DEAR MR. BELEN:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP60-00213A000100030028-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: January 13, 1956
• Content Type: LETTER

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W. t`rederick C. Belan
Chief Case
Puft Office & Civil Service Comittee
Nowle of s entative s
25,D.C.
o a letter dated 14 October 1955 to W. Dulles from
Committee on Paget Office awl Civil Servitor and V)
. Dulles to Chair> n t+ gray elated 18 Duve r 1955.
The alert- tioned. letter from It. Dulles was in the n ture of an
interim r"= t as to the actions being to *n by the Ceati al Intelligence
AVMy in c Nance with the requests caitate in the original letter
Cbsir n Ituey. Zt has been supplemented by discuasie between
representatives of this Agency, Including a ee1t, and you and members of
the Cc* itteeee stafj. f ;moose of this letter is to st 'ise3 in writ-
Ing the actions which we have t n a intend to take in the future to
insure the most effective utilization of our qtr and to bring about
purl reed tions wherever such reductions can be effected 'without a
loss of efficiency in carrying out the duties imposed upro the Agency b$
the President and the l tioma. Security Council.
this problem in proper peerspe
to describe certain events in the reeent history of the Central Ihtteelli-
I believe am relevant to the cor ie'ie &tions and ob-
Je etives stated in the letter from Carman :tarraty. As you know, the
e functions of the United States Government were tarried on
_ reed pa during the years ivaeediartte7y following World War II.
f tuts of hostilities in Korea, hoveevw r, a nts which f~olle c
ade it necessary for this Goverseent to greatly and to Improve
its activities in this field. In the months immediately following the
outbreak of hostilities in Korea our expansion me rapid, both as to
is to the personnel required to carry out those functions.
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the Agency amw se astsanti$l1y in a rel,ati
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ae
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As a
of time and continued to grow, smltho s the rat* lever of
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initial aerie period. Although '710 reec ri re*ents
w tl lit year, the motor of *ntmi
comet offtw to avoid inereaing Our
M .+ that with the amettieas1 Of certain Oxtrmm
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did t r* 3e the * teal mof scsmel on
m" t k l" the strength Leh these GOSIPMONE-8
war in their budgets.
ing siui ly to indicate to
to on Post Office & Civil "vice in t
in efti r e ~ a fetter, are
as e~sseg
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Of control T ie3. me and tht hscL
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tfie eassres in the direction of these objectives pr1or
Iesvre a continuing 1 1 Tint h givees
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r re i*risg t;ICle Chle etn'a letter sesdditioae>el
t r3 thin t A&Omov to exanz a possible mme of iucre -
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1 a
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l' utilization dttslE of aredultias pears 3
a
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strength. As Mr. Wiles indicated in his letter of 18 deer 1955, a
SPOSIal teen force is establ.i*h+sd within the Ag Y, ua .rr the ;xis w.-
,p of its DMe*tor _ y - a e tist'Ing of high-level re;p9r~esent*ti ee5
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`errt.?I t*$k fnreft d iYY
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a
$ f"fl3 4 1/~ b?ee q attoasse Mere d of
a out of , if mush 111 out
b. In *at mrs" of your operation to the" a possible
iof withactivities of this or otbar ra-
ovamiess, or are i servic the exclusive
a of other " lt$l 4SMi , and
'fit .d be the resUltent Por swrivg in the
event that stieh f tio>as owe din coatis T
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In arriving at the current budget re-
The latter question way desk to provide the taaa forearm and the Mee-
with a balanced picture of peraonnial requirwamts. This a consic!
erol necessary and desirable because IMV offices had
their sUawsmes, within the limits of the over-all Arney buaet request,
to meet their needs. Answers to these juestions have been
.l offices and have been analysed and discussed in detail
ve itself. Our analysis indicates that an ireaaaediate 10
reduction could not be Asa de without abandoning essential functims. W,+-
of greatest possibility lies is farther emotion and
I'ritiees: xMieh ve 'laan sera ren at this r" past of
i, in so we inatruees for their eceliwive beva --
but it has pointed tap areas in
o offset other essential increase
possibility. A study of me function within
t;, fir, we knew that in order to r with
s there are arms in ihich vae mat grant increase s .
not greatly encceu a ed us to date that
on Will effect a swing of 10% to 15% in this wit.
iaevolving large ar*, indicates that coftiniing
are hopeful that we my be able to ccnt c for car-
if wW, *suld be re irod aver and above the ceeil-
ecti
a. In order to seeaViish your "along aredesia n with
aljrat 25% in this particular unit.
tees now pert mad by staff ;personnel, thereby effecting a at e-
I bpi
Agren ,r is a
aoaaaartituted in 19k7.
ity have required an caw
in
of the Federal Gav t,
is sad to pee. fir,
>re said increasing our psrl
of Nations vtdeb this Agency
tam Director's insistence t
possible, and by a con-
', we have co?atim ed to aeceep
'or new project& and programs without a *or re ng in--
La peed. Althoui difficult to measure
deonfident that i creased re,epon abilities is terms
seats have exceeded our actual ra Vower increases by
of our toeplete agreesent w4th t spirit
a objectives, and of our wholehearted cooperation. The
fee the interests of pur national seecar_
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gee will cove icste with irn
t ! titme of his tsm*
the Y&Iidity of those re "t on s.
L.K.
Deputy treat r
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