REQUEST FOR EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE ON DEFENSE PROJECT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP64-00658A000100380007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 25, 1946
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORAND TO: Acting Chief, Central Planning Staff
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Request for Editorial Assistance
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(a) Memorandum
from Colons
(b) Memorandum,.
Acting Chief, Central PlAnning Staff, with
attached Memorandum and Draft Directive for
the Intelligence Advisory Board.
on Defense Projec
4 March 1946,
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define the responsibility and function of C.
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in connection with Defense Project.
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s. The Policy and Planning Committee and the Working Committee
describedreference (a) above, have been at work for several weeke.
Colonel Perry has served as Coordinator on both committees. The draft
directive reference (b) above, is intended to formalize C.I.O. sponsor-
ship of the project, and the accompanying memorandum states that the
coordinator for the Working Committee should be from the Central Reports
Staff
Working Committee is proceeding with the allocation of
the fundamental research to the appropriate agency for each main topic,
and is providing for the use by such agency of the materials available
in the other agencies.
In the opinion of the Policy and Planning Committee and the
Working Committee, which met together on 19 April 1946, editorial super-
vision is needed for the effective completion of the project, for the
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purpose of providing active and continuouscoordination, of coela
the results procuced u'idr the different sub-headings,
uniform integrated product, etc.
d, It was stated at the meeting jus
to shortages of personnel in the participating
personnel cannot be provided by them. The committees
to ask C,I,O. to provide three coordinating editors
assistants). A formal request to that effect will she
office.
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ed to that owing
s such editorial
therefore decided
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rtlr reach this
The Acting Chief, Central Reports Staff ea
has no personnel available to meet this
ussiont
Since all C.
agencies, it is unr
that at
personnel are furnished by the participating
for the agencies to ask for personnel which
are not at present in C. 1,0. and -which they cannot themeelves supply to
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of C
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here is the question whether C 0
suitable perscnnal, should make them available for such a
Insofar as the editors -will be coordinators the responsibilit7
would be fairly clear. Insofar as they are to be pure editors,
Tmponsibility would have to be assumed under a broad interpretation
of the President's Directive to Raccompliah the correlation and evaluation
of intelligence relating to the national security" (paragraph 3a) and
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and to *perform for the benefit of said intclligenoe agenoies such
services of common concern as the National Intelligence Authority
determines can be more efficiently accomplished centrally", (paragraph
30).
C. Furtberncre, t is suggested that to eupp3 the editors w2io
correlate and edit the product of intelligence research involves the
assuming by C.I,G, of some degree of responsibility for the results
of research which has bean performed by other agencies*
d. Finally, there is the question of precedents* There will
presumably be other high priority projects involving similar coordination
and editorial work, and very possibly there will be several such projects
uneer ev at the same time, If such is the case, and CoI,G, accepts a
responsibility for editorial coordination, there will be a drain an
Central Reports Staff personnel Which its present T/0 can hardly sustain*
4. genalmi_em and Recommendalls:
jo The questions here concern another staff section of C,I*G.
and whether and how far c4.0, *hall eater the field of coordination
and correlation at the working level*
It is therefore recommended:,
That before action is taken or recommended an the request
of the otcy and Planning Committee of Usfense Project, the problem
be discussed at a meeting of;
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Actlng Deputy Chief, Central Planning
Ao4Ing-C4efT-Oentrea-Reperte-Stagtig
Acting Chief, Policy and Review Branch
Repreeentative of Intelligence Branch
Intelligence Branch
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