REPORT ON ORGANIZATION AND STATUS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01143A000300170001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 14, 1947
• Content Type: REPORT

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frc the possession of equipment, personnel, and materials which
are employed in the planning and executing of the primary assignments
of the Division. These latter, outlined In greater detail in
Appendix VI of this survey, include:
a, The design, preparation and maintenance of the basic
graphic intelligence installations in the Situation
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b, Preparation, assembly, and maintenance of the Portable
tap and Chart library which supplements the basic Situation
Room installations,
d.
Conducting of graphic and Illustrative cervices, primarily
in the Graphic Section, in order to service organizat:.ionai.
and intelligence requests from CIA units.
e, Aids for Presentations and Interrogations conducted by CIA,
ss well as the weekly -servicing of graphic intelligence
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ne arising frcn the flan round-up.
t `irtt 7 nee s t disssemination of studies a ,,
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Seo 4on, within CIA regulatj.ona, In ue h tern ass ?ra -
intenanee and provision of aueh equipment as projection
ecording devices for CIA functions requiring these.
Conducting of proper :: liaison apti i:ties through the Program
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~. e n egra#:ian o e
those of other affiliated intelligence agencies.
soti.on;cf all 'ztelligence aid equine assigned to
a portion of the -Presentation Division by means of appro-
priate security measures.
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The above listed phases of operations are by no means complete nor
all-inclusive, They represent the abilities of the Graphic ard
operations Sections at the present date and under the aszumpti.on
that needed personnel`will be obtainedd.
:felt further, that a much greater use of the Situation Rocco and
more effective coordination of activities should be planned in the
near future. The present activities, while they are a definite service
to all of the.ORF research staff and have been commended on numerous
occasions In the past, do not provide nearly so complete a service as
could be. The reasons for such are outlined below under paragraph 4
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as portable studies and preparation of
i'4 isian, GrAphic I teri .i Division at
titter clarification 06 a
C renaeri ngs# graphs, and covers acotnpar r
lligenee Division, in eases where statist$
h on occasion has been
(2)
bing of the ps'aximitq of the two sections
to longer s.3av the elimination of
duplieatie ? hi cost drafting equip-
ow the oases
the two sections, could no longer
an work
abilities snag the Graphic and Oiler -
led because of strict scheduling
are disturbed great , a restatement
evident in connection
od large-scale -4
then in transit
wrtrem*3.,y, 'cmpliw
leded personnel plus those few remaining
Id presentations,
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