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MemoonCovertOperationsbyJPatrickCoynecovops

31 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: May 9, 1961 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Memooncovertoperationsbyjpatrickcoynecovops · 7 pages OCR'd
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Although L51.4 :LR r,o$ (and skoulz' not he) c c n s l d ? x d I1 as an infelligencse agency, mntl.on oi' it must be na3e here sincp there appsars t o 5c an i n c m a s j n s tenCmcy on its part t o g e t i n t o the opei-atlonal end OC t h e intelligence business. I n Yrance, am3 parC,j.cula:.Ly i n I t a l y , i n addition to its evert i n f o m e t l o n a l acr;ii.'itles , t h e Agency is extensivEly engaged i n the d i s t r i b u t i m of unattributed infomational dRta and, to some extsnt, I n the conduct of other more!-or-less co-ert; projects. That USIA is ,Setting i n t o t h e intelligencc business on an increasing s c a l s ( a t l e a s t i n I t a l y and France) may 52 a t t r i b u t e d i n p w t $0 the f a c t %hat 3.n thosa countries i t has an abundance of personnel and noney 8s well as a loosely admlnistered organizat3.or-i. Since this Azency is not equipped by its organic a c t c?r by sxpericnce tc: en- gage i n covert operatlons, 1n:ury can r e s u l t t o the United States if USIA personnel, not train:?c; i n l n t e l l i s e n c e and not having e real concept of our total i n t e l l i g e a c e prcgrani and objectives, a r e permitted t o frec!-hheel i n these ceLcatt areas, Accordingls, It, is rsccrnmendcd that only finished national intelligence be provided USlA t o enaSlc It, tn carry out its overt informational prclgrams; that it be precluded from engaging i n covtrt o r semi-covert operations; ar,d t h a t covert propaganda a c t i v i t i e s (gray and Slack) be assigned exclusively t o th:? CIA. (T!iIs sugzestior! ,
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