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This is a declassified briefing from the Central Intelligence Agency. The document is titled CIA RDP seventy‑nine zero eleven forty‑three A zero zero zero two hundred zero forty‑zero zero one three three, dated October seventeenth, nineteen fifty, and released to the public on August twenty‑ninth, two thousand. It is notable because it details the official functions of the Psychological Intelligence Division, outlining the responsibilities of its Functional Branch, Culture and Society Section, and Psychological Techniques Section. The record was made available through a Freedom of Information Act request, released under the authority of the Central Intelligence Agency’s declassification board on August twenty‑ninth, two thousand. The full text is hosted by The Black Vault and can be accessed at the URL https://archive.org/download/cia-rdp-79-01143-a-000200040013-3/CIA-RDP79-01143A000200040013-3djvu.txt. The document begins with a statement of functions for the Functional Branch of the Psychological Intelligence Division. It reads: “Approved for release August twenty‑ninth, two thousand. The Functional Branch is responsible for collaborating with the Plans and Policy Staff and the Regional Branches of the Psychological Intelligence Division in the development of psychological intelligence and psychological warfare intelligence production programs; for producing, or requesting the production of psychological intelligence on its own initiative, to meet production programs, or to meet specific requests; for specialized methodological studies pertaining to psychological intelligence and psychological warfare; and for providing technical and methodological guidance to O‑R‑E components engaged in psychological intelligence production. In fulfilling these broad responsibilities the Functional Branch will: 1. Collaborate with other components of the Psychological Intelligence Division and O‑R‑E, and through liaison with other governmental organizations, determine the requirements for psychological intelligence. 2. Collaborate with the Plans and Policy Staff in the development of Psychological Intelligence production programs in implementation of O‑R‑E’s mission, and to meet the requirements of United States psychological warfare policies, plans, programs, and operations. 3. Produce or request the production of psychological warfare intelligence to meet such programs, or to fulfill specific requests from United States psychological warfare agencies. 4. Develop criteria, methods, and guidance for the study and production of psychological intelligence by other O‑R‑E components. 5. Prepare estimates of reactions of foreign targets to prospective United States psychological warfare objectives and of the probable results such objectives, themes and instruments intended to achieve. 6. Prepare estimates of the results of psychological warfare operations and programs to determine if United States psychological warfare plans and objectives in foreign areas have…

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CIA Rdp 79 01143 A 000200040013 3

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This is a declassified briefing from the Central Intelligence Agency. The document is titled CIA RDP seventy‑nine zero eleven forty‑three A zero zero zero two hundred zero forty‑zero zero one three three, dated October seventeenth, nineteen fifty, and released to the public on August twenty‑ninth, two thousand.

Date: JUL 17 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was CIA Rdp 79 01143 A 000200040013 3 about?: This is a declassified briefing from the Central Intelligence Agency. The document is titled CIA RDP seventy‑nine zero eleven forty‑three A zero zero zero two hundred zero forty‑zero zero one three three, dated October seventeenth, nineteen fifty, and released to the public on August twenty‑ninth, two thousand.
Why was this case declassified?: This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Storyflo narrates it directly from the public release.

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