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Approved Fomgpiease 2003/04/22 - ClA-RDP80R01 "@ 100040004-6 27 August 1951 Sle MEMORANDUM FOR Deputy Director (Plans) ae Oo: Sel oi Det ATTENTION Ld BT ip Ye SUBJECT Assignment of Audio Surveillance Function 1. Reference is made to Memorandum, dated 6 August 1951, from the Chief, Surveillance Branch, suggesting that the audio surveillance function be assigned to the Deputy Director (Plans) as a separate unit directly responsible to him, If this suggestion should prove to be impracticable from an administrative standpoint and it should be deemed necessary to assign this function either to OAD or to COMMO, then it is essential that a study be made to determine with which of the two offices its mission is most closely allied. 2. The proposed T/O of the newly formed Technical Services Office clearly indicates that it is being presented with the purpose of grouping under one office the various types of technical support required in the field, Sinee the surveillance function can definitely be established as a technical service, it would seem obvious that it should form a part of this office. To prove this point, one need only cite past operational problems which have required combined support of the Surveillance Branch and the Photographic Branch. Moreover, it is highly probable that as operations expand, surveillance itself will require continued support from the Documentation Branch and the proposed Furnishings and Equipment Division in order to carry out its mission, When a complex operational problem requiring one or more of these services arises, it is essential, for maximm efficiency, that the case officer be able to obtain a com plete solution from within one office, thereby eliminating time-consuming, inter-office liaison, 3. For the past year, the Surveillance Branch, under OAD, has been establishing much needed routines, systems, and procedures to be used in obtaining surveillance support. These were devised for the purpose of facilitating and expediting support to the field, Since the field is just becoming accustomed to these procedures, it would not seem desirable at this time to create confusion by changing them to conform to new pro- cedures which will necessarily have to be established if the Surveillance Branch is assigned to a different office. 4. It has been established from past experience that surveillance work, in order to be effective, must be performed by men thoroughly ex- perienced in this field. Although the Commnications Office may seem to offer field support to the extent that it has its technical personnel strategically located throughout the World, it tmSEQel 6déend) ag inimaTthat these technicians have been so placed in orderpto, carry out. commmications wy ie 7 Ww: Le Commins 2 at the 25X Hiccolvlucl Stake, Approved For Release 2003/04/22 : SNe estore ——