'BALANCE- SHEET' OF EDIC CAPABILITIES AND DEFICIENCIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00328A000100490040-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: April 13, 1955
• Content Type: MF

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1.3 ~~. 1955
Econc~ic ~7et~nee Zntell~ence Co~it#
mtecuti~e `~~s SIC
"~alart+ce-~hheet~ of SIC Capa.Biltt3es
of ~.? ~#ar~h the A.ctirkg Chaim "noted the
p~ssibl+e steed for a revision t~f ~~ texe~t of ~t`er?n~e to ret'~.ect a
otxaa~;ed situ~ticn. ~' '!'~ f o3.lor~irtg ~B~.a~t~ce--sheali~ of EY~2~ ~bilit~.ea
$~ deficiencies has taeea ~aFep~red as back~~w~i for possible futx~x~e
disaussican of this subject. This atatt dose not purpc+rt to be e.
ccg2~ste or details anal.~raf a Qf the SIC c~peraticxt but ~t~ ~ attempt
re of ~~G-~
which have then rtevea2et4 in the
ac~ivitq.
~. For a~eferenpe p~sas the fc~1.l~ a-re cited as baa~c docu'sts
a~)
1(~IC} ~er~ ~f Reference a IAA-~1-53,~;~. cry ~'u* I95~,
se revised ~" ZA~--53/`3.1 ~' ~5 February 1953
b}
Int+~.3~enve i~orki~g Group Praceduree - ~~ ~s
c~
~~
~ir~tt Aztnual F'rc~resg ~ep4~ +~~ the -
1'953
~ef~~13s
c}
2~ ~eptr
~~ At~axa~.. ~rc~gr+ess Report of th+~ SSG '
I~Rr-19s
e}
~, ;i~ptee~er 1954
~e~s f'or E~ctndc ~eia~rtse Irtteili.gence -~ SAC Memo Via,
#~ ~ 154
t)
Pr~aeed F7 1955 ~~ Eeoncetic Det`ar~se ~taff#.ng Prcra~t
Q-q~f ~ cif 1? Septee~aer 1954
~}
~I~grand~m from Cttaire~tn ~x+ecutive Goe~i.ttee to ?~cti~tg
tirttes~ ~~ a~ of ~~C ~ency F~ectests for
Itztell3,~ence under
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h ~ !!(e~rrrrsl~ fro~a Acting Ch~~ ~cecut~i.ve Ca~mittee to
rmsa Ti's o~ I$ i~es~r 193 ~ C t?~ an ~.rst
1~3. Prag~eas ~+epc~rt at the
3.} rartd~e far t3~3 on "Respective R,$sponeibilitiee off'
tit lC aasd ~ in the ~t~r cif Re3xtivelg ~~~
~lemea~ _ ~ baee~ber I$
,tit att Status of T Activitg - IGf A~F-~1 rsf
1~5~+
~. SIC acci t~s and. ahortcxs~dn~,s c~icr its T of Refere~-ca
1i~t+~ci~ ba susrl.s~xt rcavgYily as fc-l2c~w~s z
for a bi cation of the eccno~.c data ~ I is
,e~rar~t to ap~rocriate r~e+mde~ crf the ~~. 't'his is of gral character
is d
to eval.u~.te, mIC success in th3r~ asses act3.~t~ h,as
~` d +~nt upon. the degre+~ tc~ Bch E~}AC co~panertta have ~hr~vrn a
dss3 car ~3121ngr~e~as to uss ~UIC facilities in dra~.x~ upon intel~~c~a
the ~ E~~~C -use at IDZC is r+stlectexf in tie in3.tiatan
;re SAC aasda sra made kne~x. In remit mc~tth$ there has
e~1 decline ~.n this utili~stic~ns evdea~ced by the faett that ~~ cease
3,~t3.tiated bets Jnlp 195 asd Jaauar~ lq~t~. Qne case s un
bar 1954.. ~T four cease have b~r- in~.i~iatael subsequent tc
t data.
