FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP10-01569R000100020019-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 25, 1946
• Content Type: MEMO

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ltOORA1DTIY fort R Assistant Director for Special Oporat o
Assistant .4antW mnt*l1
Chief, ~ Coord tiAg and P1snnir Staff.
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Dissewica-tio.
Assistant Dire"w for G* 1eotim and
Assistant Dirootor for Rsssasob and whit tics.
SUNi Ti lvatetiewan of ttie Office of Sp ctal Operations.
1. The office of Spooia1 Operatics will rMotion in aanordanos with
the folumiap, aolicisss
'moo sissiot of the Offies at $pssisl Operations is the ooaduot*
so c m of the Dtrsstara of all orpanta1d 14416"1
y~ee- the direct oo i tpo~rat~le~t owtte~leio Cher U "t" Stages dnd its
*mPtamago and *am
ister111-oer !Af oretioa required
fo he for the oche . mush f sooLemago and aooseesrpto ge opar*t3OSs
PQr the na tioanl
a,y- tee"Ve smi-overt and as sstivittos for the full pert'oraaar-ce
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of the mission.
The lssist*At fireotor for Si~sl Operatioas will be diroot37
ibls to the Dirsstor of Goata+sl. 2ntellico too for earr~ritg OWL the
reane~d s sins for the seoae'ita of operatioSsi material and sretl odi
ao hssi intelltgerfoe iuforsation required bi
for e the e~ol,leeeticrn of s+rrrret foreign
the Office of Collection and Disssmiee-tiera + other user dr rts#at$ and
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charged ?ith aotperab fvamtious.
I. All l;,,UM*o iaforew.tioa eoUeoted by the Office of Spesial
Opsretiams will be put is tsab3,* tbrme Sr"" as to "m r" and reliabtlitl s d eod delivered as spot t f rsatiof to the Office of R*o s i of ial
or to other departmee%ts snd .goaei" tl a'slo
Operations will *arry out no arommerok and eiwlwtigw an GU
those pertaimir-; to oomtt*.spiotts~- the gMdftg
and r.liabilitl.
In order to proviso a basis for grading ft i e thtellige u"
in foraati to be aorl]aeoterd 11I fte, office I. "A Office b ei4
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of 8peeial Operations is the roper agtieoay to collect the desired inforea-
tics, Mowener,. Um Office of Special Operations is authorised to receive
directly from user departments or agencies requests for a specific action
or the collection of specific information when such requests are clearly witb .
in the sphere of activity of the Office of 8pesial Operations and the
particular type of desired inf rastion (or action) ask* such direst contest
nseasary for sesvrity reasons. Saab direst contact will be a sde through
the Office of Control, 8pectal Operations, and corresponding offices in
the various departments and agencies. Tie Office of Special Operations
will maintain direst liaison withaartsnnts and agencies of the federal
Go ra momt an secret operati osaa ratters, knowledge of whirls suet be
restricted to the aiaiaan amber of persons.
.L. The Office of Special Operations will be responsible for the
collection, prooessio , and distribution of foreign oovatearespiorwgre intel-
liaeenae information and will be ter repository for such iatoraiien.
Intelligence derived from the processing of foreign soma teeos ri Intel-
ligenae information will be eade awailabis to the Office of Research sad
Evaluation.
2. Major support services for the Office of Special Operations will
be provided bpr the Special Protects Division, Personnel and Adaiaistrative
Draneh of the Executive Staff, Central Intslligemas Groups air the
operational direction of the Assistant Director for Special Operaticns.
3, In carrying out the policies stated above operational security
requirements will be strictly observed irr all eaneern d.
FOR T HS DVU OTO( Of CINTRAL I iGLIE iCSz
L. K. ARIGHT
Colonel,, SC
Executive to the Direct-or.
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