PROPOSED STEPS FOR STRENGTHENING THE PRESENT INTERDEPARTMENTAL FOREIGN INFORMATION ORGANIZATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01065A000500120051-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2001
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: August 11, 1950
• Content Type: MEMO

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The orsnisetion estebished under
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2. The board shu14 meet regularirs
once a week, nd should be responsible
the Secretary of State omtho fortign
,rogram to ;/iut situations where joint
military action is required In the psyt
warfare field to carry out U, 5. national pol
3, To assist the Board In carrying out its r
buttes it All be necessary to clarity
of the Inform tion Policy Advisory Staff
the intorderartmental eereign Information S
and define specific tasks. Two alternatives
examined: (a) P/POL (load be augmented
from the 74rense Department and IFIS ao,1
presently organised; or (2) P/POL and IFIS
combined into a single information policy D
staff. In either case, retpinsibility for
in specific unctions should be clearly assign
d.
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ponsi-
notions
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(IFIS)
hould be
onnel
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Mese would be basic
on policy obetIvea,
bot spelling out specific
object ks r priority target areas
such as orss, ormo 1zgoslavis, etc., toad or
situetiona re4ring joint political and military
ction in aupert of national pc icy (Under the
?ztating setupthis xould be a major responsibility
of two .-itualified Defense personnel
sh
aCiQ r this vtork; preferably drawn
from the JCS ganization*
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of the over*
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be continued in Ins or
ation pclicy planning s
by two or three State Departmen
member from each military servic
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ent and assessment of the ettecttvene
teal warfare operstions? (Except for
this function Is not now clearly defined
).
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1FIS or P/POL sbold be
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appointment o
officer at the
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&cfl on policy objectives
a 4ll becorne a necesdty 11;ith the
maton as 8riUsh policy liaison
tish nm toe that
I be the top point of ontact On
policy matters, *me-.-,:rspn in P/PCL should be
designated for iorking level contact,
d be ee tor a group of toplev?l
outside ta like reflect! Carroll, Alexander
lson, Leonard tob, etc, who could
or emergency assignments or tr,r
f objectives and cuidance?
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req,..rements for
reassessed. 4.1
pug to PPM. Initial require?
break down as follows* .
o officers with rank of Colonel or
on full time assignment to P/POL for
/ark on toriletion of national information
volley ob3ectivea and guidance. lori..lerably
these officers should be drawn from the Jr,C
organization and have brood experience in
planning.
One Defense Department liaison repro-sentat
to P/POL for coordination or guidances.
Three officers for a izent to IFIS (or the
*motion or a combined sttt responsible for
forward plant). This ?soin sholld be drawn
from the psychologies warfare sections of the
Army, Navy, and Air Force, and should be
thoroughly familiar with the psychological
warfare requirements of the individual service,'
The primary task of IFIS would be the develop.
sent of forward plans similar to NC 74, tcl
meet specific situations or contingencies.
Ullitary rsonnei at the staff level should
not be ?representatives" of their departments,
but should be designated as working mAsbers
of the staff unit to which hey are assigned.
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1. That the Information olicy Planning tatf (Pt CL)
be augmented immediately by personnel from the
Defense DepartrLent to assist in formulating
policy objectives and coordination of guidances.
SECREi
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2, That such personnel consist initially of
(a) one or two full time officers or the
rank of Colonel or Lt. Col. selected on
the basis of their experience and training
in national policy planning or JCS war plans
work; (b) one liaison representative from
the Defense Department to coordinate informa-
tion policy guidance.
That IF1S as now constituted be discontinued
and that there be established an interde-
partmental Staff charged with developing
psychological warfare plans, including
specific plans to meet potentially critical
situations such as Formosa, Indochina, Yugo-
slavia, etc. Personnel should be limited
initially to one officer drawn from the
psychological warfare sections of the Army,
Navy, Air .iorce, and at least two qualified
State Department officers.
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