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Statement Of Quartermaster Intelligence Interest, August 1960, Office Of The Quartermaster General, Department Of The Army, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

According to the forward, the “Statement of Intelligence Interest reflects the over-all interest of the Office of the Quartermaster General in intelligence data and is intended as an aid to persons engaged in the collection, processing, and dissemination of Intelligence. “

In 1960, the Quartermaster Corps was one of the technical services of the Department of the Army. The Army technical services were bureaus providing the Army with supplies, equipment, training, and services. Each was headed by a chief. The Quartermaster General was the chief of the Quartermaster Corps. The Quartermaster Corps was responsible for the procurement, storage, and distribution …

Engineer Intelligence Guide 33, Preparation Of Terrain Diagrams, June 1960, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

In 1960, geographic intelligence in the US Armed Forces was decentralized. The Intelligence and Mapping Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers was primarily responsible for creation of military intelligence concerning the surface of the earth excluding the oceans and seas for the armed forces of the United States. Engineer intelligence guides were issued to provide guidance concerning collection, processing, production, and dissemination of geographic intelligence to elements of the Corps of Engineers.

This engineer intelligence guide explains the differences between maps and terrain diagrams and provides examples using actual maps and terrain diagrams. The maps and terrain diagrams …

Csr 381-1, Military Intelligence, Technical Intelligence Relationships, 12 May 1960., Us Army Chief Of Staff, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This document was issued by the Chief of Staff to prescribe relationships between different officers in the Army staff. Particularly, it was intended to “prescribe relationships between the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (ACSI), the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (DCSLOG), and the technical Services in the field of intelligence activities.” This is essentially the same as the 1958 version.

It was published as part of an attempt to solve an ongoing organizational problem: how to coordinate the intelligence activities of the US government.

In the 1950s, military intelligence was decentralized. There was no national-level military intelligence agency. …

Da Pamphlet 30-50-2, Handbook On The Satellite Armies, 1 April 1960, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This manual contains detailed descriptions of the armed forces of Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Hungary. It covers the military system, organization field forces, militarized security forces, weapons, equipment, uniforms, and military terms in each country. Outline maps of the countries, photographs of weapons, and colored illustrations of insignia, uniforms, and medals are included.

Special Text, St 10-120-1, Quartermaster Intelligence: Organization And Procedures, December 1959, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is a textbook used at the Army Quartermaster School. In the 1950s, military schools related to one of the Army Technical Services were run by that service. Since the format and content of Army field manuals were often very similar to those of special texts, the same staffs often prepared both

The modern US Army vision of the technical intelligence developed during World War II. Shortly before World War II, Army Technical Services had been instructed to set up intelligence sections in the offices of their chiefs. The technical services were bureaus which supplied weapons, equipment, and services to …

Engineer Intelligence Guide 31, Production Of Cross-Country Movement Studies, December 1959, Military Geology Branch, Us Geographical Survey And The Soil Conservation Service, Us Department Of Agriculture, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

In 1958, the Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for the intelligence related to the surface of the earth, excluding the oceans and seas. Those responsibilities were discharged by subordinate organizations and contractors under the directions of the Intelligence and Mapping division. Engineer Intelligence Guides (EIGS) were prepared “to provide orientation, direction, and instruction in the field of Engineer intelligence.”

This guide was prepared to give instructions for preparing specialized maps containing information showing impediments to cross-country movement. Appendix I, an example of a CCM map, was created by adding an overlay on a sheet from the US Army Map …

Eig 21, Collection Of Information On Highways, May 1959., Us Army Corps Of Engineer, Army Map Service, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This Engineer Intelligence Guide was prepared to provide intelligence collection, processing, production, and dissemination guidance by the Chief of Engineers to elements of the Corps of Engineers.

The Introduction contains a list of five key army manuals and documents related to transportation intelligence.

This guide contains detailed instructions for gathering information about highways and bridges. It also contains extensive illustrations and a glossary of highway terms.

The distribution list shows engineer-related organizations interested in engineer intelligence.

Fm 5-30, Engineer Intelligence, May 1959, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

When this manual was issued, military intelligence in the US armed forces was highly decentralized. A number of organizations within the Army Corps of Engineers were responsible for producing engineer intelligence for US forces in the field and strategic engineer intelligence for use by the Department of Defense and US armed forces.

This detailed manual defines the engineer intelligence at length. It explains the role of the Corps of Engineers in the United States and of engineer elements within US forces in the field.

