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This is to express appreciation
to Col Paul E. Duplessis, USAF, Chief DC-7A,
DIA, for his exceptional initiatives, accomplishments, and professional liaison
with the National Security Agency's Office of Requirements, Compliance, Evaluation
and Directives. Col Duplessis established an uncommon and most appropriate and
refreshing interchange between himself and his counterparts at NSA in a manner
that effectively established a similar and very productive relationship among
our respective work force. He sought and achieved an unprecedented and mutually
beneficial environment of cooperation and candor, contributing to the resolution
of key operational issues and problems confronting our two organizations. 2. From our
perspective, the impending departure of Col Duplessis leaves us with a remarkable
number of superior accomplishments:
a.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Operational Planning System reached a most significant
milestone in October 1980 upon publication of procedures for inclusion for the
first time of Command Contingency-Wartime intelligence information requirements
as a standard feature in their myriad Operational Plans. This initiative
by Col Duplessis will reap very substantial benefits for both the Commands as
well as Defense Intelligence activities in the form of a clear expression of requirements
which will enhance responsive support by intelligence resources. . b. Col Duplessis
provided invaluable guidance and continuing emphasis on implementation of unique
and totally responsive intelligence support to the Joint Chiefs of Staff Single
Integrated Operational Plan. As a result of his extremely successful leadership,
this vital activity is assured full support by the Department of Defense and Defense
Agencies. . c. Because
of Col Duplessis' farsighted grasp of the DoD need to develop, test, and implement
a dynamic and viable system to evaluate responsiveness to Defense intelligence
requirements, he provided the critical leadership and initiative which began such
a system. As a direct result of his perseverance, the DoD, U&S Commands and
Components, and Defense Agencies enjoy an increasingly effective evaluation
system of
mutual benefit to our collection and resource managers. His untiring effort in
this arena will produce benefits for all of us well into the 1980s. This is especially
noteworthy in our view, because all of us will require new and innovative tools
to better enable us to cope with diminishing resources in the coming years. Realistic
evaluations of our effectiveness in fulfilling users' needs are a key yardstick
in meeting this challenge.
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d. We cannot overemphasize the
esteem with which we view Col Duplessis' effective rapport with all levels of
personnel in our organization. His attention to the "people" aspect
of our many mutual projects, the periodic meetings to exchange ideas, points-of-view,
debate and resolve difficult and important issues, and cross training and familiarization
of our respective work force with counterparts, are all a distinct credit to his
imaginative leadership. 3. We will miss Col Duplessis'
outstanding and multi-faceted contribution toward our mutual interests and mission.
I will personally miss the frank solution-oriented discussions which always characterized
our business relationship. It has been our distinct pleasure to know and have
worked with Paul. All of us wish him well on his departure.
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