BUGGET ANALYSIS ON OVERT INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00549R000200050026-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: November 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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mporting guide contained: in "General Instructions for Geographic
Attaches" the basic reports includes (a) the monthly report of
activities; (b) reports of mapping anti geographic research Organizations;
(c) reports an key personnel of foreign organizations -in the field
of mapping and 1.:mois,rapkry'm and (d) eountry reports which provide
>4c-date and complete assessment of the ving activitiec .nd
programs of each country vinitedo
Co Economic intellime In 1952 an Economi intern?
gence Committee was ectabliehed undor the IAC to 4,sist in implementing
USCID 150 Respcnsibility.for ecemmatreolde coordination of require..
manta for colleetion in support of ),,Amonis talligende research
ran asail?, to an EIC Subcommittee el Requirements and Facilitio
for Collation ? whi
reproosiatsad the l'Irst continuing
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Interagency collection' representatives had coos together since
dlesolutice of the CIO Cosndistme ev Coaeeti
principal preeedures so far &eve
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Th a concolidntion of intalgonceJ requirfiments to
to incorporated in the Gomprehontive ECOWAIO Reporting Program
(CERP)9 which cc.mtinuously revises ourraneconcado,.. rting
instructions to all Foreign Serwice pita th 4k tbe Sexist
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(3) A program of continuing intelligence?community
guidance to all reporting posts behind the Iron Curtain, including
coordinated preparation of individual "Guides to Economio Reporting
Offiosre" for each major post,
(4) Interagency arrangements for more effective emploitae
tion of a ride range of materiale ? including regularmenhange of
speeialized collection manuals() guidance to central depositories
and indexes (such as the Industrial Register) and recommendations
for better utilisation of various docemtnts and pUblicationso. Ol'or
emmaplee the Advielory Comnittee of Fare 1 ngumge Publicetione
referred to in patagraph lp a, above, rev established by the
National Security Couneil m direct result of recommendations
rram this EIC subcommittee.)
Under Executi Order low all requests from aey department
of the Government fdr economic Int rmetlon grew the Forel Service
are coordinated by the State LWertmentoe Divieien er Fare
Reporting (REP)e Intelligenee eontributiome fel, economic reporting
instrustione ere assembled from the several IAC agencies as a staff
function of the EIC Subcommittee en? Requiremente and Facilities
for Collation and tran?iitted to REP, The purpeee of this procedure
are to tiler requests fraa Washington to
e reporting capabilities
of the Foreign Serviee staffs at GUM major poet overseas nd to
establish reporting priorities based on rtance Of the informa?
tion Iraq:vested, Schedules of Required reporting and Alert Lists
arm aecordiney setup for each post. Spot requests to the Forei
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Service for -c eeeic repert'ingeaust also be revievedley P,EP end
aesigned an eeplepriate eelority. REP aaue i1 etanding econoeic
veporting inetructione to the field and periodically arrangeo for
end-usere to evelmte the reporting perfortenee of each post,"
Cp122511"2flieldjmosM.pg.,, Through continuous
11 ieon between the State Department ax the various IIC agencies
(either directly or through tare EIC) increased communityewide
eeerdination 3451 encouragedg both in Washington ,end in the fie/do
Chapter t of the Foreign Service Manual dea1s. with coordination
in the fielde and the Department on Mereh 220 1954 sent a spembit
instruction (CA5190) to a/1 Chiefs of scion mite ting the
coordinating role of
uae of all availnble
sem tiang the Areye
toall attaches
mind= ehiefs wader MUD 2 and urging
perecene10 includi cervice attaches? At the
Niny and Air Force di tshed cimi nesengeo
ng mmelmem cooperation with M. leo
I. developing coordinate/ oollection programs*
fe0 ELe_ahose_stiiigifle22L-t_eits...1tes, Am outli
paragraph 7 of NSCID 20 there is mow vir4mar2y co 2 go
of field reports in Washington? Uniform eubjest ceding of CIA a Arevo
and Air Force field reports prior to dissemination greatly simplifies
uee of these report
2? Cotieo ?CID 7 providee that
CIA ehall be responeible for the exploitation "on a highly selective
NIBiep within the US e0 of business concerns0 other nonegovernmentaX
ergenisations and individuals as sources of foreign intelligence
infarmatione Guidance in this selection is provided by the continuing
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requirements statements of the research elements of CIA and the
other IAC agenciea9 eupplemented by continuous liaison to discuss
apeoific needs and individual sources.
To assure that this service is of maximum value to
consumers9 conferences are being scheduled at the working level in
all of the member agencies. In addition four specific intervalley
arrangements are either completed orwell on the way to completions
(1) Three specielis ATTC officers have been placed
in 4omestic field offices to guide and actually engage in the collec-
tion of technical informetion. The assignment of fourth officers
trained in air electronicsp is expected shortly?
