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MANUAL 

FOR THE OPERATION OF THE 

ADC INDICATIONS BOARD 

Office of 

THE DEPUTY FOR INTELLIGENCE 

HEADQUARTERS 

AIR DEFENSE COMMAND 

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KAN'tJAL'FOR OPERATION OF TIP INDICATIONS-BOARD 

Am DEFENSE COMMAND 

.\ .. FOREWORD 

This Is ·a· time of uneasy peace and constant O.areat of war. In 

such a time,· the Essential Elements of Information -- WHO? WITH 

WHAT? WHEN? -FROM WHENCE? and TO WHERE? -- assume a 

. • posittoo: of'paramaunt impOl"tance to the Commander charged with: -the 

responsibility for defensive action against surprise air attack. 

These _papticular: EEI, in turn, are the inberitance of the Intelligence officer. They become his business; they are the essential 

reason far 'his professtpna.J. being • . ' . 

In the .. present case, WHO ts self-announced; WITH WHAT ts, 

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in general terms, self-evident; FROM WHENCE can be reasonably 

deduced, but WHEN and TO WHERE remain the great imponderables. •, 

The "lndtcatlons Board" ts an endeavor to solve an approach to the 

problem of WREN. 

Any ccmstderatton of WHEN involves, of necessity, CODll~t 

evaluation of the indications of the imminence of open hostilities, as 

. well as of hostile air attack upon the United States. From its inception, such evalmtion ls beset by difficulties which are possibly unique 

e in the history of modern warfare. These difficulties, In themselves, 

are the product of Communist dogma, philosophy and approach to 

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world.·domlnt.On.:": 1TheJ.. rwort~to Sovtet .. advantap; they. ar.e real dlffi- ......... --·----....... ;.:. ........ :· .. -··... ........... .. .. . : . . .. .:. . -

cW.ties. The massing ~:- b.ri;,p& · hi· c~ittc&i:·"border areas; the movement of air units or naval vesse~a; the stockpiling of supplies; sharp 

diplomatic' exchanges.,-. these. once claaslcal incU«;ations,. of .. an tn-

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creasing' ·~apability and· their constant employmen.t by .thtl USSR _h,as 

created a ~rmanent · condltton: of political and military t4msi~ wl(l~~h 

finds· its:best: txpi'ession.4n the preface of··~e Intelligence· Adv:l:sory 

CommitteeJ• ~Weekly Wato'll Committee Repo:rt: . . •"' I' 

· "Tlitf m:tssion of· the Watch Committee is to collect, . evaluate, analyze and report indications of Sovtet-

·Conimun.lst 15entions of hosWe. actiPJl. In anal"!'-

ing currentlcatlons_, the Watch Committee rec..: 

opizes that the Soviet Armed .Forces in bej.ng :ue 

tn an advanced state of readiness for war and are .. ~·-': . ·· cap&b1e-of initiating ~offensive operations wl~ .Utile 

or no warning. " l ... ~ . ' 

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This statement ls at once a succinct acknowledgement of the degree " • I• • • .. -,-, ...... ..,, •p • • • • • •' f ' .,. • ~~·I ~~- il..t ._' '• o \ ' ' • I 

of success of Soviet deception and a definition of the very core of the . ' • '="' •• 

problem of WB~N? 

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It is to this problem and its attendant inspired and built-in dtffl- ... t,..i1·:·.: w· ... r= . :' . ... • ... ·~ . .. . . . 

culttes ~t DI, ADC bas applied the methodology· dtscwi&ed· hi this I 0 • .. • :• ~ ~~fj, o ~ \'"' o, • I o '• • ! .. 7 I ':, : "' I I "I ., •." ~ • • ' • •• o " • o -' o : 

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THEORY .AND DEVELOPMENT 

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The Commanding General, Air Defense Command, has assigned high priority t~·tbe essential element of information WHEN! 

Therefore, the processing of intelligence items pertaining to iildlcations thereof becomes a critical ADC intelligence activity. It is 

a highly complex intelligence activity and conducted on a contμiu.ous 

basis. It ls a permanent activity. 

