MANAGEMENT STAFF STUDY OF THE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00274A000200130031-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2003
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: March 6, 1950
• Content Type: MEMO

STAN?,.ARD FORM NO. 04, ? ' ?_% , ?;
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MemoranduM F
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TO : Executive
FROM : Management Officer
DATE: MAk 6 i tf 1; 5Q
SUBJECT: Management Staff Study of the Office of Scientific Intelligence
1. A draft of the attached report was discussed with 25X1A9A
prior to his departure. Certain changes and amplifications suggested
by him and in which Management concurred have been incorporated into
25X1 A9A this finished report.1 -J stated that this report gives a
fair and accurate appraisal of the major achievements and problems
of OSI when such report is confined to a discussion of the internal
administration and operations of OSI.
2. In view of the limitation of the management study to the
internal aspects of OSI, requested that this report be 25X1A9A
evaluated within the framework of the larger problems which are of
concern to the intelligence community. Specific examples of such
problems are:
a. The assignment to CIA of responsibility without commen-
surate authority for the coordination of national intelligence.
b. The absence of national intelligence production planning
and scheduling by a body with sufficient authority and stature
to direct coordinated production by all intelligence agencies,
co The inability of CIA to coordinate collection activity
with production needs and to enforce collection responsibilities
on the IAC collectors,
d. The cleavage existing between intelligence collection
and production agencies both within CIA and in the IAC agencies.
e. The scarcity of meaningful intelligence information on
foreign, scientific and technical developments.
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