ISS/PIAG/CRB MONTHLY STATUS REPORT SUMMARY 1 JANUARY - 31 JANUARY 1978

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP93B01194R001300070025-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: February 24, 1978
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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ISS/PIAG/CRB
Monthly Status Report
SMTARY
1 January - 31 January 1978
OSS REVIEWERS: See Attached Report 4.202
CRB Officers continued the survey of 128 cubic feet
of TOP SECRET documents. During January they reviewed
15 cubic feet of these TOP SECRET records (boxes 53
through 67).
Two CRB Officers continued to work part-time
reviewing and sanitizing records which relate in some
way to MKULTRA type activity. This activity consumed
about 95 manhours during the month.
A memorandum was prepared for NARS under the
signature of Mr. AI/DDA, identifying
those purport sheets, the car as and microfilm reels
containing information on CIA predecessor organizations'
personnel, cover, and activities which we were
requesting be withheld from public access until they
could be reviewed by us.
Fol his letter, a team of two officers
from the group spent 40 manhours at the Washington
National Recor s Center reviewing the portion of the
retired State records for the 1940-44 period which are
known to contain references to the OSS. The records
reviewed consisted of approximately 14,000 purport
sheets bound in 35 volumes (400 sheets estimated per
volume) plus seven inches (about 500) file cards
covering the F_ 1 for
the period in question. The review revealed the names
of 75 OSS personnel, i.e., names of persons whom a
reader could more or less positively associate with
the OSS. Of these, 24 names were known to have been
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certain countries and the U.S. If agreement is reached,
it is hoped that these 20 names can be removed from
the purport sheets and filing cards. We do not. intend
to ask NARS to re-photo the microfilm reels covering
these records. It is recognized that this poses a
risk and contradiction but it is felt that this
risk is outweighed by the expense to re-microfilm the
entire.series of documents and by the fact that these
records already have been in the public domain since
1958.
There remains at NARS in retired State files, a
little over one volume of about 450 purport sheets which
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During the month Chief, Information Management
and Planning Group IMPG), asked the Branch to review
the proposed new HR II Systematic Declassification
Review, and make any suggestions or comments. Members
of the Branch made several comments and suggested some
additions which were forwarded to C/IMPG.
As of 1 January 1978, four members of CRB, including
the Chief of the Branch, were transferred to RRB/DDA.
Their work will continue much as before but they will
now gradually be briefed on and begin working in the
actual declassification of non-current DDO records.
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