ORGANIZATIONAL ASSIGNMENT OF FDD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00022R000300070006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 8, 1951
• Content Type: MEMO

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Assistant Director for Operations
Chief, Foreign Documents Division
Organizational Assignment of FDD
1. The question has been raised whether FDD might not be
assigned better organizationally to the Office of Collection. and
Dissemination than to the Office of Operations.
2. To answer this question requires an analysis of the
broad intelligence functions, their respective community of
aspects, and the relationship of FDD to each.
3. It is premised that the most efficient performance of
intelligence functions is achieved by grouping allied operations
under interlocking direction within the intelligence organization.
4. There are four major categories of functions (a) the
collection and reporting of intelligence information; (b) the
analysis and production of intelligence; (c) special covert
activities; and (d) ancillary or supporting services.
5. The functions of the Office of Operations logically form
a part of category (a) above, as it is concerned with the collec-
tion and reporting of information through exploitation of the
three major overt sources, i.e., interrogation of people, monitor-
ing of broadcasts, and examination of documents.
6. The functions of the Office of Collection and Dissemina-
tion logically form a part of category (d) above, as it is con-
cerned with the coordination and transmission of requirements,
the physical dissemination of reports, the maintenance of machine
record facilities and registers of information for reference pur-
poses, and the servicing of requests for the procurement or loan
of reference materials.
7. There is no community of aspect in the functions and
operations of these two offices. The one is concerned with the
actual exploitation or processing of sources with the objective
of continuous production of information required for intelligence;
whereas the other is concerned with servicing on the one hand the
various offices and intelligence agencies in a liaison capacity
receiving and transmitting requirements and reports, and on the
other hand servicing primarily the intelligence producing offices
with reference materials and machine record facilities.
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8. !DD's primary and major functions are concerned with
the exploitation or processing of foreign publications in order
to provide continuous production of information needed by the
intelligence producing offices. It therefore logically belongs
to category (a) of paragraph 4 above, i.e., the collection and
reporting of intelligence information. Within this category it
could be, on the basis of theoretical logic, assigned to any
office whose functions also fit into this category, i.e., the
Office of Special Operations or the Office of Operations, as
both of these offices are concerned with the collection and pro-
duction of information. That these two offices have split this
major function into covert collection and overt collection has
as a matter of practical logic assigned FDD to the Office of
Operations, since FM is basically concerned with the processing
and collection of information from overt foreign documents.
9. The validity of this assignment is further proven by
the need for close coordination and cooperation between the three
overt collecting activities. Much overlapping and duplication is
possible especially between the Foreign Broadcast Information
Division and Foreign Documents Division. To avoid needless waste
of time and effort the personnel of these two divisions should
work closely together. Unified direction of these two activities
is a concomitant.
10. The secondary or minor function of FDD is the provision
of a translation service. Technically this is purely a service
function. On the basis of theoretical logic, this service function
could logically come under any office with similar service functions.
As a matter of practical logic, it was determined that it could be
best supervised and operated by an activity already using foreign
languages as a tool on a mass basis, plus allowing for double use
of scarce linguistic personnel, where applicable. This has proven
correct in practice permitting in some cases slightly greater
exploitation of foreign publications, maintenance of the translation
service and all-around efficient use of personnel. The translation
service, however, has been and remains an appendage to FDD's normal
functions of processing the foreign literature for intelligence
purposes.
11. FAA's relationship with OCD is akin to that of other
offices but probably to a much lesser extent. FDD calls on OCD
for procurement of foreign language materials through its liaison
with the State Department in much the same way as any other office
asks OCD to procure reference materials. FDD's reports are dis-
seminated by OCD in the some way as the reports of other offices.
MD receives its requirements from OCD as do the other collecting
offices. However, FDD does not have as great a need for the
services of OCA as do the intelligence producing offices. On the
translation service side of the register, FM does service OCD,
but this service does not amount to one per cent of the total.
Thus the relationship between OCD and FDD is relatively small and
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12. In summary we ray then draw the following conclusions:
a. FAD is basically an office collecting and producing
intelligence information.
b. As such, it must logically be assigned to an office
with similar functions.
c. OCD is basically an ancillary or supporting service
office.
d. With the split between overt and covert collection
FM is logically assigned to the Office of Operations.
e. The translation service function of FDD is an
appendage for the sake of economy and efficiency.
f. The relationship between FDD and FBID is great and
requires close coordination,
g. The relationship between FDD and OCD is relatively
small and normal to the intelligence process.
h. Overall FDD is assigned best organizationally in
the Office of Operations.
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