ALLOCATION AND COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH RESPONSIBITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP64-00658A000100270030-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: May 17, 1946
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
17 May 1946
PLANNING DIRECTIVE 32a (Limited Distribution)
SUBJECT: Allocation and Coordination of Intelligence Research Responsibilities
1. Intelligence Branch memorandum of 13 May, subject: "Pattern for
C.I.G. Planning Activities" has been studied with interest by this office and
the Policy and Review Branch. It is an excellent and very constructive
memorandum. While many of the questions raised are pressing, it is believed
the Planning Staff study has not advanced sufficiently to justify final de-
cisions yet. Some of the decisions will depend largely on the thoughts to be
evolved in the ppcemeal studies referred to in paragraph 3 of your memorandum.
The solutions of those studies may be considered interim, and need not be
regarded as binding precedents which would prejudice the solution of the
problem assigned by Planning Directive 32.
2. With regard to your diagram and discussion, tentative views of this
office are:
a. Since the collecting function and the research function are
distinct in each of the four agencies under IAB, and are distinct in Planning
Staff organization, it is believed that these functions should be kept distinct
in whatever coordinating machineryAestablished. However, the necessity for
close coordination of these functions at the subject level is recognized. It
is intended that the method of such coordination be evolved as the studies
progress.
b. The overall coordinating agency for collection may be the Informa-
tion Branch itself. Similarly, the overall coordinating agency for produc-
tion may be the Intelligence Branch itself. This will depend upon what appears
best after mature study.
c. The EEI function is considered the highest level of all, and
in a chart should probably appear above the Director of Central Intelligence.
In other words, the announcement of EEI is a command function of the National
Intelligence Authority.
3. A copy of your memorandum of 13 May is furnid hereunder for informa-
tion of the Information Branch.
25X1A9a
Acting Chief, Cen/r1l Planning Staff
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