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Appendix 3

Charts showing the bureaucratic structure of the CIA.

Chart 1. Organization for National Security, 1959.

National Security Council (NSC)
President
Vice-President
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (later renamed office of emergency planning)
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (Observer)
Director of Central Intelligence (Observer
Plus ad hoc appointments

National Security Council Planning Board (NSCPB)

Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC) (later renamed The United States Intelligence Board (USIB)
Director of Central Intelligence (Chairman)
Intelligence Chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of State and the Director of the National Security Agency
also ad hoc members such as the Intelligence Chiefs of the FBI and the Atomic Energy Commission
(in the early 1960s the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) replaced the intelligence Chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and JCS, in 1971 the Intelligence Chief of the Treasury Department was added to the USIB)

Operations Co-ordination Board (OCB) (later renamed The 54-12 Group, The Special Group, The 303 Group, The 40 Committee)
Director of Central Intelligence
Under Secretary of State
Deputy Secretary of Defense
ad hoc members

Chart 2. Organization of the CIA, 1959.

Director of Central Intelligence

Cable Secretariat

Inspector General

Comptroller

General Counsel

Deputy Director of Central Intelligence

Deputy Director, Intelligence (DDI)

Deputy Director, Plans (DDP)

Deputy Director, Support (DDS)

Deputy Director, Co-ordination (DDC)

Chart 3. Organization of the DDI, 1959, and relations to subcommittees of the IAC.

Deputy Director, Intelligence (DDI)

Office of Current Intelligence (OCI)

Office of National Estimates (ONE)

Office of Basic Intelligence (OBI)

Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI)

Office of Research and Reports (ORR)

Office of Operations (OO)

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)

National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC)

CIA Operations Center

Watch Committee

National Indications Center

National Security Council Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC)

Board of National Estimates

National Intelligence Survey (NIS) Committee

Chart 4. Organization of the DDP (Clandestine Services), 1959.

Deputy Director, Plans (DDP)

Office of Current Intelligence, Operations Center; Clandestine Service Duty Officer (CSDO)

Foreign Intelligence Staff (FI)

Counter Intelligence Staff (CI)

Psychological Warfare and Paramilitary Staff (PP)

Western Europe Division (WE)

Eastern Europe Division (EE)

Soviet Russia Division (SR)

Near East Division (NE)

Far East Division (FE)

Africa Division (AF)

Western Hemisphere Division (WH)

International Organizations Division (IO)

Technical Services Division (TSD)

Records Integration Division (RID)

Division D

Chart 5. Organization of the DDS, 1959.

Deputy Director, Support (DDS)

Office of Personnel (OP)

Office of Security (OS)

Office of Training (OTR)

Office of Communications (OC)

Office of Logistics (OL)

Office of Finance (OF)

Chart 6. Organization of the DDP (Clandestine Services), 1964-8.

Deputy Director, Plans (DDP)

Office of Current Intelligence Operations Center; Clandestine Services Duty Officer (CSDO)

Foreign Intelligence Staff (FI)

Counter Intelligence Staff (FI)

Covert Action Staff (CA)

Western Europe Division (WE)

Soviet Bloc Division (SB)

Near East Division (NE)

Far East Division (FE)

Africa Division (AF)

Western Hemisphere Division (WH)

Technical Services Division (TSD)

Records Integration Division (RID)

Division D

Domestic Operations Division (DOD)

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