INTEGRATION OF DIRECTORATES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06202A000200030004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 4, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 18, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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DD/P 6-0716
18 February 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR : Director of Training
ATTENTION
SUBJECT
REFERENCE
Integration of Directorates
Memo dated 7 Feb. 1966 for DD/P
from Director of Training, this subject
1. The following comments are made in response to the
three questions raised in your memorandum, concerning the
proposed inter-Directorate briefing program.
2. What do senior Clandestine Services officers want to
know about other CIA Directorates?
a. with some exceptions, the Directorate for
Science and Technology (DD/S&T) is least well-known
to the senior and key officers of the Clandestine Services
(CS). The CS would, therefore, benefit by a general
briefing of its division, staff, and branch chiefs on the
missions, organization and activities of DD/S&T. A
much smaller group or groups of CS senior officers,
possessing the necessary special clearances,. should be
briefed in much deeper detail. From this might well
follow, according to need, discussions or seminars on
subjects of mutual interest which have been opened by
the briefings. Such subjects might, for example, include:
(i) QEL and ORD activities in ELINT, and
general R&D;
(2) COL relationships with the Military.
(3) The responsibilities and activities of
FMSAC.
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b. In general, CS knowledge of and day-to-day working
relationships with Offices of the Intelligence Directorate (DD/1)
are excellent. Nevertheless, a number of CS officers have
indicated that a general restatement of ]SID/I roles and functions,
both within CIA and within the Intelligence Community, might be
useful. In particulars such a briefing might include:
(1) The estimative responsibility, if any, of
OCI for the type of crisis which is common in Africa,
the Middle East, the Western Hemisphere and, to some
extent, the Far East.
(2) The delineation between ONE and OCI in the
native field.
(3) The Intelligence Directorate concept of the
organizational arrangement for providing continuing
estimates on a critical situation (Pak-India war as an
example).
(5) A general review of OCR services available,
with special reference to new developments in machine
systems, to the Biographic Registry, and its liaison
with other U. S. Government agencies.
(6) The capabilities of the DID/I to respond to
ad hoc requirements of the CS for specific area
research and special studies; the channeling and
coordination of such requests.
(7) The functions of the Operations Center.
(8) The functions of the Collection Guidance
Staff, particularly as it concerns CGS relationships
with other collection facilities in the Intelligence
Community.
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(9) Plans for improvement of the PNIO' e.
c. A small group of CS senior officers (15-25) would
find useful a briefing on the new planning philosophy, language
and procedures as promulgated by O/PPB.
d. There appear to be no general requirements fo3
briefings by the Support Directorate (DD/S). One or two
specific questions have been raised which can be better
bandied through normal channels.
3. The CS defers to the other Directorates in responding to
the question: "What should the other Directorates know about the
Clandestine Services?" It has been suggested, however, that it
might be useful to include in a general briefing on CS mission,
organization and functions, a profile of the CS officer - - what we
look for in a prospective Career Trainee; his training both formal
and on-the-job; the CIA and cover disciplines he must master; the
occupational hazards he may be called upon to face; service in a
small station abroad; the controls and constraints on covert action;
the limitations or obstacles to clandestine collection; and the personal
and official frustrations which confront him. Further, we might
explain our concern for compartmenting CS activities, and for
protection of sources and methods.
4. The number of senior CS officers to be briefed must
of course depend on the subject and scope of the briefing. It could
range from 15 to over 200.
5. Finally, we take note of the many opportunities offered
by existing courses presented by the Office of Training for acquir-
ing a better knowledge and understanding of overall CIA and indivi-
dual Directorate functions. Both our in-put into these courses, and
the selection of students to attend them, call for our continuing
close attention. In particular, we would hope that those who have
attended the Mid-Career Executive Training Program would not
find it necessary to attend the proposed Inter-Directorate briefings.
Is/ Thomas H. Karamessil s
Thomas H. Karamessixaets
Acting Deputy Director for Plans
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