REORGANIZATON OF ICAPS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00059A000200110023-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: September 19, 1947
• Content Type: MEMO

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19 September 1947
I WIIEMU F OH CHIEF OF IC APS : ,
Subject: Reorganization of ICAPS.
1. There is need for ,an office" in CIA, charged with the re-
sponsibility of keeping the Director fully informed as to the manner
in rich this agency is fulfilling its assigned duties as outlined
in the National Security Act. Such duties have been assigned "for
the purpose of coordinating the intelligence activities of the several
government departments and agencies in the interest of National Security".
2. To fulfill this responsibility, this office must be vested with
authority to obtain factual data, within and outside of CIA. At the least
this authority should be implicit in the statement of functions of the of-
fice.
3. I do not believe that this office should; be charged with the func-
tion of "Periodic Inspections or Surveys". It is my belief that continual
vigilance is a more nearly correct statement of the function to be per-
formed.
It. The present statement of functions of ICAPS does rn t provide an
office within CIA,,(that I am aware of), with sufficient authority to ful-
fill successfully the responsibility outlined in paragraph 1 above.
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