ACENCY NEWSLETTER

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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2006
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• Publication Date: November 6, 1963
• Content Type: CIAPER

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6 November 1963
ENCY NEWSLETTER
1. The past few months have been a period of intense activity at-
Headquarters. The Cuban crisis having calmed down somewhat, we now
find ourselves in the middle of the Vietnamese crisis. Much has been
written and will be written about the Agency's role in the crisis and cer-
tain aspects of it have political overtones. In a newsletter such as this
there is not space to permit a complete analysis of the performance of
the Agency, but I believe the question you would most like answered is
whether you can be proud of what the Agency has done in South Vietnam.
The answer is "Yes, you can be very proud". You are familiar, after
the Cuban crisis, with the fact that once a situation develops into this
magnitude it is almost impossible to protect our operations, and once
they are opened to scrutiny they are often misrepresented and misinter-
preted, so I want to take this opportunity to tell you that we here in
Headquarters consider that the Agency's performance in South Vietnam
has been first-rate. We are confident that the top executives of our
Government, members of Congress and the press are becoming more
and more aware of the importance of the Agency in carrying out national
policy.
2. It should be of particular interest to the personnel in the GS-13
to GS-15 category that the first Mid-Career Training Course began on
7 October with 30 students representing all major components of the
Agency. This Course is part of the Agency Mid-Career Training Pro-
gram which establishes the principle that each Career Service will make
a critical assessment of each of its members at his mid-career stage to
evaluate his prior experience, accomplishments and potential. This will
serve as a basis for planning an appropriate program for his future train-
ing and growth to insure that the individual will be of most value to his
Career Service and to the Agency. The training program will be tailored
to each individual's needs, taking into consideration his prior experience
and training as well as his probable future development and responsibilities.
The training may be stretched over several months or years, The Mid-
Career Training Course, of approximately six weeks duration, is one part
of the Mid-Career Training Program. Among other topics, the Course
covers the functioning of the various components of the Agency; the
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functioning of other agencies of the US Government, particularly those
with intelligence and action responsibilities, and the Agency's relation
to them; also covered are foreign and domestic political and other factors
affecting US Government policy and actions. To give you an indication of
the quality of the Course, the following individuals, in addition to almost
all the top officers of the Agency, were speakers at the first course:
Allen Dulles, McGeorge Bundy, William Bundy, G. Mennen Williams
and Dean Acheson.
3. The Director and all other senior officers of the Agency have
been doing everything possible to see that the Early Retirement Bill is
enacted into law. As you are aware, its purpose is to afford an improved
retirement system for a portion of the employees of CIA. Generally only
those career em to ees whose work i d19-ward,Y,tl e conduct axad
support of intelligence activities abr adae to be covered under thee sysgm.
It was etermined that rather than establish an entirely new system, the
Agency would follow precedent established in the retirement field by
Foreign Service legislation. Consequently, the Bill authorizes the estab-
lishment of a separate retirement system for the Agency which is
substantively identical to that of the Foreign Service. It is estimated
that approximately thirty percent of all Agency employees will,_,qualiIy for.
coverage under this system. The Bill provides for voluntary retirement
at age 50 if an emp oy a 20 years of Government service and at least
five years of service with the Agency. Where individuals in GS-14 and
above are retired involuntarily, they would be entitled to draw an immedi-
ate earned annuity regardless of age, Where the employee involuntarily
retired is grade GS-13 or below, he would be entitled to severance pay
equal to one month's pay for each year's service not to exceed 12 months
and, if otherwise eligible, to deferred annuities at age 60. It is believed
the enactment of this legislation will fulfill Agency needs and will enable
the Agency to keep a younger service by retiring people earlier and pro-
viding for them a more equitable annuity. It will, we believe, significantly
improve the career structure of CIA and will permit greater efficiency and
flexibility to Agency management and administration generally.
I am certain you will be interested in these remarks of
Mr. McCone when he discussed the Bill before the House Armed Services
Committee on 23 July:
"I have now been associated with the Central Intelligence
Agency for almost two years and I have been Director since
the 29th of November 1961.
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"During the period of my service with Secretary Forrestal
in 1947 and 1948, and as Under Secretary of the Air Force in
1950 and 1951, and more recently as Chairman of the Atomic
Energy Commission in 1958 and 1961, I naturally had a very
considerable contact with CIA. Hence, through direct partici-
pations in recent years, and through a less intimate but still
important contact over a long period of time, I have been able
to personally evaluate the quality, integrity, and the dedication
of the employees of the Agency.
