NOTES FOR PROGRESS REPORT - JANUARY 1953

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• Publication Date: January 31, 1953
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Liaison Officer, FBID
Administrative Officer, FBID
Notes for Progress Report January 2953
31 Januery.1953
1. All positions in the Teletype Unit, Editorial Branch were
upgraded by one grade. This develepmentfollewed a survey of FBID's
petitions in relation to other Telegraphic Typewriter.Operayor. positions
.in the Agency.
2. Classification's review of Certain positions in the Department,
U.S. and Overseas field has been commenced by Classification and Wage
Division. The types of positions under review include Foreign,language,
Editorialinthohnical and clerical.
3. A forecast of procurement requirements for Fiscal leers 1954
and 1355 wake submitted to the Chief, Procurement and Supply Office:
4. Didget instructions for Fiscal Year 1955 were prepared
? and forwarded to ail Bureaus.
5. The Chief, Okinawa &roan visited Tokyo on WY for the purpose
of purchasing Airnishings for the first 16 new permanent-type houses.
' 6. An additional $3002 in unvouchered funds was .transmitted
to the Chief, Okinawa Bureau for dependent !Schooling expenditures
through balance of Fiscal Year.
7. The Chia, Okinawa Bureau received information that the 25%
Foreign Post Differential on Okinawa may be reduced or eliminated.
A memorandum signed by the Assistant Director for Operations was
forwarded to the Deputy Director for Administration requesting that
measures be taken to obviate any such action.
8. Action was initiated to
a. Return the EMergency Complement egaipMent used by the
to the Mediterranean Bureau where
it nn be absorbed intc
:omplement.
b. Transfer from the East Coast Bureau .to the Mediterranean
Bureau all Emergency Complement equipment maintained at. the ,
East Coast Bureau, except-one Jeep.
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MEMORANDUM FOR Assistant Director for Operctions
SUBJECT* FBID 'Progress sport 1952
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A. Summary 1952 and Objectives for 1953 '
1. a. A emelt monitoring bureau was attivated at
as part of FDIDts effort to provide radio monitoring
of Siberia; Northern Manchuria and the maritime provinces.
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coverage
See para.
b. Toward further Closing of the Central Asian gap in
FWD monitoring coverage; a surverteam was sent to Pakistan to conduct
reception tests. Its mission was completed late in November and as of
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the end of December their findings are being analyzed to determine what
further action may appropriately 'be taken. See paragraph F. 2. a.
c. The coverage of the Bettie States and northwest USSR
regional transmitters was discussed at the.FBIS.DBC Joint Coordination'
Committee meeting in December of 1952. See paragraph F. 1. a.
c14, Land in the Santa Rosa area of California was obtained
through negotiated purchase and condemnation for the construction of a
new West Coast Bureau. See paragraphs B. 3:f. and F. 1. e.
e. Several analyses of radio propaganda in connection with
estimates being prepared by ONE were completed and in addition to
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their Substantive contribution to intelligence production led to a
recognition Of the continuing need felt Proiaganda tnalities During -
:195i the staff of propaganda analystewillsoChiev'e greater competences
- and it is7Plahned"that'Iluto contribution; te.theyintelligence Production ,
offices will teTintenoified both as regards quantitY and quality.
See paragrapho Bs Is b, 0. is bs V. 1. a nnd Pi 1;414 ?
2, as An unsolved problem of cOntinuing nature IS the desire
,Of van is psychoIogierti warfare activities to use classified FBID
publications as operational and background iraterial: It it believed,
that this preblem tannot be tatisfattorily retolited on the DivisiOn
level but should be a pOlicy,decision on a high level' to assess the
flak in light of via degree of security Clearances for psychological
vmrfore'offic6sE unclassified personnels
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'be Although geed progrens has been made in deskslevel
liaison designed to orient FBID production to the requirements of the
intelligence offices, there is still a need Per closer contact with
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psychological. Warfare offiees) tspeciaLly thote which have operational
requirements for monitoring supports lbe problim appears to be 0n5 of
bring's*: an intelligence information C011ettion activitiiitethe
confidence of the Overt psychologital warfare operators. See paragraph
Di 3. es
c? A threat to the Okinawa Burman developed in the form of
reactivation of the adjacent to the ['BID bureaus
by the U. S. Air Force. Set paragraphs Bi is is And Fs Is b'
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3. a. FBID hopes to forma joint operation with the Japanese
Nbnitot4ng erace. See paragraph 2. 2. cr.
b. Thobajor coverage expansion objective of FBID is the
inclusion of Th'' Sian coverage, both northwestern USSR and
Central Asia, and more dialeetic coverage of $fiviet regiinais pretently
tinsmith Bastian only.- Successful conflation of the' initial. ttept
described in paragraphs 1. b.' and c. aboveVIMleadto substantial
realization Of this ObjeCtite, and these subjects csdll be pursued in
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B. Organizational Progress Changes
1. During 1952 there were only two organizational changes, both
of which were accompanied by increases in the classified Table of Organi-
sation. Several minor reclassifications of individual positions' were
made but these are not discussed in detail here.
a. On 29 March 1952 the WO of the Bureau was
approved. This provided four classified and five native positions.
