REPORT OF THE JOINT STATE-CIA EXTERNAL RESEARCH STAFF FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 1 - NOVEMBER 30, 1948

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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
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• Publication Date: November 30, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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Report of the Joint State-CIA External Research Staff for the
Period August I > November 30,. i948
14 Personnel
A. Status
During, the first four months of the program the staff has no
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full-time member of the staff fully cleared and. on duty throughout
the period, The status of the remainder of -the staff has been:
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with provisional clearanc4 and had not been fully cleared
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z. Entered on duty November 8, 1948,
with provisional clearance zmd had not been fully cleared,
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of. the ORE Plans and Jlicy
Staff as on part-tune loan to the txterrial 1teEedreh staff
and has been of. great value in organizational and other
..aspects of the work
The.fact that the staff has not been at full strength heron . most
of tics period and the lack of full clearance of 'two--thirds of Vie
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availability of has off set. this' to some extent , but full
clearance is essential to a more adequate development of the prc ran
3 i : Travel
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-October 7-10; October 20-23;
November 3; Ndvemt*F r 9,
cm Na ll Fio`ld: November 29.30?
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He assisted in the pteparation of memoranda and the
presentation of the proposa) . with numerous individuals ssnd
Organizations. In additton, he SarrUd on the negotiations with the mi..
versitiwe and foundations with respect to the project and 'undertook such
activities vdthin the government as ware necessary to ascurs assistance
r~esdsad
Dung this period meetings war* hold .nd diecuasiens carried on with a
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opportunity to diecuaa not ofl33y the institute but vMsious aspects of the can ~ r~~a
program of the External la K Stat? as vaerll.
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The "t recent trrarnorandug ~v-~ +S,a I.draf
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Since ? ZuU dl:aranae was not. a ssentaal to much of thin work,
has opmt a part of ble t in liaison work in this field.
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This service his beGn ust,.d {cite exterislvaly and has =. ',ated '."ii1.c ..
SQL? will .a thCi academic world.,
An arrant ement has been WCIrk(,d out,, also with 1R. State, for
preparin ; bibliographies., is cludir.?. reports and d.isptches from the
field insofar as consistent ?ith curi.ty, on special subjects for
research :.orkers engaged in projects of interest to the i~t:. a i. 'once
agencies. Those are prepared as the situation arises and the
materials made available on inter-library loan. This is the only
r:ay scbolars can receive much of this riaterial and has proved to be
of valuable service
These services, as well as other aid and assistance given to scholars not
only creates L:.ood will but serves to improve the character of research done and
to make U e product more useful,
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These papers are turned over to L11 for cataloging and then circulated
to the appropriate divisions and branches.
8s Reports on Area Programa,7ork in Progress, and cork Completed Outside
the Gov W rnmexi
The following reports were prepared and distributed to the iutei:ested
branches in OI R and O.M.
Aa Report on foreign area programs near operating at universities
and research institutions.
B. Report on projects of scholars working abroad on grants from
the SSRCO
Co Report on graduate research on foreign areas now under way in
the field of Political Science o
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i fle ort of research on foreign areas com4aloted in 19148
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n;. Report on area programs and research on the Maar ",a.sto
F. Several special memoranda on work in progress on specific fields
specific projects,
Copies of a number of these rororts are attached to this rep6rta
9, Th cruitn}Gnt of personnel
Discussions with respect to available personnel have been carried on with
representatives of a number of universities. The Offide of' the T ctnrnal
Research Staff has agreed to .serve as a contact point in "iash:i,nr ton and to
we that graduates of tiffs various programs are directed to appropriate intelli-
gence channels.
The Office has begun to develop a file of specialized personnel in various
fields and will make it available to those seeking such prsonnel.
in a number of cases where special parson_-Ael were required th e Office has
undertaken to find such personnel and has successfully done so. ach agency
has hired several professionals as a result of contacts e 5l;ablished by the
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has been asked to serve with in coordinat-
ing a program to inforrn the universities of opportunities in the intelligence
research field and to insure that an adequate number of people' make the intelli-
gence specialist and other ci411 service examinations-in order b:at a sufficiently
large number of personnel are available on the civil service registers,
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arr ed for discussions between and reprssenta
tives of the CIA and OIR '`;estern guropean analysts. He alarm arranged
meetings with Assistant Secretary of State salzinan, Under Secretary of lar
General Draper, and Jacob Beam Chief of the Diiision of Central European
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During the course of the tour, -.and the also
talked with r.nators vlbert Thomas, ;rthur Vandenberg, and Brien McMahon.,
Senator.-eject Hubert Humphreys, Congress rien John McCormack* Christian
Herter, John F. xenr3e4, Congressman-elect Fred Pdarshall, and others,
National leaders of business, labor, and other groups were also contacted.
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A n maber of projects re uitrmn S 1 arrangements beyond the ordinary
scope of relations have been proposed and are being
investigated by the s .
A. n m Latin , rican Branch, Opt, has proposed a research project
on Guatemala. Ways and means for carrying out the project
Within the necessary security restrictions and t maintaining
adequate control over the end product are being considered,,
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12. Difficulties quIring Action
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A. Cleary a of Personnel. It is im rtarst that full clearance be
ob 1usd or as soon as possible.
B. External Research Requirements, Research workers and scholars
n t e unive=rs t eas, directors of graduate programs? and the staffs
of foreign area institutes are -- for the most part .. eager to
cooperate in fulfillixig basic research needs, They al1 desire,
however, to have lists of basic research jobs that need to be
done. It is essential, therefore, to the success of the program
that such lists be prepared by the branches of OR? and the
divisions of 0180
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Re roduotion and Distribution of Research P' ers.a In view of the
Aernal Research Staff o s commitments to the LAC agencies to keep
them infotn d of all results of the program, it will be nccessa y-
to reproduce and distribute to them those research ,papers of good
quality that pertain to their needs. The details of this problem
will have to be worked out with the Services Branch of CIA or
some other appropriate service facility,
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