ORE PRODUCTION PROGRAM FOR THE QUARTER BEGINNING 1 JULY 1947

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ORE PPJJDUCTION PROGRAM FOR THE QUARTER BEGINNING 1 JULY 1947
1. The planned overall program of ORE provides for the production
and planning for, or coordination of, production of the various types of
reports requisite to fulfillment of the ORE Mission.
2. The program is based on the delineated statement of the ORE
Mission and its objectives as indicated below:
a. The Mission of ORE is to:
(1) Produce and present national intelligence by
implementing the research aspects of the NIR, utilizing
pertinent intelligence information and intelligence
available from all sources, and evaluating, correlating
and integrating such data and interpreting its composite
significance to U.S. national security.
(2) Assess the adequacy, accuracy, relevance and
timeliness of available intelligence information and
intelligence pertaining to U.S. national security.
Establish requirements for the collection of intelli-
gence information and intelligence from all sources.
In coordination with appropriate agencies, establish
requirements for the production of intelligence by CIG,
the IAB and other appropriate agencies.
(3) Prepare, recommend implementation and amendment
of, and review plans, policies and procedures for
intelligence research and production related to the
national security and for coordinated interdepartmental
action in connection therewith.
b. The Objectives of the ORE Mission are to:
(1) Insure, to the maximum practicable extent, the
availability and timely dissemination of the intelligence
required to prevent surprise from any foreign source in
vital matters pertaining to U.S. national security.
(2) Provide timely national intelligence requisite
to Presidential and composite Governmental decisions and
counsel upon foreign situations pertaining to U.S.
national security.
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(3) Determine requirements for the collection of
intelligence information and the production of intelli-
gence required in support of U.S. national security.
(4) Determine quantitative, qualitative and timely
inadequacies in coverage of both intelligence information
and intelligence relating to U.S. national security.
(5) Provide recommendations on, and participation in,
the preparation of plans and policies relating to coordin-
ation of the intelligence research and production activi-
ties of those agencies charged with responsibilities for,
or capable of, supporting the U.S. national security.
3. In the fulfillment of its Mission, ORE is required to produce
or coordinate the production of the following types of intelligence :
a. Basic Intelligence:
(1) Basic intelligence is that fs.ctual intelligence
which results from the collation of encyclopedic information
of a more or less permanent or static nature and general
interest which, as a result of evaluation and interpretation,
is determined to be the best available.
(2) This basic intelligence will be compiled and con-
tinuously maintained in National Intelligence Surveys to
cover foreign countries, areas, or broad special subjects
as appropriate,
b. Current Intelligence:
(1) CIG Daily Summary: A daily summary of significant
intelligence and operational information for the President,
the members of the NIA, and limited additional approved
distribution.
(2) CIG Weekly Summary: A weekly compendium of concise
analyses of significant emergent and currenttrends, presented
in perspective and with consideration of their probable
consequences, as a necessary supplement to the Daily and
for the same recipients.
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(3) CIG Special Evaluations: Concise evaluations,
primarily for the recipients of the Daily Summary, of current
reports which require treatment at greater length than is
possible in the Daily and with greater urgency than is
possible in the Weekly, or which otherwise deserve special
presentation as current intelligence rather than as Special
Reports. Each item in the series shall be restricted to a
single topic, and shall include such analysis and interpre-
tation as its urgency permits.
c. CIG Staff Intelligence:
(1) Situation Reports: Analyses of the strategic and
national policy aspects of the situation in each significant
country or other appropriate geograpAical area or with
respect to significant functional subjects of continuing
interest. The items in this series, in their complete form,
shall be designed for the use of staff officers below the
IAB level, but succinct summaries of their essential contents
shall be provided for use at the IAB level and above. Each
item will be kept up to date by monthly review and revision
as required. With reference to this possible monthly
revision, it must be stressed that the series is not intended
to become yet another form of current intelligence reporting
but rather to consist of up-to-date analyses of the basic
factors in the situations reported on.
(2) Special Reports: Analyses prepared by specific
direction or in response to a specific authorized request,
or on the initiative of ORE as it perceives the occasion
in its continuing review of the world situation.