The Mission and product or this bureau are discussed in C. 1. below.
b. On 30 September 1952 the reorganization of the Special
Reports Branch was approved. This expanded the P/C of fifteen positions
to a total of twenty-four in the Special Reports Branch. The i/o of the
tendon Bureau was increased by three positions to be used in support of
the Special.Reporte Branch propaganda analysis effort. Thisbe changes
are reflected in Tab A, an organization chart of the Special Reports
Branch and the London Bureau.' The analysis of radio propaganda has been
the subject of much discussion and research. The Dales report recom-
mended greater emphasis on analytical reporting of broadcast material, '
and later the Jackson report Commended the quantitative analysis approach,
but the extent to which interpretative And inferential analysis should
be engaged in by an intelligence information collection activity, the
propriety of engaging in a field not spedifically authorized by NSCID 6,
and recognition of the Department of State's primary interest in propa-
ganda analysis were questions left unresolved. on 28 January 1952 a
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report was submitted by a team appointed by the Assistant Director for
Operations and composed of members of FDD and FBID., This team was to
explore the feasibility of joint analysis of press (FDD) and radio (FBID)
propaganda., in the course of its exploration., however* it discovered
widespread interest in the intelligence community. The Department of
State agreed that propaganda analysis was needed., The Deputy Director
(Intelligente) thereon approved the request for A change in Table of
Organization to meet those requirements.,
2., Headquarters Organisation ond Activities
a., The Divisionts personnel situation as regards P/c,, Ceiling,
, on-duty and ins.process.,and in-process it thOWn for 1951 and 1952 in
Tab B., Tab O is an organisation chart for the entire Division., A
summary of personnel turnover is given in Tab I.
b. Training followed the uSual pattern of brief orientation
by the Agency followed by intensive on-theejob training* It becomes
increasingly apparent that there is no substitute for On-the-job training,,
although citis believed the intelligence Course for professional
employees will provide them with a better background., FBID continued it!,
policy of assigning one professional career employee to earl of the
Strategic intelligence School courses. A group of Special Reports Branch
personnel were authorized to attend a seminar in Communisations at the
Ameridan University. A class of thirtyRBID personnel was given the
Rapid Reading course by the Office of Training by special arrangement.
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Limited language training wee given to a few employees having a
specialized- need.. Additionally, clerical personnel, were given Agency
training in specialized fields as required, and there wore eight came
in which, through sound career development programtvemployees were
enabled to progress from clerical to junior professional petitions.,
c. Conmunications Otte slightly altered and expanded to
provide an additional teletype circuit from London to Hoidelbergt a
higher wordage limit (84000 words a day) for Saigont 81000 words a day
of teletype communications
change Of AGS routing tram
Reseda$,Californiarthrough San Francisco rather than los Angeles to
Washington.. A diagram of FBID communications is attached as Tab E.?
d. The departmental emergency plan progressed,,and FHEO is
now prepared to operate the Division Headquarters
With fUll communications and to maintain an emergency staff without
assistance for a two-month period..
a. The Division hat now accomplish bout 90 per cent of
its aimed equipment standardisation with resultant satins in original
cost, ,dost of maintenance, and cost of parts stocks. Impliennontation of
the stockpiling project has eliminated delays in replacement of defective
and worn out equipment and has made it possible for an bureaus to keep
.to a mintrom the amount of equipment deadlined for maintenance parts.
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? 3. Field OrganiSation and Activities
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EL. Mediterranean Bureau
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-. -(1) Personnel. 7116 most Significant dab/apnea haS
been the leerviting and training of lingdists-for average Of 'Soviet
regional trandmittere in the total dialects. Extensile recruiting .
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,effort hat built up a reserve list in the mere 'Cotton languages.'
' (2) Operations. ,Coverage in 832)170n-4 flyeloruslian and
Tadjikt as w11#13a Urdu' ihntlgarian and.Madodoniens was added to the
regaLar coverweehedule: lhe Bureau filo nOw averages apprOximately
25,000 words a day. ,Good coordination with the BBC ?effort has been
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(3) Communicationts Continued representation through the
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At the beginning of the year the restrae.
tion Was placed at 10 per cent of any one day's file, which limited the
emergency use of this facility to approximately 4500 words a day.. This
has now been relaxed to allow 10 per cent of a week's file to be trans.
Mitte'd during any given meek. The result is that if signals between
London and Washington ate Out for one day in a week, we may file through
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the Nicosia radio station 17400 wordeor 10 Or cent of a normal week's
volume..