"It is my belief that the caliber of the personnel of the
Agency is unequalled in any other agency of Government and,
for that matter, any private industry with which I have been
associated. I can say very frankly that I have never been
surrounded by a group of men of greater intellectual quality
or more sincere dedication of purpose than the men associated
with me in the Central Intelligence Agency.
"For the most part, the senior men and women in the
Agency possess a most unusual academic background, and,
in addition, a high degree of professionalism gained through
uninterrupted service extending over a great many years with
the CIA and its predecessor organizations.
"With world conditions as they are, and in view of the
serious responsibilities assigned to the Central Intelligence
Agency by law or by Presidential directives, I believe it
essential that the superb quality of men and women of CIA be
maintained and indeed be improved, and, moreover, that the
dedication of these employees be recognized by the provision
of adequate benefits.
"I believe the enactment of this legislation will be a positive
step in this direction. The legislation will significantly improve
the career structure of the Agency and will permit greater
efficiency in personnel management of the Agency. "
"The task of the Central Intelligence Agency is a most
serious and difficult one. We are charged by law with the
responsibility of furnishing to the President and his policy
advisers evaluations concerning the intentions of other countries,
most particularly of the Communist bloc. Upon these evaluations
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hinge a great many basic decisions which affect the security
and the future of the United States, and, for that matter the
free world.
"We in the Government can afford nothing less than the
best in personnel who shoulder this responsibility, and the
proposed Central Intelligence Agency retirement system
will in my opinion do a great deal in maintaining the quality
of that which we now have and in encouraging its continual
improvement.
"I therefore heartily endorse this legislation, and I urge
its early and favorable consideration by the Congress.
"As this committee. knows, Lt. Gen. Marshall Carter,.
Deputy Director of Central. Intelligence, serves as the
General Manager of the Central Intelligence Agency. This
is a necessary arrangement if I, as the President's principal
intelligence officer, am to be free to consider problems of
the intelligence community as a whole.
"General Carter, therefore, is the man in CIA most
familiar with all of the details of this legislation and. best
equipped to present the matter to you and to answer your
questions.
"However, this is a subject which has been close.to me
in CIA and in the State Department when I was studying this
problem as a member of Secretary Dulles' personnel policy
committee, and also in the Defense Department as well.
"In introducing General Carter and asking that he continue
this presentation, I wish to assure you of my support of this
legislation and my desire to answer any questions you may
care to direct to me. " N
You will also be interested in the remarks of Congressman Rivers
on 4 September when he was discussing the proposed Bill before the House
Armed Services Committee:
"Let me at the outset say, Mr. Chairman, that we worked
pretty hard on this bill. It affects one of our vital agencies.
It is doing an outstanding job . . .
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"In our opinion, many CIA employees serve under condi-
tions which are as difficult, probably more dangerous and
onerous than the conditions which led to improved retirement
benefits for the Foreign Service and certain personnel of the
FBI and other agencies.
"CIA employees who will come under this proposed
system are obligated, in writing, to serve anywhere in the
world according to the needs of the Agency, as is the case
in the Foreign Service and the military, but unlike the normal
civil service employee. The Agency has a definite need to
maintain a young service by encouraging earlier retirement
and in some cases directing earlier retirement. The volun-
tary early retirement features of the proposed legislation
will serve this end. it
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The Bill has passed the House and is now before the Senate
Committee on Armed Services.
5. The Field will be interested to learn of the broadened effort the
Agency has mounted to create a better understanding of our capabilities
on the part of the military and the State Department. We are now giving
briefings to the senior military schools (such as the National War College),
interdepartmental seminars (conducted by the Foreign Service Institute),
and the State Department senior seminar group, on the mission and
functions of the Agency and its role in counterinsurgency. As part of
this program the faculty, student body and directing staff of the National
War College visited the Agency on 14 October to attend lectures and
briefings. We believe these efforts are having a good effect in gradually
producing a realistic and mature understanding of the Agency among
senior US officials who should understand our role.
6. Along these same lines, "The 100 Universities Program" gives
a new dimension to Agency recruitment and public relations. During the
week of 4 November, 20 senior officials, drawn from the four Deputy
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We have gained immensely in practical knowledge as a result
of the Cuban crisis, and as you are aware we have made a number of
practical adjustments based on this experience. However, much remains
to be done.
