THE FUNCTION OF MONITORING OF PRESS AND PROPAGANDA BROADCASTS OF FOREIGN POWERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP64-00658A000100140027-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 27
• Content Type: REPORT

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D R A F T
NATIONAL INTELLI ONCE AUTHORITY
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THE FUNCTION OF MONITORING OF PRESS AND
OPAGAND BROADCASTS OF 11MIGN &78
Central Board Unanimous
Report by the Intelligence
STATSPEC _ ....,r +.-,e Ti-Aovni Communications Commission (FCC)
conducted a
,which monitored
press and propaganda broadcasts of foreign powers. The FCC was in process
of liquidating this agency when its functior3d was taken over by the War
Department on an interim basis on 30 December 1915. The War Department
requested that the Director of Central Ir?1f*t9ftt assume responsibility
for the proper disposition of the former
function. An ad hoc
committee was appointed by C.I.G. action to make this study. Their
report has been submitted to the Director of Central Intelligence and
the Intelligence Advisory Board.
2. Based on the recommendations contained in the report of this
Interdepartmental Committee, the enclosed draft directive was prepared
as a means of implementing those recommendations4
3. The enclosed directive has been unanimously agreed on by the
Director of Central Intelligence and the Intelligence Advisory Board,
which included the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
as a member for consideration of this matter.
4. It is therefore recommended that the National Intelligence
Authority approve the draft directive in, enclosure A.
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