CS HISTORICAL PROGRAM, PROGRESS REPORT

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• Publication Date: January 21, 1972
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21 January 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, CIA Historical Staff
SUBJECT : CS Historical Program, Progress Report
Status of the Program:
1. At the conclusion of the catching-up period
on 31 December 1971 the Clandestine Service had pub-
lished almost sixty percent of its scheduled histories.
If credit is given for histories completed in draft
and under review or other kinds of final processing,
then slightly more than two-thirds of the historical
projects scheduled for completion during the catching-
up period have been published or are close to publi-
cation. Of the remaining scheduled projects, drafts
of about one-third are more than half completed, one-
third are in various stages of research and writing
but are less than half drafted, and no work has been
done on a final third.
2. Numerically the CS has published 170 of the
298 histories scheduled in the program; drafts have
been completed of 32 additional histories which are
in review, revision, or final typing for publication.
Of 44 histories which have been partially drafted,
34 are more than half and 10 less than half completed.
Research, but no writing, has been done for 18 his-
tories while 34 have not yet been started.
3. Notable progress has been made by the SB
Division. With 19 histories in their program, eight
have been published, ten have been submitted for pub-
lication and one is undergoing partial revision.
AF, WH, FE and SO Divisions continue intensive work
in an effort to complete their very large programs
during the current fiscal year. NE Division and TSD
continue to show minimal progress. Of the five his-
tories in the overall DDP program, one is undergoing
final editing, one is about half complete, two are
less than half complete, and one has not yet been
started.
Problems and Prospects:
4. a. Writers: At the end of the period 34
full-time and 15 part-time writers were
active in the program. Because of reduced
personnel ceilings, limited budgets,
hiring restrictions, and conflicting pri-
orities, the number of writers available
for the program will evidently decrease
further during the remainder of the fiscal
year with some components completely sus-
pending activity.
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b. Carry-over: As noted above, we are
faced with a sizable carry-over from the
catching-up phase of the historical pro-
gram. If one eliminates histories which
will probably be completed and published
during the next few months, there will
remain about 100 histories still to be
written. The task of completing them in
the months ahead is clearly out of pro-
portion with the diminishing number of
available and capable writers.
c. Typists: Slow progress in final
typing continues to delay the publication
of CS histories. With our present typing
strength it will be several months before
the completed and edited drafts now on hand
can be put into final form and published.
Final typing in the CS components has not
been feasible (a) because of the need for
frequent consultation with our editors
and (b) because most components are them-
selves short of typists with many writers
forced to type their own drafts. We con-
tinue our efforts to obtain the services
of at least one and, if possible, two
additional typists until the backlog of
typing has been eliminated.
Recommendations:
5. The Clandestine Service Historical Board
has not recommended any reduction in the number of
scheduled histories. The Board has, however urged
that a lower priority be given to organizational and
station histories. Increased attention should be
given to operational monographs detailing the whole
range of CS and CIA involvement in certain critical
areas and episodes and titles in this category should
be inserted into the program. Other recommendations
are:
a. Certain. histories should be designated
"first priority". The number in this cat-
egory should not exceed ten at any one
time. Subject matter to be covered should
include OSO and DDP history, division,
sm uf, and major stationhistories, and
se le(
_-Led monograph.-;. An a.c Live search
should be made among available staff em-
ployees and annuitants to locate individ-
uals with writing ability and, where pos-
sible, first hand knowledge to work on
these histories.
b. Where divisions are inclined to con-
tinue writing up their field stations,
drawing on their own T/O for writers, they
should be encouraged to do so, even though
the stations involved may be of minor im-
portance from the point of view of the
overall program.
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c. Restrictions concerning the re-hiring
of annuitants as independent contractors
should be relaxed, to the extent Agency
and Government policies permit, in order
that a number of them may be engaged as
historical writers. Up to about ten clearly
qualified writers should be so engaged.
d. Future scheduling, deadlines and target
dates should take into account the avail-
ability of writers and the dimensions and
complexity of the histories to which they
are assigned.
e. The program should be flexible and sub-
ject to continuing revision by and with
the concurrence of the CS Historical Board.
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DDP Historical Officer
Attachments:
A. Histories Published
during Report Period.
D. Status of CS Histories
and Writers by Major Components.
C. Status of CS Histories.
D. Total Histories Published
or Currently Scheduled.
E. Remaining Histories to be
Published and Ones with no Writers.
