TRANSFER OF THE FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS BRANCH FUNCTIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04718A000100160152-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 152
• Publication Date: August 21, 1953
• Content Type: MF

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SUBJECT s Transfer of the Foreign Publications Branch
Functions from the Department of State to CIA
1. A meeting was called for 21 August 1953 by the Assistant
Director for Intelligence Coordination which was attended by
representatives of most of the offices of the Agency to discuss
the above subject,
2. Prior to the freers in personnel and funds, arrangements
had been nude to transfer 18 people from Department of State to
CIA. These 18 people were to perform the sane work under CIA
jurisdiction as they had been doing for the Department of State.
Asa result of the freeze, funds and more partioularly the slots
for these people became real problems. Methods of solving theme
problems were presented for discussion. These ranged from advising
Department of State that we could not take over the function to
going to the Bureau of the Budget for new funds and personnel.
Included in this ranges was a proposal to obtain the slots from
other offices of the Agency on a proposition basis. After
considerable discussion, it was decided that since the activity
provided a product about 50i' of which was for other Governmental
facilities that it was decided to go to the DCI via the PRC
and request additional 18 slots. It was further decided that
if this was not sucoesgful and as it was the consensus of opinion
that the activity was of such importance to the Agency that it
should be obtained even if the only way it would be provided
for was by obtaining slots from the other Agency offices an
a proportion basis to be worked out at a later meeting,
3. In endeavoring to review its own functions to determine
if slots could be found, a study was made of publication
procurement including the procurement of periodicals and daily
newspapers, It was decided at the meeting, as a secondary
step, that a memorandum should be issued by the DDI Office
requesting analysis and review of publication procurement with
partie lar reference to the cutting down of the number of copies
of periodicals and newspapers delivered to the various offices.
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