MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00274A000200120012-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: July 16, 1947
• Content Type: CONT

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Mi ''LO'~ANLU% OF AGREEMENT
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Between the Department of State and the Central Intelligence Group
Relative to 1 ap Intelligence Activities
and the Provision of Staff for the
Joint Intelligence Studies Publishing Board
Under the authority ;wanted in a Presidential Directive of
January 22, 1946, and National Intelligence Authority Directive No. 5, and
with specific approval of the National Intelligence Authority under date
of June 26, 1947, the Central Intelligence Group (CIG) proposes to establish
on or before October 1, 1947, a central map intelligence service for all
Intelligence Advisory Board agenoies,now operated by the Department of
State; and the Department of State proposes to abolish its Map Intelligence
Division (NI) at the time of establishment of such central service, and
thereafter to utilize such central service for its map intelligence require-
ments. Under the same authorizations and in the same time bracket, GIG also
proposes to relieve the Department of State of its obligation to provide a
portion of the staff' for the Joint Intelligence Studies Publishing. Board
(JISPB); in this proposal the Department of State acquiesces.
GIG and the Department of State are agreed upon these plans and
the methods of implementation of them as stated below. This state::ent is
in terms of map intelligence activities, but will apply as appropriate to
provision of staff for the JISPB.
To assure adequate map intelligence service to all Intelligence
Advisory Board agencies during; the period of implementation, the Department
of State will continue operation of III at the request of CIG under agreement
with GIG that CIG takes full directing; and financial responsibilit-r for such
operations beginning July 1, 1&47, and continuing until the establishment
of its central service.
CIG hereby designates the Assistant Director for deports and
Estimates as the Representative of CIG to provide operational supervision of
MI. The Department of State will not remove any personnel, materials, or
equipment from these activities without prior approval of this Representative.
GIG will reimburse the Department of State monthly, using,; Standard
Form No. 1080 procedure, for personal services and contingent expenses in-
curred incident to the operation of Iva during the period of July 1, 1947,
until the establishment of the central service in CIG.
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Materials and equipment of lI will upon establishment of the
central service, be transferred from the Department of State to CI:i by an
exchange of memorandums. Space utilized by lil as of July 1, 1947, will
continue to be available to CIC for operation of its central service when
established until January 1, 1948, or for a reasonable period beyond that
date pending agreement between the Department of State, CIG, and the Public
Buildings Administration for relocation of the central service.
Hers onnel of lI will upon establishment of the central service,
be individually terminated by the department of State according to Civil
Service regulations, and will be appointed to GIG without break in service
under Schedule A, except in oases of employees for whom CIG does not have an
organizational need or of employees who fail to qualify under Cis security
standards. Specifically the process will be as follows :
CIG will immediately undertake a manage ent survey o ' I:ii and of its
own organizational require Tents, and on or before July 20 will advise
the Depart ont of State of the number and type of positions in NIL
which it will establish and to which at the time of ostablishnont of
the central service, it plans to appoint former 11 employees.
The Department of State will reduce LI in force to the number of
positions specified by GIG.
CIG will make a security check of all employees of L after the
reduction in force, and will advise the Department of State of those
persons by name who are not acceptable to CIG on account of security
reasons.
The Department of State will reduce MI in force a second time to
eliminate the LI., terminating employees individually.
The Department of State will provide employment elsewhere in the
Department for all persons` by name not acceptable to GIG on account
of security reasons where possible within the availability of funds
and the security regulations of the Department of State and Civil
Service regulations.
Cis will appoint under Schedule A all former Ifl employees terminated
by the Department of State on account of the reduction in force to
eliminate L except those persons not acceptable to CIG on account of
security reasons.
The Department of State through the foreign service will continue
to provide CIG with foreign map: service to the extent mutually agreed upon
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from time to time between CIG and the Department of State.
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Fort the Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy
Assistant
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For the Department of State
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