INTELLIGENCE MATERIALS ON (Sanitized) RE: USIA SURVEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00750A000600030001-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 11, 1955
• Content Type: MF

DRAFT CONFIDENTIAL
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11 August 1955
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Office of Intelligence Research
Department of State
Chief, Office of Research and Intelligence
United States Information Agency
Acting Chief, RQM/OIS-
Chief, Special Projects Staff
Operations Coordinating Board
Lt. Cmdr. A. Christopher
Office of Naval Intelligence
Major Thomas B. Johnson
Department of the Air Force
Mr. Yaro Skalnik
Department of the Army, G-2
SUBJECT: Intelligence Materials on
RE: USIA Survey
1. In April, 1954, the Director of Central Intelligence and' the
Director of USIA agreed to a survey by CIA personnel of the intelligence
need of USIA and agencies with related programs. The IAC
agencies and OCB participated in the survey. The report of the survey
and its recommendations were approved (see IAC-D-82 series).
Z. One of the major findings of the survey was that a consolidated
Statement of Need for the "types of intelligence and intelligence informa-
tion required to meet USIA's essential needs" should be approved. This
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statement of need was approved by all interested agencies. ItMprp-
that additional detail would, of course, be necessary to support CIA op-
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erations and, against military personnee armed forces operations. This
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statement of need has served as a base to define the specific basic intel-
ligence requirements for NIS which in turn have been approved by agencies
in the NIS Committee.
3. During the survey the statement of need was tested in the cases
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of two countries -- In thecase of- a psycho-
logical offensive program had already been approved. Based on this pro-
gram an intelligence annex listing questions which should be answered by
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intelligence was agreed to by persons participating in the survey. e an-
ewers to intelligence questions should, o&-ee s+? be provided in advance
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of or at least concurren^Xwith the t of a program
programming decisions awe based on all available information. The
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second country, was chosen for various reasons and a list of intel-
ligence questions to serve as an annex to a country plan was
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agreed upon. Time did not permit answering the ~ intelligence ques-
tions while the survey was in progress.
4. Since the survey and at the suggestion of the undersigned, the
Department of State has assembled in one volume (copy attached) available
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intelligence in answer to the-intelligence questions. The intelligence
assembled appears to cover most of the intelligence questions asked but
requires tailoring and editing to be more useful. Some additional informa.
tion would necessarily be required from the field and of a current nature.
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The amount of additional intelligence required would become less and less
in quantity as the NIS basic intelligence program produces more basic in-
telligence in keeping with the revised outline referred to in para. 2 above.
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5. Perhaps the first point which volume makes clear is
that the intelligence production program of OIR in State already provides
an enormous amount of intelligence materials which bear upon intelligence
needs for one particular USIA country program. While this will vary from
country to country the case is in general typical.
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6. It is doubted that the assembly of pertinent finished intelligence
case is the practical way to go
about answering the questions bearing upon other country programs, a
general outline for which is attached. It is suggested instead that:
a. IRI personnel should be roe onsible for preparing from
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such materials intelligence annexes to country plans?-- is is`a case of
tailoring to meet an agencys peculiar needs-and
b. Where necessary, consulting with OIR specialists and OCI
specialists where refinemants or more current facts and interpretations
are required.
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Naturally this should not become a mechanical process and the questions