OUTLINE OF THE BRIEFING ON USAREUR CENTRAL REGISTRY - 3 SEPTEMBER 1962 -

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OUTLINE OF TEL 132.;1LFII4 Ci. 1K aGGL:TRY ? 3 ELPTallEa 1962 ?
I. History of the Central Rel]istry.
A. ForA.ed orizinally during world Uar II in Great Britian.
E. Followine: the end of orld 1:ar 31, tncso files were enlarged to
include information on 16,m1ers of the Nazi party. in 1945 this was the
prin,Lry reason for the continuance of the files that were Etarted in
Great britian.
C. As the Co?:munist thrcat grel Counterintelli:Tnce infomation
concerning o,muniet personalities was adaed until today the priiaary,
use of the files is to co,lat this threat.
D. The information that has been accumulated since the beginning
ha$ come from a number of sources both foreign and American.
2. The responsibility for the maintenance of the files.
1. ;eoponsibility is primarily a 02 function, today this resi on?
sibllity lies with Deputy Chief of Naff, Intelligences U:.:ALUE. (?C;I)
? 2. Tnis responsibility was placed on various Counterintolli-cace
or,-,anizatiens on 1 April 192 when Central llogistry vino p1acr1
under t;Jc 513th LAC Gp. This includes operations, personnel, lw!istics
and adinistration.
II. :.ission of the Central Roristry.
A, To provide a repository for intelligence informAien generated
by or furnished to the U. A. Amy in Lurope. This infomation is
pr.L,nrily counterintelliL:ence.
To furnish this infemation, upon request, to authorized agencies.
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C. To retire those doSsiers with long range intelligence interest
to the U. S. ArMy Counterintelligence Records Facility, Fort Holabird.
LII. Organization of Central eegistry.
A. Operation and Administration Office,
1. Handles all personnel administration.
2. Proceeses requests for information.
a. hequests for information are approximately 30,00 each
month. (TAB A)
e. sends requeetu to Central Personality Index*
c. All "No ezeordpeelewere are returned directle to this
office to be sent back to tee agency makine the request.
B. File ieainterance Branch.
1* Central Personality index.
a .
Basically there are three types of
(1). eubject Dossier card
(2)..Roference Doscier Card
(3). information Card e
be Currently have aeproxieiatoly 4.7 million cards. TAB
2. Imporeonal Files.
4. Covers incidents, organizations, and publications.
b. Currently has approximately 1CO,C00 cards.
3. Analysis Eection. (TAB C)
.a. ecreene incoming information to determine if it meets
criteria for retention. Inforeation is received from eame agencies
authorized to submit requeets for information.
b. Insures that personalities have been underlined in red
' and-impereonal subjects have been underlined in blue so that carding unit
&eels use
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can prepare the cards.
40 Carding Unit.
Types cards as indicated by Analysis ctiono
Co File Research Branch
1. Approximately 15% per cent) of requests reeeived will have a
record.
has four desks whore the research is made, information is
extracted aild prepared as a Z.Lminlary of infom.ation., (TAB B)
a, Intellinec Desk handles recant:Ins from:
(1). Attaches ?
(2) U. L. Aria.Ir 11nco AFonciss
(3) CA 8 Austria, Germany, France.
(4) Office Naval intelligence.
(5) Office Special InvostiE,atione,
_(6) French intelligence Agencies. -
(7) British intelligence AFencioso
(8)- Austrian Intelligence Agencies.
h. Cemulato DeFk handles all requcl-An frem:
(1) U. 11:1)asios and Consulates.
(2) U. NaturalizsAtion
(3) Canadian TrA1;7ration.
(4) Australinn LAArationo
c. ...171s:mcnt fork Landies all requcsts from:
U. Z. Am-,y- units.
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CO Civilian Personnel Offices ?
-Gerglan Desk handles all requests fromt
(1) German Amy Intelligence. (BSU( and MID)
(2) German Federal and State Security Agencies.(UN and La).
(3) Federal and State Criminal Agencies (DKA and KLA).
(4). Federal Intelligence Agency. (LOD).
(5) Marriages.
Typing Pool.
Hier? Film Library.
a. Bao approxiamtoly one million and forty-five thousand
(.. 045,0?0) dossiers.
b. 11,500 one hundred feet rolls of microfilm.
c. For reading the micro film both viewers and reader%.
printe 9 are available.
5. Release of :Information. (TAB C)
a. U. S. 'Intelligence Agencies. receive detail replies.
b. Other U. S. ageneica receive santitized replies.
c. Information to a foreicn government is released according
to regulations and directives frau DLI.
d. Any request that is questioned is sent through DCI for
approval or diappproval prior to releart.
D. File Control Eranch. (TAD C)
1. Active and -.,ervice Unit.
a. Maintains a record of open cases.
b. 11,Dintains the "hard" copy of the file until it is micro-
ilmed and retired to Fort. Folabird or destroyed.
2. acrofilmand Iitirellent Unit.
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.a. Screens and microfilms files.
b. After film/as been developed and inspected, prepares and
ships files to Fort Nolabird.
3. Top Secret, Secret and Sensitive Control Unit.
a. Vaintains Top Cecret and Secret- logs.
h. Receipts for Top Secret and Secret material. ?
c. Prepares for dispatch Top Secret and Secret material.
Laintains strict control of dossier that has boon declared '
sensitive for limited comet.
IV. Processing a R coolest.
A. Received in Administration Section.
B. tent to Central Personality-Index.-
1. If "No Record"- goes back to Administration Sectionwhommit is
returned to Agency making the request
2. If there is a record or possible identification, the request ?
is sent to the File Research Drench,
C, File esearch French.
1. Yakes.research to determine if record ic subject or request.
2. Extracts the in:ormation, prepares a Daxmary of Information
and rcUtrns to A::,ency mpRing the requost.
. 3. If files indite that Subject of request is of current opera?
tieeml intereet to a menter of tlie U. C. Intellirence Cou.runity, the rcTlc,,t
is 1forred to that nonLer or anc::oring.
4. If files indicete that Subject of reueet is of a sensitive
rAture the request is referred to the offico thnt lanced tho r nsitivo
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restriction on the file for answering or any action they deem necessary.
V. Personnel.
A. 5 Officers.
D. 5 Warrant Officers
C. 44 Enlisted I:en.
D. 45 Department of Army Civilian, all are American ci ttens, the
majority of them are dependents of military personnel.
E. Clearances are compatible with job requirements.
VI. Growth of the Central Registry. (TAD A)
A. In the past, the input of cards into the Index has been at the
rate of 2000.00 per month. Four months ago, a more selective criteria was put
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into effect and the growth appears to be between 12,000 and 14000 per
month. It will take about 6 more months to get a true picture of how the
new criteria will affect the growth.
D. Average about 200 new dossiers per month.
VII. Remarks,
A. The number of requests per ponth from the West German Agencies
has more than doubled in the past four months. This is due to a re-screening
proram of all German government employees in responsible positions.
D. About 50 percent of the files that are here in the Central Registry
axe duplicated at Fort Dolabird. The remainder are considered to be of
interest to the local Command only.
C. In the event of an emer:7ency, the plan is to move the Central
Reijstry to a location in France.
vIll. Cuestions.
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A walk-through of the Central Rer,istry,
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