DATE INITIALS CONTROL Handle Via COMINT Channels Access to this document wlll be restricted to those approved for the following specific activities A Warning Notice Sensitive lnlelllgenc e Sources and Methods Involved • NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION - Unauthorized Dlsdosure SubJect to Criminal Sanctions Sac Cl1111ftcation Approved For Release 2004 12 20 CIA-RDP79MDD467 A00240 0 001 11-l'IPDET • • 6_ •4Y - I q - - -· - ' Ip • 41 ' I •• r- P79MOO-A002400_030_01_2_--0_ _ __ Approved Frlease 20D41 l l2 Augmt 1976 I C •r O O ' •• • ' r · _ · • • '• I •• 0 • I • • t ME ORANDUM FOR Dr Sayre Steve111 Deputy Director tor Intelllgence 1A ii L _ _ _ _ ROM Chalr n ·s10INT Ta1k Force CIA Analyata 1 mi NSA ' SUB TECT · - • · Sayre - · 1 I a pent laat we k taking a preliminary look vi ltlng with OSI OWI OSR OER OPR and OCI I thought you mlght be lnterHted in the preliminary lndlng1 They are not unexpected · ••• r • 2 Almo•t everyone complalDI with varying degrees of empbaai 1 that IY •·• NSA gl•ta are not complete e4ough and a ometl ·nea milt the more important polnta to b• found In the raw tran crlpt b NSA analyai's l• i11complete unreferenced and o£ten lndillcrlmlnantly mixea SIGlNT and collateral ' - - c NSA doee not like to put out state or analyHa until the NSA analy1t l• •atl1fled with the completea eH of hi• data or until he under• tand• the algnlllcaac e of the SIGINT he la al1ting In aome ca• ee tbla producH delay• of 11 xt eo months • ·· ·· -· '·· - · · · · · S -- LS J _ - · ' - I·• • ·· - ---------- d NSA qulte often refate1 to provide traucrlpta or tecbmc al data When the CIA aaal79t doH 1•t tJila· material 11 l _ be olten ma•t clo lt via the back door relylng D b1a frle_ad •· · · · 1hlp with hla couterpart at Fort Meade and 11 •• Back door lDCormatlon c11uaoc be uaed la CIA pabllcatlon• •xcep through 1abterfv ge The lnformatloa ll obtabled ln advance the' analyat mu1t wait for NSA to publlah lt Till• C ll llah'od • 1l1DUka11t delay · - • - - v -the tehemeac • of omp lDtt nry lln of the nl 1roap1 l - 'rtalkecl to •ere pretty damned ucltecl• Tha hvo major em eptlou were OER · · and OCI although OPll China analyata are HHonably well eall9fled OER ·• · would llke more data bat find• NS A aaaly•la aeaerally meful and welcome• · lt1 tendency to •11re1ate data Nor la tlmeU 1•• much of a problem to OER 1 judge tbl1 to be a reflection of OER 1 1 1reater UH of collateral preloreace for •11re1atod data ·•ad dl lerellt empbHw OD aaalytlc problem• OCI ••YI · that lt eaJoy• a 1•nerally ucelleat relatlo111hlp with NSA baa no tr011bl• r a•ttlaa the fall text of 111e11a1•• and ftadl the tlmallaeH of NS A reportln1 - ' 1oocl lt doeia not deal much wlth mllltary aflalre aad exparleDCH few ol • ·• the fnatratlou upre11ed by or OWL Tbll may be beC llH of NSA'• ' ··· luter t aad better UDC er1taadla1 ol carrent lateUqence osa 4 Aaked about the UHlulaeH of • tatloalq au NS A llala aa team at CIA almo•t •••ryone agreed tbll would ba helpful 111 the blghlJ compart · mealed area• altbftlh aame analJlb expreHed concern whether tbll wo111d • •tlll aepuate them from data they woald like la tbelr own fllea They dld • · · · not cl • o much utlllty ln th• more 1e1111ral COMINT area The re• earch '· offlce1 except lor OSll rere •a bul tlc about atatloalng a CIA exploitatloll team at NSA to cur _ollt the faactlon there u doe• lAS at NPIC OCI ··· ltlelf aaw llO u • cl for tbll on wa1 also cool •lace lt feela 1 atlaftecl wlth ' ' the war lhlaa• are P veryOM ••• ccu1cezned that lutltutloul chaqe1 mlaht · ••me ·· · dllturb ••tabll1hed anal11t-to-aaalyat relatlouhlp1 • 5 Aaalyatt have not tbou1bt too mach abou tbe audleace for wblch they a re wrltlng Mo• t a1Hed tbat there 11 a dWerence between produc Uon almed at the pollcJ maker • productlo i aimed at their productloa ccranterparta When the 1ubject waa brouabt up mo t agreed that they often put too much · •ource Wormatlon lato reporta for· policy makel'I the very ones •ho were · mo• t Ubly eomproml• e the•• •oucH No ou dl• a1reed with allowlag ·· · NSA to help them reduce tbl• daqer a • Ide tieaeflt of havlq ae NS Ate•• · •· No OM uecl word •·ceuorahlp · i' to t • '- •' • • · • • •f'- 1 ••• •• • I • • •• • •••• · •' • I _ t J • - ' Approved lease 2004 1 Rff-RDP79MO-A002400030012-0 6 All o1 the bove judgemezite are qualltatlve althou1h namerou and concrete examplea of CIA-NSA problema ••r• clted The THk Force plau i• to return to the l11u later on 111 Ua work• 25X1 · - I - · · • ' Distribution Orlglnal - DDI fl • · ·· l - DDS T 1 - Comptroller 11A · _' - _ I I I I ' CD CIA Analysts acd NSA 1 4 • I 1- er u • _ -· I •• · - I ' ••- • - CII 'J -# - l • r _ • •' • · ·- · -I •