(4) Adminiistratien., The only significant adminittratite
'development for the year has been the aCtien taken to protect the Bureau:le
housing situation against possible encroachment by an Air Force mesa-
tion near Kyrenia or any other large influx of familien which would
create a housing Shortage. A project was approved authorising long-term
rental by FBID of thirty houses and A small hotel for bachelor accommodas.
tions.. When leased, these houses will be available to the classified
and foreign'natienal staff. in lieu of quarters allowances for the former
and a portion of the solafl for the latter... A representatiVe of the
Real Estate and Construction Division Will proceed to Cyptes early in
1953 to negotiate leases.
b. Austrian Bureau.
(1) There have been no significant developments at the
Austrian Bureau except a surveY Which was conducted to determine the
possibility of covering certain Czechoslovakian broadcasts during the
stomer months when the BBC cannot monitor them. At the joint PBXS-BBC
Coordination Committee meeting approval ih principle was given to the
stationing of the BBC Czech monitor at Vienna when his cent es at
Oavertham become unproductive*
(2) The Staff of the Austrian Bureau was allowed to drop
one below the authorized three classified positions in view of an assess-.
Sent of the relative intelligence value of West Austrian coverage.
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Composite Group Readquatters, but housing and office spade are supplied
by the Department of State on.a reiriburseable basis. The Bureau moved
to new office4
d. London Bateau
There have been no significant changes at the London
Bureau except for the reorganization disoussed in paragraph B. 1. b.
Above. The neatly organized analysis section of the London Bureau was
assigned projects deSigned to move certain elementary Annlytie operations
closer to the Source material And to expand analytic coverage in range
and depth. In particalar:
(1) Intensive ?tidy of the Soviet Home Service as .
differentiated from broadeaste to foreign audiencest
(2) Revision of reports on "Indieations of Psycho-
logical Vulnerabilities" to point up the more fundamental vulnerabilities
with greater clarity$
(3) Study of European Satellite radio propaganda in
?caparison with Radio Moscow and with each other.
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e* East Coast Bureau
Cl) The East Coast Bureau engaged in extensive Cruising
for productive broadcasts and the development of a potential Inadditional
languages such as Russian* Danish end Arabic. This has improved the
Bureau's contributions and from the Headquartees standpoint has improVed
the timeliness of information from Eastern and Western Europe and the
Rear East.
(2) An encroachment problem seemed to be developing
when the owners of an adjacent tract of land declared their intention to
build a motorcycle race track. This was stopped by discussion with the
oWners,:the County Commissioner and the local citizens association. As
matters bow steed* the Veteran's Administration and the Federal Housing
Administration are to notify the Agency promptly if any applications
for loans are received to build on an extensive scale neer the station.
f4 West Coast Bureau
(1) A tract of lend near Santa Roses Californias was
tested and found suitable for a monitoring Station and subsequently
procured, partially through purchase and partially through condemnation.
The purchased treat was procured from Beset's. Peterson, and condemnation
proceedings were initiated on the tract owned by Mr. Fred MacHurray.
Plats and.specificatione for the we station were begun by the Real
Estate and Construction Division in coordination with FBID and are
apprOtirtately 60 per cent complete. The present schedule calls for
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bid invitations to be let in the spting'with construction to start in
late May or June of 1953.
(2) A potential threat to Bureau reception developed in
the case of the Lbs Angeles - Water and Power Department plan to build an
overhead power line to service the San Fernando Valley. The Assistant -
Director for Operations protected, and an exchange of correspondence
resulted in the Ips Angeles Water and Power Department agreeing to
install filters at appropriate intervals to eliminate any interference
to the Burwell? reception. It is expected* however, that transfer to
the now site will be accomplished before activation of the power line.
Bureau
Bureau was activated on 17 June 1952
and is now covering the following stations in Russian:
Dirobidshan Magadan
Blazoviebobensk Nikolayevsk
Chelyabinsk Novosibirsk
Chita Tyemen ,
'Karaganda Ulan Bator
Kharbarovsk Ulan Ude
Krasnoyartat Viadivostek
Yakutsk Yashno,Sakholinak
The file from the Bureau consists of about 3,500 words per days con-
sisting mostly of economic information in brief :Mien it used extensive
by the USSR Economic Abstracts.
(2) In the summer FBID learned informally that the Amy
planned to evacuate the garrison at Camp Crawford and return the
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indtallation to the Japanese: 'Since the operations building had been
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dompleted and 'the antennas installed, it was decided to maintain the
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operatiTinttCamp Crawford for at long"wipossiblei but funds withotited ?
jet the condtrUotion of houeing were not need. It it now rumored that
the Alt Porde may retain at leadt,part of Camp Crawfordfor the dependents
; Foice.pereenterStationed at ChitosO. ?BID it watehing this
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