COLOR BADGES FOR AGENCY PERSONNEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00901A000100050008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 22, 1960
• Content Type: MEMO

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bepnty Director (Support)
Chief , MaRgereAt Staff
2 2 MAR 1960
Color U46011 for Agency Pez or nei
Refs : (a) Memo dtd 24 Dec 59 to . r -f- ^r a eat , b/ woo was subject
fib) Memo dtd 3 Feb 60 to /s tr dctg DAM.
(a) aEeeeeo did 20 TO 60 to Chief, Mgt/s fr Actg W'8, seam* subject
1. ftrliaPh 8 Of this memorandum contains recommendations
for yaw approval.
I* The usa of color badges appears to be one of three questions
concerning bang which are currently under coa-sidera.tion. The other
Itsm Mike* a) co
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ra
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on to aea used badge q'stam, and b) electronic
any of these questions. The throe questions sensibly converge for
consideration, however, to the extent, that they necessitate or imply
sea "ately, would necessitate r! . ed
Transition to an exposed
badge system could be made by a slight mechanical modification of
existing badges.
3. A fourth question - that of how often baaetges should be a gated
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le not explicit in the attached Papers, is pertinent and eeheslif h.
b. eakiaeg oaly to the question of color
points goose significant: baftos, following
A. There is no real time Pressure on the acquisition of color
Pro,0426129 capability for this pm rpose, it decision is made to Co
to color badges, the transition could be started at *jW time and
affected in as orderly manner, with a rsnsoible spread. of the
processing workload. V* see no necessary reason to tit the completion
of color, badgi;reg (or any other badginc change) to the move to the
now building.
a.. the logistics estimate of *45,000 for equipment and alter-
atic contemplates a build-.up in color processing capability beyond
that required for badging.
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in anticipation of an increase in the over-all Agency descend for
color reproduction (et ., intelligence photographs, intelligence
5? It is our understanding that a ssubstant%ei part of the in-
crass color r pability contemplated in the logistics estis te to
tiont). The desstrabilitg Of butldi.eg Up capftbility beyond
de and, seems subject to question on the
Miss as to the location and layout of the
printing operattos surd b; the dy is state of color t eehaols .
A separation Of the require ente neesss; for proeesetnC color
considerations inherent in the, Logistics estiaa
erefore facilitate dec
been informed that there
3 tng work within *
e.g. igcal Cor
:nd the willingness to process our color
sorrel to accomplish the mass rebad .ng without
r capability for this purpose*
2) Consider the see
color rebging job bye
eia? level of quality acceptable for
color badges (worktsg with the Printing S rvicess Division,
es, on this ).
cs apli ehi>g the
e of the military (or other government)
an order).
Install..
Of the Oil nary
in* Corps -- Headers
of Security has stated. its objection to otter sing
job to a cleared co erctel concern. it
could she arrangements to s their facilities
b) laving our own personnel use the equipment at one
the military installations to process the job in off-hours.
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estimate from considerations of building up over-all +e
btlity for other purposes.
necessary to process color badges of a quality acceptable to
the mice of Security; and to separate this figure In the most
military (or other government) Installations w
Wish a norm for badg. life (**Cot 3 yes
i at the expiration of whi period rebadging
ester of Logistics to:
e the sininum cost of obtaini;
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9. $aa ogaudu to the Director of feourity Md the Director of
Logistics car rug out the rsaosamendati.onax to Paragm 7 are attached
for your signature.
Sigflr
des } are accoapu shing their colon'.
arson Hall)- 0 ascertain and report on how State (pas+c
pvrta3 and ArC f
Chte , gosent Staff
2) Look at OOlor proces8iavcc tsrchaia ams nnl t,.:ta72s,
roototr %bu +port), same eubjeot.
a dtd march 60 to Director of Saeurtty from
"a
%7,,r vA r sgr L ` port) n same Subject,
dtd-(1 'a-rr h 60 to Director of r,A .e4..,. *___
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