It explains the intelligence process, the planning and direction of collection efforts, the collection of information, …

Engineer Intelligence Study No. 191, Terrain Analysis, Alaska Slope Region, Alaska, 1959, Military Geography Branch, Usgs, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

The summary on Page 5 is paraphrased as follows. This digital document is a generalized description of the Arctic Slope region -- an area covering approximately 70,000 square miles. Access to the region and the feasibility of various access routes are discussed. Location and extent of natural fuel supplies are given. Factors controlling outdoor work feasibility are summarized graphically on Page 19. A terrain analysis of each of the three major physiographic provinces of the region. Those provinces are the Arctic Coastal Plain, Arctic Foothills, and Brooks Range provinces. Geographic factors which affected cross-country movement, construction, and water supply within …

Csr 381-1, Military Intelligence, Technical Intelligence Relationships, 12 November 1958., Us Army Chief Of Staff, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This document was issued by the Chief of Staff to prescribe relationships between different officers in the Army staff. Specifically, it was inteded to “prescribe relationships between the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (ACSI), the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (DCSLOG), and the technical Services in the field of intelligence activities.”

It was published as part of an attempt to solve an ongoing organizational problem: how to coordinate the intelligence activities of the US government.

In the 1950s, military intelligence was decentralized. There was no national-level military intelligence agency. In theory, the Chief of Staff and the army …

Sheet P 5 Series M641 (Ccm), Cross-Country Movement And Terrain Map, Halberstat, Germany, 1958, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

In addition to a basic legend of the topographic map showing symbols for roads, railroads, and urban areas, this map contains a “Map Explanation” in a column added on the left-hand side. The Map Explaination describes the purpose of the map as follows:

This map deals with cross-country movement, or movement away from roads. It examines specifically the influence of terrain features on [the] movement, including maneuvering, of a standard medium tank, like the type used by United States military forces.

The explanation describes and provides a key to the 9 levels of passability shown by coloring or cross-hatching on …

Engineer Intelligence Guide 15, Collection Of Information On Coasts And Beaches, 1958, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

In 1958, geographic intelligence in the US Armed Forces was decentralized. US Army Corps of Engineers was primarily responsible for creation of military intelligence concerning the surface of the earth excluding the oceans and seas for the armed forces of the United States. The Beach Erosion Board, originally an agency performing civil functions, had been preparing coast and beach intelligence since early in World War II. Engineer intelligence guides were issued to provide guidance concerning collection, processing, production, and dissemination of geographic intelligence to elements of the Corps of Engineers.

This Engineer Intelligence Guide contains a definition of Coast and …

Fm 3-130, U.S. Army Chemical, Biological And Radiological (Cbr) Intelligence, 1958, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

An appropriate alternative title for this manual would be “Chemical Corps Intelligence.” When this manual was issued the Chemical Corps was a bureau in the Headquarters, Department of the Army, headed by a general officer called the Chief Chemical Officer (CCO), as well as a branch of the army to which officers and enlisted men were appointed. Among the duties of the CCO were the development and supply of chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) weapons and equipment, the training of chemical units for service in the field, management of the careers of officers in the Chemical Corps branch, and the …

Da Pamphlet 30-115, Weapons And Equipment Recognition Handbook, Middle East, July 1958, Technical Division, Office Of The Assistant Chief Of Staff For Intelligence, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This handbook includes pictures and brief descriptions of small arms, artillery, armored vehicles, aircraft, mines, and demolitions devices in use in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordon, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. In addition, it includes aircraft markings and illustrations of uniforms and rank insignia. The descriptions of mines also include instructions for disarming them. Much attention was given to small arms, artillery, and armored vehicles, and little to aircraft.

This handbook covers a wide range of weapons and equipment used in the wars in the first half of the 20^th century. Most of the equipment covered was manufactured in …

Tenants Of Arlington Hall Station, Fiscal Year 1958, Arlington Hall Station Garrison, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is a single-page, typewritten document listing new tenants which moved to Arlington Hall Station (AHS) in 1958. It was prepared by the AHS garrison.

In the 1950s, Army technical intelligence production activities were divided among the seven Army Technical Services the Chemical Corps, the Corps of Engineers, the Ordnance Corps, the Quartermaster Corps, the Signal Corps, the Army Medical Services, and the Transportation Corps. In 1958, an effort was made to improve coordination among technical intelligence agencies by collocating them at Arlington Hall Station which had been the home of various Army intelligence organizations since World War II.

