ACTION TAKEN ON THE DOOLITTLE REPORT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 18, 2001
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• Publication Date: November 18, 1958
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Action `Taken on the Doolittle! Report
A. With Respect to Personnel
that the Agency personnel competence level be raised. The Agency should
continually Strive to achieve this and if necessary reduce its present work load
to expedite its ree
of personnel who can never achieve a sufficiently high
. Necessary steps are-,
degree of competence to meet the C. I, A. standard. This will entail a sub-
stantlal reduction in present personnel. There is no place in C. 1. A. for
mediocrity.
Action. The "selection outs, program is achieving the intent of this
recommendation.
2. review and improvement of recruitment plans and procedures in
order to obtain higher quality applicants for Agency jobs. The time required
to process them should be reduced.
Action: Implemented. We have substituted our Junior Officer L rain-
fag program for the recruitment program which was in effect at the time of
olittle study. We believe that we are getting the highest quality pi
cannel available.
ANDUM FOR-, Director of Central intelligence
,,,~i!llCETANGE
P.ET. JUST.& 18 November 1951L
a : as e OHO ci.ASS.~ r r- u 5'E
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3. Coatimaal improvement of the present excellent training facilities
and capabilities in all covert activities to keep step with future requireme:
Aictioni Implemented. Our training facilities aatald capabilities have
been constantly improving.
4. An intensified training
the covert services who re quirt ad;
C. 1. A. training
per s
m to include those key personnel is
s. At present at least 10
Action: Implemented,
by rutition thresh
of total covert
e probably
td 10 percent of total covert personnel in training, but we have
had five percent or better.
Assignment to field atatIows and to coup
people who are fully
involved.
Action: Implem+
t without exception
of only those
problems
believe that our field assignments are
6. Maintaining the position of Director above political considerations
mire and continuity as is the F. S. I.
e d,
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B. With Ref ct to Security
push t
good twmo 0'
std at &11 level* of the, Agency to the and
and the fulfilment of C.1. A.
may not jeopardized. The following. steps should be taken to accom
objectives t
1. Elimination, to the namimum extent prsctlcshle, of provisional
and preliminary clear=es in the security processing of prospective Agency
personnel.
Actio
Improved an
processing of lea
I personnel prior to their use by the covert services overseas.
Action. Implemented. We have a standardized and improved
shod of operational clearances now in effect.
pveral hundred Agency
processed.
to completion of full field investigations and polygraph
Act
Implemented.
4. Establishing o
!beer se cu
yet been
quarters and suitable safeguards in the field the better to insure the security
of the Agency's facilities, operations, sources and methods.
Implemented.
closest possible coordination
ices with the over-al
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s.
been an exceed
l t*f
out Implemented.
:log* relal
6. Augmentation of the present sound policy of potygrap
erreploy*ea and all personnel returning from overseas assignment, to include
periodic rechecks of all personnel, on a more comprehensive basis,
ever effective counterintelligence. practices indicate.
rented.
vent, or detect and
eeezented. With the creation of the fi
n courses and by conducting regular
unship between the mice of Security Sad. the
security conacto
.
emented. In fact, at this very ment a program is
Indoctrination
of t+
eerlo
g.
Who ad
9.
by all e eloyee.s of the Agency are required to attend a security
and it has worked, forward to the
aploye,
ho had been to the Agency the best period
I vi
eat of a uniform sys'
-r reports 0
curity.
any penetrations
an y
on by #2 earvo r seal s
of personnel, physical., documentary
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of security. Such report& ash
ce of Security -with copies t
received pl
division of the Deputy Director of Plans.
Action; The intent of this recommendation has been accomplished
Pert
epector General and to the appropriate
stuns by the Inspector
he Office of security, at cetera. accoax
ctLeAs by the Sec;
/P''s divisions, staffs and facilities in the United States.
11. Rigid at
dissemination of class
ed and subject to regular review.
for int a-Agency dissemination of classified data.
mented and subject to regular
indoctrination
W doncy to overclassify documents originatt in the Agency.
Acti
ed-to- ow" requirement as the basis for
idance to correct the natural
standard* and
ocedures
cc of all personnel. There should be a continuing program of
sign installations Personnel departing for ov;
be more adequately briefed concerning the importance
and in particular their mission and personal cover.
cam overseas stations. The sum
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Action: This is a pro
fixes taii*tt r ,
14. Insurance thtt officials of propr
governing
porsannel and their wives, and do continually monitor our cover In foreign
A. Is o*Curiti* reg -tiens in order to avoid disclosure, breach, or corn-
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promise of the Agency's covert association
A,ctionll implemented. (see above.
s po
adiag or d+eetruct1
evacuation pi
averci years
tion for Immediate implementation of emergency plan and
d to the specific needs of each over+
pisnsented.
