ORGANIZATIONAL OF ICAPS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00059A000200110057-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: September 22, 1949
• Content Type: MF

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SU34LOTs Organization, of XIIS
lit In compliant* with relvest for comments on the memeranea
of September 13th frac UJo &LAO end ,aptehber 15th from the 4ocutie,
both 4in the above trtljecta there followe detailed cements on the /WA/
raised in the taro neaoranaes
a.tL211.2.4L1121a4144-111 TrAP6
lAta a point that there are disadventagss
to the rotation or perocurel. on the other hard, it oleo hair
vary definite advantages on a ikAff such as 'CAP% The (*.neer to
vetch is too fre uent rodTAt4, ir tranefers of several fron
small ets'8tAe ser?e
At the moment we aro working under that handicap, beceore
we have received three nee weibers (40%), all brand new to this
organise:Ica, etthin the 144t fell-weeks* That, hammers wiU
prabWikenot happen aeairt, Maci 7 imagine the agenciee will not le
too adanent abovt w1t/Art*11e *oir men from MIPS on. the dot of'
two Aerie, hut rty olio* Otee to stay for three or four.
We think that the pees tee of agency personnel on this
joint *tett at t4x, Lirectcr gives ar objettivity of approach Siv
'MOM mhieh in efeertiel in the evaluation of problems on an
imperional w vprojedived plane', A little new blood ever,y few
year* is good for sect a clefs nnd for CIA. Yarthernorep it if
particularly :,Lnportartt t5 iceseannt1,14; agency such as CIA to
have a staff orsin withcotimricace In outside agencies*. not Net
within CU.
b?
a ;are pletire; otaff *compeeed of professional
ciNliens4 :or tA) overall organization is ?
heecee ivereolo end, ixtrticularly if the ;,7 . t
toroporariki ZitnIt other ?'1.iik office*,4,74410. it 'wooiti not
jective.
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The ring's ogl;
are the ones 'cacti in
"planning ability, operat
in the ageao;,$'?" They ive41,
in CIA bin iu1d riptelAit T 24 of
Septelber 20th about tte now their
wishes and deotres and ideas, etc. to the constitikaed ICA?V
daily or weekly or whelever th
interdepartmental aspects of the nat Tt
would not be at all neesasar, for them to be assned to ICAor
to a new overall plantan; staff to do this to
E7 other cenpment." It Ls %aped that under the reor&jimisd tatus
of !CAPS we all haw norr frequent and tioar ooire t n with
the plannini; ,.youpe vae,cfar, offices, their
offices so WV.1 krit,M Vtat a 41iiroti on the w4tiz,hoed
have ideas for improveront *ten can be synthesised )4),
when neoeseetv to do nc, outside the organisation, taken up the
IAC agonciee. re think t the *reconciliation of interdopmtmental
papers wr a Asaistant DI-eeters" is i teak that can be Perforated
without aa6ncnted per i1 in ICON and the at preparatory work
on such papers can be dole tr one or nom of the officea concerned.
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If tinier a 'atation it t the
f icitm binaducasta dtelJees we
equcat addl?ttalnl pf!reon:lo ,tat yea will rcU that tor
maw onths 4.1:4ring thi last oouple of years toot of us thought that
ICAPS was over-tvtafted Ifthn A was devetinL itself only to
departmental uork 4 ? was not fully staffed. In our
new duties as we undervtandI per, the Uanagement Office will do
consideratic "leg: wore' t ro tt tlqe different *Mows of U.
if the first of Hr. four problems is actepted, tho
tao-
esU*d staff 7.ork for the IAC can andoubtedlybe performed
much more c tthrit the present tine ...consuming Standing
:osnittee loctinga. If IVLPS te going to be such a staff, 'twill
do the wwrk and have f,..ndividual consultatione with the meisreeeete-rwo
edeerStanding Coomittoo sembers, rather than collective meetings/
in the hope at interdepartmental work will thua nova along more
41400 TortF1 cvnditiounly than in the paste
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.PRU3CcYrT CIT
Chief, TCAPS
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