COMMENTS ON 'PROPOSAL FOR THE RAPID TRANSMITTAL OF INFORMATION REPORTS AND CUSTOMER REACTIONS'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00680R000100020091-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 91
• Publication Date: February 24, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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24 February 1959
Comments on "Proposal for the
Rapid Transmittal of Infor: ition deports and Customer iieacti ons"
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Wt we dsflbed w bat t uE'or tion properly eats es neoersesy
1 ed atee be ckgrovM a pinst which we assess t? ose items of intallipne s
to be wed in the Critie systeeit? This pa i.te a ee1eetiveenses whieh
would soft to be nea4s4 in the first strivings toward an overall
24-hOur goal. tator*ation colleoted in the f1*14 wily fills
Chinks in the will for tvpies of oritieaea, interests end is by no
somw smething the Agency Co o's neobluezy should strain its silk
ovor. 'fib try to get ewvwlerytbiag back in 8A boars is lilts treating
yaw bassbaeU batting 11 p as tbou& everyr+aew we s ppsd to be
a .ea Utter.
is that part of the volum
s sttributeb3.e to
'i of OUtrut as a Pert of its basis
for eavalieetttng oass officer eex*t~r. fteettlr aeeeelaws stuff is
two" is, pe a esssd sad etisseeari terd slaplly beemea esso offio*rs
bates to moire a ebav of prod ivity lest their jest be vitbdran^n
and. their rWtsttc stems. OW /1' it mko a svs1 a tributtcas
to t b* U" Vrob1 if it d dstsz*iae hoer to diseursgs deepOMMOe
oes< epwee tLt r as $ rtaadsrd for peerto +e?ee ratings and project evaluatioews.
he 1:
I think the peer is aaitre bere. it flags a very dead bailee,
and do" not s k*ovl.adgs that the pr lwam it dircnsse, is eeas old 00 a
a .sd aoe, sad ow such can bs rrm "ed, only is pawrt,
by a nastant effort. We is reps we bays 8t/1's and lb irments .
be 3,0.-
'8p/I" syrsta is Msared to a rmerrite, retype ewppr ach.
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tact between the an "Yet end the C011 "tor Meds to be bettered
throe z eayxking to art a r, not through an improved fors. Agree with
pencilled cvna*nts .
l 2" r
is void d be a helluva opera if applied to very much of the
woway take .
this would seeNaa to i.ge t the dif"f'*r*W" in the reasons analysts
visa to am 6COVI mts for inforsaation, for bsckgarca~und building, for use;
sat seeress to overlook oaqW&tiv* priority seeds in person and in time.
he 1h, I- 14M 2J--
As t understand the situstim.- it is very difficult to ascertain
to 'mast specific r ixsasrtnt or requireasaaats a report is responsive.
A lot at this paper presu ms that the Am3 is reaction is the
bU-add-esrd l . It is not. lie can be out of 4s is o tuzvorsed on
the dattail reported* sia1 by faulty infom&tion els ere, or einply
its w gly. In sdditiesa, the analyst often doss not ban M equate
t f of t a to r ply, with sssuraw*, that a report is edible, mete,
or MAW .
ltothtag aid better "fleet the l woralr oit the px
certserrtiag then the fact that this
I mould only sey that it is entirely proper that "on initial r fret on
is sent aril be* vitae intort.rence at the llea waiters t]ratsh, " am
that Vas sure this field vould be no some l1b*4 to act i t of
its Wsshingtop fsther in this seattes than it is in others prssentiy.
is doesn't really still, and It is ft finitely naive in its
svggsetion tlta-t everything would balance out. P'srkinson' a Law doesn't
waft that !amt.
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me 33 .
Last Clause' Why sbaui4 they?
This no
in ave.ale
ing to rid it of overlaps, M,ps, and urreal gradations
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