history of the directorate of intelligence (june 1 - dec 31, 1952)

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DEPARTMENT OFTHE AJR FORCE AIR FORCE HISTORICAL RESEARCH AGENCY (AFHRA) MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA August 27 , 2009

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IRIS Public RecordKey InformationMain: DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCEDocument Type : mSTORY Call Number: Kl42.01 V.I IRIS Number: 00469755Accessions Notes: Old Accession Nbr: 5-1959-13 Title: Beginning Date; 19SV07/01 End O:aie: 1952112101Publication Dale: Classification UNCUS

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Media Roll fI: 11820 First Fnmc: 328 Last Frame: 337 Linear Feet: 0Old MFlm Roll # KIIll AudioRec :NUMPAGE 0Title Extensions: VOLIOF6Abstract BRIG GEN wn..LIAM M. GARLAND. FORMERLY DEPUTY DIREcrOR FOR TARGETS. BECAME CHIEF OFAIR TECHNICAL INfEllIGENCE CENTER AT WRIGHT PATIERSON AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) OH. BRIGOEN EDWARD H. PORTER WA S TRANSFERRED FROM DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ESTIMATES TO DEPUTYDIRECTOR OF JOINT INfEllIGENCE GROUP. NATlONAL INTEREST IN REPORTS OF SIGHTINGS OF

FLYING SAUCERS AND OrnER UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) LED TO PRESS CONFERENCE ATPENTAGON ATTENOED BY PERSONNEL FROM AIR TECHNICAL INTElLIGENCE CENTER.

DesaipUft FOR VOLUMES 3, 4. 5, AND 6, SEE IRIS NUMBERS 00906466. 00906467. 00906468, AND 00906469NOla: RESPECTIVELY.TIOe Ad ded "!:ntrles Author: Subject: Major Commarxl: Doe UnIj.ct. 7c . Protect1oc Apinot P\1bl1c Rol....

ot S-noitiv. Subj.ct Matt ' r 8d. Visit to tlw: Int..e1ll&enc. School.

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4CON FIDENTIAL Section I - Orpn1&&tion and FUnctiON!

following the reorganization ot the Directorate ot I n t e ~ n c . onJ Jun. 1952, tho D/I undo .....n t a t r ia l period during tho 0"17 monthsot this report . There were no u j o r changes made in either th e basicmsSion, organization or the functions. However , the tollowing minorchanges van evidenced,

a . On 14 August 1952, the Area Research Branch, CollectionOperations Division, Oflic. , D 8 p u t ~ Director tor Collectlon and D1.-semination, wa. tranarerred to the Psychological Warfare D1v1sion,Directorate a t Plane, OCS/Operation 1 Th1.o transter was effectedbecause the evasion and escape function ot this Branch i s an i n t aua lpart ot unconventional wartaro an d i . bolt pl&cod in tho P.ychologicalWrfare Division. Certain intel l igence phase. or the evaslon and escapefunction were retained b7 the Deputy Director t or Eat1mates.2

b . The following Branch and Divis ion natt. vere ch&.nged to bemore clearly descriptive at th e function. a c t ~ being ~ r t o ~ o d J

(1) Ott1co, Deputy Director tor EStimate

Air Intelligence D1ge.t Branch D1ae.t BranchHIE Branch National lat1mat.. BranchHIS Branch SUl"'Yey Branch(2 ) Ott1ca , Deputy Director or Targets l

CentNl. Branch M1l1tar,r Vulnerab1l1ty BranchMilit&r7 Branch Industrial Vulnerab111tr BranchE a s t ~ e s t Branch General Vulnerability BranchTarget Vulnerabili ty Division Phyolnal 'Vulnerab1lity Divl.ion