Processing these intelligence items ls intelligence production 

for a specific purpose. Tile production of intelligence is not an exact science. It cannot be. Intelligence is produced from basic information and fragmentary intelligence items derived from dynamic 

situations which are constantly subject to change. A chronic lack· 

of completeness requires a continual application of reasoning; inductive, deductive and intuitive. An answer is necessary. There- . . 

·fore, the. final product ls formed on the basis of logic and depends, 

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inescapably, on the degree of perceptiveness of the ~ividual or 

group involved. 

In practice, then, intelligence production ls permanently confronted by the perple.xtty of fragmentary intelligence items and the 

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hazards of human error. The factor of time alone--urgency--forces 

the final product to be derived ~rom knowledgeable interpolation of 

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the available fra.gmepta,ry Intelligence items applicable to the prob- .. ·· ..... ';, .· . ·- · .. ·. ·(:: :·: 

lem. Any ~echanl&l" crevice wblcb can serve to reduce these hazar~s is, the~efore, to be sought and developed. In fact, all major • ,. o : ' ... ~ ;r.. f.. 'I • • • • .. /" ' • "o I 

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human . enterprises are confronted by the need for control of the ' "', o • ,. •'•I " • ... 0 ' • I o .. : o " 0 0 0 

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items ~ey d".al in ~nd for the elimination or lessening of lluman error •. Devices such as check lists~ stock lists, inventories, filing ' I •: ', 0 

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systems, c~~ts, grap~, visual illustration, are all forms of con- ....... '·. . .. \ ~ 

trol, all designed to eliminate guesswork and h11111an error. 

_ Intell~gence items are usually controlled by elaborate filing . . . . -

systems and indexes which act as references to reports which are 

habitually filed out of_ sight and frequently out of mind. Visual as- ·.· . . .·· - . . 

sistan~e is rendered by bar graphsll pie charts, animated maps and 

graphic presentations of rows of lil.ttle men, machines, dollar marks, ~ 

shocks of wheat or stacks ol ingot.a. All of these devices, wJien ap- . : .. . . 

plied to .. tlle proJ:>lem of evaluating the tncUcations of hostile air attack ,. 

upon the United State,s, assist ln understanding an individual indica- . . . . oo ! I• •' • 

tion. They do, however ll fall far short of meeting tbe requirements • "• I • • o I 

of the problem as a wboleo They fall to insure continuity of thought 

and_ action. 1'h~y do not create a composite picture. They do not . . . , , ... -~ . . . . . . . . 

ind~cate general or_ specific trends m readily apparent terms. They I o •' 

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do not present the inter ... relationships of the indications in refer- • - • •• :- - .J• • 

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ence to time on the basis of a continuum. They do· not serve as a . : . ... . \ . ,_,. 

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mechanical memory .. · In the final analysts, they are nothing more 

than shocks of corn. 

In approaching the specific problem of controlling and analyzing the indications ·of ~N, it must not only be remembered 

that they are a highly complex set of factors, but that they must be 

presented in such· a manner that a hypothesis can be formed for both 

purposes of projection and. anticipation of required intelligence and 

command acti~. If this is not accomplished, the indications will 

have failed in practice the basic principles upon which they are es. 

tablished--ln this case ...... preventlon of strategic surprise and preservation of the security of the United States against hostile air attack.•.·: 

In establishing a workable system of visual control and analysts· of the indications of WHEN, D][, ADC approached the problem· 

on the basis ·of the following criteria: 

a~ · The indications must be valid. 

·b. The system must emp:U.oy graphic presentation in 

a simple and readily underst.andable manner. 

c. The dynamics of ·the quantitative and qualitative · · degrees of the individual indications must: 

.(1) Be presented in terms of evaluation and relative importance. 

(2) Be presented in relation to time on the basis 

of a contlnuumo 

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SECRET ·.- , · ,. .(3) '·BS presented both individually and in relation · 

to all other indications. 

d. The system must provide~ 

(1) A key to the success or failure of the collec- . · tiOD. effort pertaining to a given indication. 

