CLANDESTINE MISSION AND ORGANIZATION OF CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03362A000800020001-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2001
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• Publication Date: June 1, 1953
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on the third day of the seoond week of this course, any
of the nission and organisation of CIA clandestine services
an extension and in this case a generalised extension
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in his lecture concerned with the 25X1A9a
Mission and the Organisation of CU emphasised the overt offices of the
Agency; gave a runrndown? of the Intelligence Community,
of which CIA is a major part Hers we are concerned with the mission
and organisation of the alegageligg services; perhaps more pertinent
to your immediate situation than any other segment in all the discussions
because by and large, you are a part of that service labelled as skagiggl4g_.
V e have spoken about the need for information; but have pretty
generally Confined ourselves to that information collected overtly
all recognize however, that there is a small percent ? 20 to 25 percent
of the information which goes to make up intelligence through the
production process. This 20 percent, we shall say, is information
particularly vital, information which will fill gaps in the overall
pleura and provide intelligence to policy smokers so that they my maks
decisions which will strengthen our national security and will arm this
oonntry with intelligence in advance, so that dealings in foreign affairs
may be more effective.
Mot only is the need f
is normally withheld
orzation, this vital 20 percent,
a foreign government, but also
there is a need, as has been pointed but to you, for cipidk and secure
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eomeunications and the aseimilation of this info on, procured
Clandestinely, with the whole intelligence picture of Which it is a part
For example, if it is learned through clandestine means that a certain
country is planning to invade another area across the border - the
typical example would be Russian troops invacttng Itgoslavia - then if
it pertains to national security - and such a move would certainly in
a remote form endanger the national security of the U.S. or of our allies -
obviously a course of action must be taken after deliberation. Certainly
there will be no waiting for developments in this ease. Immediate action
most be taken - and taken on the basis of this critical information against
a background of any other facts, overtly or covertly procured which is
already available.
This then., is the point at which CIA comes in to play a significant
part. As pointed out to you, the authority, or charter for
CIA is found in the National Security Act of 1947 - Public Law 253. The
mission of CIA is ;articular/zed on on page 4 of that law - which you
have before you. Nov more particularly, sections 4 and 5 under paragraph
d are the places which incorporate in a general way the authority for
clandestine activity.
Section, 4 - 'For the purpose of coordinating the intelligence
activities of the several government departments and agencies in the
interest of national security, it shall be the duty of the Agency, under
the iirection of the National Security Council -
to perforator the benefit of existing intelligence agerPies,
such additional services of common concern as the National
Seaurity council determines can be more efficiently accomplished
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New in this there is nothing whia specifically eowere CIA to
engage in olandestine activities and collection efforts; however A rather
clearly indicates that there is latitude for such activity in the statement
that OIL than "porton'. . . . such additional services of common comma
as the ASO determines can be more efficiently acoomplished centrally.
Here than, you have in a Oneral statement, the jumping off point for
clandestin, activity.. It is obvious that from the standpoint of efficiency
t would be of inestimably greater value to have such activity
ooiz'dinated in one agency than to have Mew, State the Air Force, or
the Atomic %orgy %mission, eewHg personnel abroad to engage in
clandestine activity under a variety of covers and have than all naming
operations against the same or various targets. At this point we do
not infer that the various agencies do not in relative degrees of
olazzdeatinity oollect information. Certainly the State Department, for
instance, has developed certain seurces of infarmation. However, in the
real sense of the meaning of clandestine mission, it is CIA that perform
the collecting techniques or the collecting functions of this government
secretso tar as intelligence Is concerned that requires clandestine
action. or tance, if there is any occasion uhen this agency can
efficiently act let vs say, Crier of Battle information, we do so;
eine snyno c ad with G-2 could not get the information. In that
vs perfora at the request of the Army such information. Alum
people in: YaZiO ns of the world who can and do collect such
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CIL while all the other *geodes of this
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Act of 1947 and
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NBC may fran time to tine direct. General
is the basin for our authority to engage in
rented by the SSC, which are unorthodox. Mose
bin the framework of section 5? are used to
at this moment the Soviet Union..
w then, in sectiez* 4 and 5 the ahertr for our activities
The National SecurityCkmmall? however, invalid
Security Council Directive #$ - whidh;youand
the classification is extromm4 high. Is soccooa
ive in OD #5 the specific statement, as opposed to the general
'e of the tioned sections 4 and 5 that the espionage
rittes of the t olandestinelyperfOrmed, win be assigned
W* hsv* is this then a charter spelled out for= issued by
ns1 Seourity Council. In addition, me have in National Security
t1 Directive 1Oi the specific statement that CIA will be the Agency
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the newspapers and in gazines of the ha
of error in these fields. Wherethe io:
coee from one cannot say, nor can we say
for these news pieces
tors guess well or
se it to say that these people can say wbat they will.
