INQUIRIES ON ITEMS IN OTR'S WEEKLY REPORT OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1972

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• Publication Date: September 26, 1972
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Support
SUBJECT
: Inquiries on Items in OTR's Weekly Report
of 21 September 1972
emorandurn responds to the questions you asked about two
subjectst appear in OTR's Weekly Report of 21 September.
Validation of R. uirements for Production of Films
Any office can request a film to be produced by OTR's
Film Production Branch and approval for the production is given by
the DTR or the DDTR. Acceptance of the requirement is formally
acknowledged in a memorandum to the requesting officer over the
DTR' a signature. The bases on which acceptance is judged are need,
available funris, plus the availability of CTRs personnel to produce
the film.
The requirements corn. from a fairly high level since
the requester has to be in a position to certify that funds for the pro-
duction f the film will be available. At the time he also indicates who
authorized the request for the film. A recent example was in the case
of OSPiDDS&T, which at the time of the request, authorized $25,000
to make a /UM history of the Agency's overhead reconnaissance project.
We accepted an valid the statement from OSP that the DCI wanted the
film produced.
With the exception of the very routine requirement (e. g.
filming of defectors) all film production activities are discussed with
the DDTR, and as necessary, with the DTR; priorities and scheduling
are net at the time.
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b. ivit&tloeto Messrs. Colby (from FEI) and Duckett
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OTR was not involved in any way. Each invitation was
handled unilaterally within the component. The DTR received a copy
of Mr. Colby's response to the Director of FE/ and at 25X1A
the Air War College, penned a note about Mr. Duckett on a routine
letter to one of our officers on the Instructional Support Staff.
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The OTR Film Production Branch accepts requirements
from any component of the Agency and at any level. The level
is necessarily fairly high because the Film Branch has no
budget to produce films outside OTR, therefore, the level of
the request would have to have the authorization to expend funds.
For example, the most recent request is from the Office of
Special Projects/DDS&T which has authorized $25,000 to make
a film history of the Agency's overhead reconnaisance project.
They will also pay the script writer/director. We accepted as
valid the statement that the DCI wants the film to be made.
The previous project engaged in by the Film Production
Branch was to provide
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to the Technical Security Division/OS. His services were used
to oversee a commercially produced film in which CIA was
paying 20% of the $100,000 cost. Again we accepted as valid the
need of TSD for our expertise - on their say so.
All film production is logged, the schedule of activities is
forecast by the C/FPB in consultation with his boss, Chief, ISS,
so we know what went on and what will go on. In turn Chief, ISS
checks conflicts, priorities, etc. with DDTR. (My last memo
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to you is a good example for I'm asking your concurrence to
put film below the OSP film and the remake of
in terms of priority).
Formal acceptance of requirements is done by memo from
the requester, e.g., DTR put his OK on C/OSP,
memo. Mr. Cunningham also classified the fourth pending
request we have for a film - Mr. Lundahl and the NPIC Story -
25X1A to yesterday. Mr. Lundahl wanted to know at what
level of classification the film should be made. Mr. Cunningham
had given the original request to Chief, ISS having gotten the
requirement to put Lundahl on film from the DCI.
Thus we get requirements firekca variety of roundabout
ways but they are all checked out by Frank with C/ISS and on up
the line to DDTR unless it is something so simple and routine
that we don't inform the DDTR.
In the past operating branches have called to request a film
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of a defector etc. and we have gone to
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but all these are known to and approved by the DTR or DDTR.
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