FM 11-35, Signal Corps Intelligence, 1942

This manual describes the intelligence activities of the Signal Corps. At that time, the Signal Corps was a bureau within the Headquarters, Department of the Army, as well as a branch of the Army to which soldiers were commissioned and assigned. The Signal Corps developed and supplied the army with signal and photographic equipment, trained personnel and units for service with the forces in the field, provided the army with communications and photographic services, and provided communications, signal, and technical intelligence. This manual describes the intelligence responsibilities and functions of the Signal Corps and the role of signal intelligence units with forces in the field. Chapter 2 (Pages 4-25) describes the activities of the Signal Intelligence Service, the predecessor of the post-war Army Security Agency and the National Security Agency

Chemical and Medical Technical Intelligence

This is a detailed description of the idealized organization and activities off medical and technical intelligence activities in the various echelons of the army. It also discusses intelligence in the Headquarters, Department of the Army, in the offices of the Surgeon General and the Chief Chemical Officer

US Army Area Analysis Intelligence Agency, Historical Data card

The US Army Area Analysis Intelligence Agency was a short-lived organization subordinate to the Chief of Engineers. It was created on 27 July 1962. It was “discontinued” on 5 March 1963

FM 30-16, Technical Intelligence, 1972

This manual reflects the lessons learned about technical intelligence during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The manual explains the theory of Army technical intelligence and describes strategic technical intelligence organizations in the United States. Much of the manual explains technical intelligence activities of US forces in the field. It explains technical intelligence planning and collection activities. The need to label and handle captured equipment properly is stressed. Appendices list references and technical intelligence categories, provide a sample technical intelligence plan, and explain handling and reporting of captured materiel and the standard nomenclature system for identifying Soviet bloc weapons and equipment

FM 34-54, Technical Intelligence, 30 January 1998

This manual defines and describes the technical intelligence mission. It names the key technical intelligence organizations involved at the national level and their interrelationships and responsibilities. The manual describes in detail the technical intelligence organizations and operations in a US command in the field. It discusses at length the responsibilities on the key staff sections in the command. It has extensive appendices explaining forms and procedures used by forces in the field. It has an excellent list of acronyms and glossary. Comment by the depositor A clear understanding of the evolution of technical intelligence may not be needed by the intended audience of this manual, and as far as I know, no comprehensive history exists. However, supposed historical facts included in an official manual ought to be true. This manual fails in that respect. For example, this paragraph on Page 1-5 is utter nonsense: Following the Korean War, the United States did not disband its TECHINT capability completely, as had been done at the conclusion of all previous hostilities. But neither did we maintain it at its wartime level. Three small TECHINT detachments remained in place at the Army\u27s research and development centers. By 1962 two of the detachments merged to form the Army\u27s Foreign Science and Technology Center. The third detachment established the Missile Intelligence Agency at Redstone Arsenal. The Surgeon General also operated a Medical Intelligence Center at Fort Detrick, MD. At the end of World War II, technical intelligence staffs remained in the offices of the heads of the seven Army Technical Services. Between then and the creation of the Army Foreign Science and Technical Center, many of those staffs were converted into special purpose intelligence agencies as is documented by DA General Orders. The first such agency, the Signal Corps Intelligence Agency was established at Washington, DC, according to Sec. IV, DA GO 39, 18 Aug 49, before the beginning of the Korean War. Paragraph VIII of DA GO 57, 1962, established the Army Foreign Science and Technology Center and transferred the functions, personnel, records, and equipment of the Chemical Corps, Ordnance Corps, Signal Corps, Transportation Corps, and Quartermaster intelligence agencies to it. In addition Corps of Engineer technical intelligence activities which had been housed in the Army Map Service were transferred to it. The intelligence section in the office of the commanding general of the Army Missile Command was not recognized as an official intelligence production agency until much later in the 1960s. The Medical Information and Intelligence Agency, which was not at Ft Detrick, was not affected by the reorganization of the Army intelligence activities outlined in Department of the Army Reorganization Planning Directive 381-2, 18 May 1962, which is available in the UNL Digital Commons at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usarmyresearch/169/ In fact, the intelligence organization which was formed in the Office of the Surgeon General went through a complicated series of reorganizations before it became the National Center for Medical Intelligence at Ft Detrick. Robert L Bolin, Associate Professor Emeritus, UNL Librarie

Department of the Army General Orders 47, 26 July 1962

Paragraph 1 of this order established the US Army Area Analysis Intelligence Agency. Other paragraphs concerned assorted administrative matters related to various organizations: Para II US Army Subsistence Center Para III Cactus Ordnance Work, Dumas, Texas Para IV Nebraska Ordnance Plant, Nebraska Para V Ravenna Depot Activity, Ohio Para VI Redstone Depot Activity, Alabama Para VII The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florid

FM 30-16, Technical Intelligence, 28 February 1969.

This manual defines technical intelligence and explains the technical intelligence process. It briefly discusses the top level Army technical intelligence production organizations, which at that time were Foreign Science and Technology Center, the Missile Intelligence Directorate of the US Army Missile Command, and the Medical Intelligence Office of the Office of the Surgeon General of the Army. It explains the technical intelligence activities and planning in US Forces in the field. Considerable attention is given to explaining the proper procedures for recovery and evacuation of foreign equipment and documents. The appendices contain an extensive list of references, the categories of technical intelligence, and an example of a technical intelligence plan

FM 5-30, Engineer Intelligence, May 1959

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, and the production of finished intelligence

Army Service Forces, Organization Manual, M301

During World War II, the Army in the continental United States was organized into the Army Headquarters and three commands: Army Ground Forces which was concerned with the organization and training of ground forces for use in the various theaters of war. The Army Air Forces, which were concerned with the organization and training of air forces and with research, development, and production of aviation related equipment. The Army Services Forces (ASF), which was concerned with administrative, personnel, supply, and fiscal activities as well as the Army Technical Forces: The Office of the Quartermaster General The Office of the Chief of Ordinance The Office of the Chief of Engineers The Office of the Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service The Office of the Surgeon General The Office of the Chief of Transportation This manual describes the organization of the ASF in detail as well as the organization of each of the Army Technical Services. At the end of the War, the ASF was abruptly reorganized out of existence. The history of the ASF is discussed in an official history: The Organization and Role of the Army Service Forces by John D Millett (Washington, DC: Office of the Chief of Military History, 1954.) The creation of the ASF during the reorganization of the Army at the beginning of the war and the discontinuation of the organization at the end of the war are discussed in: From Root to McNamara by James E. Hewes (Washington, DC: Office of the Chief of Military History, 1975.

US Army Foreign Science and Technology Center [a brochure]

The Foreign Science and Technology Center (FSTC) was a special-purpose intelligence production organization concerned with weapons and equipment of foreign ground forces. This document is a lengthy, polished brochure giving a general overview of FSTC apparently intended for recruitment purposes. It outlines the mission and function of FSTC and of its subdivisions and gives a thumb-nail sketch of the history of the organization. Although it is undated, information in the text indicates that it was probably published around 1990