Ii. Concentration of
with increased eenphast
ethic
reeved c
eloped. better
eve good briefings for both
ueh organizations.
':m on improve men
u&rdtng of personnel
t of emergency.
emergency
r be ldluge
physlcal
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security of C. i, A. Ia any buildings and the classified
c t d t her
Action: is process of implementation thro
C . 1 A. bui1d
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tion and
That one agency be cb*rgee
o the provi
oft;
coordination of all Covert Operations
cossary flexibitlty be aeMeveble in
The covert operating Capabilities of C.1. A. must ce*t ua .Y
improved. Steps toward these end
tion. of NSC 54 I g which now Imaeea C. I.
agency
Cl.
The ostr*blishrnent of the 5411 Comm
ktion and. test of
edcxrees has fully accomplished the Intent of this rtco:
-bi. plan for t
d eftectiv* availability of local cover
outbreak of war in their areas.
Actions The process of Implementing this
considerable eecha?nge of ideas both with the Joint Chiefs o
ands
rid the
r the National Secarity Co cll. of
The now
C. 1. A. and some of the Armed Services
agreed activities issues.
to theater C
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ce programs and
Qn
A greater interchange of information, at all working levels. between
Action:
siderably greater excha
I. A. and the military services today than there was
6. Improvement at all levels of co
4.
Action: Implemented.
Won with state.
1.
:vee lea,
Action: The Related Mission
ier this w
0 plan
a. Use, In
1. A. covert activities
called Reams Office has improved
ide objectives
~chievem
.tion estatblishes
Eyes along the line of the Notional Intelligence Objectives.
Doolittle recommendation for a comprehensive
en to question.
tet rvices regardia
anted. There
, of governmental cover by C. 1. A. personnel only
when other cover is no
Actt4
recommendat
of eovernrre
eve been attempting to accomplish the intent of this
:hie or cannot be made available.
P strongly endeavors to hold do
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Active develop sent of nonaguvernmentsl cover.
Action 1Mpleme
by the Cei
The plan'
those that may not be of imre
such ass
Considerable progress u
vas r Division,
all areas intlu
Brost, and the csrefUl preservation Of
a recommendation has been
ve established vomy agents
rrlty of them Must be used for current
11. More effective use of "j
but the
etary project'` cover tbx
d by using persel having
prooprie
;rated. We are ass
sic and area experience.
iking quite effectiv
tinted co
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l*boratee staff structure of the Deputy Director for
vs organizatio
of the Cl Stat
ads to the end of sir
f responsibility and authority, reducing cave
creasing efficiency and effectiveness. From our relatively brief saamina_
should be s
by t
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independent senior a
derable modification and simplification of the PP Staff; (c) by the
*gather under Operational Services such elements as the Air
Division,
Support Division,
954--
istry, St ceetera.
she. the intent of the Doolittle recommendation is
open to question although it does answer at least of their suggestions
in their pr
Z. The covert organization should be e
administered as to mai*tain rrtaxiu security with reference to personnel
1954.
and Administration
on it is obvious that.
They location of the covert organization has not changed
d operate on an Ageency-wide bai
with authh
Agency,,
ribility to investigate and report on all activities
Ae;tion Implenmented.
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aerations Coordination Board under t'
should he broadened to provide the D. C.1. with adequate support
rt t covert projects.
Asti.., Implemented.
a recommended reduction In present peraosnol and
I. A. most Continue to grow in capacity
`n al commitments.
Action: This could be debated a
ncc
to hoe the Agency.
of
s banding.
Bath, although both the
re or less stabilized and the efficiency
*sod. It is questionable as to whether it
band-tailored to its needs, should
d in mind,
ata:tion through the construction
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Cos
ctivities of C. 1. A. should be expanded, costs of present
be reduced. This can
i. The
Y that (except for
abject to review and approval by the Agency's Projec
Dd.
of better control over expenditures for all covert
. P urntsi ag the Comptroller
with sufficti
proper
an all c
control an a fig
an covert projects than,
roller 1
rt, acco piishe d thxou&h:
e r proper security provisions)
ojecte to ex ble hirm
etvees C
rably
ore information
. Whether this is as much as this recom
a mendaton intends is subject to interpretation.
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(Dictated but not read by LBK)
CONFIDENTIAL
Kirkpatrick
pector c neral
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