Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Rele 1 s wf3 04 01 CIA-RDP61S00750A0002001 10051-0 CHAL-0283 Copy j_ of 8 7 Auguat 1958 MEMORANDUM FOR Special Aa•btant to the Director for Planning and Development SUBJECT Director of Operation• ' DPS DCI Memo on ELINT REFERENCE CHAL-0Z14 26 June 1958 50X1 1 Thi• memo i8 re•ponding to the recommendation• ofreference memo 50X1 4 Second recommendation paragraph 2_ indicate• a need to augment NTPC by three additional men to accompli•h analy•i• of Sy• tem Follr tape• from CHALICE more expeditiou•ly in two regard• Fir • t he •ay• that the minimum analy•i• time ahoald be two day • for a technical mai11tenance evaluation to provide i nformation con cerning equipment operation c _ __ _ _ _ _ ____J 0 5 Technical maintenance evaluation i• not today the re•pon•ibility of NTPC but rather the OSI Blue Room There hu been no intention up to the pre•ent and in connection with the merger wi th NSA no intention in the f u t ure to move the re•pon•ibility for •uch evaluation 1 am informed that OSI Blue Room ha• been providing to the Project within 48 hour• after receipt of tap•• the evaluation de•ired 0 r--··--·--• I -2•-t • • J I l • • I r I t i r • f ' I I i a ·- h · •· · vltl Li ' 'f' · • '·-' · •·-·•·-- - • _ - ' I r • •- - - ·-··-· -- · - ----I · · - idiH3iHm ' -· • • • •• • _ - tnt -LJ · ' J j 7 · I · - --- ·•····----- 1 1· Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013 04 01 CIA-ROP61S00750A000200110051 -0 SECRET 2 CHAL-02 83 6 In paragraph 6 b 2 ecommend• au1mentation 50X1 of NTPC in order to achiev lrithln two month• a detailed analy• b of Sy•tem Four tape• to provide the de•ired intelUaence The impre •• ion ia gained from thi• that Operation• DPS DCI need• a detailed 11 analy•i• and it al• o pre• umee t h at the reader know• what i• meant by ndeaired intelligence A I under • tand it from my di • cua • ion• with OSI Operati on• DPS DCI and Air Force per• onnel the intelligence needed for operational purpo••• i• really EOB or ROB which ha• been uncovered For the m oat part thi• ia available • hortly after th• preparation of the preliminary report which OSI make • to Operation• DPS DCl Upon receipt of the ori ginal tape by NTPC from OSI after the preliminary a a aly• i • a duplicate ia made and forwarded to SAC which remove• th• EOB and llOB T h at information i• poated in the •• cure qgarter • at SAC and fed in mall quantitiea into the EOB and ROB publication• of SAC which are i • aued about every 48 hour• to all authorised US cuatomer• When USAF E hu received nece • •ary rack• now on order planning call• for EO B and ROB analyei • from Euruian collection to be made ther e or in the event of an ovarload al • o at SAC The •am• procedure would apply in PACAF in the ca• e of A • ian collection 7 ln any event it ha• neY• r been the intention that NTPC ahould perform a detailed analysi • of every miseion tape to provide all deeirad intelligence It• mi • eion bu been and i • to provide analy• ia ol uniqu e type• of •ianal• l'urthermor• the manpower expanaion of NTPC for analy•ia of Sy• tem Four i • unwarranted pending the receipt by NTPC of additional rack• now on order At • uch time u t h ••• rack• are available it i• my under • tanding with the Air Force that additional manpo- r will be made a v ailable Naturally the development• in a number of areu including t h e mer1er wi th NSA will have to be taken into account in thb regard u time progr•• •••• 8 lt should Ukewi • e be borne in mind that NTPC i • directing it• attention to the analyai • of unique •ignal• as diaplay•d in other ELINT collection i ncluding aome Sy• tem Fo•r being u • ed in other project •• T here are problem• which have ari1en and will quite lik ely ari•• m ore frequently in the future r•garding the priority with which NTPC • h all direct ita attention qainat t he•• many demand•• At the m oment it i• m y under • tandin g t h at thia Aaency•• intere• t in the eatablbhment of auch Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013 04 01 CIA-R DP61S00750A000200110051-0 SECRET 3 CHAL--0283 priority ia being aatiafactorily effectuated through conaultation between Deputy A aiatant Director Office of Scientific lnteUigenc e and AFCIN-Z the ataff arm of Oeneral Wal• h for giving guidance to NTPC 9 In aummary on the foregoina I conclude •• follow• ao That Operation• DPS DCl is bein • erviced in regard to the take from Sy• tem Four in about u expeditiou• manner u availability of equipment• permit• o It i • noted that u required NTPC and OSI have cooperated fully when preliminary evaluation• are required on more than one Syatom Four tape arriving •imultaneouely b That u rapidly a feuible with exi • ting equipmeftta EO and ROB from Sy• tem Four are being removed and put into their proper channel for uae initially in the Air Force and thereafter promptly to all u1er• including Operation• DPS DC c That a• rack• become fully available for field Air Force component• a • well ae NTPC there •hould be at long lut the effectuation of plan• which permit• prompt field evaluation for EOB and ROB whether that be in Europe or the Far Ea• t with full coordination with AFCIN and SAC allowing for the •omewhat later evaluation of unique aignab by NTPC whether under AJ Cl N or NSA direction d That we atill have not accomplhhed but can expect in the future to more nearly accompliah the i nterpretation of all data received from Sy•tem Fo lr tape• from the varioa• analy••• SAC OSI NTPC EPC in • uch manner aa to permit high level officer• to comprehend in layman'• term• the total • ignificance inclgding air defen• e information p0 •• ible RlcD cll• coverie • and other electronic information of vital importance 7 10 In hil lut recommendation paragraph - -propo•e• that the ARC be briefed on Sy• tem Four Thie ha• already been done both in the form of the a••e•ament paper and orally from time to time A new information appear• it wilt be brought to the attention ol the ARC SOX 1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013 04 01 CIA-RDP61S00750A000200110051-0 t t t l 4 11 GHAL--OZ83 Conclu•ion That no action i9 required at thi• time sax· JAMj $ I Q REBER 'e'hairman Ad Hoc Requirement• Committee JQR cw l c 2--SA PD DCI 3-Dir Op• DPS DCI 4-D•p Dir DPS DCI 5-Actg ESO 6-0SI TCO 7 Chmn ARC 8-PS DCl chrono 50X1