· (2} A mechanical "memory" in depth. · 

--·=· · (3) ·A ·ready reference index to the evaluated intelligence. items applied to each. indication. 

e. The system of visual control and analysis m11St 

present its product with a degree of accuracy 

that will indicate the need for further lntelli- . · pnce , and 'command action before that need 

arises. 

f. It must servep in effect, as a daily visual supple-

:·· .. ment to the current Estimate of the Si.tattoo. . 

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In order to satlsfytb.e physical requirements of these criteria., .. 

DI, ADC has pr.ocured and mod.lifted a commercial device known as 

the Productrol Board. This system is widely employed in industr¥ 

for Plll"POses of production and inventory control. With proper mod-

. Uicatlon of a minor nature thls device will accommodate 1-00 imli-· 

cations. It will graphically reflect fLn terms of color the evalliattm 

given to intelligence items affecting each indication.. It will maintain the specUic evaluation as long as required and .will portray it 

'? in relationship to all ~er -llndicatton11. ][t will accltl"ately portray 

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trends and provide a basis- for projectt0J1 and anticipation of both 

intelligence and command acUoi1. 

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DESCBJ.PTI~ ,PF. .THE PRODUCTROL BOARD. 

AS MODIFIED FOR INTELLIGENCE. PURPOSES 

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The bi.sic Productrol Board i& a mecbanlcal_.devlce used 

commercially:- for·~:projectblg lmages of vital •cts. from <;~~ent 

reeor.ds;. andr·to .provide··& '°\!isual ·portrayal of values. of ~r.~m.:-:: 

ance: ·against·planned .. action, forecasts or requirements. - ~.i~.~ .. , :.· 

lected fc>r u~i in- the Indication• -prpblem beca'\ise 'lt .pr.~sent~ ~:re.f:'. . : 

baste ·elements:that are completely missing in the ordinary re.c~~ . 

system--action In relation to time 9 visually portrayed. 

;:.. . The Board conslsts of t\vo essential parts encased in a single 

frame; the· record panel and the ~hart or peg ~ol~ ~ection. . . 

· The record panel provicJ,es 100 individual index pockets capa- . 

ble:of accommodating s.tandard 5" x s~· record cards. The po~l:tets .. : 

are arranged in vertic;al order on the record J>8.D:el which is aff~d 

to the left ~ side of the second part of the Board. 

The chart, or peg bole~ section accommodates a title ~el 

and a chart section. ·The ·entire chart section is composed of precision drilled -peg holes •. A double row of these holes . extends in . . . 

horizontal order from the .. re.~ord section on the left to the t:ldge ~ ... _ 

the chart on the right. Each double row of peg holes is a b~riz~tal .. 

extension of ~:indiftdual hule:x pocket in th~ record . $8Cti~ and is 

numbered. in ac~orciancttwith the number of. ~e index pocket. ~ ~e 

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'Vertical orde~~; ~~h ~tngle row . of peg holes is an extension of a .... ' . . . . .. . ~ 

calendar date p~sted at the top of the chart section. For a schematic tllustratlon, see "A". 

·· This baste device prO'Yldes a reference to 100. sujects filed 

in the mdez --pockets of the record panel and the relatlonsllip of -ea.eh 

of tliese · s1ibjects to time. This relatf!mshlp is recorded by means 

of signal pep of" varl6us colors which are ·inserted as applicable .in. 

the proP"er Peg hole in the chart section.. Tlnls,· in buiutry, when a 

step in an operation or an :order is filed in Ole index pocket, or is 

scheduied to be completed by a certain date~ a colored 'stpal. peg is 

placed in the vertical date column pertaining to that order. Tills 

referenee ts "further supplemented by a flaw tab whtcll ts employed 

to tndtca'te 'progress or supplemellltal information. By combining. 

the record' Pa.nel and chart section with signal pegs and flow tabs, 

action is visually portrayed in r-elatton to time. (See lllutration 

"B''"~) -

In otder to apply the system to the Indications problem, the 

Board was' in:odtfted as illustrated in mustration HCH , ... a photograph 

of tile Bdard in actual use. Security required d.Ubtng oat titles.of 

the actuil imUca.tions. ' -: 

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As :90' -modified, the Board provides aceom~on for 100. · 

Indications ~of the imminence of hostile air attack . upon the Unitedt. · 

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States,. ·and ~space for .filing *ta pertlne~t to each Indl~atlon. · It. 

permits time to be portrayed on the basis of a. c.ontinuum. of s~ 

months by days; }ll!ovides an area for current postings as w~ll as . -~ . . • l, ; '1 : ,. 

cumulative postings; and provides an administrative section foJ.": the , _,._ . . .. ~- . . ' .. 

