MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL CHAMBERLIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R003600060043-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 28, 2003
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: January 14, 1947
• Content Type: MF

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14 January 1947
1. Reference your rr rrandur of 8 January 1947, sub ject i CZ C
01, Approval of 0 110 19 was originally given subject to the
approval of the collection plan drawn up for its implementation.
02. CIO 19 and its accompanying plan fdr collection weer+e
accepted as an orimeRnt in the coordination of the collection
of intelii xc ng selected as the fie]d for the ex-
periment, This a on was taken with the hope that it might
lead to a solution of the fundamental problems of the cuoo:-)rdi-
nation of all collection activities and the delineation of in-
telligence responsibil.i.ties, although it was recognized that it
and its oounterpart? the CIO plane was more Limited in scope
than, and shat contrary to, War D.pirtment doctrines wbich
we global in nature.
03, Since CIO 19 was initiated, NIA Directive No. 7 has
been published, coordinating the entire field of collection
activities, ti 0 23,, too, (which cot.rdinates the responsibilities
for the production of intelligence) is now in circulation
apparently its approval is in eight. When apr-. roved, CIO 23,1
together with NIA Directive No- 7, would appear to obviate the
desirability of the China experiment.
*. In view of the publication of .A Directive No. 7 and
the impending publication of the Enclosure to CIO 23, it is
=ended that CIO 19 and it a acccupanying collection plan be
from the consideration of the Intelligence Advisory
or at least postponed for consideration to insure that
bro:qtt into full, consonance with the broader directives."
2, Your proposal that CIO discontinue the preparation of Nil
i cotes a misunderstanding of the National fintelligence Program an
been developed by CIO with the advice and assistance of repreesent&-
of the 1&B agencies, I therefore believe it advisable to ea plain
an in some detail so that you will rvaltse the part to be
played by Rational. Intelligence Requirements, and their absolute necessity
I in his mission as well as their expected usefulness to the
efforts to comply vdth the mission assigned to
letter of 22 January 1946 as interpreted in part by
subsequent NIA directives:..he CIO under direction has atte p
to develop plans "to assure the met effective accomplishment of the
nce mission related to the national security." These plans
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n under the three general heads of t
collection
2. research or production
3. disstnation
gated problems which have been referred by the
agencies to GIG for coordination (see TAB A) have also been
throe basic categories.
three basic categories are the follovi.ng
types of intelligence rhich are integral parts of V w national
intelligence mission:
a.
ar
combat or operational intelligence
. aataff intelligence
strattegc inteiltg~nce
combat or operational Intel~~ is the respond)
of the theater coffer in the military sphere and of the chief
of mission in the diplomatic sphere. It is used by these indi-
viduals on a rapid basis of day to day activities and in not
subject to the benefit of expert researching.
The speed of present day coxs nications at
permits parent agency support groups also to use this intellt-
Moe in its unevaluated form.
The interest of 010 in combat or operational intelligence
promptly and concurrently available for that
broader correlations evaluations and analysis employed for the
production of both staff and strategic intelli?geticeo
b, Staff Intelligence is that intelligence required for
the conduct of the operations of each. of the several departments
of the appropriates department to meet its or i needs. It
vernaent. It must be prepared by the intelligence
may include current and researcahed intelligence. CIO's interest
telli ce is bet forth in NIA No. !s paragraph ,.
GIG is also responsible to !fie that procedures are in operation
pprove or e a eh 0 ~1~ CIA 1 Bff31 00'
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information and. stat
geanoo originating in another
which is necessary to the first agency in its development of its
A
$trateMis Intelligenoo is that intelligence which re lta
~m~rmrrr
from a careful correlation, evaluations and a a1 mis of all
of the President and top policy officers of the vera-
Lntelligenoe information and staff intelligence, for
policies for the protection of the national
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fore determine
quir
tort has been made to create an appreciation by the agencies of
their interdependability and the logic of alosor cooperation.
