THE DIVISION-LEVEL STAFF

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00137A000100140156-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 15, 2001
• Sequence Number: 156
• Publication Date: April 24, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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liaison with the Current
requirements, itvestiga
tion, maintains liaison, with other office and agency conPonente
th as St/A, ?OD and OCR.
spots bilities en best be shown
Special as$tstants, for example,
c al ORR committees seh as the
n Committee. The staff suPplies
t Staff and coordinates division
ossibilities of new source exploits.
Assisting the Division
exexet5es project control
be substattive review of
tes in the research
taff aids the Division Chiet in such administrative
ial reviewing of personnel folders, and preparation
job descriptions, and the division budget.
over-all supervision of division clerical
s the division in special security tters
at ions.
the division staff has engaged in research.
d re arch for VIE'S on North Korea and Austria
lowed by individual branches, and major
as the MS on Man'aeturi . and Cone
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n the USSR and the publication
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UBJBOT: The Divisi
wer1tn the Btaff oprd
xpansion of operations inthe
refinement of both collection and re
an increase in the work conducted at
ible? of course, to pass much of this
dies, as some divisions do, but the pro
allocation of time..
Workby
of a exera.i nature can be carried out
aff trained to handle such problems. The s
ot only mnst be familiar with the work in
s? he must also be closely acquainted with all the
ions the division deals with. No Branch Chief or analyst
to operate effectively in this broader field. One
istant can often answer a requirement in the time it
branch analyst to determ4ne the format of the ubmtssiou
What ohannels are tnlicated.
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There are also continu1rg functions of common
n such as membership in current saPPort? for
citation, BIS and 1IC committees. Assigning
ch analysts would be a double encroachment on their
They would not only spend hours at meetings; they
so spend time familiarizing themoelves with the proble
other branches. The special assistant already has this
and can do the Job in ha7f the time.
basic inciple of organization is to cate: perso
ix uch a way that they are perfcrmdng as effectie1y as
There is general division work to be done; to do, it thro
than staff means is to work without organization.
6.ec
view o these co&idera
special assistants, and certainly not fewer
ble allocation of personne1.
div is iOn
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