(3) Estimate of the World Wide Situation: Analysis
of the strategic aspects of the world-wide situation as it
pertains to U.S. national security. This report is based
primarily on the Situation and Special Reports. It is pro-
duced semi-annually, or oftener if the situation requires.
). The following production program for the quarter beginning
1 July 1947 has been prepared with the long range objectives of ORE in
view and with particular reference to the requirements for intelligence
production which derive from the ORE Mission, and which fall into the
types of intelligence discussed in paragraph 3~above. The quarterly
program serves as a guide and is susceptible of modification to meet
changing situations.
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a. Basic Intelligence:
(1) An Interim Editorial Board has been set up to
coordinate the production, to edit and to arrange for the
publication of the Defense Project. This Project was
established for the purpose of developing and pooling the
appropriate resources of all agencies of the U.S. Govern-
ment for the production of basic intelligence on the USSR.
All drafts are due from the producing agencies by 1 July
1947. These drafts will be reviewed from a substantive
viewpoint by the regional branch concerned and then turned
over to the Editorial Board. Arrangements will be com-
pleted for all printing requirements. It is anticipated
that all editorial and graphic work will be completed and
the edited work will be in the hands of the printer by the
end of the quarter. Every phase of this problem will be
handled with a view to the NIS program.
(2) A tentative T/0 has been approved for a Basic
Intelligence Division whose function is to coordinate the
NIS program. This Division will be activated and the
recruitment program will be pursued actively. All practical
steps will be taken to prepare for the production and
publication of the National Intelligence Surveys, including:
(a) Printing arrangements -- binders, paper,
type, format and method of reproduction.
(b) Establishment of procedures within ORE.
(c) Development of inter-agency methods and
procedures.
Specific goals cannot be stated at this time due to the
inter-agency steps required to be taken on this program.
b. Current Intelligence:
(1) Daily Summary: The Daily Summary will be continued
with such revisions and improvements as may be indicated by
the results of the recent OCD survey.
(2) Weekly Summary: In view of the favorable reaction
by a majority of the recipients, as disclosed by OCD surveys,
the Weekly Summary will be continued, with such improvements
as may be indicated by these surveys.
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(3) Special Evaluations: Special Evaluations will be
produced as occasions demand. A schedule cannot be forecast,
although it is anticipated that there will be an average of
at least two each month.
c. CIG Staff Intelligence:
(1) Situation Reports: Exclusive of the time required
for departmental concurrence and reproduction, it is planned
to complete fifteen Situation Reports on the following
countries:
Bulgaria
Hungary
Czechoslovakis
Italy
Spain
Germany
Austria
China
Sweden
Iceland
India
Egypt (including Sudan)
Greece
Siam
French Indochina
In addition, it is anticipated that initial drafts of
Situation Reports will be completed on the following five
countries:
Belgium and Luxembour
The following seven Situation Reports, which will have
been completed by ORE prior to 1 July, will also be reviewed
and, if necessary, revised each month subsequent to publi-
cation:
Turkey
Korea
Denmark
Albania
Norway
Iran
Rumania
(2) Special Reports: Special reports in the ORE series
will be prepared as occasions demand. A firm schedule is
therefore impossible to forecast, although it is anticipated
that at least two or three special reports will be completed
each month. Reports on.the following subjects are now under
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active preparation for possible publication during
the quarter:
Possible Effects of Stalin's Death or Disability
Analysis of the Monnet Plan for the French Economy
The Kurdish Problem
Spanish Governmental Prospects
The World Federation of Trade Unions
Repercussions Attending the Disposition of the
Italian Colonies
5. In addition to the production of reports and estimates outlined
in paragraph 4 above, this Office plans to produce National Intelligence
Requirements as indicated below:
a. ORE will complete, prior to or during the quarter,
N;IR's on the following areas:
USSR
Korea
Iran
Greece and Turkey
The Arab States
b. Upon completion of the above, ORE proposes to develop
NIR's on the following areas:
Eastern Europe
France
Italy
Brazil
25X6 Argentina
And, in addition, scientific NIR's on the following countries:
France
Sweden
Belgium
The Netherlands
Switzerland
c. The existing NIR on China will be reviewed and, if
necessary, revised by 1 September.
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