Intelllgence collection effort. 

,! . : PRACTICAL APPLICATION 

In making practical application of the theory, ·the initial step 

consisted of developing a valid set of indications specifically derived 

from the single EEi of "WHEN will the Soviet Union lalDlcb an air 

attack upon the United States ?v' These indications in order of importance are classified either as Direct ..... that is, indications directly 

affecting the ~apabiltty or intention of the USSR to conduct air _attack on the United states; or lndirect==that is, indications of strategic support· to an air attack on the United states or of general 

hostilities which would ·probably be accompanied by air attack .QD 

the United States. · I • . 

The color scheme selected to indicate the qualitative evaluation--the crttieal degree of develop~~nt--of a given indtcatloii ls . . - . .t·."f'"~~~ ... {. •.._ .. . . . • • .. r-: '\•~ .. 

derived in part from ·~e color reference~ .to the state' Of·a1ert in the 

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Air Defense Command. These colors were selected 'la the belief . .. . 

that' thi)" are ·familiar in terms of delree of· alert to alflcets of all .. ... . . . - . : .. : , .... ,,1Cl ... ' 9 

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Armed Forces and are applicable to this problem ID terms of tm-

. mediate •ssociation. This color code is as ·follows: 

BLACK 

(Applied 

to'fiow - tab only) 

WRITE 

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An eval•tton that conditions pertaining to. 

this specific indication are: neutral, tbat 

ts, neither favorable nor unfavorable to im ... mediate air attack upon the United States 

or to strategic support tltereof; or, JJO intelllpnce is avallableo 

An evaluation that conditions pertaining to 

this specific indication are unfavorable to 

· hostile air attack upon the United States , 

or strategic support thereofo 

An evaluation that some of tile conditions 

pertaining to this specific indication for 

immediate attack upon Ule United States 

or strategic support thereof have been a~­

complished and progress on others is in-

· dtcatedo 

An evaluation tbat most conditions pertain- . 

ing to this specific lndtcatton, for immediate air attack upon the United States, or 

strategic support thereof, have probably 

been met and the balance may havtt been. 

An eVa.luatlon that all condltio~e pertaining to this specific tndication for immediate air attack upon. the United States, or 

strategic support thereof, have probably 

·been met. · 

For administrative purposes only. A bbte 

signal peg will be inserted tn the first col- - .umn in the chart section wheneve_r it becomes apparent that a collection problem 

exists for a specUic indicator o 

a. In order to present tile dynamics l:nberent ~. the .. ~~7 

cations, the quantitative and qualitative degrees of the individual 

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· '· · llifor:taattmi, "intelligence and other data pertinent to .the tnd.l-. 

vidiial ·mdlcatton· is examined upon receipt a.lid ew.luated in terms · . . . . . of ifs r"el8doli to specific indicatlono 'Ibis data is then transposed. . 

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to 'a specific form (See mustration "D"), and a color value tn. terms · 

of ·the· color c~e ts assigned to it. A signal peg of this color ·ts · . 

placed in "the Proper c1'ronologtcal peg hole under "Current Week"· · · 

and the data card ls placed in its chronological order in an "Indlca• 

ttons File." The index to this file ls keyed numer!callyto the Indications and provides immediate access to the specific data. 

b. In order to present this evaluation in relation to time on. 

. I the basis of a ·continuum, the signal pegs1 indicating evaluated informatfon are posted daily in a ncurrent Week" column. At the end of 

the ... week after flml.l apprani.l \Une signal pegs are transposed ln 

their daily· order from the "Current Week" column to their proper 

chronological order in the main chart section. Thus, as the process ·of· evaluation continues :week by week~ the varying degrees of 

evaluation indicated by the varying colors of the signal pegs are 

presented for immediate i\nspectlon on the basis of a continuUm. in 

ter·ms Of days. In this manner trends are graphically illustrated. 

