INSPECTOR GENERAL'S RECOMMENDATIONS, PAGES 65 AND 70

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Inspector General's Recommendations, Pages 65 and 70
Recommended DCI Action:
Page 65 a. Disapprove
b. Disapprove
c. Approve in principle
d. Approve
Page 70 a. Disapprove
b. Disapprove
c. Disapprove
Inspector General's Statement, Page 65
a, The DD/P establish a Soviet Republics (SR)
Staff responsible for planning and programming
DD/P-wide operations against Soviet targets, for
guiding and supporting area division operations
against Soviet targets, and for performing other
purely staff functions, including submission of
periodic reports to the DD/P on the status of
Soviet operations and the performance of area
divisions and field stations and bases in such
operations. This SR Staff should number approx-
imately 100 personnel drawn from the present SR
Division staffs including Reports and Requirements
and _ and CI/InternationaL Communism Division.
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c. The DD/P direct Chief, SR Staff, Chief,
CI Staff, and Chief, Special Projects Division,
to study carefully and make recommendations
on the most efficient organization and allocations
of responsibility for the conduct of world-wide
counter-intelligence operations against the RIS.
d. The DD/P direct a greatly increased
training effort throughout his area on all aspects
of operations against the Soviet Union.
Inspector General's Statement, Page 70
a. The DD/P reduce the CI Staff to approximately
40 personnel responsible exclusively for counter-
intelligence staff functions such as: (1) planning
the DD/P counterintelligence program; (2) reviewing
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operations for the maximum exploitation of counter-
espionage opportunities and for the protection of our
own operations and security of agents; (3) providing
staff advice and guidance on counterintelligence act-
ivities; (4) monitoring liaison with foreign intelligence
services the FBI and other government agencies on
counterintelligence and internal security matters; and
(5) establishing a central index of foreign counter-
intelligence information under NSCID/5.
b. The DD/P transfer the International Communism
Division to the SR Staff recommended in the preceding
section of this report.
c. The DD/P transfer the various special projects
and sensitive operations conducted by the CI Staff
with attendant personnel to the Special Projects Di-
vision recommended in the preceding section of this
report.
The recommendations on pages 65 and 70 are inter-
related and therefore in my response I have considered
them together. I agree with the desirable objective of
the Inspector General clearly to distinguish between the
staff and command functions. I have emphasized the
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difference in these two functions and insisted on
its observance wherever practicable. I do not agree,
however, in the separation of these functions to the
extent: that a particular organizational component
must be wholly staff or wholly command. I believe
that the principle is sufficiently protected if certain
functions are clearly defined as either staff or com-
mand and the two are not inter-mingled. To accom-
plish the objective of having a unit perform exclusively
staff or command functions would require an increase
in the number of separate components within the CS
and would fail to utilize to the fullest the available
expertness. In the recent past I approved the estab-
lishment of two elements in the CS which illustrate
my point -- the China Activity, FE Division, and the
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 clear operational responsibility on the other. This
arrangement is economical and realistic. It does
not in my opinion violate the sound principle of the
separation of the staff and command functions.
a. and b. Non-concur: While I am in substantial
accord with the objective sought by the Inspector
General through these recommendations I believe
the effort against the Soviet target can be increased
without the proposed organizational changes. For
the past year I have devoted considerable personal
attention to the question of our operations against
Soviet targets. I believe we have made progress in
clarifying relationships and fixing responsibilities
for the several types of operations against the Soviets
and yet I realize that further improvement is neces-
sary. My study of this particular problem has shown
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me that the objective of increasing our competence
and expanding our effort against this priority tar-
get cannot be achieved by edict nor by well-intentioned
changes in our structure. Indeed a large scale mod-
ification in our organization as proposed by the In-
spector General could have adverse effect on our
efforts without corresponding benefits. I am not
disturbed at the fact that the present SR Division has
both staff and operating responsibilities. I do not
agree with the Inspector General that this is a basic
problem which can be resolved only by splitting SR
into two separate components -- the proposed SR Staff
and the Special Projects Division. So long as a clear
distinction is maintained between operating and staff
roles it seems to me more economical and less dis-
ruptive to maintain our resources in a single component.
Conditions facing our stations in different parts of the
world with respect to Soviet targets vary considerably.
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The Chief, SR, is now engaged in working out
specific plans and actions with the chiefs of the
other operating divisions for a coordinated at-
tack against Soviet targets. I visualize this as
a continuing program with SR Division serving
as the focal point for all our activities against
the USSR. The important requirement is that
the special competence of the personnel of the
SR Division is brought to bear on our world wide
operations against the Soviet target. This is best
accomplished at Headquarters by consultation with
the SR Division. It is less important at this stage
whether the case officer is officially assigned to
SR or another area division. He is responsible to
the Chief of Station and the required guidance and
direction can flow from SR through the area division
and Chief of Station to the case officer. I doubt that
the arbitrary transfer from SR Division to other area
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divisions of those people who are operating against
Soviet targets abroad would be uniformly advanta-
geous. The situation in areas varies. Hence I am
establishing a flexible program for operations
against Soviet targets which has as one objective
an increase in the number of our people who are
knowledgeable. in Soviet matters. As this number
increases and normal personnel rotations take place
I believe there will be a gradual increase in the
number of people operating against Soviet targets
abroad who are assigned to the other area divisions.
The attached memorandum of 2 September from me
to the chiefs of the area divisions shows in more de-
tail what actions I have taken and propose to take in
order to increase our effort against Soviet targets.
We are increasing our efforts to establish a separate
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The establishment of a "separate, highly secure,
overseas clandestine apparatus" under a Special
Projects Division as proposed by the Inspector
General would conflict with the operations of the
area divisions and greatly complicate the control
and direction of our operations,
c. Concur in principle: I have instructed the
Chief, SR, and the Chief, CI, to undertake such
studies.
d. Concur: A review is now under way con-
cerning over-all training requirements of the
Clandestine Services. One objective of this re-
view will be to develop in collaboration with the
Office of Training better coordinated training
curriculum related to operations against the
Soviet Union. In addition I have recently issued
instructions that qualified employees of other di-
visions will be rotated into SR Division, thus
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DD/P Specific Comment, Page 70
a., b. and c. Non-concur: My non-concurrence
with this recommendation is inherent in my negative
response to the proposed establishment of an SR
Staff, a Training and Doctrine Staff and a Special
Projects Division. In addition, I believe that a high
degree of centralization of authority is essential for
proper performance of the CI function. This central-
ization must include provision for the control and
direction of certain CI operations by a specialty
skilled central authority, particularly in the case of
operations that are of unusual importance or com-
plexity or which are of broad scope. Current efforts
which I am making to redefine the role of the CI and
other Special Staffs have as one principal objective the
elimination of duplicating and marginal activities. Even
so I do not feel that the counterespionage function can be
adequately performed by the number of people recommended
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by the Inspector General. Since the completion of
the Inspector General's Survey I have obtained from
the Chief, CI Staff, a report of the work Load in
those activities which the Inspector General proposes
be performed by the CI Staff. On the basis of this
report I believe a good case can be made for about
the number of people now engaged in these activities.
I recently reduced the strength of the CI Staff, however,
and am studying the feasibility of a further modest
reduction. With respect to the International Commu-
nism Division I wilt concede that this unit could be
placed in one of several locations. For the present I
feet that it is satisfactorily located in the CI Staff.
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 international communism in 1954 and 1955 and
it was my conclusion that the ICD should remain
in the CI Staff. I believe the considerations which
led to this conclusion are still valid today.
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