REDUCTION OF INTELLIGENCE MAINTANCE TIME IN I/SH FOR FY 58.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00137A000100110035-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 1998
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: May 16, 1957
• Content Type: MEMO

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Chief, Shipbuilding Branch l D/IiRR 16 May 1957
Chief, Industrial Division, ORR
Reduction of Intelligence Maintenance Time in I/SH for FY 58.
: Memorandum from Chief, Shipbuilding Braneh to Chief, Industrial
Division dated 28 March 1957, same subject.
1. In referenced memorandum Chief, Shipbuilding Branch reque
approval of a plan which will reduce intelligence mfintenance time
spent by the Branch. This could be accomplished by dropping all
maintenance on four categories of reaponsibility. These categories
are
a. Industries producing Naval Ordnance
b. The shipbuilding industries of Albania, Bulgaria,
North Korea and Communist Indo China.
c. Shipbuilding for the Bloc in Italy, Japan and France.
d. All ship component and ship equipment industries
except main propnlsion machinery.
2. In reviewing the items which are recommended for dropping,
I find that they are of very low priority and that we have as yet
never produced definitive reports on these subjects. However, I
feel that the Branch cannot completely be relieved of all mainten-
ance responsibilities on these aubjects-
Approval is granted to relieve the Branch of responsibility
for the maintenance of intelligence on these subjects with respect
to minute details under the condition that the Branch maintains an
awarenesa of highly significant developments on these subjects.
This directive is to be interpreted to require almoat complete
relaxation of the responsibility of covering these items by means
of extensive files or extensive detailed search for bits and pieces
of intelligence. Rather it should be interpreted as to direct the
Branch to keep aware of the one or perhaps two significant items
which might appear eaeh year on these subjects.
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