COLLECTION GUIDANCE STAFF (CGS)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001600070010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 16, 1964
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director/Intelligence
Deputy Director/Science & Technology
SUBJECT Collection Guidance Staff (CGS)
REFERENCES A. Memorandum from Executive Director to
DD/I and DD/S&T dated 28 Jan 64; Same
Subject.
B. Memorandum from CIA SIGINT Officer to
DD/I dated 19 Feb 64; Subject--Transfer
of SPINT Staff to DD/S&T.
C. Memorandum from DD/I to DDCI dated
28 Feb 64; Subject--Rationale for a Central
Collection Guidance Function.
D. Memorandum from CIA SIGINT Officer to
DDCI dated. 5 Mar 64; Subject--Special
Intelligence Staff (SPINT).
E. Memorandum from DD/S&T to DDCI dated
7 Mar 64; Subject--Comments on the DD/I
Collection Guidance Staff and Reference A.
F. Memorandum from DD/I to DDCI dated
8 Mar 64; Subject--Preservation of
Centralized Collection Guidance.
G. Memorandum from D/Security to DDCI dated
10 Mar 64; Subject--Special Intelligence
Staff (SPINT).
1. In the basic memorandum to the DD/I and. DD/S&T of
28 January I advised that I had reviewed in considerable detail
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the organization and activities of the Collection Guidance
Staff. I stated, "While my views are still in a preliminary
stage as to ultimate size and operations of the Collection
Guidance Staff, there are certain views that I believe should
be made known at this time...." I then went on to enunciate
certain principles, namely that the objective of CGS to pro-
vide an organization to meld both U.S. operations and U.S.
intelligence information is sound, that CGS should. be the
parent organization for representation in NMCC or State
operations, that it should have close relationships with other
watch or alert mechanisms, that it should remain in the DD/I
and perform a service of common concern, and that it should
be "the basic staff for the levying of requirements on col-
lectors for the substantive intelligence units of the Agency."
In the concluding sentence I requested that the addressees
establish a working group to prepare the necessary implementing
procedures and I established a due date of 1 March.
2. Shortly after signing the above memorandum, I left
on a field, trip of some three and one-half weeks' duration.
Upon return I was advised by the DDCI that the referenced
memorandum had not been implemented in any manner and that
there appeared to be considerable misunderstanding as to
what was intended. I have recently concluded lengthy discussions
with all of the principal officers concerned and find no basic
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differences on any of the principles enunciated in the
memorandum except for varying interpretations of the phrase,
"levying of requirements." I would be less than frank if
I did not acknowledge the fact that the document prepared,
by the Collection Guidance Staff, entitled "CGS Services
for DD/S&T" and, dated 31 December 1963, had only served to
complicate the issue and create both confusion and suspicion
rather than assisting in any rational discussion of what CGS
can and should do for DD/S&T. Acknowledging that the Collection
Guidance Staff "shopping list" had been prepared about a month
before my memorandum of 28 January, it still ignores a sound
basic principle of management which I certainly implied in my
memorandum, and I know that I enunciated orally in my 25 January
meeting with CGS that they should proceed slowly and cautiously.
On the other hand, I do feel that the DD/S&T perhaps may have
been viewing the Collection Guidance Staff efforts with unnecessary
suspicion and consequently did not assist in any way in moving
our efforts forward..
3. In any event, the current disagreements of DD/I and
DD/S&T need to be resolved, and sound working relations
reestablished. I have therefore set out the role of the
Collection Guidance Staff in the attached statement of functions,
which functions are to be carried out with the present T/O,
except as noted below.
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4. A related item of major concern is the location of
DD/S&T there was full agreement between DD/I and DD/S&T that
he should continue his responsibilities as the Agency SIGINT
Officer. At that time
agreed that the SPINT Staff
could remain in CGS. It certainly was implied that this
original arrangement was dependent upon its support to him on
a satisfactory basis. Inasmuch as he does not believe that
the present arrangement is working satisfactorily and has
requested that portions of the SIGINT Staff be reassigned to
his immediate office, it is therefore directed that the Office
of the Chief, as listed in the approved T/O of 29 January 1964,
be reassigned from the Collection Guidance Staff to the office
of the Special Assistant to the DD/S&T. The Security Branch
should in my view be transferred to the Office of Security, or
failing agreement of DD/S to this move, to the Special Register
of OCR whose Chief has over-all responsibility for the adminis-
tration of the Special Center. The SIGINT Guidance Branch and
the NSA Liaison Branch will remain in the Collection Guidance
Staff.
LYMAN B. KIRKPATRICK
Executive Director
Attachment: Functional Statement for the DD/I Collection
Guidance Staff (CGS)
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Note: In assembling this file I found this
buck slip with no memo attached. I am
guessing that it should go with this memo of
16 March--however, this memo could have
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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NAME AND ADDRESS
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INITIALS
Mr. Kirkpatrick
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ACTION
DIRECT REPLY
PREPARE REPLY
APPROVAL
DISPATCH
RECOMMENDATION
COMMENT
FILE
RETURN
CONCURRENCE
INFORMATION
SIGNATURE
Remarks :
The attached redraft of your proposed joint
memo for DDI & DDS&T incorporates changes
designed. to accomplish the following:
a. While maintaining their substance, to
separate your comments from the text of the
proposed directive itself establishing
CGS functions.
b. To make the functional statement more
specific in order to avoid need for later
additional clarification.
c. For sake of completion, to incorporate
a statement covering certain related. DDI
functions presently assigned to CGS, such
as DDI support to various USIB Committees.
FOLD HERE TO RETURN TO SENDER
FROM: NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NO.
DATE
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