STAFF ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE IN THE INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00211R000800140002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2005
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 1, 1963
• Content Type: REGULATION

Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
TAB
Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
 Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
STAFF ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE
IN THE
INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE
Rescission: uu:`/I N
A. Executive Staff
The Executive Staff manages the flow and disposition of documents
within the Office of the DDI; provides substantive information in support
of the DDI; maintains a "control center" and "clearing house" for ad
hoc requests (generally for finished intelligence), levied on the
Intelligence Directorate by the DCI, the Whitey House, and other high
level requesters; serves as a central peg point for staff support in
connection with Special Group, NSC, USIB, and other interagency
meetings.
B. The Senior Intelligence Support Officer Team
In addition to other staffs, the Office of the DDI includes an
informal group of senior officers engaged in liaison with key policy
echelons of the Government as well as with appropriate divisions of
DDP. This group is known as the Senior Intelligence Support Officer
Team (SISOT) and includes officers working on this assignment
either on a part-time or full-time basis.
C. Collection Guidance Staff
The Collection Guidance Staff supports the DDI on all matters
in volving intelligence objectives, collection problems (regardless
of source), and requirements, either for collection of information
or exploitation of source material; handles requests on behalf of
GROUP I
Excluded from automatic
S-E-C-R-E-T downgrading and
declassification
Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
I. Organization of the Office of the Deputy Director (Intelligence)
 Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
S-E-C-R-E.-T
-2-
the DDT for US operational information; provides collection and special
intelligence support for the CIA SIGINT Officer; acts in other capacities
as directed by the DDI (e.g., reviews USIB matters falling in its area
of responsibility).
D. aerations Center
The Operations Center supports the DDI and other senior agency
officials by maintaining a means of guiding intelligence collection on
urgent substantive developments through liaison with command and
operations center in other agencies and through close relations with
CIA collection assets in appropriate channels. The Operations Center
also maintains up-to-date information on US military and other opera-
tions, deployments, contingency plans and capabilities and on the
general collection capabilities of the intelligence community as
required to support the consideration of and reaction to intelligence
developments by senior agency officials.
E. Research Staff
The Research Staff engages in continuing research on problems
of communist doctrine and practice and on special problems assigned
by the DDI; handles matters pertaining to the DDI research program,
including external research, on referral by the DDI.
F. Administrative Staff
The Administrative Staff coordinates the administrative support
requirements of the offices in the In el igencQ_Directorate with the
Comptroller, the General Counsel, and the DDS; develops and carries
out administrative policies and procedures governing the Intelligence
Directorate; advises the A/DDI/M and the DDI on organization,
management and budget policy considerations affecting the whole
Directorate; is responsible for arrangements concerning the
establishment, support and guidance of DDI overseas elements;
coordinates TDY travel overseas of DDI personnel.
Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
 Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
S-E-C-It-E-T
-3-
G. Role of Staffs
A major purpose of the Executive,' Collection Guidance and
Administrative Staffs is to facilitate the assignment, coordination,
completion, and transmittal of papers. Offices within the Directorate
are urged to call on the Staffs whenever their assistance may be of
value. In cases where there is doubt as to which staff element of the
O/DDI to consult, the Executive Staff should be queried as to appro-
priate assignment of staff responsibility. The staff structure of the
O/DDI should not inhibit Intelligence Directorate components from
having access to the DDI through normal command channels as
appropriate.
Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
 Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
S-E-C-R-E-T
-4 -
II. Procedures for Preparation and Submission of Papers
A. Action assignments (other than administrative) directed by ?DDI:to offices
within the Directorate will be routed through either the Executive Staff
or the Collection Guidance Staff, depending on the nature of the assign-
ments; the two staffs will keep each other informed on these assignments
for control purposes.
B. Responses to action assignments, substantive papers, and
correspondence intended for the attention of the DDI will be routed
through the O/DDI Executive Staff for control purposes. Only in
matters of urgency should a paper be hand-carried by the originator
to the DDI (or, if necessary, to the DCI or DDCI), and in these cases
the Executive Staff element should be advised as soon as possible by
phone and an information copy routed to it.
C. Action papers and correspondence will be properly prepared,
coordinated, and assembled by the office to which action is
assigned, and will be ready in all respects for forwarding to the
ultimate addressee. Headquarters Notice dated 3 April 25X1
1963 should be consulted for guidance in this respect.
