REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AT THE 10TH MEETING OF THE NIA.

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• Document Release Date: March 13, 1999
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REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR Ob' CENTNAL #i't`xLLICKNCE AT THE 10th MEETING
OF THE, N.
(Preliminary personal remarks pertinent to the Director's
initial attendance)
Having been in office so short a time I desire to limit my remarks
to summarizing briefly the progress that CIG has made since the last
meeting of the NIA on 12 February 1947.
Atomic Energy Cotnmi.ssion
It will be recalled that at that meeting you approved the issuance
of NIA Directive No. 9 providing for the transfer from the 1M to the
GIG of military intelligence personnel and the centralization in GIG
of the coordinating responsibility for collection, production, and
dissemination of intelligence pertaining to foreign atomic energy
developments. Immediately thereafter informal working agreements were
established- ~... a.forrn&l '-
Aga. ,i have every reason to bete that
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is imminent.
Running a close second to the kEC in importance as a customer of
CIG and in my opinion probably leading it eventually on the basis of
volume is the W_
S GC is the interdepartmental or national Policy l CIG
is the interdepartmental or national intelligence 4 National
policy should be built on national intelligence? A most satisfactory
formal liaison has been established by GIG with the SWNCC secretariat*
hairman of
SWNCC, the manner in which CIG can further assist-on thee preparation
of those intelligence reports and studies which the SWNCC comndttees *-
particularly right now the .d ooc (coimnittee for Economic Aid, abn' d
. I plan personally discussing with
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JRDB
In implementation of established agreeme nt s between B and CIG,
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whereinISR4 acts as the scientific intelligence facility of`JRI~B,, detailed
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working arrangements have been established, formulation of a National
Scientific Intelligence Program has been initiated,, JRDB has started
a flow of requests to -4 for scientific and technical intelligence.
-tell.a gI consideration Scientific Intelligence
3~eq~~zrns~; has been a in
collaboration with"J DB and the IAB agencies
and*" has made continuing progress in meeting JRDB requirements.
JCS
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It will be recalled that the NIBS. has in the past discussed the
CIG relationship to the JCS and the confusion and duplication vtiich
exists due to a lack of demarcation of duties between CIG and JIC.0 To
date almost all CIG planning has had to be adjusted to this continuing
problem. I understand. that the JIC is now considering a proposal which
may resolve the matter. I do not know its details. In fact I have no
official way of knowing what takes place in JIC. I can only hope that
at an early date ,t4wt the Director of Central Intelligence will be placed
on the routing list for JIC papers and *OAANAM will be invited to sit
with dlt, at least as an observer. Without some such close tie-in'
there will continue to be a sad lack of coordination.
CIG Intelligence Program
In our attempt to meet our responsibilities to the President, to
yourselves as members of the NIL., and to such special organizations as
I have mentioned above, CIG hasp as its personnel and facilities have
permitted,, gradually developed an intelligence program which when fully
activated will ;I believe accomplish what was intended in the Resident's
originating letter of 22 January 1946,
We believe that no military or diplomatic planning can be success-
fully done except against a.background of incontrovertible facts. These
facts we call basic intelligence. In one degree or another these factg
are needed by each of your departments. We are undertaking torcompildL-kA
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Intelligence Surveys and to make them available in multiple copies to
the departments. They will be loose leaf so that they can be kept currently
correct and so that they can be subdivided and distributed for specialized
use, They will contain data on foreign government organizationo#,,topo-
graphy, population and manpower, climate, strategic areas, health, and
sanitation) In a form strictly limited to wartime military use, 4a
basic intelligence was compiled by the JIC in the JANIS. We are trying
to obtain agreement that this JIC undertaking,ihich continues in a less
active manner.be consolidated with our NIS.
Another form of intelligence reference we call Situation Reports.
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operational use of departmental officers-
We try consistently to limit our production efforts strictly to
the field of national intelligence which will. be useful to national
policy planners, as distinct from agen?\intelligence intended for the
Reports.
Interagency Coordination d qa"*
From time to time we z- a to put out a composite overall
analysis of the world situation, based on these separate Situation
preparation.
