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- 3 - "Here, under the heading of p o l l t i c a l , psychologica.1 and propaganda a c t i v i t i e s , p a r t i c u l a r mention must be made of cPrtain specialized a c t i v i t i e s y a staff which is operated Organizations Division zf Washington. The staff, which functions for the iiiost p a r t q u i t e independently of C I A ' S FI and PP operations i n France and Italy, is concerned w i t h conducting Covert PP operations I I Nhile some of these projects unaoubteaiy nave merit, owu!rs do not seem t o be soundlyr conceived or soundly operated. (This assessment was supported t o some extent by the 1 vho indicated t h a t he 'didn't Kn ow wnat good was belna ackomplished i n appears e s s e n t i a l t h a t a l l of ese o p e r a u o n s he carefully and regularly reviewed from a substantive standpoint t o determine their actual m r t h , as w e l l as t h e i r consistency w i t h (a) the policy objectives of the U.S. Government; and (b) related PP projects being oper- ated by C I A ' S country missions. They should also Is ox- amlned from an organizational and operational standpoint w i t h a view t o integrating those which are determined t o have value under t h e C I A mission chief i n the countries where they are conducted. (It is appreciated t h a t these I O a c t i v i t i e s cut across national boundaries, bu3 t h i s fact alone does not seem t o warrant the compartmentali- zation and i n t e r n a l fragmantation of CIA which r e s u l t s from conducting covert operations independently of %ha rest of C I A ' S counSry operations.) "Appropriate CIA representatives In Peris and Rome keep t h e i r respective Ambassadors advised i n a general way of t h e p o l i t i c a l , psychological and propaganda a c t i v i t i e s which the Agency conducts =overtly i n Pi-ance and Italy. Because a great nany of ttlsse operations are highly delicate i n nature and because they unquestiocably a f f e c t (favorably or unfavorably) t h e conduct of U.S. foreign affairs, the Ambassadors concerned should be more f u l l y advised of the nature of these operations (whether d i r e c t e d by C I A ' S country m h s i o n or by I t s I O Division i n Washington) both p r i m to t h e i r i n i t i a t i o n and periodically as they progress. Italy by these IO a c t i v i t i e s ' 1.) It "while It has been indicated that s3me Ambassadors would prefer not t o know of these o p w a t i o n s on t h e grounds that they involve ' d i r t y business,' it is .,.