Odd as it asay seen* as officials in this Agency none of us
or deny such reports. We can have only the average reedier s
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thall say t the brealt-down d cussed will be
those ofwho are old hands in the Agency it Is
those who are new the limitations of the discussion
eIy satisfactory. It Is accepted in CIA that the
of the Agency should not be unveiled at ono*. It is
concepts and rightfully so. On the need to knew
part; later In yelar training, if you are assigned
the structure will be revealed in greater detail.
an intelligence organization is extremely sensitive;
the parts my reveal the type of activity although
eM breakdown is not listed.
It is euffieient, however, for us to dS.so.uss the 1)1)/P ac*plex in
her gencral teras. This Is not in anyway. a reflection on your sense
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the chart specifioally now, we see the DPP complex,
or the clandestine side of CIA. Under the Deputy Direetor
# as was pointed out to -roll, on the same level as the
DePutY Direetor of Intelligence, and the Deputy Director, Atierhtlotration.
Under the wip we find the Chief of Operation's, Tato sots as his deputy',
as you know,
low, al
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He has an executive s
oh does much of the pa
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I'll explain a couple
*1 orbit that :surrounds tie
is his cm personal staff
toi, level there for
whial oan get a bird's eye view down into ill the opeatIor* and
se that go on under the MOP. He has also an Inspection and
There's one person here wilt) will take part in that
I viii shortly make mention of that; it isn't pertinent right
tine. There is also a Plans and Programs Coordination Staff at
7 top level and that again assists the Deputy Director for Plans
21 timn of the activity that goes an underneath hiss.
it is so complex and is so extremely diversified that you
staffs that are immediately responsible to the got?
dio will, keep him advised of everything that is going on
these tes PI, PP PO As I told you 'POP should read IIPMP;
and ADMIX
Administration That is the functional
Is book that you have excerpts of in jour kits
of funotional and regional intelligence methods
gense problems. It has been rather well presented
has been well ironed out in this may.
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At the level up here,
ich is Foreign that's the staff
that is concerned with functional aspects of sepia:ripe and counter-
esplowln. PP . Political and Psyvhcaogical Warfare Staff and again
Its title there perfectly men reveals Its concerns. PM the
ParamiLitar7 Operations Staff Which renders support to maey opera one
that are =ducted that have paramilitary aspects to them. Technical
Servioes Staff . is that staff that will provide those people mho are
oonoerned with operations with any single thing that you can imagine that
would. assist and support in the conduct of an operation. If you need in
your operations something to do with mire-tapping, if you need a little
peculiar type of currency or ommething of that sort you will find thet
TSS is metromelty halgta.. The Admin Staff of course is coneerned.mith
administrative support of covert operotions and wore vary closely with
the Deputy Director for Adednistration 164 is on the other side of the
CIL structure - a close lgov underneath those staffs, you have
the operating divisions which most of you are employees of. There are
seven of those 7E WE WE, SR, NB, .0 AND SE. PE . Far East, -
Western Europe, WE Western Hemisphere RS - Near East, Africa, SR .
Soviet Russia re Eastern Europe and SE Southeastern Europe. They
are broken down into branches that have geographical country &eke and
aotem117 are concerned with the ramming of operations and withineadh
one of those operating divisions; you have the Fl function or PI type cC
operation espionage and cceurteresplonage operation and also the PP
funetion and the PWrfunctionl so that in each one of those there is
repeated the staff concerned for tmctional type of activity-as it
woad be carried out in aetual operatida
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New' this inspection and Review Staff it is atteabed at the top
of the DIVPI it is that staff that night egys Letts leek at the
them thingp let's cheek up and see where things are
The inspection and Review people can look Into apy opera
is the natter and what is good or whatever the 1p/0 wants
it overall body that has inspection rights.
cabana operations
an; outside agency or ths
Who determines whether or
the 77 staff thors is a unit whioh is
closely with OGD, Do people in off
tions? We've already said no .. at least
various staffs and area divisions
ti
t we have to
to got information or to
requirenente will oone from
information that is needed?
clandestine means to get
the informative OCD will send, if they determine the information is
not available in Washington or aaypleee else, the requirements to this
particular unit of the Yi staff. There FT will review it again so
far as our DpA capabilities are concerned. lopft mill say it can perform
the job or that it cannot; and if it cau perform the job, it will be that
unit in the staff that will determine mho will de the lob. the screening
type of section or unit in Pi that will say this will be dope hy such
and such 4 division. Thee* are the regtiremente and the requirements
will be set up and the division vii]. set up operations, plans to conduct
the opera
back to W
t the information, the information to be obtained ?ewe
u and go up again to Fl beak again to OCD and Ultimata/7
to the oonsumer who is interested.
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