HISTORY OF THE BIOGRAPHIC REGISTER OFFICE OF CENTRAL REFERENCE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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History of the Biographic Register
Office of Central Reference
Central Intelligence Agency
1946 - 1948
I. GIG 16
A. Duties and Responsibilities
1. As delegated by Directive
2. As delegated within the Agency
B . Organization
1. Areas of Responsibility
2. Budget
3. Personnel
C. Procedures
1. Collection
2. Processing
D. Production
1. Requests
2. Standing Requirements
E. Inter- and Intra-Agency Relations
1. Relations with OSI
2. Relations with OCI
3. Relations with DD/P
4. Relations with other CIA offices
5. Relations with State
6. Relations with Department of Army, Navy,, Air Force
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E. Inter- and Intra-Ageny Relations (Cont.)
7. Relations with other IAC Agencies
1948 - 1961.
II. NSCID 8
A. Duties and Responsibilities
1. As delegated by Directive
2. As delegated within the Agency
B. Organization
1. Areas of Responsibility
2. Budget
3. Personnel
C. Procedures
1. Collection
2. Processing
D. Production
1. Requests
2. Standing Requirements
E. Inter- and Intra-Agency Relations
1. Relations with OSI
2. Relations with OCI
3. Relations with DD/P
4. Relations with OBI
5. Relations with other CIA offices
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E. Inter- and Intra-Agency Relations (Cont.)
6. Relations with State
7. Relations with DIA
8. Relations with Defense Agencies
9. Relations with other USIB Agencies
1961 - date
III. DCID 1/9
A. Duties and Responsibilities
1. As delegated by Directive
2. As delegated within the Agency
B. Organization
1. Areas of Responsibility
2. Budget
3. Personnel
C. Procedures
1. Collection
2. Processing
D. Production
1. Requests
2. Standing Requirements
E. Inter- and Intra-Agency Relations
1. Relations with OSI
2. Relations with OCI
3. Relations with DD/P
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E. Inter--and Intra-Agency Relations (Cont.)
4. Relations with other CIA offices
5. Relations with State
6. Relations with Department of Army, Navy, Air Force
7. Relations with other LAC Agencies
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BIOGRAPEIC R;E:GISTER
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It had been hoped originally in 1946 to establish a central
file of biographic information suited to the needs of all the IAC
agencies, but complete agreement could not be reached on this point.
After some consideration CIG Directive No. 16 (1 November 1946)
delimited the areas of responsibility for biographic intelligence as
follows:
State - politicalp cultural, social, economic, mid inter-
national
Army - military
Navy - naval
All, departments - scientific (in accordance with individual needs)
In due course it seemed advisable to divide scientific personali-
ties from all others, a group for which none of the agencies had pre-
viously been given specific responsibility.' By January, 1948 priority
was being given to scientific biographies in CIA, and this duty was
definitely confirmed by NSCID No,, 8, 25 May 1948. At the same time
the information on non-scientists grew apace, being subdivided on a
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regional basis. Processing data on non-scientists resulted in some
duplication among the IAC Agencies and as a consequences repeated
efforts were made to put all biographic intelligence under one umbrella,
but up to the present without result.
From November, 1948 on the Biographic Register has made reports
on a special format citing in conclusion the sources of information
consulted in the dossiers and elsewhere (often these reports reflect
conflicting data). Dossiers are maintained on persons of importance,
cross referenced by location and fields of conversance, etc. On others
there is little more than a name entry on record which can be expanded
into a dossier if the need arises. IRI equipment is used extensively
under special codes to achieve a cross-indexing system not found else-
where.' Late in 1951 a new four-way indexing system was installed
experimentally in an attempt to greatly increase production capabilities.
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