1. Where appropriate, correspondence necessary for imple-
menting proposals and recommendations (e.g., implementing
papers for signature by the DDI, or higher authority) will be
included. Questions as to form and procedure can be taken
up with the Executive Staff.
2. A brief note, either on the routing slip or in a separate
memorandum for record, should always accompany action
papers and correspondence intended for approval or noting
by the DDI. This note should indicate clearly what
coordination has been accomplished with other DDI, Agency,
or community elements, and should include brief explana-
tions necessary for understanding the purpose or background
of the proposed action or correspondence.
3. Sufficient copies for distribution, with prepared routing
slips attached, will be included when appropriate.
Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
 Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
S-E-C-R-E-T
- 5 -
4. The use of any approved devices or techniques designed
to facilitate rapid and accurate comprehension and handling
of papers is encouraged. A paper longer than two pages
should always be headed or covered by a summary; when.
intended for the DDI or higher authority, a paper longer
than 15 pages should have a table of contents and index
tabs indicating major subdivisions. Tabs may also be
used to indicate portions of a paper meriting special
attention.
D. The format of papers prepared by offices and staffs within the
Directorate will be determined as follows:
1. In the absence of specific direction to the contrary,
all papers for the DCI, the DDCI, or the Executive
Director, whether requested or self-initiated, will be
addressed "THROUGH" the Deputy Director (Intelligence)
over the signature of the AD or the initiating officer.
2. Papers will occasionally be requested for the DDI's
signature, in which case the "THROUGH" line will not
be included.
3. Memoranda for the Record ordinarily bear the
signature of the author.
4. The format for Current Intelligence Memoranda,
ONE Memoranda, ORR Economic Memoranda and other
unsigned published reports is determined by the issuing
office in conformity with general procedures established
for the Directorate of Intelligence.
5. "Blind" Memoranda, when specifically requested,
will be headed simply MEMORANDUM, followed by a'
subject line, and will not bear a signature.
E. All substantive reports and papers, whether self-initiated or assigned,
will be registered with the Special Register of OCR in the "Index to DDI
Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
 Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
Projects". It is the responsibility of the action office to register papers
CR
immediately upon initiation and to deliver to the Special Register of OCR
a record copy upon its completion.
F. The Executive Staff of the Office of the DDI should be informed:
1. Whenever an action assignment (other than routine) is
levied directly on an office by the Office of the DCI.
2. Whenever major new factors affecting an assignment
arise.
3. Whenever there is misunderstanding of substance,
content, or terms of reference of a project.
4. Whenever it appears that an assigned deadline cannot
be met or will be met only at the last minute; whenever a
new deadline is set by the initiator.
Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
 Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
TAB,
Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
 Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
S-EeC-R-E-T
DDUPS
I
I.A;iDD~M
!'Y`ELLtGENCE
STAFFS
i00
J
o z4
1'N TELL\NCE
DDS has over-a: res nsib `.it;r or prciOL-cction ox finished intelligence finc'.uding the integrapirrt of
sc;i.cnti.r`:;. and Aporbved-F V 6S QIARifT~ ~i `:V 1A` 2 7by'~ 1yRl $ ~ $~~b?1- ',
7.
,;ab?.i at on, and _ d s r.=ai:i.en ou sale of C.A. S_E-C R-E
 Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
TAB
Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
 Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5
S-E-C-R-E-T
PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENTS
IN THE OFFICE OF THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (INTELLIGENCE)
Deputy Director (Intelligence)
Assistant Deputy Director (Management)
Assistant Deputy Director (Policy Support)
Chief, Collection Guidance Staff
Deputy Chief
Chief, Research Staff
Deputy Chief
Chief, Administrative Staff
Deputy Chief
Assistant (Personnel)
Assistant (Logistics)
Assistant for Disarmament, and Operations
Support
Executive Staff Officer
Executive Staff Officer
Administrative Officer, O/DDI
Secretary to the DDI
Secretary to the A/DDI/M
Secretary to A/DDI/PS
25X
Ray S. Cline
Paul A. Borel
Chester L. Cooper
J. J. Hitchcock
Approved For Release 2005/11/21 : CIA-RDP70-00211 R000800140002-5