RECOLLECTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00121A000100020008-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2012
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 1, 2000
• Content Type: PAPER

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,-~TIOP' Orr T OFFICE OP 3 A ll A
In August 1946s, the Office of =aeeearc x and .l aaatione oc upted
Central ildtrL , having reco,
(now State) ildin ,
d been pro
of current
Foreign and ilit r v Policy1e #
the Dell,- and since Jur* 7 the
Igor-ca. 1n addition, it had pro oee:
Propaganda Broodcasts"I OR)
of Soviet,- ;`a ntrolled '*r man Broadcaate e'.
ch of they org?ani tion of the Office
These_ wren (1) The Latin American Branch, which included everythjng
in the 1e stern Hemisphere ecuth of the R to
Branch which was responsible for !:cendenavia
n paper. A p had been drawts up which divided
areas of responsibility for six W?og aph&c l JWron
h ! pirey (3) The Eastern-4 aro ee*
viet iiusaia a and its European Satol
d Kingdom, and
an the subject of Soviet intentions anywhere; (4) N.
ropeen rr nch with reaponeibility i
a and elsewhere; (5
conceerne,' with reeacee all the ser stern ccru.ntries includ
Afghanistan and the Indian sub-continent (but not Bursa or Tibet Which
belort,~Oed to the Fer Fast)
f Afriwa except what belorc
e terry, w'arcpe or had to be accepted in port ownership With t h
nalux, -ustri a., ter n;!, and t
in, s'ortu a .
of Western tropen
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rthern Branch; and (6) the Far East/ acific Branf,-h; which had Chinas
a epan, 1orea, South
the islrnd,a of the Pacific excluding American pose
which other Branches had a primary, interest,
aal Near st/Africe Branch, the tref`fic concerning
tatiel practice, threu h l9L6, this ' r h organization w
leas foraidable than it would appear. tb Branch probably had more
a dozen eamplo e
ern Branch did not exist until 1947 ?nd
tai functions wera covered as part of the work of '4eatern ar3urope,
the ar was het di d pro tea by the resistant editor for the Daily zan:
eec3E ma r
on paper only. They were ev
Economics rayah, an internatiol Oranisvtiona
end a Transportation Bri~ncls'l* There wa 4 .eo art upp a 4ilia ry
Army a n
sta oonsisted of a t vy
tarps which was supposed to furnish sxp
, as well an liaison with the r'ntan,
the Office of
ation. Thta effort was such, a complete failure,
ultimately abandoned.
and Evaluat tons at the time 4 re
actin ; Assistant Director and
puty. = .
.uaarics were +eda ted by Messrs.
STAT
f,"fiwer, STAT
The Daily and sets;
STAT
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Upeer*tions of the :
election
STAT
and sort out the cables according to goo aphis branches. anwhi.ie,
the old State-t r- .v ftildin-P go to the Office
to I)oily Sit% -~ry and hcnded a nili
?,nvelope contiinin,
`op
they traefic from, the sr and ? vy department
ed.t
hone the various Branches which would end '`or
about eleven,
osed roily items, ubs fitted by the rrnchen
would b to to arrive in the editors' office where they would be edited
accord
"hi,+efs,
th administrative det ? ii,, *rtiauia
ttOT-$ with the Director and, with the
ruction
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