These reports are to cover countries or areas and 'special international
subjects not restricted to countries or areas, They are designed to
contain a concise summary of the situation, its implications, and its
possible or probably effect on our own national security. These repots
will also be loose leaf in form for ready revision. They will give
military, naval, political, economic, and diplomatic coverage, and the
facilities of the several agencies will be used to a maximum in their
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CIG has prepared and the I1,B has unanimously approved a plan for
thehcoordi atidn of the production of intelligence. The plan attempts
to insure complete coverage and eliminate unproductive duplication. We
intelligence report''~excepting" current intelligence reports, I plan
are awaiting the comments of the JCS and the agency planners before
submitting it to the NIA.
Our big problem in thelt production field is the NIA requirement
that the concurrence of each lAB agency must beYobtained to each CIG
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gence for the use of the President, the members of thisAuthority, and
By NIA Directive No. 2 CIG is required to produce current intelli-
to review this situation personally with the lAB.
Current Intelligence
a few others, Our adequacy surveys indicate thatthis produc is
satisfactory to the recipients r der
Collection ::#t? .
is second Directive C'c!9 .3 eel -
-Okhna announced the current essentials and intelligence objectives
of this government as regards China. The purpose behind this Directive
was to pool all agency requirements and allocate 3n. accordance with field
representative capabilities,, ikt thus using manpower efficiently and
avoiding duplication. Further
NIR are in preparation.
NIA Directives have been issued affecting the collection of
intelligence
established a program for the overall coordination of collection activities,
Recent field surveys by CIG officers indicate that in some posts abroad
this directive has had a positive and beneficial effect. In others the
generality of its terms has vitiated its force. A continuing study is
being made by CIG,and suggestions for improvement will probably be made
to the intelligence sections of your departments, With recent budget,
cuts the Government's limited facilities must be employed efficien4
the national security.
CIG Collection
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centrally for the benefit of allfour operations.
There is the Office of Special Operations*
In the Office of operations are the:
1. Contact Branch
2. Documents Branch
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Collection and Dissemination Coordination
In addition to the above active collection efforts and to field
c ordi. ation, CIG is devoting much time to the coordination of the
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collection efforts of the agencies here )Washington through clearing
house arrangements and central reading panels.
j,-A, Problems
The continued absence of legislation continues to hamper the
soundest development of GIG in several directions, both within and
without the Cabvernment.
et been allayed but
e not
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agency jealousies and suspicions
are becoming less serious By holding nazq frequent IAB meetings hope
to improve this situation.
One serious problem,..' believe I Mould bring to your particular
ttention is the general /Properly q ualified collectors of
of
scientific intelligence. GIG iseing called upon by the C4 the
JRDB and others for scientifi Intel encesand
n,.. ,aka. Some tern have proposed the
designations of scienti,Cic attaches to miss' s abroad. I have no
present solution buVin this age of scientific rfare it is a matter
of importance.
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Continuing evaluation of the organization and functions of CIG offices
and our increasing experience servea~ tc constantly` improve our operations.
Lack of central space adequate for all CIG offices brings about
serious problems of administration and security.
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The line of demarcation(is not always clears between national
intelligence and agency intelligence But we try consistently to
limit our production efforts strictly to that national intelligence
essential
which xzzft* to national policy planners, leaving to the
agencies that agency intelligence required for operational use of
departments fficers.
There remains some duplication of effort in this field by member
agencies which it is hoped may soon be eliminated by mutual agreement.
Far East and is now absorbing the German Military Document Section and
the Special Document Section of the War Department Intelligence Division.
The Documents Branch is continuing the work of the old Washington
ocument Center in the exploitation of captured documents from the
- eeeegti k form Iy do"ne --or n. ,t
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wand. he t1a' o ., aut ieri y .tom mss h "' l tt withreign
Some of these were joint British-Canadian-American
projects. This presents difficulty the lack of authority
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CI G to maintain liaison with foreign governmentstxwhi h may require
lties?a,betsoa~.o f.:, fir -erernment, p't span
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I believe I should bring to your attention one serious problem.
CI G is being called upon by the Atomic Energy Commission, the Joint
Research and Development Board, and others for scientific intelligence.
CI G is unable fully to meet these requirements because of the general
lack of properly qualified collectors of scientific intelligence.
Some quarters have proposed the designation of scientific attaches to
age
missions abroad. I have no present solution but in this
of
scientific warfare it is a matter of prime importance.
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