JAPANESE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE TARGETS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000100080039-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2013
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: October 2, 1945
• Content Type: MISC

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JAPAN7SE MILITARY INT7LLIGMC7 TARG7TS
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2 October 1945
1. The Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, this headquarters, is designated
to coordinate and supervise the exploitation of military intelligence
targets in Japan and. Korea under existing War Department policies.
2. The exploitation of these targets and objectives will include
coordination and utilization of certain general and technical intelligence
agencies, viz:
a. U. S. Technical Intelligence Depot. (Manila)
b. 5250th Technical Intelligence Comoosite Unit. (Iranila)
c. Field intelligence teams. (Japan)
d. TIS Combined Document Center. (Eanila)
Army, Corps and Division TIS field detachments. (Japan)
f. Special staff sections, supervising "a" to "c". (Japan)
g. Air and Navy technical units, analogous to "1 ', (Japan)
h. Special technical missions, national or foreign.
3. Coordinating control and supervision over the various agencies
interested in technical intelligence investigations will be e..ercised
threugh'normal command and staff channels. 7ach agency, i.e., special staff
section, AFPAC; Armies; separate Corps; CIYCFAC; F7AF; USASTAF; Allied
agencies; and special missions represented in Japan and Korea will designate
plenary representative g to form in thri office of Assi:tant Chief of Staff,
G-2, this headquarters, a group, which, operating under his control, will
provide the larger features of coordinAion and supervision over technical
intelligence activities and prevent competitiv- duplication of effort,
4. The organization and function of technical military intelligence in
this theater is designed to accow)lish tie .f.)11.e'in:. ::,ri,,zary objectives:,
Txploitation of materiel:. This-1,ill include the examination
and evaluation of all available enemy material and 'the deduction, from such
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evaluation, of the state of enemy resources for war. .Intelligence- so
obtained will be er.)loited for the reciprocal benefit of the 'United States
and-Allied 2,rmed Forces. This :will include athorough exa:4ination of all
enemy facilities which may bo involved in the production. of materiel:for war
and the provision of trained .personnel to assist the chiefs of Services.
(Ground, Naval and Air) in the supervision of thescollection,.safeguarding
and evacuation of ?captured enemy equipment for intelligence study and for
tactical and training purposes. .
Sub)ects:
b. .7xploitation of documonts:
(1) To provide trained personnel to screen. enemy documents and
inventory same by.oategories.
(2)
(3)
To circulate accetsion results to. aUthorized
agencies.
To. extract intelligmice needed within :the theater for
security dnd control, by- moans of frglentary translations
or photostats.'. .
To select ililitary, Technical:, Scientific and teneral
Documents for transmission to the United States acting on
current target,books.publishe)t by the -,lar and Navy Depart-
monts and_tho?specifjc.interests of specialist agencies.
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(5) To focus all field agercies of the Ground, Naval and Air
Forces through TIS. for all document activity.
c. Txploitation of. Order of Battle Intelligence and Related
(1) Lists of all Regular Units (Ground, Naval and Air).
(2) List all code names and numbers (home and operational).
(3) 7.,/b and Til,Ts all typos of units.
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(4) List of Divisions, Brigades.andr.:Iajor 'mit 6 (Ground, Naval
and idr) by-cemehents, strength., armament, etc,?
List of 'Recruiting Dist:-etc and units trained therein.
List of Army and ravy offier2 ani thoir-commands. Army
list dnd directories including trancfor and promotion
lists, Biographical -nd Service Record.
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Histories of major units.
Investigation of recruiting and training system.
Inestig&tion'ef Horn Guard and Volunteer Defense Units,
InveStigation of Military .Police. Records of Special and
Secret. Service Organization (Tokumu Kikan).
(11) Investigation of Military Intelligence agencies; history,
operations, etc.
(12) Reports on Military:Sobletdos.
d. Txploitation of Military Historical Reuerds and Official Reports
of the Japanese General Staff (Ground, Naval and Air):
(1) The organization of Japan for war,
(2) The preparations for the gar of 1941.
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(3) Campaigns in the Southwest Pacific Area 1942 194;1.
(4) Campaigna.in the lphilippines 1941.r192.
(5)
Second campaign in the Philippines, 1945.
? (6). Campaigns 'in the'Pacific islands, 1941-1945.
(7) Campaigns in.other areas-,'1941-1945.:
5 For effective coordination, the following policy provisions will be
enforced by subordinate echelons:
a, All foreign and nationa1,technical.misSions will, on arrival,
register with the,Asistant Chief of Staff, G-2,'thiS- headquarters' for
coordinatibn of tleir'activitieS', to preVent'cOMpetitiVe duplication with
other services; the theater G-2 will undertake to notify the occupation
authorities Concerned.
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b. The Assistant Chief of Staff, :1-2, this heado?-ters, will con-
duct all. liaison with tho Japanese Gov:in:la:ion' in relation to
the.1)peratiOn of ter,hnical nissions, cl,Dlorr+2 llaison as is required
to OccuDatLL Force Cor.L.In.r.
c. Since intelligence targets -re goograpliieolly distributed, the
occupation force commanders are respons_Jle for the coordination of
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exploitation of targets within their territorial jurisdiction, operating
through subordinate commanders or staffs, to prevent competitive duplication.
d. TO expedite the conduct of these investigations; the Assistant
Chief of Staff, G-2, is authorized to correspend directly with the heads of
the various agencies mentioned in paragraph 3, or such represcntatives,as
they may designate, on technical details. Direct correspondence between ?
plenary representatives ana the heads of the agencies which they represent
is authorized.
e. To protect intelligence materiel and records, in limited numbers,
against exploitation by a single research agenCy, their removal will be
cleared through the Occupation Force Commander, in order to make these items
accessible to other intelligence ag.TfIcj-
f. The principle of reciprocal exchange of reports applies to all
field technical agencies. All reports of technical intelligence relating to
investigdtion6 in Japan or Korea will be cleared through the Assistant Chief
of Staff, G-2, this headquarters, prior to being dispatched to locations
without the area. Sufficient copies will be presented in order the: two
copies may be. filed in this headquarters.
By command of General MacARTHUR:
OFFICIAL:
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//B. II. FITCH, --7'
Brigadier General, U. S. Army,
Adjutant General.
' R. K. SUTHMLAND,
Lieutenant General, United States Army,
Chief of Staff.
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