1 . Xemorandum tor Secretar,y ot the Air Start tram DrectOrAte or Intell i-gence and Directorat. at Plans , dated 6 Au 52, subject ' Transfer orPersonnel, Spaces and. F w v : r M . ~ 9 4 D a . t Research Branch. D1rectoratuot Intelligence C U L i ~ i I ~ L z.Ibid S E ~ A T I O N
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5 Structural .lnalya1a Branoh Weapono Appl.ic&tion BranchHathematic. Branch Kathematical ~ i BranchIntogration Branch Target Integration BranchRadar Branch Radar Targot Intol.l1gonco Branch

c. On 12 September 1952 tho aeromedical unit ot the WoaponoJUt.cta BrancA, M1l1t&r7 C&pobU1tieo DiYision (Eaot), Ottico, OOputTDirector t or Est1llates, was designated nKecUcal Team" and. va. transrerrec:t to the Po1107 Ollice, PolleT and. Management Group, D1.reotorate otInt..Wgence, since i t . !unction ___ pr1JDar1lT ot polloT nat.Ul"e.3

d. Th. Special ~ t u d l Group ot the Deput7 Director tor Target.,on 22 December 1952, wu also tran.terred to t.he Policy and lI.anacementGroup.4 It ... determined. that . ince thU Group produced. apec1al stwl1eator all three main ar.aa ot the intelligence o r ~ t l o n , 1. e. Collectien and D1aehl1.nation, ! a t 1 m & ~ .. , and ' ' ' 'goto, i t ohould be placedat & level where &l.l are.. would. haft equal acee to i t . }

Thare were no changes in th e 1Jiaed.1at. ottice ot the Director otIntel.l.i&ence. The two poeltlona authorUad that. ott ic . we,.. occupiedby Kajor aeMral John A. Samtord, Director ot zntolligonoo, an d 111..M. Catherine Horgan, Secret&l7.

'n!.ere Vllre two chan&ea in per80lUle1 at Deput7 Direotor leyel .Brig. General Wil..llaa K. Gu-land, tor.rlJr th e Deputy Director tor Targets,was made Chi.l ot the Air Technical Intelliglnce Clnter at Wright-PattlrsonAir Porel Base, Dqton, Ohio. he wu repl.&ced b1 Colonel John G. Fowler.Brig. General Edward H. Porter. lOnllerl t hl Oeput7 Dirlctor tor Estimates.was Deput7 Direotor ot the Joint Intelligence Group. Joint C h 1 e l otStatl; he wu replaced b)" Colonll John J. Morrow.

3. InterY1o.. with Kajor E. M. LaV1gn., UOIl/-XU. 11 Fob 53;: ~ ~ : r . O N I D E i ~ fUll

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!WIFDENTiAl 6S.ct1on II - Act1vitie.

a . General.As in previous historical periods, the Director ot Intel ...

ligence ropre..nted tho De_ tMnt ot the .I.1r Porce (DAP) a t . . . .klmeeting. ot tho Intell igenc. AdYloo'7 CClolIIdtte. (lAC), and m t i np otthe Joint Intell1&enc. CClolIIdtt.. (JIC) which .. .ro hel.cl twice monthl.In odel1tion to be1nc the DAP member ot th o JIC, tb . Director continuedhis cha.1zmanehip ot the cOllll1tt during this period. Advl.oQ' &auetanoeva. provided to the Director or the Central Intelligence AgeneT relatlY8to h i. function. in coordinat1n& g o v 8 ~ n t & l tntellisence activit1r ~ r o U 8 intelligence estimat.. an d other document. involYing intelligencematt. . . . ot national &ncI spec1&1 interoot . ..re rovi. . . .ell tho.. approYedby th e cClollldtt were publiohed &ncI given appropriate l1a1ted d1.tr1bution,other. WN returned to th e v&I"loue world.n& group. tor .turther study andcon.1deration.6

During this period, the Director . .veral presentationaon the aubjeot ot .ur Intelligence to the A ir War College and. the AirCIlO>II&nd and Statt School, _U APB, Alabama.7

Intern&l.lT, the Director clevote4 JiUlch ot h1a t iM to pro-rtding direction, counsel and guidance to h i. Oeput.7 Directors and.comparable Chief, relative to Directorat. or&&niaation and tunctlona.Hi. "SECRlI'!'" memorandum, dated 15 1952 , "(l1ncl&o.1tied) Princ1palGoala tor Finished lntelli&tncen8 (de.cribed in th e preYioua Directorate6. lnterrte vith Lt Colonel. T. J . Grant &ncl C. D. Sullivan, AIOIN-llCU Feb 53 .7. lo t .mew with Kia. M. Catherine Morgan, UOU. 11 Feb 53 .S. On tu. in AIOlN-l2B2. CONFi DeNTIAL

