COMPLETION OF THE CIA HISTORICAL PROGRAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Publication Date: February 5, 1970
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
--Deputy Director for Support
Deputy Director for Plans
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
SUBJECT : Completion of the CIA Historical Program
REFERENCE : Memorandum to Addressees on Above Subject,
8 December 1969
1. I am gratified by your response to referenced
memorandum, and want to express special appreciation to
those Directorates which have completed the scheduling
and assigning of writers for the catching up phase of the
Historical Program. A few components, however, have not
yet assigned the necessary writers or suspense dates. I
emphasize again the importance of taking immediate action
to fill these gaps.
2. The attached listing shows where the gaps are in
the program of your Directorate. Will you please review
this list and communicate to Dr. Ehrmann, Chief of the
CIA Historical Staff, by 16 February, the names of writers,
together with suspense dates, needed to complete the history
of your components.
L. K'. White
Executive Director-Comptroller
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Histories Planned or in Process
Deputy Director for Support
Designation of writers and suspense dates has been completed.
5 February 1970
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DD/S 69-5571
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Communications
Director of Finance
Director of Logistics
Director of Medical Services
Director of Personnel
Director of Security
Director of Training
SUBJECT : Completion of the CIA Historical Program
1. Attached for your Information and action is a copy of the memoran-
dum from the Executive Director-Comptroller dated 8 December 1969 ur-
gently requesting that we make every effort to complete the "catching up"
phase of the historical program by 31 December 1971. Also attached is a
copy of your portion of a status report on the Support Services Historical
Program submitted to the Chief, Historical Staff, by the Support Services
Historical Officer on 5 December 1969.
2. It is important that we pursue this program as actively as possible
and shore it up as necessary to meet the target dates for completion. The
Support Services Historical Officer tells me he is working directly with as
many of the authors as he can and that he is getting excellent cooperation
from all of them. A problem. as always, is the time they have to give to it.
We all recognize that this is a serious problem, but I would like you to take
a personal interest in this program and satisfy yourself that we are doing
everything possible to maintain and accelerate its momentum.
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R. L. Bannerman
Deputy Director
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
Deputy
Director
for
Intelligence
L-Deputy
Director
for
Support
Deputy
Director
for
Plans
Deputy
Director
for
Science and Technology
SUBJECT: Completion of the CIA Historical Program
1. I have recently reviewed the progress made to date
with respect to our historical program, and have found that
it is not progressing as rapidly in some areas as I had hoped.
It is important that all histories comprising the "catching
u" phase-._the period before 1965 - be completed no later
than 31_JJ comber_1971. This suspense date applies to the
histories in the indivdualrograms of your Directorates as
well as to those iln e overall program.
2. As most of you and certainly your individual Historical
Board chairmen know, Dr. Ehrmann and his Historical Staff
stand ready to assist you in the realization of this goal
through consultation, examination of outlines, search and
identification of sources, and the review of individual
drafts. Your personal support is, however, desired and
required if we are to meet the objectives of this important
program.
3. May I request that you review your programs to insure
that projects have been established for all significant aspects
of your history. In those instances where an individual has
not been specifically named as the officer responsible for
completing a history, please designate an a~pr_opriate officer
and furnish his name to Dr. EFirmann no later than 7 January
1970.' In`those cases where a suspense date for an individual
History has not been assigned, this should also lbe done and
Dr. Ehrmann advised accordingly.
4. I realize that the demands upon your time are very
great, and that this program is not the most urgent or important
thing on your platter. At the same time I feel quite sure
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that we do have the personnel now who can be made available
to do this work -- and to do it well. I doubt very seriously
that this will be the case after 31 December 1971. This is
why it is so important to complete the "catching up" phase
by that time.
5. Your very strong support is earnestly requested.
L. K. 1 e
Executive Director-Comptroller
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Historical Staff
THROUGH Deputy Chief, Historical Staff
FROM Support Services Historical Officer
SUBJECT Status Report, Support Services His-
torical Program
REFERENCE Oral Request from Dr. Drell for infor-
mation on DDS program, 1 December 1969
1. The references request was for information on the
following:
a. DDS histories completed (numbered and bound)
since April 1969.
b. Status of the over-all DDS history.
c. Details on historical projects currently in
d. Possible additions (subjects) to the DDS
historical program.
2. There have been no additions to the list of DDS
histories completed since April 1969.
