INTRODUCTORY SPEECH MADE(Sanitized) AT ARO MEETING, TUES, 11 JUNE, 1963 AT 1E-64, HQ.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00211R000500040112-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2005
• Sequence Number: 112
• Publication Date: June 11, 1963
• Content Type: LETTER

Introductory Speech made by
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introducing Don K. Simon, State Department
Good Morning - I am pleased to see you all here
this morning. I particularly want to welcome those
of.yqu,who are here or the first time - even
though your primary assignment may not be in the
records management profession, you are welcome to
our meetings ,- {
this morning to have every one introduce themselves.
I would like, however, to ask
Chief of the Systems Group, DDP to stand. Also
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Chief, RI. And I think you should
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Before proceeding with the principal topic
of our meeting, I have one or two preliminaries -
First - I want to thank sincerely youk
Records Officers for the excellent cooperation
you have give my Staff in our efforts
to,utilize filing e}quipmen,,nd supplies which have
become excess to the weeds of some offic , Since
January of this year equipment valued at over
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has been salvaged . We expect that at
more of this equipment will be
last Wednesday. ,t- o
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be an interesting meeting at the National Archives
Building sponsored by the Forms Management
Council. The speaker is Ray Marien of the Olin
Mathieaon Chemical Corp., the eu ect "Marien on
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Forms" Ray is an authority in -die field.
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par guest speaker today is Donald J.
Simon, Chief Division of Records ! nagement,
Department of State. In this position, Don has
two responsibilities - that of a staff officer to
establish policies, standards and procedures for
such conventional records management activities as
filing systems - filing equipment - records
disposition- vital records and correspondence;
and as a line officer he operates a large central file
for the department.
Don came to the State Department in 1957 after
more t ,e16 years with the Department of Agri. -
most 9wZ was in records management. Since 1957
he has revitalized and revolutized the entire
records system of the Department. In recognition of
his accomplishments, the Department recently
presented him a Meritorious Service Award for his
outstanding work.
I have known Don almost since he came to the
State Department. It has been a real pleasure to have
the privilege of associating with such a fine gentlemei
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Simon, Chief, Division of Records Management -
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