This …

Engineer Intelligence Guide 13, Glossary Of Natural Terrain Features, November 1957, Army Map Service, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

To paraphrase the introduction, this glossary of natural terrain features is intended as a reference for military personnel and others who may use terrain studies. It also many serve as a guide to producers of Engineer terrain studies by standardizing and restricting the use of technical terms. It includes terms from many fields including physical geography, geology, hydrography, galciology, botany, and pedology. This is an alphabetic list of terms keyed to three appendices. The appendices are line drawings illustrating various sorts of terrain features. Where a term is shown on one of the appendices the number of the appendix and …

Us Army Ordnance Technical Intelligence Agency, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

Historical Data Cards were used to record the organizational history of units within the Army. This card was provided to Robert Bolin by the US Army Institute of Heraldry in 1985.

The Ordnance Technical Intelligence Agency (OTIA) was special-purpose military unit assigned to the Chief of Ordnance. The Chief of Ordnance was the general in charge of the Ordnance Corps. The OTIA was organized to perform and coordinate intelligence functions of the US Army Ordnance Corps.

The OTIA was discontinued in 1962 when most of the Army Technical Services were reorganized out of existence. The functions, personnel, records, and equipment …

Letters Between Us Army Assistant Chief Of Staff For Intelligence And The Surgeon General About Technical Service Intelligence Agencies, 1957, Robert L. Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is two in a series of letters between the Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (ACSI) and The Surgeon General (TSG) concerning the concentration of the Technical Service (TS) intelligence agencies at Arlington Hall Station. At that time the TS intelligence agencies were housed in 5 different temporary buildings around Washington, DC. In anticipation of the approval, ACSI stated that he had requested that 176,000 sq. ft. of office space be reserved at AHS.

ACSI proposed to concentrate the army Technical Service intelligence agencies at Arlington Hall Station (AHS). AHS was an army base located a few miles …

Initial Bibliography Of Soviet Military Medicine, 1917-1950, Medical Information And Intelligence Agency, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is a author list of more than 1000 articles about Soviet military medicine with a subject index.

This compilation is an initial listing of Soviet military articles, less specialized naval and aviation topics, from the time of the Bolshevik Revolution to the outbreak of the Korean conflict as they appeared in the Quarterly Cumulative Index, Volumes 1-11 and the Quarterly Cumulative Index Medicus, Volumes 1 - 55.

The subject headings searched are listed below and constituted 20,167 entries for this thirty three year period. 887 of these entries were of Soviet origin and comprised the publications of the 1,025 …

Field Manual, Fm 11-30, Signal Corps Technical Intelligence, August 1956, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is a very thorough manual which can be viewed as a detailed definition of Signal Corps technical intelligence and of the role of the Signal Corps Intelligence Agency (SCIA). When this was published the field of Signal Corps technical intelligence was about 15 years old and the SCIA was about six years old.

The modern US Army vision of the technical intelligence developed during World War II. Shortly before World War II, Army Technical Services had been instructed to set up intelligence sections in the office of their chiefs. The technical services were bureaus which supplied weapons, equipment, and …

Field Manual Fm 55-8, Transportation Intelligence, October 1956, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is a manual describing the transportation intelligence activities of the Army in the mid-1950s. A more accurate title would be “Transportation Corps Intelligence” since the Army technical services were responsible for intelligence related to their field of expertise in the 1950s.

The modern US Army vision of the technical intelligence developed during World War II. Shortly before World War II, Army Technical Services had been instructed to set up intelligence sections in the offices of their chiefs. The technical services were bureaus which supplied weapons, equipment, and services to the Army, managed the careers of officers in a particular …

Field Manual Fm 30-16, Technical Intelligence, 26 August 1955, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This manual outlines responsibilities for technical intelligence at all levels in the Army from the top level to units in the field. It discusses technical intelligence training, processing, and operations.

The modern US Army vision of the technical intelligence developed during World War II. The importance of studying foreign military equipment had become apparent and procedures for collecting and evaluating of equipment had been developed. Technical Intelligence procedures and organizations were refined during the cold war and Korean War. Period.

This manual represents a mature picture of Army technical intelligence as it was in the mid-1959s from the viewpoint of …

“Signal Corps Intelligence Agency Activities” On Page 18 In The “Quadrennial Report Of The Chief Signal Officer, Us Army, May 1951-April 1955.”, Office Of The Chief Signal Officer, Department Of The Army, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is a brief organizational history of a small special-purpose intelligence agency focused on signal equipment used by foreign armies and on the organization and activities of analogous organizations to the US Army Signal Corps in foreign armies. In addition, the Signal Corps Intelligence Agency had been tasked with producing intelligence concerning the Soviet-Bloc civilian power and communications networks.