(2) A similar arrangement has been werted out through 0-2
for the assignment of tee Signal Corps Intelligence officers to
domestic field offices in an effort to inarees the quantity
quality of teleconesvedeatieneeintelligenee eolleeticee One of th
officers is already being processed.
(3) Areangemente have been cltd with the Direttor
of -Antall nee of the Air Force and with the Air R rWh amd
Development Ccomand to facilitate the exploitetion of civilian
employees at the various ARDC centers. for intelligence infcrmation
not otherwise avai1bls to the member ageneisse
(4) Tentetive aerange nts have been concluded with G-2
for a similar program to be emtablich in the near future wi the
Sewn Amy Technical Services?
fifth eveeifio effort to produce more effective
and coordinated intelligence collection oonsisted of a program to
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analyze critically all requirements Ignich have been received by
25X1A frem the producing elements of CIA. and the other
IAC agencies p and to codify in readily usable form all basic
requirements ourrently outstanding? Uniform indexes, each comprising
some 100000 requirements cards p have been placed in all
25X1A offices and resident agencies and? for the purpose
of reedy coordination and the elimination of possible duplication
of collection effort, in various CIA offices p Cr-2p State and ATM?
go Radio Monitoring, Under NSCID 6 a central radio
monitoring service is establishede and the monitoring of
foreign propaganda and preuee broadcasts for the collection of
intelligence information by other federal agencies is ep?c1fica1y
STATSPEC precluded The facilitiea have been used in a n r of
ye in support of both IAC and no-IAC agenciece for example:
(11) Recordings are gado and retained of those broadcaste
likely to be required for legal proceeding:5p ilia:tort/sal archiveee
psychological ceverationse. *tee
(2) There has been an expansion of effort in the
analysis of breadeast proeeeande which has been generally valuable
to and done in cloee coortireation with 01R/Department a State and
other intelligenee preducing offices?
(3) Operational information on foreign hr edeasting
stations 13 supplied to aetivities such as the State Department NIS
program National Bureau of Standards research on ionoepheei propagmtioae
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seeves as the principal federal source of this type of data.
'STATSPEC (4) Through informalearrangemente the product of
monitoring is made available to interested U.S, Government
operations in the foreign field, eogoo a liberal selection of
material is sent daily to the Ifunieh Radio Center (VOA) and to
HICOG0 Berlin:, and In the Far Easte USAFFE and subordinate commands
STATSPEC receive a selection of items monitored
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In generalo gutianoe and requiremente for collection
of intelligence information from monitoring of foreign radie
broadeaets has been adequete. Sinoep howeverp monitoring far intent.,
gene's, use is has an careful selection rather than directed cella,-
STATSPEC tion it has been found that the most effective means of guiding the
effort is for the personnel to be Indoctrinated in the
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functione of various elements of the intelligeno conmunity. This
program is a continuing one and results to date are satisfactory.
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The fact that moat
raw materials are unelaanified enormously
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facilitates dareteeday operational liaison ? personnel are
constantly in touch by telephone with all area and functionel desks
of the IAC users of their pred to Some improvement in requirements
for propaganda analysis in expected from offices engaged in
psychological activities:, when these offices have completed their
organization and build-up.
h. Every government ageney in Washington maintains
or more liaison cleared officials whose funetions is to serve
ae the focal point for the transaction or intelligence natters;
including? the receipt and delivery of intelligence materialso the
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directives.
%!., An evaluation of the sufficient!" of the several iTencieso
yetmeots An tb,e light of th teTeE92631;
The ucveral agencies? requests are generally adequate
to support minimum eseential r,quirements. Hoeever? except for
the relief which approval would provide of certain overeceiling
budget terms requested .by the State Departments a few acute shortage*
would mealtime to handicap the. intelligence community? The most
cerioue has bei the abeam') of a fulletime Publications Procurement
Officer in London? Since that poeition vas abolished e the Departmentos
liaison relations
have been severely curta114, and
much valuable information on Eastern Europe, Africa and the Far
East, which was formerly secured in imendens is ee longer available
to the Department? Full-tire Publications Procurement Officers
aro also
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gently needed in Cairo, Rangoon, DjetiAkeirta, and Tokee6
A geographic attache is urgently required in Stockholm, a peripheral
reporting officer in Athens and in Rama, an additional peripheral
officer in Frankfurt to cover the satellite countries e and more
Chinese languto officers in Seutheest Am4a to report on the local
Chinese cceeneeitiee and secure information from Communist China;
ceveral of these inadequaciee =mild be corrected by the State
Depertmentos 1956 overeceiling budget request?
