PRODUCT OF THE CS HISTORICAL PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00764R000300100006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: May 19, 1966
• Content Type: MEMO

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19 May 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Plans
SUBJECT Product of the CS Historical Program
1. The CS Historical Program includes the acquisition of
four types of historical submissions from DDP officers.
a. The"historical monograph -- a priority program
or operation of current importance, broad implication
or potential for advancing CS professionalism. (A
review, including research and interviews, of a
designated segment of DDP operational responsibility,
culminating in a historical paper of value for sup-
porting higher authority, in briefing senior officers,
in providing background for new operations, in planning,
in facilitating policy development, and in training.)
b. The chronological history -- an organizational
element - station, base, division, staff, branch or
group. (A research product from administrative and
operational records and interviewing, presenting the
historical evolution of the component part and its
functions.)
c. The historical report -- a self debriefing on past
responsibilities of historical interest. (A report
written with a minimum of research, as a contribution
to a broader history of an activity or function.)
d. The debriefing report -- a selective debriefing
covering a CS assignment on a priority program or in
a staff or command position. (An organized and
scheduled debriefing by a writer or historical officer,
often on tape.)
2. Many papers written for other purposes can qualify as
historical papers. They can eliminate what might otherwise be
duplication and thus conserve our meager research, writing and
typing resources. The designated division and staff Historical
Officers are responsible for locating and submitting all such
existing possibilities for consideration by the CS Historical
Board. An outstanding effort has been made in this respect
particularly by the CA, TSD, and FE Historical Officers. The
file searches are continuing. Also the CS research group in
the Historical Staff (HS/CSG) continues to look for such docu-
ments within the retired records, as well as for source docu-
ments of potential value to historical writers.
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3. Each DDP staff and division (plus FI/D, CCS, CDC, WPS
and RID) has been drafting the outline of its historical program
during the past year, in collaboration with the undersigned.
Eleven outlines have been submitted thus far to the CS Historical
Board. These total program outlines identify operations, pro-
grams, task force efforts and special activities as Priority A
targets for analytical treatment in historical monographs. Each
component's program outline also identifies the necessary
chronology and simplified accounts of major organizational seg-
ments and their sub-elements. The latter are being considered
as Priority B papers to be prepared when manpower is available
between assignments, prior to retirement or on contract. Eighty
one historical papers were submitted for final editing and pro-
cessing or were in production by the end of the first year.
a.
b.
Papers written for other
purposes and accepted
Papers prepared within
the CS Historical Program
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22
and submitted
c.
Papers in production in
the Program
10
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At least 500 officers have been interviewed, debriefed or have
submitted historical reports based upon their experiences as
contributions to the above historical papers.
4. The CS Historical Program has progressed satisfactorily
during its first year. As noted in the preceding paragraph,
papers now are being submitted for final editing and publishing
(typing). Editing and typing assistance on the historical papers
is urgently required. Then they can be made available to potential
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