I I I I I I I I I I I I Approved For Release 200fe 1g -fDP89800980R000400170001-2 25X1 I I I THE DD S T HISTORICAL SERIES DD S T-1 THE DIRECTORATE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1962-1970 VOLUME ONE CHAPTERS I-IV by 25X1 NRO review s completed June 1972 I Carl E Duckett Director Science and Technology I I -1 HrsTORICAL STAFF CENTRAL INiELLJGENCE AGENCY Approved For Release 20Jlill's BliTRoP89800980R000400170001 -2 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Approved For Release 2004 05 13 CIA-RDP89800980R000400170001 -2 TOP StT b Office of Elint OEL The CIA Elint program up to the time of its amalgamation under the DD R had been the responsibility of a number of components Office of Scientific Intelligence DD I Office of Communications DD S Technical Services Division and Development Projects Division DD P and several DD p area divisions Coordination had been effected by means of an Elint Advisory Committee and an Elint Staff Officer but unified control was badly needed beginning with research and continuing through collection analysis and feedback in order to exploit fully and successfully this fruitful source of intelligence Despite the number of offices involved with Elint the turnover to DD R of the Elint program was accomplished fairly smoothly although it did require many months to consummate Mr George C Miller who was slated to be the first Assistant Director for Elint AD EL began the early planning for OEL from his position as Chief of the Elint and Special Projects Division of OSI in February 1962 was officially named AD EL effective 30 July 1962 and was largely responsible for bringing the various elements of this new office together and defining its mission The AD EL was charged with establishing and managing the ------------- 25X TO t ET Approved For Release 2004 05 13 CIA-RDP89800980R000 _ w i u - L j __ _ _____ J I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Approved For Release 2004 05 13 CIA-RDP89B00980R000400170001-2 TO ECRET Agency Elint Program providing technical support and guidance for Agency Elint projects and analyzing and reporting the product thereof supervising or conducting all research and development for Agency Elint and Comint activities advising the CIA Sigint Officer in matters of Elint policy and maintaining liaison on technical matters with the National Security Agency NSA and other government 25X1 agencies 22 25X1 formerly of the 25X1 Office of Communications assumed the position of Deputy to Mr Miller on 15 October 1962 h 25X1 TO fc ET Approved For Release 2004 05 13 CIA-RDP89B00980F 000400170001 -2 I I I I I I I I 25X1 I I I I I I I25X1 I I I 25X1 A-RDP89800980R000400170001-2 6 TOP RET Approved for Release 2004 05 13 S c Office of Research and Development ORD Unlike OSA and OEL which were reorganized from existing activities ORD had to be organized ufrom scratch -a new organization with no existing structure positions or ceiling authorization The purpose of its establishment was to make maximum use of science and technology in accomplishing CIA's mission by advancing the frontiers of knowledge in some areas and developing new concepts in the application of existing knowledge in other areas Dr Scoville requested as a tentative TIO for ORD a ceiling ofj against which to recruit and 25X1 an authorization of for FY 1964 all of which was approved in principle by the Acting Director General Carter on 9 November 1962 A recruiting program to secure well qualified candidates from the entire spectrum of scientific disciplines was begun in coordination with the CIA Office of Personnel Colonel Giller was designated Acting Assistant Director for Research and Development in addition to his position as Assistant DD R on 29 November 1962 in order to give leadership to the planning and organization of this new office 25X1 lthe Deputy Assistant Director of OR D 25X1 TO C ET 8 Approved For Release 2004 05 13 rCIA-RDP89B00 0R000400170001 -2 L__ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ - Approved For Release 21 l iil01jr'ji ·RDP89 800980R000500010001-8 25X1 - - - - - - 3 Office of Elint OEL In a real sense the success achieved in the CIA Elint Program has been made possible by the close cooperation of the various offices of the Directorate one of the initial purposes in bringing together all Elint - 320 Approved For Release 2005liJf -ioP89BOO 980R000500010001-8 25X1 - - Approved For Release 200W1 1 ir riDP89800980R000500010001-8 activities under a scientific directorate was to provide electronic protection for airborne photographic collection - systems-first the U-2 and then the A-12-which were oper- - addition to the Directorate of the Office of Scientific - - ated by the Office of Special Activities Later with the Intelligence there was added the third dimension of indepth intelligence analysis and vulnerability prediction Thus the close relationship between OSI and OEL resulted not only in decreased vulnerability of the aircraft but also provided excellent Elint collection as a by-product - of the photographic collection activities - Center to the DD S T resulted in the defining of require- - In the same vein the addition of the Foreign Missile and Space Analysis ments and feedback to OEL which made possible critical collection in missile and space Elint - - 25X1 - - - 321 - TOPS - Approved For Release 2005 01 13 RET IA-RDP8980 980R000500010001-8 25X1 Approved For Release 2005 01 13 9 A-RDP89800980R000500010001-8 TOP SE9JtET - - - - - 25X1 OEL and OCS also work very closely together in data reducti on and analysis aspects of the Elint operation and much mutual benefit results from this cooperation While the day-to-day relationships with ORD are somewhat less than with other offices of the DD S T numerous benefits result from research carried out by ORD Particular 25X1 mention could be made of OEL has its own research and development program but its activities in this area are principally of an engineering nature and are carried out under contracts with various electronic industries The Office of Elint maintains contact with many elements of the Intelligence Community including Army Navy Air Force DIA SAC and the NSA - The Elint 25X1 activities of CIA are 2 - TO Approved For Release 2005 01 CRET IA-RDP89BOO980ROOO5OO010001-8 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2005 01 13 CIA-RDP89B00980R000500010001-8 Next 1 Page s In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2005 01 13 CIA-RDP89800980R000500010001-8 - Approved For Release 2005 01 1lhA-RDP89800980R000500010001-8 TOP rCRET - 25X1 - - - - - - Mr George C Miller who has headed the Office of Elint since its establishment believes that 25X1 - 325 TOP ECRET - Approved For Release 2005 01 13 -RDP898009 J0R000500010001-8 - - - - Approved For Release 2ot@fjl11 l Wi'-RDP89800980R000500010001-8 the close working relationships between the Agency's scientific technical and operational units and the quality of Agency personnel involved are largely responsible for the success achieved by the Agency's Elint program Of particular importance has been the support given by other substantive offices of the DD S T 4 Office of Scientific Intelligence OSI The transfer of OSI out of the DD I complex to the DD S T in August 1963 was a part of the DCI's plan to gather under one roof all of the Agency's scientific - - - - activities it was considered vital that OSI the principal producer of scientific intelligence should be under the same roof Due to the DD I's steadfast oppo- sition the transfer might not have been made but for the secondary motivation i e the transfer was a part of the price for getting Dr Wheelon to agree to organize the Directorate for Science and Technology As to the trauma among OSI personnel resulting from their separation from the DD I it was not so severe nor so lasting as statements by the DD I at the time and the IG report of a year later would indicate - - It was principally the older OSI employees who were most affected by the break in their routine pattern -321- l TOP RET Approved For Release 2005 01 13 CIA-RDP898009R RQQQ5QQQ1DQQ1-8 25X1 I