16. Minutes of a USIA Executive Committee Meeting1

Minutes No. 10

PRESENT

  • Henry Loomis
  • Ben Posner
  • Hewson A. Ryan
  • John R. O’Brien
  • Ben Ellington, IOA/M
  • Walter Jones, IOA/M

A. Reorganization of IOP

A Task Force was directed to develop detailed plans for the establishment of a new Office of Research and Assessment. This Office, to be headed by an Associate Director, will be made up of certain units transferred from the Office of the Director, the Office of Administration, and the Office of Policy and Research. The principal components of the new Office will be the Inspection and Audit staffs, the Research Service, the Agency Library, and a new Program Analysis staff.

This new Office of Research and Assessment (tentatively to be referred to as IOR) will be responsible for assessing how efficiently the Agency has been conducting its operations and how effective they have been in reaching our foreign audiences. IOP will continue to be responsible for planning for the future and for providing overall policy guidance for current Agency operations.

The Task Force will be chaired by the Management Division and contain representatives from Research, IOP, one of the geographic areas and one of the media. The Task Force is responsible for developing recommendations on functional statements, staffing patterns, and office space allocation.

B. Construction of USIS New Delhi Offices and Information Center

Nothing new.

John R. O’Brien 2 Executive Secretary
  1. Source: National Archives, RG 306, Director’s Subject Files, 1968–1972, Entry A1–42, Box 17, Director’s Office—Executive Comm. No classification marking. No drafting date appears on the minutes. An unknown hand wrote “IAS—Mr. Littell” in the top right-hand corner of the memorandum; another unknown hand crossed it out and wrote “I/S file” beneath it.
  2. O’Brien initialed “JOB” above this typed signature.