ESTABLISHMENT OF TALENT CONTROL SYSTEM TO OACSI (Sanitized)

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 20, 2001
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: May 21, 1956
• Content Type: MF

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ACSI-CD 21 May 1956
25X1 A MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman
hoc Requirements Committee on Project Aquatone
Room 315, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency
2430 "EII Street, N. W.
Washington 25, D. C.
SUBJECT: Establishment of TALENT CONTROL SYSTEM in OACSI (S)
1. In response to the request made in the agenda note of meeting
held 10 May 1956, ACSI proposes to establish a Talent Control System in
accordance with the Talent Control System Manual, 1956, as outlined below.
2. The components operating under the ACSI Talent Control System
will be initially established as follows:
a. A Special Developments Branch (SDB) located immediately
adjacent to the COMINT security area. Identical physical
security measures as for the COMINT area are being ar-
ranged prior to opening the SDB area for Talent materials.
The chief of SDB will be a Colonel, who also will be the
ACSI Talent Security Officer and the Talent Control Officer.
This officer will be responsible to the Senior Intelligence
Officer (ACSI) through the Chief, Collection Division, for
the security, control, transmission and storing of all Talent
material and all by-products from this material until such
time as the sanitization process has been completed and ap-
proved. The SDB will be staffed with sufficient personnel,
tentatively fifteen (15), to accomplish the security, trans-
mission and control functions outlined in the Talent Control
System manual, 1956.
b. A Talent enclave in the OACSI COMINT security area to accom-
modate combined Talent and COMINT material.
c. A collection component within the Talent control area (SDB
area), under the direction of the Chief, Collection Division,
to evaluate and direct the over-all Army collection effort
in the light of the success of the Talent program and to
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SUBJECT: Establishment of TALENT CONTROL SYSTEM in OACSI (S)
d. A production component within the Talent control area, under
the direction of the Chief, Production Division, to collate,
analyze and evaluate Talent material for integration with
other intelligence as a basis for sanitization and dissemi-
nation.
e. A photo interpretation component at the Army Photo Inter-
pretation Center (APIC), Fort Holabird, Maryland. This
component will be under the operational direction of the
Chief, Collection Division, and within the ACSI Talent Control
system. A Talent security area will be established prior to
receipt of Talent material.
3. An Army Talent manual, within the framework of the Talent Control
System manual, is being developed in order to spell out the detailed provisos
of the Talent Control system for all Army Talent cleared personnel, including
the necessary operating procedures. A copy will be provided to the CIA
Talent Security Officer if desired.
4. An ACSI liaison group, under the direction of the Chief, Collection
Division, will be established in the CIA HAUTOMAT facility.
5. In order to implement the initial phase of the Talent program, it
is planned to clear the individuals listed in TAB "A".
6. It is anticipated that additional personnel and facilities will
be brought into the Talent Control System as the requirement therefor de-
velops.
FOR THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF, INTELLIGENCE:
Tab "All Colonel, GS
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