ta} Pre s s for they ration Qf re its ~tiett
t e a ble acc+n~c in etl. ce on rables~ of c
C. ~i~+ste~n marts (includes twa anal ra~x-rL~) preparacl
spices bete ~.YS~ ar~d +t ~.95~. Emily tine rc~ort
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has be+~ti p~.r~'1 since that #~. 1~tti~.s, aga~i.n, is a reflection of the
fact t,}~at intel.lige~ce support to the ~23~1C has not teem dsa~~.I.ed. thresh
~ZC b~ct instead has flog! directly froe~ the: se~eraT. intelligence agencies
to ;~ txrnsvmers. ~lok prair~g by ~'}IC hag been cited as a reason
:;~ bY-~ra.ssir~, of ~I faril.i.tiee. Th3.s is net sastre~lg releva~tt,
hcnre~verr, sincQ en~mplers carp b+s given. (icopper support for mina Ll.st resv3.e~'i
having elapsed ~rhatn such support to SAC flo~re:d directly
t in~.ell.gencs to actier- ageiae.
t itrta3.li~tences tc the SAC in r~sonare~_ tc~
~.
$ rs eats or cm its can dative.. 'This xas tttaut to be a
p~ery function of ITS ~+on its e~stab2ishes~tt. Zt ~s soon discvvare~d,
his function could bast ba carried on outside ~ and at
the rescvaendation of the T ~bgroup an Current In'tal3ancea~ faci3.ities
his purpose ~+sres aatablt.shed in CIA, phis CIA unite rror'king clc~gely
nth tb:~s ~ivenian Control I~at, has crperate~d aclequate~3.g In t,.h~.s ~l.esld and
similar ca~era.tiona by the F~32C. During the entirr? period
operations, DTI has cantribctted si.gnifra:itly to the EDAC
program by przavidi intesll,f,geznce on ship and ergo movements.
d~ R eat- irate ;e~nce msmora~nde and rite from ~ seeer~,
~te~,.,~eno+s s~enciesa as res~irsd. I~ c?eynt is cc,nsidered necessary
sin this routine oration except to point +~ that during then security
e spr1 of 395, a special effort s s~:a to obtain
orr:~tion send support f #.he mz~.litar~' irelligence agent
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tti+a necessi desirabilit and teasibilit
her nfs~rton sir intelligence concerning the ~ub~ect
spprapr3ate agencies to meet these needs. SIC has beers a perti~lar~.~
~YIII^Y lYlw M1YYIIAII^Y ^ rA In ^^I ~11~^M~
useti~, fa~i3ity in this tie3.d, a2thgh it has not bean entrel.,r s~zcaessf~.
ifs its eff ~rlKs to i~apr~ove the c~ll.ectican ~f e~cr~t+c c~efse ~ttei~~s?ee.
25X1 B4d 1'~s aetic~ pr+~gram, its prodnct+~ of ~ reporl+ ~ the need
star irtte~l3.g~ce ~ 3vvf et bias e~xtsrnal fi.ncial aperatianas and its
,ees3.star~e in d ev+slcpmerat of a px~cygram fvr lateral disse~tic~n of economic
.can he cited in this regard.
e far the +eryr an a coati basis e~f earl;inent
knee materials to provides for the timed distrilsuton of such
3.s to e k se ve Aso spec~.fc r~ctic~at under ~ b~.s
heading can be
+~+
althc-n r;~onsiderati.c~ xas once given to the
bi~.~.~y ?,f circulating an ecc~nc~aic defense digest for ir~ft~r,~w.tics~ off'
or coa~ent ~3.thin ~Z~.
e rece~a.tlg, copies of QIR inte3ligen
ar to ~'i1I epec~ic gaps, a~u3
It ie aonc~.nded that t:~e E`I3IC cont3.nue to flay a: ueeefh3.
that fnteligence .support picture far ecc3no~c dsfe~nset. '~'h3.s c~ be
dished, howaver, through the ~llim~ess at a~.l c~cerne~ to
~tpcsa the resource~e of the entire ir~telli,gencMr
~e Executive aeare~ary has made a eincerre e1`farL aver the
st
bar gttel~;i,gence and ~etior: agencies al3tce.
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ac#lity in .the wit cif ~~ hae bae~ rioted
the e~za~st~on of Ea~C present inaat3vity has butt x~sed. '!'here
~gge~ation that S?fI~ sho~tZ.ti be z*etai.rted ~.f only for that ~r~se,
SIC .~. be rte' an e~tsr~e~'tC~s h~r~ +~.y if act#.~ arid. ~.z~~a~.3.~.
~ganciae tcagether agree #.o f~ ea~p3,oitation ?f its present capak~i33.tie~s,
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