TSS ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS 1955 31 DITTO PAGES PLUS WORKING PAPERS AND CHARTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00036R000200090009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 28, 2005
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: January 27, 1955
• Content Type: MISC

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31 ditto pages plus working TSS ' ?RGANIZAT N AND FU14CTIONS 1955
papers and charts 127 Jan 55, SECRET . 7 7
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Ditto copy of statement of TSS organization, mission and functions
circulated within TSS and forwarded DD? for publication as a chapter
of CSI %U-1. .
Purpose of the organizairi.on; to reduce C/TSS span of control. Instead
of having 12 divisions reporting to him directly, the house was
divided into three major activities, authentication, operational
aids and R&D, each heeded by an Assistant Chief TSS. While the.struct-
ure of 1955 was often criticised by other. CS elements, it remained
as the basic framework for all subsequent TSS organizations,
Note: for subsequent organizations,
see C/PTS safe in Executive Staff,
114>11
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