WASHINGTON DOCUMENT CENTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R003400120045-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: October 10, 1946
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Release 2003/04/22: CIA-RDP80R01731 RLTJ3400120045-7
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'~ ,MOPAT DD .4 FOR THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL IYTIILLIG :NcE t
SUBJECT: Washington Document Center
1. At a conference held at 1000, 8 October 1946 in the Office
of Colonel Sheffield Echvards, Central Intelligence (rnu n to discuss
future planning and administrative arrangements conoern-4_ng service
personnel on duty with Washington Document Center the
Intelligence Division, War Department was asked to furnish specific
information as to the extent of military personnel to be, furnished
Washington Document Center until the next fiscal year ('_ July 1947).
2, The present strength of military nn-)ersonnel artl,orized for
Washington Document Center (29 officers, 82 enlisted -en) now being
furnished by the War Department, will be retained until 1 December 1946.
3. It was planned that on 1 December 1946 a total of 12 officers
and 20 enlisted men wrn;1_d p,~rticipai;e in the exnloitat.ion of Japanese
doetunents. Of this total, 10 officers and 18 enlisted, r.en would be
transferred to Special Document Section at Holabird, Aaryland for the
purpose of exploiting Japanese documents. In a dditior, 2 officers and
2 enlisted men-.would remain as a liaison detac-lrnent vita the Javanese
document collection in aashington. Under t',ii s Ulan, d.ocvsents would
be drawn on loan from the Japanese collection in Was}ain-ton and would
be taken to ITolabird, F`e.r,;~1_and f or exploitation by a small group of
10 officers and 18 enlisted men referred to above,
4. The planned reduction of military personnel at Tq.sl-ii nmton
Document Center oh 1 December 1946 was made on the, basis of a tentative
proposal reached with the Office of Naval Intelligence on 5 September
19460 This tentative pronosal provided that on 1 December 1946 Office of
Naval Intelligence would assume responsibility for VWashington Document
Center and the participation by Intelligence Division, shah Department
in the exploitation of Japanese documents would be li!n-?_ted to that personnel
outlined in-paragraph 3 above.
S. If Central Intelligence Group assujrt s responsibility for the
'Jashington Document Center and the authorization for the retention of -.
personnel for Washington Document Center is anproved by Office, Chief of
Staffs the 12 officers and 20 enlisted men referred to in Para rrnh 3 above
will be made available to the Central Intelligence Group.
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