In the 1950s, the Chief Signal Officer was the head of the US Army Signal Corps which was one of the US Army Technical Services. The Technical Services were bureaus which supplied the army with weapons and equipment, organized and trained …

Us Army Quartermaster Intelligence Agency, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

Historical Data Cards were used to record the organizational history of units within the Army. This card was provided to Robert Bolin by the US Army Institute of Heraldry in 1985.

The Quartermaster Intelligence Agency (QIA) was established on 1 March 1955. QIA was a special-purpose military unit assigned to the Quartermaster General. The Quartermaster General was the general in charge of the Quartermaster Corps (QMC). The functions of the QIA were described as “… collects, produces, evaluates, analyzes, interprets, maintains, and disseminates foreign intelliency [sic] necessary to fulfill the missions and functions of the QMC and to meet requirements …

Us Army Transportation Intelligence Agency, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

Historical Data Cards were used to record the organizational history of units within the Army. This card was provided to Robert Bolin by the US Army Institute of Heraldry in 1985.

TIA was a special-purpose military unit established to perform the intelligence functions of the Transportation Corps. TIA produced intelligence on foreign military transportation equipment and ground transportation facilities of strategic interest to the US armed forces.

TIA was discontinued in 1962 when most of the Army technical services were reorganized out of existence. Its functions, personnel, records, and equipment were divided among the newly created US Army Foreign Scientific …

Special Text, St 55-06-1, Transportation Intelligence, June 1954, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is a textbook used at the Army Transportation School. In the 1950s, military schools related to one of the Army Technical Services were run by that service. Since the format and content of Army field manuals were often very similar to those of special texts, the same staffs often prepared both. At the time this special text was written no field manual on transportation intelligence has been issued.

The modern US Army vision of the technical intelligence developed during World War II. Shortly before World War II, Army Technical Services had been instructed to set up intelligence sections in …

Army Technical Intelligence Organizations, 1953, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

In 1953, the production of technical intelligence was the responsibility of the chiefs of the Army technical services. The technical services were bureaus in the Headquarters, Department of the Army, each headed by a general. In 1953, the technical Services were:

• The Army Medical Service headed by The Surgeon General
• The Chemical Corps headed by the Chief Chemical Officer
• The Corps of Engineers headed by the Chief of Engineers
• The Ordnance Corps headed by the Chief of Ordnance
• The Quartermaster Corps headed by the Quartermaster General
• The Signal Corps headed by the Chief Signal Officer
• The Transportation Corps headed by …

Department Of The Army Pamphlet Pam 30-26, A Guide To The Collection Of Technical Intelligence, August 1953, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is a detailed, well-illustrated guide showing the range of weapons and equipment army technical intelligence was interested in, including:

• Armored vehicles
• Artillery
• Infantry small arms
• Mortars, antitank weapons, and grenades
• Mines, booby traps, and demolitions
• Ammunition
• Artillery rockets and rocket launchers
• Radio and radar antennas
• Radio transmitters and receivers
• Bridge and stream-crossing equipment
• Construction equipment
• Engineer equipment used in Arctic warfare
• Ordnance equipment used in Arctic warfare
• Quartermaster equipment used in Arctic warfare

Because the descriptions are so detailed and well-illustrated, the pamphlet is a good guide to army technical terms.

When this pamphlet was published the technical intelligence …

Fm 30-16, Technical Intelligence, 29 June 1953, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is the first US Army manual on technical intelligence. The concept of technical intelligence developed during World War II. Technical intelligence doctrine was formalized by a series of army training circulars and other directives. Toward the end of WWII a new army Field Manual 30-15, Examination of Enemy Personnel, Repatriates, Civilians, Documents, and Materiel (June 1954) was issued, but that manual did not reflect the World War II technical intelligence experience or actual army practices. That manual was superceded by Field Manual 30-15, Examination of Personnel and Documents, 27 September 1951 and by this manual.

This manual defines technical …

Summary Of Major Events And Problems, Intelligence, Security, And Safety Office, Office Of The Chief Of Ordnance, Department Of The Army, 1 January - 30 June 1953, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is a digital version of a portion of a report. As the name indicates the Intelligence, Security, and Safety Office (IS&S) had diverse responsibilities within the Office of the Chief of Ordnance (OCO). That report is in the National Archives, Record Group 156: “Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance …Histories of Staff and Operating Offices and Divisions of the Chief of Ordnance, 1946-1954, IS&S Office, July 195 thru June 1953,” Box C 8.

In the early 1990s, Robert Bolin copied the section of the report related to the Intelligence Branch within IS&S. This document is a …