PROGRESS REPORT ON THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 1998
• Sequence Number: 83
• Publication Date: June 7, 1946
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE NAdI.ONAi ]NTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY
SUBJECT: Progress Report on the Central Intelligence Group
1. ESTABLISHMENT
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The Central Intelligence Group was officially acti-
vated on 8 February 1946 pursuant to the approval of N.I.A. Di-
rective No. 2. Actually, a small group of, px?sonnel from the
State, War, and Navy Departments had been ,,ddbeginning
on 25 January, three days after the President signed the letter
directing the establishment of the National Intelligence Au-
thority.
2. ORGANIZATION
The Central Intelligence Group has been organized in
accordance with N.I.A. Directive No 2. The major components
at the present time are the Central Planning Staff, charged with
planning the coordination of into llig rice ac i ivi.t to s, and the
Central Reports Staff, responsible for the production of ila-
tional policy intelligence, A Chief 'f Operational Servicta
with a small staff, has bet:n designated as a nucleus from which
an organization to perform services of common concern may be
a b'u 1 t G; y ' sr~d11 Secretariat to serve the National Intelligence
c,:?~ y,, the Central. Intelligence Group; and the Intel liF,,oncE;
Advisory Board: has been ~treated . The Administrative Div1s 1_1:-r.
consists of an Administrative Officer, a Security Officer, a
Personnel officer, and a small group of trained personnel to
Provide necessary administrative services for the Central Iratc_l-
ligc:ncc:c~Gr~ct,i_ .
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PERSONNEL
Personnel for C.I.G. has been requested and selected
on the principle that only the most experienced individuals in
each field of intelligence activity should be utilized in this
1vital preliminary period. The responsible officers in the De-
partments have cooperated wholeheartedly toward this end. How-
ever, the procurement of C.I.G. personnel has necessarily been
a rather slow process, in view of the demobilization and the
fact that C.I.G. and departmental requirements for qualified
individuals naturally had to be reconciled in many specific
cases. The present status of G.I.G. personnel is shown in
the following tabulation:
Central Reports Staff
Central Planning Staff
Administrative Division
Accepted but not yet
assigned to G.I.G.
Includes Office of Director, Secretariat, and Chief of operational Services.
"Ruth." - Authorized by N.I.A. Directive No. 2
"A1? - Personnel assigned by A-2
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It may be seen ttiat,the organization of the Central
.Planning Staff has been given priority, since effective plan-
ning is considered a necessary,prelude to accomplishment of
the C.I.G. mission. Concentration: is now placed on manning
~fthe Central Reports Staff. The need for filling positions in
the Administrative Division has been largely alleviated by
the part-time use of the personnel and facilities of the Stra-
tegic Services Unit, although this Division will require re-
inforcement when centralized operations are undertaken.
A development of 'great importance regarding person-
nel has been the designation of specially qualified consult-
ants to the Director of Central Intelligence. An outstanding
scientist with wide intelligence experience, 25X1A9a
is Senior Scientific Consultant to the Director.
Arrangements are well advanced for the'designation of 25X1A9a
George F. Kennan, recently Charge d'Affaires in Moscow and a
Foreign Service Officer with a distinguished career, as Spe-
cial Consultant to the Director, particularly on U.S.S.R. af-
fairs.
/+. ACTIVITIES
The activities of the Central Intelligence Group to
date have been characterized principally by the administrative
details of organization, th