PROGRAM FOR ORE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00059A000200200079-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 79
• Publication Date: January 13, 1947
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MEMORANDUM FOR ASS "r'. 5I5CTOR FOR REPORTS AND ESTIMATES
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I consider ORE as the heart of CIG and.beliede
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that our repu a
Pend more-on the intelligence ')roduced by ORE than on'any other
activity.
1. Curren n e g_,_.,_, .
cerned with the. findings of the adequacy survey conducted by OCD.
evera~ parts of the OCfl report that I know you
t T t 11i once I have therefore been somewhat con-
Although there are s
will heed in your continuing effort to improve the ORE output, I
invite special attention to the comment attributed to the Aide to
Admiral Leahy:
"It appears that the concept of the summaries has changed
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1 State, War and `Navy. Now, in view of the dissemination
given to the summaries, it seems they are designed as
much for the information of planners as for the{Presi-
dentn
I see in this small feeling of pique which ch we must overcome promptly.
A. that you designate certain members of your staff as
current intelligence officers ^ho rill have as their
sole or principal responsibility the production of
current intelligence.
4. Although the -cork of current intelligence officers must be
closely: integrated-with the work of the strategic intelligence re
2. I believe.thatouu, while making plans to correct this si-
tuation, should also review your whole allocation of production res-
ponsibility. This request is based on past performance and on those
future requirements which I foresee as a result of-my,conversations
with NIA and IAB members, both in regular meetings and in personal
talks.
3? I therefore request your prompt consideration of and comment
on the following proposals:
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 searchers, I think you will agree that two distinct, types Ter-
sonality and 'abilities are required for the two types.of,wo 1.
in the several branches with the editor centralized c l o s e ; - ;'
intelligence daily digest; or whether they should be decerjtra;izea
,they will, with the assistance of an editor, produce trze cUrren
telligence officers should be centralized in_a special ui e~e,
5. :1 am not yet sure in, my. own mind whether thes~,`cuM1 `
Assistant Director.. .
7. My reading of that survey leads me to believetbat,in try
ing.'to meet the needs of several levels requiring foreign intelligence
with one series of reports, all of which are receiving almostiienticah
distribution, we are not fully' meeting the requirementsiofany.rv.We
appear to be overwriting for some and underwriting for others.
trate on meeting the complaints recorded in the adequacy' serve .
6. With this specialization, the CIG should be able tgeocen
'8. *1 propose that we prepare a special-daily for the President,-
so written that it should reach the President regularly, . in,it6 .
original.form, and without the need for any preliminary . annotations
by aides. This will require very special selection and
9. I propose that we supplement this for NIA members rithaddi-
tional items which., although not worthy currently of Pree ent a
notice should be brought to the attention of the NIA members.
10. Current Intelligence Summaries. The recent NIA allocation
of collection responsibilities places o CIG the job.of meeting the
several agencies requirements for intelligence secondary to their own
but'necessary to the development of their staff intelligence. I
believe this can be met if CIG revises its v,eekly in such a way that
it 7r-11.1 become a Current Intelligence. Summary of the precedingperiod.
7 ell_ done, these dhould go far toward meeting the'G-2, A-,2 and ONI
requirements at the working level for foreign intelligence outside
their specialized fields.
11. Strategic Intelligence. GIG has received much praise for
its ORE No. 1.
B. that ORE issue situation reports on.the several
strategic areas of the world.
12. Since the.area branches are divided according to such areas,
each branch should produce a Strategic Intelligence Estimate
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 monthly basis, Each rite asue should supersede the previous issue,
reference purposes of policy officers"and intelligence chiefs. To
se , 'soli acts.: " we "` -- - ~~.
w id, tone and kept. currently- nn to p +rA~o
CIG do td.s editorial work at the time of initial preparation in so
14. Nothing is more indicative of poor planning and lack of
appreciation of recipients needs than the indiscriminate distribution
of intelligence reports; Overwriting places a ,burden on:a des to
interpolate explanation"s;:~underwriting demands the marking up of re-
ports to indicate "must reading" and "skip reading". I desire that
written; for special recipients.
13. Special Estimates. The above publications should,be supple-
mented from time to time by special estimates as. and when special
developments so warrant. In most cases special estimates shouldbe
15. Basic Intelligence.
C. That you create a working group in ORE, drawn from
present personnel of the several branches to prepare an out-
line for the development of National Intelligence Digests.
If possible`this u roupshou1d be balanced among geographic
areas, functional subjects, and IAB acencies..
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16. Discussions in the IAB indicate that so-e form of responsibility
in this field will fall to CIG in the near future. The Defense Project
Group is revising its outline as a proposed outline. for all,areas. I
desire that CIG give sufficient advance study to this matters so'-that when
I require a CIG recommendation it will he forthcoming promptly. The
group should consider all obtainable outlines, whether prepared by IAB
.or other US Government or private agencies or by foreign governments
or private enterprises.
17. In collecting and integrating these outlines, collection should
be made of the related handbooks so that when once approved the outline
can be fleshed out in part and initially at least with this material.
18. I believe that if the above program is adopted by ORE, I
should. received fewer queries from the `encies as to when CIG is going
 to produce intelligence.' I,jn~'Propo sing this program do ot_
you to believe that, an acin Dyersmhasis on publicatio Ouch
of the work of OF p `c pub , o ethe .laying tba ro$ c
which prepares for emergenCi s. nd T'believe`that 6 wi a led
upon more and more to do oral. briefings. But I do ; consider tit s
above program is a minimum essential to our reputation.
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