There is also urgent need for norm adewelate agricultural
reporting On the Soviet Bloc? The Department of Agriculture new has
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pri TT responsibieity for agricultural reporting and representativee
of its Office of Fcreien ,?47eieeltura1 Services have agreed (informally)
ao to the importence of re-eatablishing agricultural attachee in
Hong Wong& Weeeavea and Tenehareste So fan) however& they have felt
unable to provide the budgeted funds to pport euph appointmontee
At current etaffing level overt Foreign Service reporting
theugh adequate to meet the minimum neede of the intelligens* eemmunitya
ouffero from (1) the inability of of icer because preseure
25X113 ok their other detfeme to travel eufficiontly bet t cities&
(2) serious dearth of infeemation& (3) insuffielent
analytical reporting& and (4) ineuffielant e*tntiamong service
atteohes in many ceemr;twiev to the litieel toistoti and politic
eotivity of luportent military five:ea, Thoee findingo resulted
firma t recent aurvey of 4re:iv Seeviee imparting fres all reads
of the world and are sebetentiated by regedar oweepte of the Foreica
Service Inspeotoveo
7 vel rastrieteome in the
the Soviet Orbit 25X1X
25X1X continuo te be a major obstacle to effective ealleetion by
Althemeee these restrictione have been cease& effleiciayt
in eome count-leap) there has been i slrealtentoose 1 pease in
surveillance and serealnieteative bareemseett which eavere1erluespere
attache oolleution activitiese
There hae boon an overeall reduati in Military Attaehe
complements& altlesudh edjustments of personnel to auceent staffs
at ceitie 1 poste have result in eon* mat 1 emement in coverege
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at those poste? Substantial improvement in military intelligence
oelleetion,' apart framrastrictions or assistance by foreign
governments, will depend epon improved guidance and the development
of new collection techniques?
30 "camas of activiy_i_bich isra_marires?as
e Mumtlifi =ordination in the near future?
so Esonemic ReRsALneg? There is still insufficient
Warthington soordination of ozenemic intelligence reqiuiromontso and
of the calleation action inetituted to eervice such requirement
Certain oollection gaps of high priority for the community as a
whole may not MOVAVO adequate? attention from martain channels;
uhile in other 62,86 there is still some duplication of reporting
beteeen Foreign Servicep FOA? sed military elements in the field?
re deffintie facilities far .wu...;mating standing insanitation)
and mot requiromemti wan eivriliart gnd military end?veers
Washingten plata more *caplet? shering of requeete and of data
In the fid would kelp te oelvo We lac? As one rpeeifie
step the EIC he agreed the idemtificetion of hi tt,rpriority
in eallestise needel te empport rossarob in web fields as
Sestet &moment, electruzieco and treeeportation? Approved hots
of the colleation data reqweered have been transmitted to the BIC
Subcommittee on Requinnmante and Facilities for Collation to explore
the pcasibilities of coordinated planning of implementing oolleetion
efforts?
be Ftialleatie Precteremante
Full coordination of
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publications procurement in the field is desirable and necessary
in order to prevent duplication of procurement in response to
general requirements. Speolfic requirements are coordinated in
Washington by the Prooureoent SUbeCommittee established under NSOID-160
co petter Utilization of all Governmental Overseas
Personnel for Ti.2poKtiminformatioee One of the major long-range
probleme in intelligence oordination is the devel ent of systematie
methods for tapping VS personnel overseae who are not primarily
reporting officers?. Many of these officials MAO officers s ?OA
teohnieianse USIA employees are well informed on c ?tan geographis
areas and enjoy close contacts with memento of ford
societies
whieh are often not aaceeeible to regular rnportieg effiCerso At
presents the potential at most of these officero Zor valuable
information is not being exploited. Though USIA has aecepted the
principle that Public Affeirs Offieere ahead report infoematien
which they receive incidental to their prinarydutiese procedures
for extending this prinelple to other staff workers in the field
have not been fully 'worked out. Reprebentativem of the Economic
Intelligence Suboomenittee on Requirmaents and Facilities for,
Collation are negotiating with FOA to develop methods for tapping
the resources of FOA0e oversew employeeee
d. Radio Monitclingo Radio nonitorimge for various
purpeeees of foreign radio traneminelons in the br et bands
has been growing steadily since 1946. The need for monitoring
in support of psychologized- warfare bikeelyeasting has kept pees
with the number of organisetione and transaittere established for
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performance or this mission; this type of monitoring muat produce
the latest of target area local news in the local language or dialect
Algot, the scope and complexity of radio broadcasting with respect
to frequency usage has made it necessary for considemble attention
to be devoted to technical monitoring; this type of monitoring must
focus on frequency usages jamming signals, etc? filheso tiro types of
monitoring are quite different in techniques and purpose from the
content monitoring
though closely related technical
monitoring operations vhi ars prerequisite to cont?nt monitoring
In sonic cases separate facilities have been establisted for techadcal
monitoring p operational monitoring and content nanitcTing0 It seem
likely that these areas of activity say require coordination is
the near future? The first step toward this coordiqation is being
taken in the 4iilntio?ist ofikailitivs for ring?
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