REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00970A000100010124-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 1998
• Sequence Number: 124
• Publication Date: January 15, 1953
• Content Type: MF

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FRET
FOR That NATIONAL SICUAITI
SU 3 3 E2 T t report by
li sic Org is tion
r of Central Intelligence
The major organisational changes di.rea
stantial.ly carried out during :x.951, as outlined in my prhvious
report of 23 April 1952. in .3 a 2, t4aro were additional organisa
tional rearrangements refleettAk the
of the $"
years. There is attached, marked Tab A, a group of tbrot charts
showing the organisation of tx
October 1950, as of I December 195
e lgstgy as of
A comparison of those charts will indicate the general
the changes made during these periods, v h;, cover my tau re as
Agency into the
rder to atiarpecl the or anisaticn atf the
or fielde of responsibility -
genes, Orations, and Organisation -- there was established during
1952 the Office of Deputy :Director (1ritell.i snc.
.ffice ooctaxiwtio-
s or sectione marked i ith an asterisk ire not
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has relieved the Deputy
bility for supervision of ordinate intelligent* offices,
and has assumed from the Lwput; Cirect (Ilww) jurisdiction over
the Office of Operations, which is responsir le for the overt and
ert coli: Lion activities of the A;ency but which was
hived of responsibility for efector axid returnee programs over-
seas, the latter remaining un er the :3epu ty Director (Plans). A
ubsidiarry result of this change has boon a marked improvement in
of Coatral Intelligence of di
the tailoring to consumer needs of the seek of the Office of Operra-
ticme.
A second impor
Lon of the Office
reporting
Intelligence. This office to of peculiar importance in view of the
e of compartmentalisation involved in
Agency.
bitch a a.t gie enain of command frr Washington
to the field arganizations, the A ;eoc r clandestine activities were
reorganized in l5' 2. The new structure eliminated duplicate co ed
from separate offices and established under the suety DLreector
iali.sing in r:ecret intelligence e .
ocrmterespicnage, political and psychological warfare, paramilitary
operations, technical support, and ad Aiatrratton.
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using high a
nel,
during 1952 in the activating of
took a
it provide* 1boart
Bible for creating the "fourth service'
this objective, the Agency has greatly expanded
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probles of attracting and p
training activities, both of a e ia1ised character and of a broad
character aimed at Junior officers
on-the-job training and specified ailitary do-
roduction
ed a total of
elligence estimates of nati nal cor ern during 1952, ____ in
1951. increased number of those have been responsive to specific
demands by the Council or departmental policy rakere, but there con-
.uldance and $tat
tixa+nea to be a need for ierprav+eeeent in the g
e
of needs provided by users of nation al intelligence, toreover,
the national estimates process has w achieved a degree of maturity
warrants more thoroughgoing faeilit rity with and acceptance of
its results than appears
As regards the intelligence cot
ant step
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y itself, :lor*over, sibetantial
steps have been taken to condt 'art-ancrtem eaaainatio
.ae tiex Gt/
mates with an eye to remediab
ntellienee, and to
prepare production programs for estimates of a stable and
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Dios can nor* effoativ
efforts and in coordinating the efforts in this field
Research and Reports has made great /rae
tal agencies.
In economic matters related to
other agencies of the aavernow
its work through
The one aaic Intelligence Committee has roduced a to
s. In specific support of
satisfactory service.
search studies of subetanitaal ianportarkce, of which four voce caoorcit.-
of surveys to improve the research and collection activit e
o estimates and relate to
sort' Committee (dealing principally w-th
ituted an #ntelliCeance -or
in
500
01,
the production of scientific and technical in,
:y survey during 1952 resulted in a such ela
sponeibility as between Ci and other agencies and in the
establishment of a Scientific Estimatee Ioaaantttee, d
Lion
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ligenc opinions for the CASs of
a. The effectiveness
will be re-examined during 1953.
sident, the members of the Cavil, and appropriate offices of
The Office of Current Intelligence has continued to is,
nt with all-some intelligence an a current oasis.
I a special committee completed its
pted its recommendation. that there be created a
As a service of common ocncarn, the #geacy has
The Agent continues to have specific operational missions
persons engaged in intelligence researeb and in the IAC 41e0ciss.
intelligence costinity and -uhi ch are operated for the ben
,rose in building up its central reference facilities, which
represent the Only comprehensive ttiral rrd'erentze system
under C 101 5 (cold war covert activities), I SC 26/5
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and NOD 44/1
of defectors). These are reported on a
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the Council. Of these, on
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relation to intelligence. hu wurk asi& sr 15
has continued to be of very great proportions and
posed F
1954 budget provides _ ____ t t zs as a h for this as for all int.el-
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ligenco activities of the Ahency.
.
As stated
responsible for
though at a somm.
last report, these activities are v*ry largely
'cry great expansions that have taken place,
slower rate in l t, in the Agency's bafttt
1 strength.
) Moreover, tR.a pivdictiort
that these activities would inevitably ailitato against the
terrrsensnce of primary intelligence functiVnv, has been bore out
during; the Past year by the otinued drawing off of top intesallt--
oest officers
Although it is recd tiseed that the li{vorraee of these aissios frees
other cavort operations is extrerirly difficult and that there is
no other agency to which they could eamo sdvab3,y be trsnstsrred in
toto, the Agency and the Council must give early consideration to
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this problem. It a be noted that k 50 (para. 1 (e)) visualised
ransfor of certain functions to chs military in titer of war.
In the present state of iobilitation and military ergani Lion
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tyre are strong ar nts for cos id ri ia such a transfer of pars
ailitary operations at the present time.
Unsolved Problems
or unsolved problenr. are the follmin s
2. Intel.i
strength increases, intelligence estimates of
.culariy by military actions are increasingly nomin
less unless based on knowledge or assuaptions o erni
ble counteraction. Islas, in one cor sp suoue ease
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r limp
g 1952s a national into
capabilities was reduced finally to an irwen
with no firm conclusions,
ate,
l t of any assumptions toncerning
US attack capabilities. Althang there has been some prtgress during
the past year in providing opeurationasdl. "our ptions on a hatted
seals for particular esstisaates, there rm mains a serious lead for far
greater cooperation between i tteUige.ncew and operations. The
Council's recent directive for a more acequate ava atioa of the
U S' a net caap*bilit y to inflict direct, injury an the United States
represents a major case for w ich special nachinery was appropriate.
In cases of lose scope,, sew {+rm of ooz tinuing arrangement within
existing machinery should prove adequate,.
3. >ecuri
many of our activities in a sir gle secure butldin
have been authorized but not yet appropriated.
tinuo to believe that sect rity could )e further improved by housing
in at least as secure as am activity of t
T'hC3 A4:eticz has ct tinuied to exerais
e in this re
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ion
Garrey the past two years, i_ 3o.ievs the
gone* oormunit y have
organi satien , and to sow dej;ree
United States inte1I.i ence v.,
United States is presently ca sbie
assets of friendly states,, can presen`l
a to the point of providing strafe is intel.t;
the Soviet Bloc with the degree of accuracy timeliness the
.? taweYOZ'#
believe that the pras.nt
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Council should hare. oxearerr
e yarning of hostile
on intelligence effeetiv nea exist ii
of the Agency and of the dertastai is
which, in lnteUi,.nee prodtctionp
chiefly ae an assembling int.
. mose I tt
of the best .forts
gene@ agencies for
I intsLltgeeae Amy
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