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Attachment C
Status of CS Histories
31 December 1971
F-3
History
HS Project
Date Draft
Number
Title
Status
Status
due to HS
-
Office of the DDP
2.228
History of OPC
Draft completed and in review
Retired
RECEIVED
2.229
History of OSO
(through 1947)*
History of DDP:
Draft completed and in review
Contract expired
Dec 71
2.230
Dulles/Wisner Period
Less than Half Completed
Full time
Dec 71
Jan 1951-Jan 1959
(Contract)**
2.231
Bissell Period
Not Yet Begun
Dec 71
Jan 1959-Feb 1962
2.232
Helms Period
Less than Half Completed
Dec 71
* History through 1952 will be rescheduled.
** Contract expires 11 July 1972.
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Status of CS Histories
31 December 1971
Histor
HS Project Date Draft
Number Title Status Name Status due to HS
2bXlA9a
Missions and Programs Staff
2.216 Coordination and Planning Draft completed and in revision Part time Dec 71
Commission (SHAPE)
2.220 CS Special Group Functions Draft completed and in revision
2.304 CS Budgetary Functions Draft completed and in revision
Part time Dec 71
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Status of CS Histories
31 December 1971
History
HS Project Date Draft
Number Title - Status Name Status due to HS
Counter Intelligence Staff 25X1A9a
2.255 CI Staff and Its Predecessor Draft more than half completed Full time Dec 71
Organizations, 1945-1965
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Attachment C
Status of CS Histories
31 December 1971
HS Project
Number
History Author
Foreign Intelligence Staff
2.108 FI Staff Coordination under Draft More than Half Completed NO WRITER
NSCID No. 5 25X1A9a
2.149 History of FI Staff Draft More than Half Completed
2.289 Draft More than Half Completed
2.290 FI Scientific Intelligence Draft More than Half Completed
Date Draft
Status due to HS
Retired
Inactive
Dec 71
Dec 71
Dec 71
2.291 FI Intelligence Group Draft More than Half Completed _ Full time Dec 71
Full time
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CIA HISTORICAL PROGRAM
Status of CS Histories
31 December 1971
History
Date Draft
HS Project
Name
Status
due to HS
Number
Foreign Intelligence Staff, Division D
25X1A9a
Dec 71
040
2
History of FI/D
Less than Half Completed
NO WRITER
71
.
Part time
Dec
2.124
2.132
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Vietnam
Research Under Way but No
Writing
Not Yet Begun
(Contract)*
2.297
CIA Influence on
Not Yet Begun
Relationships between
Third Parties
* Contract expires 11 April 1972
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Attachment C
CIA HISTORICAL PROGRAM
Status of CS Histories
31 December 1971
HS Project
Number Title
Operational Services
2.319 Operational Services and Research under way but no
its Predecessor Organizations writing
History
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1 i Full time Dec 71
-Full
niiirit 1977
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CIA HISTORICAL PROGRAM
Status of CS Histories
31 December 1971
History
HS Project
Number Title
2.320 History of RID Training
Office
Information Services Division
Draft completed and in Review
Date Draft
Name Status -due to HS
25X1A9a
Contract RECEIVED
expired
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CIA HISTORICAL PROGRAM
Status of CS Histories
31 December 1971
HS Project
Number Title
History
Status Name
Domestic Operations Division
2.256
Chronology
Formation,
Development
Events
of Division,
Organization,
and Significant
Not Yet Begun
m
ti
ti
2.257
Not Yet Begun
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The CIA Historical Program
1 July - 31 December 1971
Total Histories Published or Currently Scheduled
298
Total Published to 31 Dec 1971
170
Published before FY 1972
165
Published during FY 1972
5
Currently Scheduled
128
Draft Completed and in Review, Revision,
or Being Typed for Publication
32
*
Partially Drafted
44
More than Half Completed
34
**
Less than Half Completed
10
***
Research Under Way but No Writing
18
****
Not Yet Begun
* 4 of which are inactive
** 6 of which are inactive
*** 2 of which are inactive
**** 6 of which are inactive
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Component
Remaining Histories
to be Published
Histories with no
Assigned Writers
O/DDP
5
1
MPS
3
0
CI
1
0
FI
5
1
FI/D
4
3
OPSER
1
0
CCS
3
CDC
0
ISD
1
AF
11
EUR
9
FE 11
NE 15
SE 11
WH 15
17 9
TOTAL 128
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