ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP59-00882R000100210077-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 1998
• Sequence Number: 77
• Publication Date: January 14, 1954
• Content Type: FORM

ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
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Statement of the Central Intelligence Agency in Support of the Expansion
of the Radio Monitoring Capabilities of the Federal Communications
Commission.
1. The CIA, as a part of its general intelligence responsibilties, has
been requested to provide much more complete intelligence of foreign usage
of the radio frequency spectrum than is presently available. In order to meet
this requirement, the CIA is establishing a central file of radio monitoring
records from all available sources as a service of common concern to all
interested government agencies. This information is necessary to the
operation of the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the U. S.
Information Agency and other governmental agencies.
. The intelligence required of CIA includes:
a. An understanding of the magnitude and method of operation of
foreign radio communication systems particularly those behind the
Iron Curtain.
b. The contribution of the communication structure to the military,
economic, technical, social and political situation in foreign countries.
c. An estimate of the trends and future developments in geographic
areas particularly in inaccessible countries.
d. An understanding of the capabilities and vulnerabilities of national
communication structures in relation to radio jamming.
3. The proposed expansion of monitoring activities by the Federal
Communications Commission will provide much of the detailed information
on radio transmissions necessary to developing our knowledge of foreign
-communications activities for the foregoing purposes. It is intended that the
information obtained by these expanded activities be supplied to the central
file of radio monitoring information referred to in paragraph 1, to be avail-
able by it to those agencies requiring this type information.
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