MISSION AND ORGANIZATION OF COMMUNICATIONS BRANCH, D/S

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00662R000200170002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 21, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 U L V I I L
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ice Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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TO : Assistant Director, 0/RR
TROM : Chief, D/S
DATE: 21 January 1953
SUBJECT: Mission and Organization of Communications Branch, D/S
1. The mission of the Communications Branch has not been defined
in a broad enough manner to accomplish the full task of analyzing
communications within the Soviet economy. The Branch will shortly
be in position to cover the field of telecommunications, but it will
25X1X4 not be staffed to cover postal and courier systems or the
newspaper and book publishing fie ds, all of which are part of the
system by which information and decisions are disseminated to inr
portant segments of the econoi r. Coverage of these fields should
include the use of the sociological techniques used in the study of
communications in a society at large.
2. It is requested that you authorize two additional positions
in the Communications Branch and the recruitment of two competent
analysts, preferably one senior and one junior, to cover the fi ds
not covered, the grades depending on the qualifications off` e
rec s,
3. There are at present only five vacant analyst positions in
the T/0 of this Division and recruitment is under way to fill all
these positions.
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