SECURITY AND COORDINATION AMONG INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES IN THE FIELD

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00144893
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 22, 2024
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: August 23, 1949

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JEcT: Socurity and Co-ordination Amonc IntelliGonco Agcncies in.tho
DurinG a roocnt trip 'through Ger.ftany and Austria, niu:.erous opportunities -
for observation broughb te light a Situation involving a dangerous lack of
adequaLd seourity and pmpor co-ordination exiong the-majority of intelligence'
Gathering agoncies in tho field.
Et was very .',occuraing to find tht Lho fiold roprezunttives of our own
organiation surpassed, by far, all other agencies in conjunction with appropriate
security measurcs. 1,ftor overhearing unzolicitod r=arks concerning S. 0. Fiold
operations, it is obvious th:a Was is the unanimous opinion of the workin&.
porcennel of the othor on;.;agod in similar work.
Unfortunately,. :mcnfs, tho rzajority of the av:encies, othor than cur own,
both the physical ;uld por:;onaol security is inexcuSatly n.;glooted. The physical
aspoct is one that. eeuld bo corrected locally when proper incont.ivo is stimulated
or when stern directies aro issuodby those in a position of authority. The
p.crsohnol security pro!:Ac::: is, oa the othor had, eno which is not entirely
the fault of the *.genoy involvcd. Altheuh there is extremely poor cc-ordinationcmonc tho twenLy-throo odd collection !Ag:ncies in the field, tIle Main disa,dvantace
sc:olos Lo to a lack of knewled:;c of.wca7cra seourity validotion syston:s, teld Lito
lto:k or ti.vill),0.nt to carry out a prort.a involving suoh system:.
Among mest of the organizarl:ions, the cleranso of 4%morican personnel
.old.:ing for tht:m is tbly lax. of the f:mployoes aro of dubious
for *n ox%raetion rlai still have relatives melding under unfriendly iniluonco
behind the Iron CortaLn. The c...oar:Inco of foreign personnel working for the
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7arious United States agencies is even more inadequate. . As far as can be
dotormincd by thc many inluirios made, the only cloaranco Liven in nu:ierous
Cf7.1(JS one by tho Prevost; ::.arshall, who lif!.d n,:i:1,sr the necessary experience
nor faciiitios to conduct a pr-for security cloaranco prozyarl. The loyalty
of .mally (,f these foredo .Iplopos is c7.remely vcstionablo. 1.ith a 'groat
number, nero iz absolutely no 1-;oiAve for, N..id no reo.son to boliovonnt 1%ere
exists a loyalty to the United Statos. Jith r:any individls, it can be nifoly
'assumed that loyalty Lo tho United Statos isr;:xictly soconutlry to their loyalty
Lo (7.(4.:,ary. It would that thew 1)orsonc, oro no: vor%ing in extremoly
senaitive aeons among v:xious uhould he carefully processed (Ivory
mod,.:rn me,!na cowu to ::.;vuelLy orricinln.
Throui:hout, tho ,ajority of the ar..;encis, Lhore '.re oxtrer;oly disorgrizod
r.nd imCficic:n1; :y:; U'.....-; for estahli.!:hin:; a sceuriLf validation of the sources
oC Inio..%atcn. Thoee to he little or no detormi..lation oe motive "�.J.Ionc
th.3 Nnd Ctzortor::. M,:sc motive:s fall in one or i7lore categories,
such az:
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%y renh..h tc.ur I.f rn::.!nrch - 2.4 :I 1940
. Bohj,:ct: riLj fud 0.; -orAinfl%;nn A:;nnr. lnt.)11ienoe Fi910.
a. An enemy nLont rvpresentin:.;. the intorost of ftn unfriendly country.
doaldo azont notually loyal Lo an unfYiendly conntry.
c. A n ofossiontd. a:;nt sellinc %he cruao inforciation to nny country.
d: Confusion aonts for the rnost.1 of m000polizins the funds And
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Personnel or a;;,:niti.:s
Tho psychoi.!athic dosrinz only continual attention and
6ivi:4; fictitious infol,:iation.
� f. The opportunist ty2e. inforna.nt tho sacto information to
so'vorul differ cat Allied countries aid to several dieferent aLencies
thoso countries.
c. A siucero infc.r.Int who is Att,;Lvtini; to allow his infoc,lation to
bo used for ;:io ::,reatest benefit of thc various United States A:.;:�ncios.
