CAPTAIN OLSEN'S SPEECH (DELIVERED 6 SEPT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP10-01569R000100070037-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: September 6, 1946
• Content Type: MISC

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IF FOLLOW-UP IS NECESSARY,
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CIG
ROUTING SLIP
TOP SEC SECRET CONF REST
OFFICE OF DISSEP:INATION
Subject: _
Office of Chief
Chief
Adm Assistant
Registrar
Survey & Con. Br.
Survey Div.
Control Div.
Distribution Div.
Publication Branch
Editorial Div.
Cartographic Div.
Production Div.
Presentation Branch
Presentation Staff
Situation Room
REMARKS:
To:
Approve
Note & Return
Information
Necessary A::tion
Comment
Recommendation
Suspense File
Signature
Dispatch
File
STAT
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STANDARD FORM NO. 64
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Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Acting Assistant Director, Office of
Dissemination
FROM : Acting Chief, Interdepartmental Coordinating
SUBJECT: and Planning Staff
DATE: 29 August 1946
Informing Intelligence Division, WDGS of Organization and Functions of CIG
1. A representative of this office has been informed
by several branch chiefs of the Intelligence Division, VDGS, that
their personnel are most interested in being infomsd of the
organizational outline and functions of CIG. The Assistant
Executive Director has been consulted concerning copies of charts
to be furnished a few key personnel of G-2 and arrangements therefor
are being made.
2. It was further suggested that G-2 would like to have
a representative of CIG explain the organizational chart at one of
their Morning Intelligence Conferences and this matter is referred
toyour office for action. Informal arrangements, for t he date
and time and other details will be handled by Colonel Edwards,
who will make the necessary contacts for you at your convenience.
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SAL
am WSCO$3I on o ZLTI * AID rUMUOU Of CIO
Oentlsmene
It is a pleasure for a naval officer to be addressing an army assembLp
at any time, but particularly in this instance, as the Central Inte113~ease
Group is a merger that we an all agreed upon as essential to our better attack
upon our National Intelligence problem`
I have been asked to give you a brief explanation of the organisation and
functions of Cray which will really be brief because of the short time allured,
but which I hope will clagrify sosr questions in j mind. 25X1
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CIO I was created by the directive of 22 Jarwry 191x6 which estab-
lishad the National Inte].13geaos Authority. ft e war greatly increased a general
tia4rstanaiag of the nd ed for better intellipwos and proved conclusively that
the efforts of the various intelligence agencies should be coo uated to
er w -11 0/
efficiently produce the best possible intelligence. The
directive
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establishes a nsiems to accomplish this required coordination.
I have placed here two diagrams. The finished diagram shows you the
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?W established rslaticvsdip between the intelligence agencies and CIO through the
0,/,-1f 4-1 IA) and 11A. For lack of time I will not discuss that chart unless questions
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