SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PAST WEEK AND STATEMENT OF PROJECTS CONTINUING UNCOMPLETED.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00059A000100140162-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2000
• Sequence Number: 162
• Publication Date: September 16, 1946
• Content Type: MEMO

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16 September 1946
Subjeot
Sur~+iary of Activities and Accomplishments of Past Week
and Statement of Projects Continuing Uncompleted.
Your Memorandum on Sub jest I9ated 16 September 1946.
lr Establishment of telet
e_communications with ~artic~ating amencies.
Fo11ow-.isig exhaustive inquiries wilic:z indicated desirability of
continuance of present courier system of despatchdelivery, letteravaswritten to
D of TdI requesting ~ ecific delineation of rem onsibility for d?spatch traffic
routing to CIG from Navy and means for fast delivery with special emphasis
on non tiro rking hours ?
A lector to ~~ID is s till in prepar~zt ion by designed.
to establish teletype communications with the War Department. It is under-
stood the d slay is due t o d ifPiculty in establishing responsibility on
War Department end. Completion of this praject is being continued and is
25X~~pected this date.
,Establishment of Channel between JCS and CIG.
With understanding that D of NI ~sswer to CIG ]meter on. subject
r?carm:~..ended solution of problem on JIC~IAB level a general proposal for
establishment of r?lations with JCS was sent as a memo to Director.
NIe?tin s an Forei Industrial Plants, Intelligence Collection and
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~issem.nation
telligenos.
Participation only in first two meetings. Lettercbspatched re-
questing meeting of dissemination chiefs on 24 September,.
5. Li~.ison with p.N.I.
Established liaison with Comdr. Packard designated as O.IV.I. liaison.
officer ~v~ith CIG. rie was told that originator-mvas available to initiate any
project v~rTiich ONI desired to t~}ke up with CIG. 25X1A
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1, Discussions with
on proposed Bio~;ra ica n.
2. Visited the Biographical Files in State Department and studied the system
employed there.
Prepared a proposed draft of CIG Directive on Coordination of Biogra~nhieal
Intelligence to accord with various departmental plans,. Passed for comment
to ICAPS membership anal to Office of Calleetion.
4, Action on .Biographical Plan awaiting receipt of a "cleared" State Department
plan and comment of Cffice of Collection on draft plan, Future action will
be submission of draft plan to agencies and invitation to an ICAPS meeting
in the naar future for final approval.,
5, An important item of infarraation received is that in dealing with State
Department
all CIG
,
offices must realize t het The Division of Control, Foreign
Activity Carrel anon, Department of State must be in some respects considered
as a separate agency, especially on covert activities.
Called on Col. Gunn at Civil Affairs Divisions W. D. cad arranged t o meet CoI?
Chard of the Information I~Tanagement Branch of 1$at office on 1? September far
discussion of an,Y2~~'~elat~on of activities of that office with CIG,
Discussions with on EEI
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ee
ng of ICAPS in which
it was decided to call EEI the National Intelligence-Requirements (NIR} and
tentative agreement made an f orm eta,
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?~ September - A:~emo to Assistant to the Director wing the opinion of the
C~ G officers and informal opinion of officers in the State Dept.
'regarding the use of the Overseas News Agency.
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y~ ~ Sept ember -
E September - Memo to Comdr. Redon, Navy, fcr warding biographic repor t
forms from State. Signed by
prepared
6 September /Letter to Me. Reckor d, Acting Chief, Research Division,
Department of the Interior, acl~owledging his letter of
23 August. Signed by Mr. Lay.
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6 September - Prepared letter to re uest' f
in
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g in ~~~A~.on
whether the recommendation made by was approved
and the tests started. Further reaga.esting that the results,
with pertinent recommendations for adoption, be for warded
to CI G. Original letter prepared by flffiee of Cole ction.
Rewritten by ICAPS..
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9 September - Memo to re uesti th
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ICAPS be given a brief
.written report on the progress ORE has been able to make
on intelligence relating to Rockets over Sweden and Russi an
guided missiles program.
6 Sep`texnber - Prepared letter to members of IAB requesting them to designate
a representative to meet with members of the CIG for a.round-
table discussion on the @oordination of Collection Procedures.
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ZO September- Memo to ~e requesting, O~iE to make a report on the
15th of each month on the progress being made on the development
of intelligence on the t3SSR.
10 Sept ember - i~~emo to Executive T~irector giving actions taken on letters from
.- State suggesting interdepartmental meetings on biogr~,h.ic intelli-
Bence and intelligence collec '
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--.._lQ._September~-_c_D~F _to -Executive. Director -forwarding Operations Memo -
------- -- ----No.---2 xe CIG--Office Recommendations on Interdepartmental
_.__-- _._-: __ _. _ _ _.. Coar~ d3.nation of Procedures. -
11 September -MemoA?to Executive Director with discussion and recosrunendations
of the Risclosure of Military Information to Fcr eign Governments.
12 September""-Memo to the 'Director concerning tYie relationship between the
JCS and CI G; proposed plan for.
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12 September to ORE requesting .that a communication be drafted on
_--intelligence on ~-Bomb- explc~ions in foreign countries for
___-possible dispa.tch_to_.Ceneral Groves. requesting information on -
__the results of the RAKER tests .and for possible presentation
to the Director.
13 September - D~F to Executive :Director forwarding - censorship
-planning fi]_es-and asking for concurrence in undertaking
--- through"ICAPS to~-coordinate the several federal censar-
ship planni.n~ activities until the-Censorship Planning Section
of-the:-Office of -Security be set up.
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-~ 1.~ September to informing him of an agreement from Col.
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~_to _ undertake _ the drafting. of _a pro~osed_ NTA Directive
acce~~ing the Security Advisory Bo rd~_Q~'/I~_from S~NCC sub-
cQmrn~,tteex and requesting him to prepare.. such a draft for
---ICAPS~ _considerat ion.
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