3. Progress on the over-all history of the DDS can
be characterized as "under way." In the three months he
has been assigned to the program, the efforts of the Sup-
port Services Historical Officer (SSHO) have been directed
to the following:
a. Establishing working relationships and pro-
cedures with the Chairman (Chairmen) of the DDS Historical
Board and the component historical officers. This has been
necessary and educational for the SSHO and, hopefully, will
tend to promote sound working relationships between the
SSHO and the components. Thus far, certainly, all DDS per-
sonnel contacted have been cooperative and helpful.
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b. Maintaining close contact with.
in his research of the records of the Deputy
Director, Support (DDS) for the erio through early 1955.
The SSHO has worked with in establishing
priorities for records to be searched, note taking, and
types of information of interest. Both individuals have
been concerned about keeping accurate records-of-the-
to avoid duplication of effort following
I lanticipated reassignment early in 1970.
c. Reading/reviewing all of the DDS histories
that have been completed (numbered and bound) as part of
the historical program.
d. Reviewing and editing three proposed con-
tributions to the DDS program which had been forwarded
to the Chairman of the DDS Historical Board. The status
of each of these chapters is as follows:
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.1) History of the Office of Training,
September 1949-June 195
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has been reviewed and returned to
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the OTR Historical Officer,
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The SSHO recommended that this
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chapter not be published, but that, after
some minimum revision, it be put in the
historical program as a background paper.
greed to this and will use
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pertinent information from the
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paper in his over-all
of OTR.
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2) History of Position Mana ement and
Compensation Division by
has been reviewed and returned to - e
by the Deputy Chief, Historical Staff.
Pending a reshuffle in the Office of the
DDS and the designation of a new Chairman
of the Historical Board no further action
had been taken on the paper. Following a
discussion (on 1 December 1969) between
the DDSHO and the new
DDS Chairman, the paper in question has been
returned o the Office of Personnel's HO,
I I with the suggestions for revision
made by DC/HS and the SSHO.
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3) History of Mobilization and Military
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Personnel Division, 1947-1967 b
IIhas been reviewed by the 0 and
forwarded to the DC/HS.
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e. Reviewing, editing, and rewriting the Support
Services activities related to the 1951- 25X1
1966. On 31 October 1969, the office of Logistics forwarded
to the SSHO what was purported to be an overview of, and the
contributions from the various DDS components to the history
of the In fact, the SSHO received a safe 25x1
drawer u o miscellaneous materials--raw, finished, and
semi-finished--without focus or meaning. Most of the month
of November 1969 was spent in putting this material in draft
form as a Support Services history of It 25X1
will require at least 7-10 working days to complete a rough
draft suitable for forwarding to DC/HS for discussion prior
to returning the report to OL.
f. These activities, plus attendance at the
"Trends and Highlights" training course, and occasional
opportunities for practicing om haloske sis (a term
used by a famous man I once knew have served to broaden
the SSHO's understanding of (and, hopefully, his feel for)
the missions and functions of the DDS.
4. The current status of projects in process and the
contemplated additions to component programs are given in
detail in Tabs A through G, attached.
a. By way of general information, there is a
total of about 70 chapters and/or monographs in the existing
DDS program. The degree of progress ranges from those
which are waiting "front office" review--OL's history of
Q Supply Support--to projects in both OC and OMS
which, as yet, have not been assigned authors. Discussion
with each of the office historians indicates that, except
for OMS, all plan to meet the 31 December 1971 deadline
date for completing their scheduled projects.
b. All Offices except Communications (OC) and
Medical Services (OMS) indicate that they believe their
historical programs as now contemplated will provide as
complete coverage as necessary to their history for the
period through 1966 (or later in some instances such as
OS). The additional monographs or chapters being suggested
by OC and OMS are included in Attachments A and D,
respectively.
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c. The SSIIO has suggested to OMS that a chapter
providing an overview of OMS activities for the period from
1957 through 1965-66 be added to the schedule.
5. Based on present, or even increased, levels of
output from the components of the DDS, it is apparent that in
his efforts to complete the over-all history of the DDS, some
of the work of the SSHO is going to parallel, or duplicate,
that of the specific components--due dates for component
projects will make it impossible for the SSHO to take advantage
of such projects and still meet his deadline. This problem
should be recognized and recorded at this time.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, Support Services Historical Board, DD/S
SUBJECT : Quarterly Report on OL Historical Program as of
1 October 1969
REFERENCE : Historical Board Meeting - 3 February 1967
A status report covering progress made in the Office of Logistics Historical
Report is attached. The completion target dates shown in the report represent
the authors' estimates of completion. Approximately 60 to 90 days should be added
to these dates to allow time for review, processing, and modification as necessary.
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