Intelligence Support for OIT, Commerce

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00750A000100050065-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2003
• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: June 4, 1951
• Content Type: MF

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It. June 1951
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SUBJECT: Intelligence Support for OIT, Commerce
1. The above named officers met today to discuss a
memorandum of conversation between Mr. Ostroff of OIT and
Mr. Houston, the CIA General Counsel, dated 22 May 1951. The
substance of the memorandum of conversation referred to wAs
the suggestion of Mr. Ostroff that there be a fuller exploita-
tion of CIA resources to support further the business of the
Enforcement Division of OIT, Commerce.
2. The understandings reached at the meeting today are
as follows: In order to provide better intelligence support
for OIT,. Commerce, in respect of the movement of goods into
the Soviet Orbit:
a. 0/RR will develop all-source research as seems
profitable with respect to trends or cases in the movement
of goods into the Soviet Orbit (giving ticular attention
to follow-up requirements to 0/0 and 0 SO).
b. The results of this research will be transmitted
through 0/SO to the Enforcement Division, OIT, when the
case is in the enforcement field. It will be transmitted
directly by 0/RR to Commerce when its research deals with
matters within the jurisdiction of the Commerce committees
on which 0/RR represents CIA.
c. 0/SI will collaborate with 0/RR where its research
touches this field and the latter will handle the trans-
mission of such information as indicated in paragraph b.
above.
d. 0/RR will work out with 0/O/C necessary arrange-
ments for the transmittal of particular reports and any
special handling necessary in any research report.
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e. O/RR will work out with O/CI arrangements necessary
to the security of the latter's information.
2. It will be appreciated if the addressees of this
memorandum will submit any changes considered necessary in th e
foregoing paragraph. When agreement is reached it is understood
that O/SO will take up the matter with Enforcement Branch of
OIT to the extent appropriate in view of the conversation with
Mr. Ostroff and with Mr. Houston.
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Assistant Director
Intelligence Coordination
cc: Mr. Kirkpatrick
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