Directorate Histories -- A Prospectus

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06180A000300210040-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 1998
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: March 27, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

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Directorate ~Tistories -- A prospectus
1, The concept of the history of the Directorates, like
the cOllcCpt of the Directorates themselves, is functional. The
history of each Directorate will record for the use of present
and future Deputy Directors, and other senior Agency officers,
the circumstances which led to the establishment of the Direc-
torate and the objectives which the Directorate was intended to
aCllieVe. The subsequent development of the Directorate will be
recounted in lppropa^iate periods, corresponding to the incumben-
cies of the respective Deputy Directors, or by other logical
historical subdivisions. These histories will emphasize the
adaptation of the structure and :~unetians of the Directorate to
changing requirements, the guidance provided by the Deputy
Diz~ector to the internal components o:f the Directorate, and the
relation of the Directorate to other parts of the Agency and
the Government .
2, In scope, the Directorate histories will record compre-
hensively the major objectives, activities, and accomplishments
of the Directorates. By intent and by necessity the Directorate
histories will thus be selective rather than encyclopedic. For
convenience of treatment, the histories of particular Director-
ates may lae divided ~,1~t4 m~.~ageable pex~.ods, whicY~ may coincide
with the tt~nu~'e 4~ the respective Deputy Direetor~, but which
may equally we1~. be organized according to o?l;her, more appro-
priate principles; such as by major problems or programs. jYithin
whatever subdivisions are selected as organizing principles, the
ultimate discussidn wi11 be according to significant topics rather
than by the ,routine chronological sequence of events. These
topics will identify the mission of the Directorate, the manner
in which it has deployed its resources to accomplish this mission,
the character of its product, and the assessment of its success
or failure in accomplishing its mission. While individual chap-
ters may highlight the overall situation or major aspects of
the situation confronting the Directorate at significant moments
in its history, the history as a whole will emphasize the devel-
apment of the mission, capabilities, and product of the Directorate.
3. In point of view, the Directorate histories will move
from such external considerations as the requirements levied
on the Directorate by the Agency and the community, to the in-
ternal arrangements devised within the Directorate to accomplish
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its mission. The Directorate history will draw :Cor examples
upon the history o~ its componcni:s Uut wall nat an ilscl:f
constitute a systematic and detailed history o:i' these compo-
nents, As outlined in the attached prospectus, the focus will
then shut outward again to accent the relations o~ the barec-
torate with other Directorates, the nCT, and outside o~ the
Agency,--the: rest of the intelligence community, and as apps-,
priate, the policymaking consumers o~ intelligence.
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' Directorate ISistories ..W. A prospectus
Z. Concept o~ the birectorate
a. ~Vtien established?
b. jYlzy established? Mission
c. ~'z^om what established? Antecedent organizations
d. IZow established? procedures; Committee report?
Sta~~ study?
e. Initial. structure off' the Directorate
2. Operations under the first Deputy Director
a. Launctzitzg the Directorate
b. Idetzti~ying goals and establishing priorities
c, Guiding subordinate components -- including future
planning
d. Coordz:nating internal Directorate activities
e, Clzaracl:cr oi' operations, support, and intelligence
production, as appropriate
~, Relations with outside components -- other Directorates,
the DCI, outside Agencies, the 'White House, Congress,
and ~ore~ign governments
g. Assessment
3. Development under subsequent Deputy Directors, by incumbency
(or by -other periods) ,
a . ~ pol icy .guidance ~~- i.nternal. and external
b. Changes in priorities
c. Adjustments o~ internal organization and management
d. Major trends in operations, support, and .intelligence
production, as appropriate
e. Relations with outside components
~ . I'uttzre planning
g. Assessment
,4. Changing role off' the Directorate
a, Mission
b. Organization -- structure and personnel
c.: Management
d. production, operations, etc..
e. Relations with outside components.
Overall view --- in summary
a. What the Directorate was
b. What Ott has accomplished
c. Where it stands today
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