MANPOWER UTILIZATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000200040022-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2009
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: December 2, 1955
• Content Type: MF

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2 December 1955
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MExvi RANDUW FOR, Deputy Director `Intelligence!
F! ;:s, , : s tar. 'ar pct . ter F. zi I ielli ;enc~3
A aup+`.s Lr i,1tiliz for
1. The functions of the office of Basic Intelligence are: 1) over-all
coordination of the N Program, and 2) review, editing, publi ation, and
dissemination of the National Intelligence Surveys. these functions are
essential to the iulfillment of the responsibilities apes:if,icaally assigned to
the Director of Central Intelligence by NSCID No. 3 dated 13 January 1 348.
Ml functions are equal in terms of priority, and no single function can be
eliminated without stepping completely all output of NIB. There is no dup-
lication of these ttuactiana -either within or without CIA, and no other agency,
or component of this agency, could a:;su.rac responsibility for these functions
wit3tdeitt ewelaptng'entirely new' capabilities egiitvvaleat to those fww established
[it,t't . : gtaeff riquiremeatts for 081 are based u pm workload imposed by more
thaait'4 eomponeints of *ti and other agencies contributing NIS material pur-
sh"t tb provistans Of' the ab6*ire cited I C 11Tectt'we'. The rate of production
and priorities for area coverage are crescrtbed for the program by The Joint
Chiefs of Staff. The ~"exvtatly a tth3r ted posittohefdr OPT were established
an'the basis of a fluent.: of years experlence'In processing N'IS materials at
the rate of pre ctit)n set bq' the JC!. They re present actual requirements
for maintaining icteptatil+ dt'atnc'4si rd s in the aecosxrplishmetit of I3r s `nti ea+ion.
Na reduon can. be reds Iri the Ikegi aal Divi`isiel as there is
now only cne area pecialiit for, each re ienail ttt'sit ,of the world. ;Stich a re-
duction in personnel would result in sacrificing quality of the NI.S if OBI main-
tained its present rate of processing with the reduced staff, or in delays in
publication if finished NIS if present processing stanflaards were continued.
The first would certainly reduce credibility of the NIS and thus diminish its
usefulness, and the latter would be wholly unacceptable to other departments
of government, home of which have discontinued departmental programs in
the expectation that the finished NIS would be published with reasonable
promptness. An alternate course to compensate for reduction of staff would
be to engage in a heavier overtime schedule, which would in effect nullify
reduction in force savings and place an unacceptable workload on the staff.
25 YEAR
RE-REVIEW
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... The O f. a of $k tntelligence has no functions which are not
trs#arec.rt to the fulfillment of respansibiltties ptse*d on th? TOf'l by ;,Ctv
No. 3. However, the 1e c er1 of NIS activity is increaising subitaxittally+ as'
a result of progrse Ive, "salon nff the IM to provie. be ate tntefi.nce
require far 'Psychological Warf'ar* and Jlnited 5'tate Worn:ation Agency
prograrnst inertase in Chapter I pro-iuctbm greater `empha is on rn*titer+
nance revisions 4 p tbItshad ttl5: further develops lent of the now N1
urift, and participation in tht new Intev.rxatirstai '
Corritns rztsrzi prcgrash. The'f'ull ir.: act of theca develep ents ,r- "I'DI
activity to expected in e- - l ?I t. I
i. a. iNO iJS
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