dcceabor padct ' 7ti • PTOLOG • Pase MP ilOIIIA' UUII J z '18P OUOW' UIIIM EO 3 3b 3 PL 86-36 50 USC 3605 ----------------- Waa ll° wnt to CIA to tii tltu C 'M t brltrfl'f 18 on tlw IHd1Jl a Bast aitutwmP Yes FollowinJ Ula G1reeto •• lntelltlenc4J brief Oft 'l'hurselay • Octobor- V4 vhic h was then lnvolved ln • PJOJTD tlltt lncludc4 PJ'Oll•nl lnJ slplficant brl•f• •i t o DCI Stdf •• _ltecl • 111 could bl lef lhat •to ff en the Ml lo l att dovolopamts lflth Ill ' bOssos• approval h wa decided tba-t 11e would do tbb Since tllo woekly brldi ba vas si ho41 1led ro that very day at l OO hoian 1 had ttm SP j0591P9r t9 tho l spst • enta i 4• ••pp• f W na t UtldflllJ dtd lf'Oic bnof to Depttt fj JCI and IA •t aff1 4' d u1r4 m o t1w MZOtu»t to lfOIO b -i•fing1 At houp I had had to prepare tho t rldinc under pressure of tltlo I had Mlec tet4 ud written •1 vordt very caretully so wllon I nresentad the briefina I siat ed tll tr-1------I rollOlfUII tn brtefhlt I Wfft co Nr Hosl lnson•s offico and npul ocl it r hia Oecel'lbn 16 • C1lYPTOLOG • Pa1e S icNl IK81Z JHlllt i8P 81811111' Ulllll l flt not as concerllOd •• General Grahm had been r then retuned to HSA lltld iold bosses ldlat had happenod a t Cl To bo pcr ctly houst I will wit that 11 lybe 1 shOuld have pu hecl ay caso harder at CIA 1M l hid lelt a blt lndaidated vntmin After all who ••s I·· a rteter vllh about two amtht o ttto roblea -- tc dlsapee vlth au the oxperu1 Hot onl that but J ws eo aplctoly unprep1recl tor WMt h11ppHecl dovntow Maybe I as naive but I had been ccmpletely unawue that i heu was dlsaarH De t ln rt e intelligence OOJDUnlty on 11 9 t vas happclUJII 1n the Mldcllo Bast 'lbn sllddenly J find 11yself right in h• uiddte ot t he dlugr«IIC1 t vlt flO real pldt n • •• to hClltf hanillo cl e slwatlon 111crcforo 11bon I returned to 'HSI thJt at'ternoon a as • 1ltUc afraid that 1 11iaht have Cot aysolf h• ' trouble •c if a war '° h cl1 't enapted aur cNdlbiUt y s ay lave droppcc ccmstdenbly In the eyot of CIA '24 llrt Rcwcn •• l'll Ctttion 111hon r ou told hU11 t 1kt4 lklppdM4 as au Ho told ine not to tll ffY poraonntly obolrt '' t hod Mid whllo Gt CIA USO h• felt that no 11111tt•r what t aald the lntolligcm o -· - with • ti tit• ••••rtat•• cocralftlty wauld not apco that • var ln th• Middle Ea at lalJ ent Zor Jf p cp141 haw •t«tttd tha 11° anuaUy pnuHot«l UY t¥J' I 4trQ that i m- IMCad -n q i I• thu ffldl' No ucl l 'd 11111 to clear that poll t up rl ht now At tho briofi•I tll t I pve ot CIA I did 1111ntion that 6 Cktobtr GI Y ltlJIII' •· • Jew• lab nU1lou1 1'oUd y -· and tllat natutall ' Israel would be iost S1 11C9PUble that dA' But th•t la all l said l 41dn' t YY thit var i oulcl doflnltoly bruk vut that day J urely supettod that October Wllld bt1 an llclvant • J1ICN9 day for ac Arab attack An 'ono ftalU ar vUh tllo Jewlsh rollaion bO¥S this 1h11 lt wasn't any pat feat on 111 pu-t to point it t ' ' O rt llccedler 76 • CRYPTOI OG • P111• 4 MP IIQ• II' UIIIM EO 3 3b 3 PL 86-36 50 USC 3605 - - --- - ----- -·---· EO 3 3b 3 PL 86-36 50 USC 3605 T8P 8MRlft IJPillftil - -1---------- I •' etdl 0 - 01 SIGINT orlentatton COUl'H siven IIOl tll ac NSA So far O t 900 poopl• froa• OIA have Un thil c oune a id it u hoped that DIA in 1wonl has a bottu idea of l ov thO SIGltff analyn aak•s Ail ltvaluatlons lll t tlid p tipZ at l BA lftNr Anothu c111111• was th• c i- tion ot tho NI11 Natlcmal Jntolltaeneo Bull tin which pro• v1d es the cxcclltl vt Nadel' wl th • daily $Ualr ' ot tho int•lli OlKC facts Prior to th tff•• Uo11 oi th• Nl8 tho ilkllvldual agencl s put out thcb· own suaarlH tlhich SODOliDCts con• tained conflictln• st•tcaents wlll lMOTPNta• Uo11s 1 - • u •• ' t td' urm aoovt EM oria i 1 ' 1eu porscmau r hlt Sot as ° ' a pod ox- peric m o 'but one thllt I ope t haff to 'be · ropatod Jt vu a lCllleldlat f'fllSUatln1 enco but on e t - t umht • 1111 aN u11ot about tho ••rl• • IIOCbanic s of t be Jntel11ienc • co- nlty lt • • also • pod IUSOII in indicatloas 111'4 wamlna and ll8do • aw $ for ti flnt tla • of tta cnoraDU 11 I With tlle cr ucm of th• NII NII have a pct llc atlon that un collect all 4i nsent views cm a subiect 111 tho 411 1 tho tndlvl wal lnt•lll1t11c• apclfl cui now Com 1 1' or onc on• cur with a S vm evaluatiOA If an agncy non• co i cur• than is nov an oppo unit1 for tttat •Jffltt to suio why lt docs ftot - pee 111th a apedfle avaluatlcm and then Stt u ta own r f GniEAf i 6i in thi Alidie EJit FU W • l astem luropa otc I juH hopO Chat ll1vo Ill 1'ositflted froa tho •b• uitca wo aadct prior to tffo 197S Mlddlo Batt Mar Md dO noi -repeat tll•se llitUlot In tbe hturo ' IIOUld also Uko to ay thllt 1n oplnl• on •'I role Jn the Ol tobU erbit was a Dbor on• lillllc h baa Oftlffl been bl CM of JrGpDrtlon ev luaticm Jn thts vay we llavo a a1nJ16 _eblc1e aval lable lO decitlon aters 11 1 ch c OllUiftS al tho poHlble options on a aivcn swJect Md • third ChaDIO 1e that DIA bas beon f OPl• et Ill ti to attm a Hllc11RI QOUt 30 1£ffectl • 12 M y 1976 title changed to NID National lnulU nc• Daily d Dec ellber --_ _ --- ----·- - 16 • CRYPl'OUlG • Paa• S 'NP iaiill8'F UIIIHM - - I Non - Responsive I I Non - Responsive •• I_ _ jl I No n Respons i ve r --·-·-·i Non - Responsive Non - Responsive I I Non - Responsive I _ I Non - UMRlfr OP8111 S JLIJf'10JI ro £AS' •--••R m r t IIOl11 -5oElC • Responsive J 1151 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' csscsr Doccabcr 76 • CRYP'IOLO i • P1110 12 ' EO 3 3b 3 PL 86-36 50 USC 3605 ccro I lillQIIIII' '1POKP PL 86-36 50 USC 36051 MtNDtP MIO CflflR a s CV¥ I I Non - i • Responsive I ·I Non - Responsive I -I Non - Responsive Responsive I___ I Non ---idl Responsive I Non - Responsive I -· Non I J I t t I I I I I I - Responsive I Non - Responsive I ------• ----------------- I' Non - Responsive I• Responsive I