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7 history) delineated more clear17 ttt . areal or responsibility for theacoompl1shQent ot these "principal goals" to not oolT USAF 0/1 personnel,'out also to Directorate representat.ives or G-2 and ONI .

b. Press Conference on "Unidentified fl1ing Objects".National interest in the wide- spread reports of sightings

or "!lying saucers" and other unidentified flying objects or phenomenaearly in th is period, led to the p&rtlcipatlon at JoI.ajor General Samtord.,Major Dewe7 J. Fournet ("unidentified ! lying objecta" monitor tor theDirectorate), and several Directorate personnel tram th e Air TechnicalInte1l1gence Center in press conference held a t the Pentagon on 29July. 9 The conference vas a r r ~ d by the Public I n t o ~ t l o n Ottice,OlAF, and al .o inclwlO


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8 c. Prot.ction Aga1not Publi. Rel. . . . 01 Senoitiv. SubJ.ct

Matter.In the pu t , tho Dinctor bed noticed the publio rel.... 01

intormation whioh he eonoid.red to be "sen . i t i " aubj.ot II&t.w.... I . . . . anIn t . l l1pne. vi_int. To "",011>110 1'Ilturo ro l.... 01 ouch mator1al, theDinetor tahl1.hed durins thi . period a c l..... lIOrIdnc _nt withtho Dinetor 01 Publio Woraation, OSU. Int . l l1pnco poliOT in th10-t t e r . . . . . . . .!danoed b7 ~ h e i ..\I&I1oo 01 two l.tt'n ontUled "(Onolaa.1t1ed)

1Proteotion Aga1not Public Relooo. 01 SenoUiv. lIUbJ.ct IIatt..... il!uoh wroc11stribut.ed to the Director ot Pu.bl1c Intonaatlon, . OSU', the n.p.&t7 Chi.fot Statt, Oporat10n0, ancI to a ir in to l l ipne. act1vit i world_dThoa. l . t t... d ignated the Ottie. ot the Dir.ctor ot In to l l ipnc . , USAF,as tho onlT point through which intol l1pne. would be mad. avo! J&b1. torpublic rel.....

d.. Vi.it to the Intelligence School, Lowr7 Air force aue ,Colorado.

On 18 Narombor 1952, the Dinotor ancI throe ot hi. . tat tY1aited th o In t . l l1pnc . School at Lowr.r Air Forc. Ba.. , Colo_o , "".roompl. opportun1tT ..... altorded tar dioeuoo1on ot Int.ll1sonco prob1_and train1ns with the . tat t ancI tacultT ot th o .ohoo1. The roviaedcourse (d.scribed in the prerloua D1.rectorate hiatorJ' ot the PollC1 and.~ n Croup) bed Juot eClllllllneed ancI prOYided th o Director with anon-the-lpot ob.ervation ot i t . capabiliti... The lnatructor-etatt

13. O/I PulieT Lotto... 205'"1, 17 JUI 52, ancI 205-2, 22 Jul 52, on tU .in AP'OIJI-J:.CONFIDENTIAL

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ONFIDENT/AL 9appeared . . .U-qualined to pre..nt the procr'" and & ll 1ndic&tionopointed toward the production ot &Cpta!>lJ' qualitied junior ott1.erotor the Intelligence .pecialtiee involvwd. Tho inedoquacT ot t&cUltie.houainc the I n t e l l 1 ~ n c . school wae &pp&rent.. however p1.&n.I to It.OVI th eschool to one or the nevl7 conatructecl lN1ldinga had. bHn made which,if J:>pl. . . .nted. would .olvo the disperitT' ... _randwo1.4 roaard1ni th et1nd1np . . . . lubmitted to tho Director ot Tr&1n1n&. Dca/p on 3 Do_r.ReplT truo Major Oenerel P.&rbold.15dated 31 Dooaaber. oxpre._apprec1&t1on ot the intomatioc and implied that the Directorate otTra1n1na .... dea1rou& ot rendering anT aupport teadble tor ~ o n t o t the cour or 1t. t&0111t1

PartIcipation in the CCll:llMnd.ere' Conference.On 15 October, tha Director participated in the "C

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