Generalized Review of Department of Labor Manuscript Submission for 32 (44) and 86 (44M)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000300040017-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: March 2, 1961
• Content Type: MFR

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Approved FortRel.9Vi1. ! :t.1RDP78-05597A000300040017-2
Z March 1961
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Generalized Review of Department of Labor
Manuscript Submission for 32 (44) and 86 (44M)
Generalize daub stantive evaluation (prior to completion of more
detailed D/k: examination) of the subject two sections as demonstration
of Labor qualification for series contribution of Nth Sections 44 has two
major limitations: (1) Both areas are relatively unindustrialized and
therefore there is little clue as to how adequately Labor would deal
with the important broader aspects of lv!anpower, large- scale manage-
ment, and management-labor relations in a complex industrialized
area such as France. (2) According to the State NIS Coordinator,
these efforts were reviewed during production by at least two labor
specialists in State but outside INR who found major deficiencies,
and the final carefully-typed product received by OBI provides much
less basis for judinj Labor capability than would this material before
any outside-Labor review. Without tettinr into phrasing, which it would
be and can be expected to increa#ingly become difficult to debate with
Labor personnel, a general reading Indicates predisposition toward the
lower social groups and organized labor's motivation and performance;
in view of the characteristics of this topiral field this underlines the
important basic question of to what extent the end product can be
expected to approximate the objectives of professional Intelligence.
The expectable need for measures to achieve more low-key Intelligence
standards is indicated by the statement on page 133 of the 86 (44M) ms
that "responsible citizens of Venezuela cannot help but be thankful
that such a lar-e part of the labor movement supports democratic
government, constitutionality, and law and order, " on page 37,
"Yenezuela, as we have seen... , " and notably the statement on
pit"ge 2 that "Venezuela... has not yet developed a scientific maturity
in the utilization of manpower... " -- a professionally ingenuous phrase
that might well startle a new 'Secretary Goldberg, who hay publicly
expressed grave concern with unemployment levels in the world's
most advanced indu triali ed nation. It mi! t be conceded that -~i.rnilar
problems arose with Labor-oriented analysts in State when Section 44
production h,?,-ran and have not been entirely eliminated, but the e aspects
should be informally conveyed to Labor in connection with any reallocation
of Section 44 nroduetion to the DDepartrn nt of L_,abor.
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