Foreign Service Economic Reporting

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00662R000100050039-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 29, 1998
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: January 31, 1951
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STA" ES GOVERNMENT
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SUBJECT: Foreign Service Economic Reporting
DATE: 31 January 1951
The Executive Order "Prescribing Regulations Governing
Foreign Service Reporting Functions" gives the Department of
State clear authority to regulate the volume of reporting
demands placed upon foreign posts by various requesting
agencies. This authority is to be exercised "after con-
sultation with other interested Federal departments and
agencies."
While it may appear that the interests of CIA and other
agencies might be slighted under a directive giving the
Department of State final authority to control the reporting
demands placed upon the Foreign Service, the procedure pro-
vided by the Executive Order is probably the best solution.
The Department of State is required to consult with other
interested agencies in both the selection of types of foreign
data to be obtained through the Foreign Service and the
standards to govern the approval of requests for foreign
data. This procedure provides in some measure a safeguard
for the interests of CIA and other agencies and at the same
time reduces the demands upon the limited facilities of the
Foreign Service.
The "Survey of Foreign Service Economic Reporting," pre-
pared by the Bureau of the Budget, contains four principal
recommendations for improvement of Foreign Service economic
reporting. These recommendations reflect the suggestions of
CIA economic and commodity specialists who assisted the Bureau
of the Budget in its survey. If these recommendations are
carried out, Foreign Service economic reporting will be greatly
improved.
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