CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX OF THE LIAISON FUNCTION WITHIN THE DDI
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21 October 1966
1947 - May 1948
OF THE LIAISON
Comment
Within the Collection Branch of CC,), liaison
and assignment of collection action was
conducted by and for that Office and the
DDZ area.
A Liaison Division was fcd involving
coordination of requirements,, liaison,
assignment of collection action and dis-
semination,
Pour desks were set up in the new Liaison
Division and were designated as State, Arm-
Air, CIA and Navy-Non-TAC. Shortly thereafter
inter-o `fis and inter-agency coordination of
requirements were added to the responsibilities
of this Division.
Activities remained essentially the same as
described previously.
1951 The Cable Branch (which had previously been in
ONE and prior to that in ORE) was placed in the
1-1*4 Division.
June 1951
1952
The three Service desks (Army, Air, and Navy)
were combined into one branch designated the
Defense Branch and the Non-:CAC activities operated
as a separate Won lAC Branch. ach Branch
-dled requirements and dissemination matters
which related to its own activities.
The Division assumed the responsibility of
brine to the Agency Ambassadors and selected
F ig Service Officers for debriefing by the
offices.
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ion and functions of the Division and the
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!briefing of Ambassadors
ate., described above was expanded to include
briefing and debriefinYg of military attaches. In
addition, in August M5 the former Office known
as OCD vas d to Office of Central Reference
95T (estimated) The Division was reorganized and the Cable mach
vas transferred out of the Division; the C U,#
Defense, and State Branches were abolished and
a new branch was formed known an the C Branch.
'has Division's main mission continued to be
wordination of intelligence requirements.. the
es lincting of intelligence information, and the
conduct and maintenance of liaison with various
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However, the Division a barked upon
:uion of producing a CR information report
based on intelligence information collected
an-:C Agencies
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Ih the main, the responsibility of
disseminating a large volume of documents flowing
into each Branch of the Division was transferred
to a new Division known as the Documents Division,
er YWY 1958
desipeted the Liaison Branch which handled the
requirements coordination function. The Division,
which now consisted of on'y two bass, was
abolisbed. In addition, a new bramb
the ternational Conferences Branch
Uaieon and Collection Division.
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Activities end functions of LCD remained es-
sentially the as with the exception that the
briefing and debriefing program hontinued to
expand and now embraced Directors of the Foreign
Aid Program (then ICA)
in addition, the fund Ion of reporting pre
information on Z ternatis l Conferences (C -0
information report series) was assigned to the
Biographic Register, OCR. Also effective 1 July
1961 the Liaison and Collection Division w re-
designated the Liaison Staff .
13ulr 1961 to date The Liaison Staff having been divested of the
ordination
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report writing and requiremen
functions presently directs its energies and
activities to a mission which might be termed
+p, liaison,,. The workioad and broadened e tba
Staff s mission has continually
new agencies being. formed requiring intelligence
Arms CPS s and D e?' it #1 ncv .
Agency (DU), Office of l ergency P1 ing
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The briefing and debriefing Proarm
has exp_ ea consider+ab.y within the Past five
years and many activities have been added such
as the briefing of Cow pe*tion 'Easy the
addition of Deputy Mission Directors from this
Foreign Aid Program (A1)) and arranging visits to G
for the National War College
and the PSI Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy. The
Program assume$ r ponsibi,:lity for overall. D DI
area coordination in connection with this mission.
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