COLLATION BRANCH IN VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S02149R000200030007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 15, 1966
• Content Type: MEMO

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TO: Jack
FROM: Ed
DATE: 15 Nov 1966
UBJECT: Collation Branch in Vietnam
STATINTL
Attached is report
on the Collation Branch in Vietnam.
It outlines the sad history
of an inadequately planned venture
and describes what appears to be an
improved but still unsatisfactory
situation. The recommendations on
page 6 are good and should be
approved. However, some additional
study should be undertaken before
we can implement these recommenda-
tions.
These studies should clearly
answer the following questions:
1. What of value is the
Collation Branch now
doing for whom?
a. What does the Station
now get out of it?
b. What does Hqs now get
out of it--DDI and
DDP?
2. What of value could the t
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I recommend that ORR, OCI, and OCR
be asked to evaluate the product of
the Branch as it contributes to the
production of intelligence in
Washington; this should be done
immediately. DDP should also be
asked how the work of the Branch
contributes to its Headquarters
operation. I still think that some
way should be found to get an
evaluation from Saigon also;
perhaps this can be arranged at
the Meeting
in December. What re e should
SAVA have in these studies?
With this information in hand,
we should be able to decide whether
the actual or even potential results
to Headquarters and the Station are
worth the assignment of 10, 15, or
even 25 good people.
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