REPRODUCTION PRIORITIES FOR INTELLIGENCE MATERIAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP10-01569R000100070005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: August 19, 1947
• Content Type: MISC

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19 Anest 1947
DATE
SUBJECT: Reproduction Priorities for Intelligence Material
INDEXED: Previously
IF OLLO'T-TTP IS NEC:ES: ARY,
AS L'OTE >EE'' PLACED I]!
SUSP' -SE FILE:
See FCS 31 December 1946, hereunder
6 January 1947, hereunder
9 May 1947, hereunder
11 July 1947, READING CEWM
(1319)
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b6ossutivs for Adud.aaistsatiea and Natn'gomm" 19 August 1947
Assistant 1irsstor for Collsstion and Uisalsaimaticaaa
aateprodustion Priorities for Iaa~tsllig Memo material
OCD iI oraaadom~a Ammoutins for P & As dated
27 Doomebsr 1941, satb jest s R+sparo an priorities
and Tab A thereto.
be
I.
OCD Memorandum to Ammeatt s for P & At dated
9 1fa~q- 1947, subJest s Reproduction requiremeaU of CIO*
OCD Letter to lAB agimatw "Otter of Limited
Repredwtion Assistasss to Fasilitats Iaatsardepartwmtal
Dd asastaat3ast of Intsll t as liataur3al", dstsd U July 047
(Attwbed hereto as Iasalomers 1).
1. OOD has been carefully *Uftift the varisas aspaets.of the
rsp4rsatmstisa situation. with CIG as it PWWM to the peebisn of
dtswdaaattia of intsllitrmoe material.
2. It is bsliiv.d that the time has been r* shed where it is
aaeosssa~lf for positive astLou to be Won to **UUU& priorities for
the reparodusttsn of the following categories of material:
Finished intslli geamoe aaaterial (I.s.,, studtss,r Situation
special Evaluations, pstiaatss prepared by ORI).
b. Intsl]igaasos atonal fva tshed by IAA member agsnstss to
OCD, weeding Center.
Administrative material, i.e., 010 strative Ordsar.,
UM& ?rdees, Minutes of VIA ^eot.tugs, its.
3. Attached as ludo rs 1 is a chart severing the months of April,
IIay, Jan, July 1947, indicating regwats muds by OGD as Suevrisw amaefts
Rep redwtien Unit, for rep odwttoe of iatslligsmws material, together with
aaasber of items, aaammbar Of original Pos, and NUM r of pipaaa repvsdass
You will mete that all saterial an raplwinosd by the phet stet go - name
The, it is evident that the seed for mob arepsalaaaaatiesm faeilitiss as
typssst or. offset printing does, not asst at the puasssnt tins insurer as
rsprsirstisa of ants tgunos materials i iwtsr. ! stem, there
s)a11d be w oonflist with the reprsdwttan of the finished i telligence
material required by lei. Nsvwthelssu, this sffiw believes that an
autonatis ?As priority for all Lntelligeamse prednssd by ORI sbruld be
established.
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la. Froze so - sore sad iaaat aline a aiIabls in 00 saarteeraing the
I Opreduetton of iatellidenee naterisls, it is e' 14 att that there air two
sategerios of iar lipIrr eat t.l as follow c
Asedii7 row ibis ietatlligonse material requiring
(1) aims
(2) aaograph
(3) Photostat rspredaetieau.
Us Net readily repro ,blo intolligaawe material (iaatrslva.
book. or special doseq ants) requiring Mssial repredwtlioar settetew
5. At the prsseast t3,ase, there is little now to eoneern o rselas
with the a.oond eatsgery of Bret readily reprodusibs I'll sitelli se material"
as the requests for reptiredrustioa of such material are few aad for beteeem.
If the situation obsUVos vireo 'tare prapouad procedures ebsuld be r.v sWNd.
6. It, than, we eonsid r only the first cate r, i.e., readily
rep ble in6arltlgsaae materiasl, Users should be only ow possible ceal7 st
of prierrittes in the repar~ardueti n prsserist noway, beteaesa 010 AdAtntstaruti e
and policy material (Ui eiaut , General Orders, Presedures) mad the
intslligeoos materials. The conflict wiU appear most in the of the
rdieegra reproduction ogat .
7. Therefore, it is reoomersncied that a p melbseti+on Priorities
Cermdttee" be established to resolve sap aeasflieto in prtos'L ieie 'N!lrtoh y-
arias in the rapredsustian of these iota type of ""rials. 110 Csrtelttee
nonld osma st- of the fellswriiit
Chief, Seertestr ftvmok* A & Y.
Cttiet, Reproduction Unit, wrtieos ameneh.
s, M44 ibatieerda~eat3.ees MWMM4 Oft.
Chid, Distributie DLvisions, 000.
8. It is requested that this suggestion be owere dcred by the
t rssutino for A & X ahead that 000 be advised if this suggested eslutten to
the rsprsdaetten priorities problem is waist.
Distribution:
Addressee - Cri
DCD -2/
'!its Study - 1 C. Z. OLSU
')iss Chrono- 1 Capt:arin, U. 3. N.
Diss Pol 1)iv 1 Assistant fi. fs!
Su_T.snnnse (2 Sent.) - 1 t}o,letjon aced Qiasetotnatiei
Inelosure 2
COMFIDENT1AL
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