ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS - PLANNING STAFF

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04360A000100020091-7
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• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 91
• Publication Date: April 24, 1956
• Content Type: REGULATION

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SUBJECT: Organization and Functions - Planning Staff
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Provide logistical planning and technical guidance in support of Agency
operations, as well as to provide a logistical research facility and
services for use of Agency components.
2. FUNCTIONS
a. Office of the Chief:
(1)
Keep the Director of Logistics and other elements of the Office
of Logistics informed concerning the logistical aspects of
Agency objectives, plans, programs, and projects.
(2) Conduct long-range planning in coordination with appropriate
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(3)
(4)
(5)
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he Agency and the Department of Defense to meet
operational requirements, to establish strategic reserves, and
to develop plans for major and forward support bases.
Furnish technical logistic guidance and assistance to major
Agency planning elements so that all operations take into con-
sideration essential logistical implications from their inception
through their implementation.
Develop coordinated logistic support plans, including require-
ments for facilities, materiel, and services, for programs, pro-
jects, or operations of any component of the Agency to insure
accuracy, adequacy, completeness, and feasibility. Continually
refine and adjust support plans as operational plans are changed.
Develop or initiate action to secure basic policies and standards
necessary in the planning of logistical gtlnnnr+. +.n n .or,,.. ...
(6) Develop phased mobilization and war plans for the Office of
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the solution of their problems. s operational components in
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stics in coordination with appropriate elements of the Agency
and the Divisions and Staffs of the Office of Logistics.
Provide research services on logistical matters to the Office of
Logistics and other Agency personnel through continuous research;
provide technical data and planning information on potentialities
of new products and materials to asst t
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Office of The
Chief
War Plans Branch
Europe Plans,
Programs and Projects
Branch
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Support Branch
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b. War Plans Branch:
(1)
Review CIA plans developed by Senior War Planners and UW annexes
to Theater War Plans to insure the feasibility, suitability, and
adequacy of planning for logistic support for hot war and cold
war situations.
(2) Prepare mobilization plans and requirements for Office of
Logistics based on Agency emergency operational plans and Theater
War Plans.
(3) Develop plans for major and forward support bases designed to
meet the long-range logistical needs of the Agency on the basis
of Agency objectives, plans, and programs; and develop logistical
requirements by detailed analyses of operational programs and
plans for advance and forward support bases.
(4) Maintain liaison with elements of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Department of Defense, i.e..JLPG and JSAD, in connection with
Defense support of hot war and long-range cold war planning and
to integrate and coordinate these CIA logistical plans with
Department of Defense's JSAP and JSOP.
(5) Collaborate with DD/P planning elements in the development and
identification of logistical support implications of Agency
Global and Country War Plans. Furnish logistical advice and
assistance to the major Agency planning elements.
(6) Develop strategic reserve materiel estimates in conjunction with
the operating divisions' proposed or projected UW activities.
Analyze Agency assets and inventories for purpose of determining
proper utilization and distribution, and recommend redistri-
bution of,the Agency assets'in accordance with proposed or pro-
jected UW operational plans.
(7) Formulate and recommend the adoption of basic policies and
standards governing long-range logistical support.
(8) Develop planning aids (such as Logistics Planning Manual, Base
Development Manual, and other technical manuals) for use by
Agency operating officials and Office of Logistics personnel in
the development of the logistical aspects of operational plans,
programs., or projects.
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c. Programs and Projects Branch:
(1) Assist the operational components in the development of all
necessary forecasts of world-wide logistical requirements,
including but not limited to raw materials, end item materiel,
transportation, printing and reproduction, real estate and
construction, planning services, etc., to insure that these
requirements are in consonance with projected operational
plans. Translate proposed operational plans into logistical
requirements.
(2) Develop logistical support plans and annexes for Agency
operations which will form a basis for action by the logistics
support elements and will provide adequate support for current
projects.
(3) Review, compile, and summarize those portions of the annual
forecasts of logistical requirements which cover future oper-
ations of the Agency operational elements. Analyze these re-
quirements to determine quantity standardization, compatibility,
and procurement lead time.
