OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B01737A001000010006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 3, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 1, 1966
• Content Type: REGULATION

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OCI NOTICE ORGANIZATION
NO. 1-20 1 April 1966
1. A number of recent developments have combined to make
a reorganization of OCI desirable? Primary among these are the
Agency Five and Fifteen Year Plans, which call for a vastly
increased effort on China and env,gemu Moser ties between
e"r`~.epart- _
Eastern and Weesste? .Eurp ~ e. fh-e structure of the
mental eegional Group which is not yet fully developed, suggests
a realignment of other government organizations to parallel it.
The present divided organization handling the Vietnamese problem
is inefficient; centralization is clearly required. Finally, the
proliferation of individuals and small staffs doing specialized
jobs for the O/DDI needs rationalizing..
2. To meet these requirements, the following changes are
effective immediately:
a. There is established as an element of the Office of
the Director of Current Intelligence the Special Staff, OCI,n
The Chief, Special Staff, shall act forcF~e'bCI in super-
The
the President's Brief Group, the DCI Briefing Group,
the News Analysis Officer, the Indications Officer and his
staff,' and the Special Assistant for Research and his staff.
b. There is established the Far East Area OCI. The
personnel and functions of the present China-Asian Satellites
and Far Eastern Divisions are transferred to the Far East
Area. The Far East Area will consist of a headquarters and
three divisions: China, Indo-China, and Orient.
c. The Asia-Africa Area is redesignated .the Middle.
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EastAfrica Are
GROUP I
Excluded from automatic
downgrading and
declassification
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d. The Sino-Soviet Bloc Area is redesignated the European
Area. Western Europe Division is transferred to the European Area.
e. Effective immediately, the Western Area is redesignated
the Western Hemisphere Area. The Western Hemisphere Area will
consist of a headquarters and two divisions: Middle America
and South America.
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E. DREXEL GODFREY, JR.
Director of Current Intelligence
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