Tho prozent fGr doter::..inin,L the t:J-1,e. of 5.017orrAnt-beinz; dealt
:;i:;11 is e:ctror,ely jaa-loc:uate. ::any tip:os An infor:sint or n;paront dcsertor
is han.J.lod in such a ho misht very sucoonfully cp.:rate to the benefit
of an. unfriendly rr. On i%,y occasions, he is Allowed to bc e:.,:oced to hizhly
claznificd 2hysioa1 are's inforlation which L;rcntly c>:)edites his mission if
it0 is or .tin rts a t:ouhlo or profos;;ional aat. !7117.:er:)uo ey....:0.es wore obsorvod
wh:.:ro confusion A...;onts nad 2::.,chopcithic inior:.:Ants were ::oopoli;:ins an ar,..ing
amount of con1.2intial funds ::nd an ,Jnor:.lous ,.,-!ount of time of %ey personnel in
the various ancios. ::umerous ohaerved where on opportunist
source was civin the eniel information to four or five different AL;encics. Duo
to a nw.lrly comploe 1-.ck of oc-ordi:tation botw,ea these a:;eneles, the final pub-
lication or tho iafortion lutolved %;as consored verified ro.1 our or firo
diffnront L:ources, retuelly coming froA the one infoima:It involved.
The den:.;er of n,a:h alec veriCloati,n practices as .ho� is rea6ily apoaront.
One of the nost unfortunato azi;eots-of the ontire situaten isvthe o.trome
injustico to tLo sineere infor:annt. In nie;lorous_caoos, aa inCort or aussian
dosertur is :;iven 71.0 trt.:nit by vn r.,;c:ncy in Ch-clin, parti!illy
nnd then sonb to :Ilother azoncy in tho �I'neriean .::ona of 1j,:rmany %,hore.ho-is
locked in solitary conriner.,Int for ronths pendiuo a decision concernin[; the
o:dstonco of a cecurity risk. By the tI%pa tho person is Actually exploited,
his plorale is so bad that he is extromoly uncooperative.
Durint; vcc:;:tt IJy.tr, a :;/),:tivii.y �..;!xz pro': d ra.."-Paly
an unofficial fn.vor to :.1,1;ecios ilo;:ired it. In several diCCOrC:nt
situations that ha.d h.:� en lin:crintl; unresolved for months were cleared up in a
half or dny of procoesin!; by techniques involvi modern intorre:;ation aids,
both mechanical nnd Al: the tcr.zination of the t(..!ur, the unanimous
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Lo !:cnhG% rrorl :;!fonrity P,:sunruh %3
no4 Co-urd;nation )1,:kuue., A;:onuios in tho Fiold.
requort from nll 11:;cncio5 concerned was. that such it service bo made purmnoeit.
for the utilizn%ion of all n.:;cncios opr:ratin in.Comnnny Aus%rin. These ..
rcqur'Itz ca::,e from suchas Coftrn1 Hall in ;?erlin, Colonul ParLridc,o
in :!..:.(7.olbur5, Colonel Thuronhuo.n (Co::,:n�nding Officer of .7.uropcan Co:.!mrInd InL,)1/i-
olnce Cuntur), from Lilo 3. 0. Tilt:atm Cc)::.mt-Lnd, on4 uPny other in4ividuals rourc':;ont-
ir in liij1O oporations in both Ccruony ;Lnd Austria.
This service could 'oo ortablishod by one of ;..wa !%ot.:oin. It could bo cx-
v:ctud.;,!..n.t en,:h ,%.;noy involved trnIn thoir o.0 por pronuro thoir
own oquipment. ?or many reasons, including the lack qualifir:d personnal nnd
iho lack of equip=nt procuring charaels, it vould c. :a that this solution would
not. be prac-;:ical. The other solotion v:ould be for CIA, in their capacity az :%!1
fntolliL:once cc-ordi'lating orgnnization, to establ!ch ond maintain a security
7n1ida!,ion :tcrvice to be offurod to, ond utilized by nny orc,,,niz%tion cnuc;..;nd in
thc c:ollocticn of 1.ne11ience in that theatre. :;:.:L:.;c:;trd ecnicurnir,..;
05Ln.b11zh1nz nnd ::.ain-;;MIin;1; of cuoh a c.n.vice acf.!.cov..lr%:d in n :;,:parato
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