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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00022R000400120014-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: January 1, 1946
• Content Type: MISC

State Dept. declassification & release instructions on file
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Washington 25, D.C.
TRANSMITTAL LETTER NO.
MANUAL CHANGES * Date: January / , 19,46
Insert DR 133.20 The Office of Research and Intelligence (ORI)
and
DR 133.30 The Office of Intelligence Collection and
Dissemination (OCD)
These regulations are issued to provide for the
increased responsibilities for research and
intelligence assigned to the Department of State
by Executive Order 9621, Termination of the Office
of Strategic Services and Disposition of Its
Functions, issued September 20, 1945. They
establish an organization under the Office of
the Special Assistant for Research and Intelligence
(SA-Mc) of two Offices - the Office of.Research
and Intelligence (ORI), and the Office of Intelli-
gence Collection and Dissemination (OCD) - and
define their functions.
The Office of Research and Intelligence prescribed
in DR 133.20 is adopted temporarily for the period
January 1 through February 28, 191+6. A final
decision on the ultimate location of this Office
will be made by the Secretary on or before March 1,
19,.6.
Termination of Interim Research and Intelligence
ervic .
The Interim Research and Intelligence Service
(IRIS) is terminated as of the close of business
December 31, 1945.
Transfer of Functions.
Such of the functions of the Interim Research
and Intelligence Service as are enumerated in
DR 133.20 and DR 133.30 and all of the functions
of the Division of Geography and Cartography and
of the Foreign Publications Unit of the Division
of Research and Publication, both of the Office
of Public Affairs, and all of the functions of
the Personal' Intelligence Section of the Division
of Economic Security Controls of the Office of
Economic Security Policy are transferred as;of
the close of business December 31, 1945, to the
Office of Research and Intelligence. and the
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* Regular Manual
insertions for
attached Regu-
lations will be
distributed at
a later date.
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Office of Intelligence Collection and Dis-
semination, to be apportioned between the two
Offices and their component divisions in
accordance with these regulations.
Transfer of Personnel,, recordsx property, and
funds.
1 The transfer of the above functions shall in
each instance include the pertinent personnel,
records, property, and funds, except that
the personnel, property,*, records., and funds
of the Office of the Chief of the Division
of Geography and Cartography are transferred
to the Office of the Special Assistant to
the Secretary in charge of Research and
Intelligence.
2 The IRIS personnel stationed abroad as of
the close of business December 31, 1945, and
the funds required abroad for their operation
of the OCD program, together with the IRIS
records and property located abroad, are
transferred through the Office of the Foreign
Service to the appropriate Foreign Service
establishments abroad.
3 The personnel, records, property, and funds
transferred from the Strategic Services Unit
of the War Department to IRIS that are required
by the Office of Departmental Administration
to provide the increased centralized personnel,
management, administration, and communications
services resulting from the transfers of the
above functions, are transferred to ODA and
its constituent divisions.
4 The personnel, records, property and funds
transferred from the Strategic Services Unit
of the War Department to IRIS that are
required by the Office of Budget and Finance
to provide the increased centralized budgetary
and fiscal services resulting from the transfers
of the above functions are transferred to OBF
and its constituent divisions.
5 The personnel, records, property and funds
transferred from the Strategic Services Unit
of the War Department to IRIS that.are
required by the Office of the Foreign Service
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to provide the increased administrative
services within continental United
States resulting from the transfers of
the above functions are transferred to
OFS and its constituent divisions.
Departmental Orders Affected.
1 Departmental Order 1350 is superseded.
2 Departmental-Order 1301 and any other
orders, the provisions of which are in
conflict with Departmental Regulations
133.20 and 133.30 are amended accordingly.
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133.20 OFFICE OE RESEARCH AND INTELLIGENCE (ORI): (Effective 1-1-46)
1.33.20
133.21
I The Office of Research and Intelligence prescribed herein is established
temporarily for the period January 1 through February 28, 1946. A final de-
cision on the ultimate location and organization,of this Office will be made on
or before March 1, 1946.
II FUNCTIONS, The Office of Research and Intelligence sball:be responsible,
under the general direction of the Special Assistant to the Secretary in charge
of research and intelligence, for providing evaluated positive information on
foreign countries as an aid to the formulation and implementation of foreign
policy in the Department of State.
III ORGANIZATION. The Office of Research and Intelligence shall be composed
of the following organization units, with routing symbols as indioate:lt
A Office of the Director-(ORI)
B Division of American Republics Intelligence-(ARI)
C Division of British Commonwealth Intelligence-(BCI)
D Division of Europe, Near East, and Africa Intelligence-
3 Division of Far East Intelligenoe-(PEI)
I Division of USSR Intelligenoe-(USI)
G Division of International and Functional Intelligence-(IBI)
H Division of Map Intelligence and Cartograp2-(MI)
IV FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR, The Office of the Director shall be
responsible for directing and coordinating the work of the component divisions
of the Office.
133.21 AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND FUNCTIONS OF THE FIVE REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE
DIVISIONS: (Effective 1-1-46)
I AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY. The area of responsibility of each of the five
regional intelligence divisions of the Office of Research and Intelligence shall
be as follows:
A Division of Europe. Near East and Africa Intelligence -- all of conti-
nental Europe eastward to the Soviet frontier and the Straits; all Near and
Middle Eastern countries to the western frontier of India, and all of Africa.
B Division of USSR Intelligence Soviet Union.
0 Division of British Commonwealth Intelligence -- British Commonwealth,
excluding local affairs of those of its components which are the responsibility
of other divisions of ORI.
D Division of Far East Intelligence -- India, Burma, Ceylon, Siam, Indo-
China, Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, Netherlands East Indies,
British Borneo, Philippine Islands, China, Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand,
and all of the other islands and territories in this general area not belonging
to the United States or the USSR.
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