PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE DRAFT OSR HISTORY (HS 3.057) RECOMMENDED BY(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B01709A001400030028-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: April 24, 1973
• Content Type: NOTES

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24 April 1973
SUBJECT
Proposed Changes to the Draft OSR History
(HS 3.057) Recommended by
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Table of Contents under Chapter 7--change to read
"the Rise and Demise of
Weapons Coordinating Group'
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Page 392
Same changes should be made in the heading.
Page 38 Revise portion beginning to read STATINTL
Both Mand Amory did not feel that the time
was ripe during their periods as Assistant Directors
for Research and Reports to merge the personnel and
tasks of the Strategic Division into the other divisions
of ORR's economic research. When Amory became the
DDI, one of his first requests to was to take such STATINTL
action at the earliest possible time, however difficult
the transition might be. were in STATINTL
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complete agreement that the compartmented Strategic
Division was not operating effectively with the other
economic research divisions in the production of all-
source intelligence. There had been almost continual
controversy over analysis between the Strategic
Division and the four economic divisions. The
integration of the Strategic Division's personnel
into the other economic divisions was finally
accomplished, although with some hard feelings at
the time."
Page 404 Second paragraph--My recollection was that one of the
main obstacles at that time for consolidation of the
DDI military components was the firm stand taken by
R. J. Smith not to release the personnel of his OCI
Military Division for incorporation into ORR's
Military-Economic Division. I thought that this
strongly influenced ~in his objection to the STATINTL
first plan. I would c e e "by R . J . Smith of OCI"
or at least provide a caveat of sorts. STATINTL
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