Request for Change in T/O of Field Operations Staff, FBID

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03568A000200090020-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 13, 2005
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: April 5, 1951
• Content Type: MF

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c. 'ublication of "Yrogram. Schedules of Foreign Broadcasting
Stations" increased 128 per cent.
d. Total FBI) T/0 increased 45 per cent, FBTD coverage 122%.
Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERfNMENT
DATE: APR . }
SUBJECT: 'equest for Change in T/0 of Field Operations Staff, FBID
TO : Deputy Director (Administration)
FROM :cting Assistant Director for Operations
1. Although it is not listed as a separate unit in the T/O, that
part of the Field Operations Staff, FDID which excludes the Operations
Officer GS-13 and Clerk-Steno;r_rapher GS-5 is by function and by custom
called the "Broadcast Information Section". The principal mission of
this section is to supply various afencies of the government with cur-
rent and significant information on foreign radio transmitters.
Agencies served by the section include: CIA, FCC, Department of State,
Bureau of Standards, Department of the?Interior, and Department of De-
fense. In addition certain unclassified portions of this service are
furnished public-spirited commercial enterprises. The Broadcast
Information Section is unique in that it is the only unit in the
government compiling and maintaining complete information on foreign
broadcasting stations.
2. Since the establishment of the T/0 of this section in 1947 the
volume and importance of its v.ork has increased to a point where it can
no longer-adequately perform its mission. This increased work load is
clearly apparent when it is realized that between 19t7 and 1951:
3. The increased importance of the work of the Broadcast Informa-
tion Section to National Intelligence is evident in the general increase
in importance attached to radio as a weapon of propaganda and psycholog_?i-
cal warfare.
14. In order to permit this section to properly perform its assigned
mission, the follovuin`: additional positions are believed necessary and
it is requested that the F3ID T/O be amended accordingly without delay.
Field Operations Staff
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