OPERATIONAL COORDINATION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04718A000100300020-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2005
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: November 8, 1949
• Content Type: MEMO

TOs The Director of Central Intelligence
FIO Ms Executive
SUBJECT: Operational Coordination
REFERENCES. a. Memo from Chief, CORPS, subjects Operational Security of
CIA, dated 7 November 19496
be Mom from Chief of I&5, subjects Report on Status of
Operational Security, dated 7 November 1949.
c. Memo for Chief, COATS, from General Counsel, subjects
Entry, Status and Disposal of Aliens, dtd 7 November 1949.
d. Memo from General Counsel, subjects Proposed Administrative
Instruction re Entry, Status and Disposal of Aliens. dated
28 October 1949, enclosing the proposed Administrative
Instruction on this subject to provide complete policy
guidance within the Agency on all alien problems.
e. Memo from General Counsel dated 3 November 1949, subjects
Proposed Administrative Instruction concerning Aliesis in
the United States, commenting on the OPC commute on the
subject A.I., including the comments of OPC;
f. Memo from Acting Chief, COATS, subjects Proposed Adminis-
trative Instruction re Entry, Status and Disposal of Aliens,
dated 4 November 1949.
1. there should staff supervision and CIA liaison control of the
alien problem be appropriately placed, and to what extent should there
be a strong central control.
2. Growing out of problem #1 above, what means should be adopted
to provide, at least on a temporary basis pending determination as to
whether 050 and OPC win be amalgamated, an adequate staff coordination
of OPC and 080 operations and operational support requirements.
a. The Director has previously established by Administrative
instruction Othe Agency policy that staff supervision and
liaison control in connection with alien problems arising under the
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provisions of Section 8 of the Central 3htelligence Agency Act of
19L9 shall be centered in the Office of the General Gemmel* This
Instruction also states clearly the staff responsibilities of the
W Staff in connection with this problem*
b. (1) By Reference "de a proposed Administrative Instruction
we submitted to the Director covering the gency policy on the
handling of all alien problem. Ibis draft Instruction followed
as a matter of course the previous poliqy mods by the
Director In Administrative Instruction and again p:ovid4*X1A
for the staff supervision and liaison control in connection with
all alien problems to be centered in the Office of the General
counsel*
(2) The Mrsctor routed this paper to COAPS for ooament. 2SX1A
By Reference ef" the Acting Chief of WAP8 that the
policy established by Administrative Instruction I Rim changed
and that the Agency staff supervision and liaison 1 in
connection with slier problem be removed from the Office of the
General Counsel and placed in the T&$ Staff,
C. In a conference hold by the #mmscutive and attended by his
Deputy$ the General Cone sl, the Assistant General Gemmel for Covert
Aftadrsa the Chief of tbs I&S Staffs Deputy Chief of the MS Staffs
the 14Sf of COAPS and the State Department saber of O3APS ?
thorough discussion nee held based an the align problem. Ali ware
agreed that the ftotion of Agency staff supervision and liaison
control of alien problems did not logicsl3y fall within the functional
responsibility of axe- staff activity we now constituted. It ems also
agreed that this fraction conlda with equal logics be assigned either
to the Office of the amoral Coned or the inspection and Sscuflly
Staff. Ibs primary argaeents for leaving it in the office of the
General Gemmel (which were not considered valid by the State Depart-
sent somber of MAPS) were$
(1) Conformity with the policy already established by the
Director.
(2) Continuation of a function which had been performed by
the General Comm 14 Office over a considerable period
in a general acceptance through custca of this location of
the rosponeibiliiy.
(3) - possible mdesirabdlity of adding on additional
activity which would be required to be briefed In greater de-
tail than heretofore on the details of covert operational
matters.
2. Covert Operational Coordination Problems.
a. (1) Operational security. In Reference *be the thief of
W woes the tatessnt that "The Operational Security of CIA
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(2) In this reference the Chief of I&8 recommends the acti-
vation in the Director's office of an Operations Control Staff
to be composed of officials arbitrarily chosen from 050, OPC
and ORE, to exercise, in the name of the Director, broad control
and coordination of covert operations from the viewpoint of
operational security and efficiency.
b. Discussion of this recommendation led to further difficulties
encountered in connection with the suspension of the amalgamation
project and the resulting continual and growing difficulties erounter-
ed due to lack of some overall coordinating machinery for 080 and OPC.
The major problems immediately pointed up were:
Communications support.
Training support.
Operational aids support.
Counter-intalliganos control.
The alien problem discussed above.
c. (1) The first four support activities listed under Obe
above an under the direct control of the Assistant Director
for Special Operations who is charged by the Director with
supporting OPC as well se OSO in those fields.
(2) The fifth activit~` as heretofore pointed out, has
by fiat and custom been h dLd by the Office of the Osneral
Counsel without actual published responsibilities except in the
restricted area governed by Public Law 120.
d. It is becoming eon and more apparent that lack of a coon.
dinsting mechanism at the Director's staff level (in the absence of
the amalgamation of the too covert offices concerned) and the quite
human and almost inevitable tendency on the part of OPC to resent
and avoid to a considerable extent control from another office of
only equal standing is creating operational security hasards, the
result of which could be disastrous in connection with the actual
implementation of covert projects by competing offices abroad.
s. The problems discussed above are considered of sufficiently
serious proportions to warrant a now approach which is radically
different from our previous method of operation.
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 1. The alien problem should be finally resolved by a determination
of the proper placing of functional responsibilities for staff super-
vision, coordination and liaison control either to remain in the Office
of the General Counsel or to be transferred to the I&S Staff or another
staff activity. In any event an additional Administrative Instruction
along the lines of that proposed by Reference "d" covering the overall
problem should be published in the very near future, and in the event
that it is determined to remove this function from the Office of the
General Counsel, Administrative Instruction =should be amended
accordingly.
2. Operational security is deteriorating to the extent that some
coordinating moms should be established at the Director's staff level
to correct this situation, at least on an interim basis, pending final
decision on the amalgamation project.
3. To avoid establishing an additional staff in CIA, which is con-
sidered undesirable, the logical place for such a coordinating responsi-
bility is O DAPS.
4. Staff supervision of the alien problem would logically fall into
an added covert operational coordination function.
1. That an Operations Coordination Unit be established in CORPS to
provide, on a broad basis and for a possibly temporary poriod,staff coor-
dination to improve the operating efficiency and operational security of
the covert offices, to include further proper development of their re-
lations with and service to the overt producing offices of the Agency.
2. That this staff unit be comprised of the best available personnel
selected from the offices concerned. Suggested selections by name are
indicated below,
OSO - Messrs. Angleton, Helms,
OPC - Mr. Buffington
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25X1 ORM
3, That the individuals selected be relieved from their present
assignments and assigned to OJAPS to carry out this staff function as
complete aid full time members of an overall Agency staff.
4. That the staff supervision and liaison control of the alien
problem be centered in this new staff unit of CORPS, and that published
and proposed instructions governing the alien problem be amended
accordingly.
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