ASSESSMENT OF FBIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000400150043-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 12, 2008
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: July 13, 1965
• Content Type: MF

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13 July 1965
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MEMOR ANDUM FOR: Mr. McGeorge Bundy
Special Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
The White House
SUBJECT : Assessment of FBIS
Admiral Raborn asked me to send this to
you for your information.
RAY S. CLINE
Deputy Director (Intelligence)
O/DDII Imee
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH
WASHINGTON
9JUL 9 - 16
Dear Ray:
I have been meaning to tell you for some time how much all of
us in INR, and indeed in the Department generally, have valued the
work of the Radio Propaganda Division of FBIS. I have of course
always been aware of their solid analytical studies of Communist
communications, but I have been especially struck in the last
several months by their detailed running commentaries on Soviet,
Chinese Communist, North Vietnamese, and Front propaganda output.
These have been a model of clear, objective analysis and have, I
assure you, represented a vital element in our efforts to support
the policy people with intelligence judgments.
The weekly Trends and bi-weekly Survey, as well as the periodic
propaganda reports on specific developments, are for us key reference
documents which are of constant and high utility. And I would like
to make a special point of commending the promptness and care with
which the analysts of the Division respond to our frequent informal
requests for information.
I understand that the FBIS staff at various times feels a bit
remote from the crucial events of the day; I wish you would tell
them that as far as we in the Department of State are concerned,
they are on the very front line and that we literally regard their
highly professional contribution to the overall intelligence effort
as indispensable.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ray S. Cline
Deputy Director (Intelligence)
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C.
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