LETTER TO MAJOR GENERAL A. R. BOLLING FROM R. H. HILLENKOETTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R002900470035-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2003
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: October 5, 1950
• Content Type: LETTER

Major General A. A Bolling
Assistant Chief of Staff, 0-2
Department. of the Aral'
Washington 25, D. C.
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Reference is made to your a e randua of 28 September 1950 in
reply to this Agency' s`Coilootion Request go. "A-1762.1, dated
8 September l95.
I quite agree with you that the biographical files in Europe
should be surveyed before being microfilmed.. in order to ensure
(a) that there is no effort waisted on files of marginal or negli-
gibie value, and (b) that the system employed is aicrofil.aing
materials now in the files, and arrangements for transmission of
additional material accessioned in future, are such as to ensure
efficient handling of the data here in Washington.
The need for such a survey was discussed in the 8M Meeting
of 1September 1953, (see page 2 of the Minutes),, and It was sub--
sequently decided that was the beat qualified man
then available to, undertake the work. Since the Army Representa-
tive,, SIC, had "agreed to request authority" for the
file to be microfilmed it was considered that it would e-
s trrable for to commence his survey with that file;
ascertaining and what arrangment the materials were filmed,
and working out arrangements for processing future accretions to
the file. However, when approached by Lt. Col. Mer-
rill took the view, tthat no such survey by a CIA representative
was either necessary or desirable. Accordingly, CIA. agreed to
postpone all biographic survey activity in Europe until formal
agreement should have been reached between G-2 and CIA on the
subject.
I am grateful for the information concernina bioirranhic files
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in ' yc memorandum that G-,2 will permit those which are under Arai
jurisdiction to be surveyed by a CI! representative. As it will
be of great help to us in our planning, I should like to ask that
G -k provide for CIA a statement of the biographic files which will
be available for survey. Upon receipt of such a statemnt, we
v Ll designate a competent specialist and assign him to the task.
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