forces behind the original creation of a central
intelligence organization was the sad result of former away
ealousies and distrusts which resulted in a compartmentalistu id i.ch
vas not in the best interests of the national intelligence mission.
such force vas the duplication in fields and the omission
in othe, A third was the lack of so.* central point whams the
intelligence of the three depots (State- Wad-ate) could be
objectively and free from departmental pressures, and
7. A Collection Plat can provide for all collection activities
as well as to its own requirements, $very
and procedur,*s whether they are for the collection of xxktwaa material
for combat (operationnal), staff, or strategic intelligence, But to
be a continuing plan not requiring frequent change it cannot contain
directives as
intelligence material to colleaat. At Est it
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.t has given careful consideration to the requirements
terest in strategic intelligence in pars=unt
authorized to produce it. The DM ;5t them
id procedures,
etas and procedures, and the di tiot
collection requiressnts and procedures, the
its plans for the coordination of the V4-4*
t Intelligence wort, CIG has attempted and sincerely
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can allocate broad fields to specialised collectors. Bvin hors
provisions resist be made for ad hoc reallocation on special, occasions.
The man of intelligence material available to efficient collectors
is such that selection must be made. That selection can be made only
by those having the perspective of distance and a knowledge of the
policy or operational officers' demands for estimates, This the NIR
Ord to do. By consultation with the agencies the MR. 22 will
far an assssi ble include in order of their relative i as ortanee
the intelligence requirssuaeentss of the several agencies And of GIO.
(footnotes RIR will also swerve as guidance for the general activit e5
of Special Operations.) The absence of KIR will cause the issm`suaioe
of a multitude of collection requests from CIO to insure the receipt
of intelligence information needed by the DCI in the preparation of
coordinators desi Vated by NIL 7 without the guidance they
a and national, policy intelligence. Thstir absence will also
must have for the implementation of that plan. I therefore believe
cesssity of their prompt issuance for the strategic areas
world and shaU t,&Ko such steps as my be necessary to that
It is my usdierstrnndtng that other intelligence agencies
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in 1A,3 concur in this opinion,
on Plan is a natural *oVanton of the Collection
Plan. Without that coordination which establishes sound and sure
agency interdependabilitys each agency must operate as a self-con-
tained wit perforasasing by and for itself all of the collection and
procedures. Allocation in one field requires concurrent
allocation in the other. Every intelligence field is a specialized
field and each such field should be in the hands of the best
specialists available. 'Therefore if the collection of political,
cultural! and s o ci.ological intelli enees is allocated to the department
specializing in this field? the preliminary evaluation of the material
and the preparation of basic estimates should rest with similar
experts. This do a ss not preclude the procedure hereby these basic
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estimates will be further treated by all the age~nci.a in the p
at their staff intelligence. But the more possession of
CO in no matter what form in not an end in itself,
therefore be a diseeeination proced-are.
7he Dissemination Plan must insure the rapid
incoming; intelligence information to those agencies that may
rerquires it in that form. It should equally discontinue the disc a.
of intelligence nteri.al which is not wanted and which only
by its oppressive rrolvns,
should insure the dissemination of basic
tee re i.red for the development of staff intelli am noe. And
finally it should insure the receipt by 010 of all staff intelligence
r strategic and national policy intelligence may be
p r - d by the DCI for the President,
is entirely within the realm of possibility that from
e intelligence requirements of the several a ncies
o* staff intelligence purpose would not produce the
-once necessary for the preparation of strategic ands national
policy intelligence, Therefore there suet be provision *ersby
DCl specify his intell.i -ence requirements. This oppaort inity is
by the
re request that you issue such directives
he indivials already designated by you to &Wst
the 010 in preparing NIR on the USSR and the iddls East* Invitations
for interagency meetings to prepare them NIR will be issued in the
you give your conc--xrence to the
As you are avars, the preparation of
an 30 August 191s6 with the idea that they
vould be revised a quarter
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approved b
lAB November 7a, 1946 and the subsequent inexcusable delay has been
of consideration of the i sie ting directive.
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