ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHINA TASK FORCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001600140002-6
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 26, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 21, 1966
• Content Type: REGULATION

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DD/A1 Notice
No. 50-X00-50 DD/I N 50-100-50
21 March 1966
ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHINA TASK FORCE
1. A China Task Force is hereby established whose
purpose is to provide (a) a focal point for monitoring
intelligence production on Communist China and (b) a
focal point for receiving for. the Deputy Director for
Intelligence requests relating to China.
2. The China Task Force shall be headed by a Chief
who shall operate under the direction of the Deputy Director
for Intelligence. The Chief of the China Task Force shall
act as representative on the DCI China Coordinator's group
for the Deputy Director for Intelligence and the Office of
National Estimates.
3. The China Task Force (CTF), under the direction
of its Chief, shall:
(a) support the work of the DCI China
Coordinator;
(b) monitor the Agency's production programs
on China, i.e., assess their progress in
answering the priority intelligence questions,
including the reporting on the weaknesses
and vulnerabilities of Communist China,
examine the relationships of these programs
to one another, and draw up recommendations
for improvement;
(c) review substantive developments and draw
up recommendations for the revision of
production programs in response to these
developments;
(d) receive for the Deputy Director for
Intelligence, requests for unscheduled
production;
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(e) monitor the work of the supporting components
of the Directorate of Intelligence (including
collection guidance) and draw up recommendations
for improvement; and
(f) monitor relations, excluding contractual
arrangements, with the China centers in
universities and with academic consultants
on China.
4. In carrying out these duties, the Chief of the China
Task Force shall report directly to the Deputy Director for
Intelligence and make recommendations as appropriate. In
those matters affecting components outside the Directorate
of Intelligence, the Deputy Director for Intelligence shall
transmit such recommendations to the appropriate Deputy
Director.
5. In addition to its Chief, the China Task Force shall
be composed of:
(a) a secretariat, including the Chairman of the
former China Intelligence Study Group
(CHINTELL), which has been carrying out
some of the functions now assigned to the
CTF and which will now be reconstituted as
the CTF secretariat; and
(b) representatives of all of the major components
of the Directorate of Intelligence concerned
with production on China, of the Office of
National Estimates, of the Directorate of
Science and Technology, and of selected
supporting components, and the coordinators
of special projects.
6. The purpose of this notice is to improve the coordination
of work on Communist China and to insure that recommendations for
reorienting such research are made to the appropriate authorities.
It is not intended to supersede the present lines of command.
R. J. SMITH
Deputy Director for Intelligence
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DD/I NOTICE
No. 50-100-51
DD/I N 50-100-51
12 April 1966
ORGANIZATION OF CHINA TASK FORCE
Effective 1 April the membership of the China Task Force is as
follows:
(OCI) Chief
(DDI/RS) Secretary
(ORR)
(ONE)
(NPIC/IAD)
(DDI/ISS)
(NPIC/PAG)
(DDS&T)
((Coordinator for Academic
Relations)
R. J. SMITH
Deputy Director for Intelligence
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downgrading and
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