(4) Assist in the conversion of the forecasts of current operational
logistics requirements into budgetary estimates for the oper-
ating components; consolidate the requirements data into budget-
ary estimates for Office of Logistics for Scope and Pace paper;
and convert the forecasts into both general and specific action
plans.
(5) Maintain liaison with Department of Defense in connection with
development of planning aspects of Defense support of operational
projects.
(6) Prepare guidance for the formulation of logistic support plans
responsive to ever-changing concepts of operations. Recommend
the adoption of regulations and procedures concerning the con-
duct of logistic support.
(7) Prepare staff studies and special reports on problems of a lo-
gistical nature in connection with logistics annexes, support
programs and projects.
(a) European Plans Section:
1. Prepare logistic support plans and annexes for Agency oper-
ations in European areas by direct liaison with responsible
operational officials. Continually refine and adjust
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support plans as operational plans are solidified, re-
vised, refined, and completed.
Assist the operational components in the European areas,
in the development of all necessary forecasts of lo-
gistical requirements, including but not limited to raw
materials, end item materiel, transportation, printing
and reproduction, real estate and construction., plan-
ning services, etc., to insure that these requirements
are in consonance with the projected operational plans.
Translate proposed operational plans into logistical
requirements.
Formulate pertinent logistical data,such as tables of
organization and equipment, planning factors, tables of
allowances, etc.
Assist in converting the forecasts of current require-
ments into budgetary estimates for the operating components
and into both general and specific action plans.
Maintain liaison with Department of Defense in connection
with development of planning aspects of Defense support
of operational projects.
Prepare staff studies and special reports on problems of
a logistical nature in connection with logistics annexes,
support programs., and projects.
Maintain surveillance of existing and projected logistic
support plans and systems to assure adequate and timely
support of the Agency mission.
(b) Asian Plans Sectiono
1.
Prepare logistic support plans and annexes for Agency op-
erations in Asian areas by direct liaison with responsible
operational officials. Continually refine and adjust sup-
port plans as operational plans are solidified, revised,
refined, and completed.
Assist the operational components in the Asian areas in
the development of all necessary forecasts of logistical
requirements, including but not limited to raw materials,
end item materiel, transportation, printing and repro-
duction, real estate and construction, planning services,
etc., to insure that these requirements are in consonance
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with the projected operational plans. Translate pro-
posed operational plans into logistical requirements.
Assist in converting the forecasts of current require-
ments into budgetary estimates for the operating com-
ponents and into both general and specific action plans.
!~. Formulate logistical data,?;such as planning factors,
tables of organization and equipment, tables of allow-
ances, etc.
Maintain liaison with Department of Defense in con-
nection with development of planning aspects of Defense
support of operational projects.
6. Prepare staff studies and special reports on problems of
a logistical nature in connection with logistics annexes,
support programs, and projects.
~. Maintain surveillance of existing and projected logistic
support plans and systems to assure adequate and timely
support of the Agency mission.
d. Support Branch:
(1) Procure technical data and publications concerning logistics
from commercial sources and Government agencies for satis-
faction of Agency requirements, and develop a complete
centralized source of logistical reference information for
use by Agency components. Provide bibliographic reference
materials, and current and accurate data relative to lo-
gistical matters to all operating parts of the Agency.
(2) Develop adequate statistical and experience data so that it
is readily available for planning and forecasting purposes.
(3) Compile, analyze, and maintain current and adequate statisti-
cal data on Office of Logistics operations, including prepa-
ration of status reports on progress of major bases.
(4) Provide research services on logistical matters to the Office
of Logistics and other Agency personnel to assist them in
determination of factors, requirements, etc.; provide techni-
cal data and information on potentialities of new products
and materials to assist operational components in the solution
of their problems.
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(5) Originate, develop, and execute visual aids for use by
Office of Logistics and DDS elements, and provide a service
for preparation of all graphics for DD/S Offices.
3. ORGANIZATION
See Organization Chart (page 2)
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