Attention ls thus directed to changes in the status of the indications 

and·tn theti'.·inter .... relationshlps. 

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c. In order to control and further present the.stat~ of indi- · 

vidual indicatioas and their inter-relationships_ tile fl,ow~ ~ is employed. Once· the signal pegs under the "Current Week" column 

have _been: transposed to the main chart section, the "Curre~t 

Week'·' data is examined and evaluated· in terms of its relationship 

.to .previously evaluated data. Once the final weekly evaluation bas 

been established; the now tab is assigned a color value in accordance with the color code. The flow tabs of all in~ications are then 

inserted .in the cbronologtcal column in the Chart Section, signify~ . 

Ing the end of the current week. (:See Illustration "C". ) . In t;his .·. , 

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manner, current overall evaluation of all available data on each indication is presented in boldly graphic terms. The status of lndi- , 

vidual indications is accented, and inter-relationships become 

evident. The weekly ppstings on the flow tab are trans,\>sed to a 

Weekly- Flow Tab record chart (See Illustration "C") and permanently ,portray the trend of weekly evaluation. A written summarr . ti 

of -the current overall evaluation for each indication is D1fintained . 

in the in~ pockets of the record panel. 

The system provides -a very. definite key to the &llCcess or 

:failure of the- collection effort pertaining to each specific indica-

:tion. This is .indicated by the application of black to_the fio:w ~b 

-only," and by the absence of the signal pegs which indicate the 

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presence of evaluated ~ta pertaining to each bidication. When 

intelligence. data is completely lacking or extremely sparse or ••••• • ...... ol .... • .. 

otherwise unsatisfactory, a blue signal peg will be Inserted and 

remains in the Administrative Column (the first column in the .. . . ·: . . . ~ 

chart section) until administrative action ts taken to correct the . . 

collection effort pertaining to that indication. 

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· Th~ PC:-Sting of these signal pegs in the main chart section 

and the chronological filing of the intelligence data in the index 

file provides an immediately available mechanical "memory" to 

any desired depth up to six months, and a ready reference index . to the individual evabated intelligence items and weekly sum ... 

marles of evaluation applied to each indication. 

Th~ ~ystem, because it presents graphically an accurate, 

immediately available, current evaluation of the indications pertaining to the EEi of WHEN, acts. in effect as a daily visual sup ... 

plement _to ~e current estimate 6f. the situation insofar as that 

EEi is concerned, and provides a·basis for projection and anti- . . • cipation ~- Ip~lligence and Command action. 

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2. . '!he ~J;;i; ·Du~~ OOi~er ~ examine and evai~t:e the ·intelligence r~~~tve-d ~ · the -m:u~ bttelligence now and WW re-r 

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lntellipnce, Director Of Studies and Estimates, Daty Offlcer and o ' I ~ 

such others. as may be designated, will meet weekly on the ·la.St · 

regular working day of the week. This Committee will consider 

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the Duty Officers. 'lbe Duty Officer will act as recorder for the 

Committee and post the Committee's evaluation in final form on 

the Indications Board. This Committee also establishes the overall status of each Indicator on a weekly basis and changes the 

summary in the index card holder when necessary. 

a. The applicable intelligence reports and the daily 

notes maintained by the Duty Officers will provide the basis for 

study by the approving committee. Exceptions taken by the committee to registrations of specific indications will be noted by the 

Duty Officer. These exceptions will be provided to all of the 

Duty Officers for their study and guidance. 

b. It will be the responsibility of the Directors of Collection andDissemtnation and Research and Evaluation to provide 

the Evaluation Committee with - weekly positive or negative re .. 

port OD their Indications activities. This report will be available 

to the Committee when it meets to finalize the weekly postings. 

5. The Duty Officer on duty will be continuously prepared to 

brief key members of the Air Defense Command Staff having access to the Board OD current ·evaluations of the indications and the 

reasons therefor. 

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RFM - Facilities & Manpower Branch HR - Human Resources 

RFI - Financial Branch 

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MCN - Conference Reporting - - MRE - Reproduction 

MSU - Supply 

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