8. There have been several major organizational changes in the
Agency about which you should be aware. On 6 August 1963 Mr. McCone
approved the reorganization of the DD/R, redesignated the Deputy Direc-
torate for Science and Technology; Dr. Albert D. Wheelon was named
Deputy. Director. The DD/S&T retains the Office of Special Activities,
the Office of Elint and the Office of Research and Development. In
addition, the Office of Scientific Intelligence was moved from DD/I' to
DD/S&T and the Automatic Data Processing Staff was moved from DD/S
to DD/S&T and renamed the Office of Computer Services. At the time of
the reorganization the DCI gave the following reasons for establishing
the DD/S&T:
a. To insure the professional coupling of all Agency
scientific and technical assets and programs.
b. To enlarge and improve Agency scientific and technical
environment.
c. To facilitate the development of the scientific and
technical career services.
d. To give flexibility in the collection and analysis of
scientific and technical material.
e. And, finally, to facilitate shift in skills as changing
requirements demand.
The DD/S&T will continue to support National Intelligence Esti-
mates through ONE and coordinate fully with DD/I all scientific and
technical intelligence production for consumers outside the Agency.
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The Office of Computer Services pools the majority of Agency
capabilities and equipment in this field.
Dr. Wheelon also replaces the DDCI as Chairman of the Agency
Research and Development Review Board, comprised of the Chief of the
Technical Services Division, the Director of Communications, the
Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence, and the Director of the
National Photographic Interpretation Center. This Board was established
for the purpose of reviewing and integrating research and development
activities, and scientific and technical efforts, in the various Agency
components concerned. The Board also ensures that all scientific and
technical activities are constantly related to the broadest interpretation
of the Agency's mission and constitutes a reviewing body for the Agency's
research and development effort as a whole.
9.. As you can see we have been making a major effort to give our
scientific and technical activity the important place.the times call for.
As a further step to bring excellence to our scientific and technical effort
the DCI on 16 June 1963 appointed
e purpose o is
Board will be to advise the Director on the adequacy of the Agency
research and development effort and point out possible application of
newly emerging scientific developments to the mission of the Central
Intelligence Agency. is ably assisted by top-notch experts
from the American industrial and academic scene.
.10. Another change of real significance has. been the appointment of
Mr. John Bross to be Deputy to the Director for National Intelligence Pro-
grams Evaluation. On 6 September 1963 the DCI sent a memorandum to
the members of the USIB which stated:
"At the time of my appointment as Director of Central
Intelligence and later by letter of 16 January 1962, the Presi-
dent directed that I maintain, with the Heads of the Depart-
ments and Agencies concerned, a continuing review of the
programs and activities of all Departments and Agencies
engaged in foreign intelligence activities.
"The purpose of this directive was to ensure proper
coordination of all elements of the Intelligence Community
and to provide effective guidance to them in the interest of
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ensuring efficiency and completeness of coverage with a
minimum of waste and duplication. To date I have dis-
charged these responsibilities personally, working
directly with you or your representatives on the United
States Intelligence Board.
"I now feel that to carry on this work more effectively
a small staff reporting directly to me is necessary.
Therefore I am appointing Mr. John A. Bross as my
Deputy for National Intelligence Programs Evaluation and
have directed him to organize the necessary staff. He will
be responsible for the review and evaluation of programs of
the Intelligence Community as a whole. He will represent
me in my capacity as Director of Central Intelligence as
contrasted with my responsibility as Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
"Initially it is my intention that Mr. Bross and his staff
concern themselves primarily with the development of a
community-wide intelligence activity inventory to establish
the totality of the United States foreign intelligence effort
in terms of activities performed, their objectives, and the
resources committed to their support. Such an inventory
will serve as a basis for community-wide program evalua-
tion and will facilitate judgments concerning the relative
cost and effectiveness of particular programs, thereby con-
tributing to sound decisions concerning our investment of
money and manpower in our intelligence effort.
"In addition, Mr. Bross will review and evaluate for me
the actions of the USIB committees. and members of the
Intelligence Community taken to implement the Priority
National Intelligence Objectives as established at regular
intervals by USIB. The PNIO's set forth the most important
tasks to be undertaken by the Intelligence Community, and
thus serve as a guideline for the community's activities. The
reviews will be submitted to the United States Intelligence
Board periodically. "
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11. This Newsletter is designed to give all Supervisors, in both
Headquarters and the Field, a brief review of the latest major develop-
ments concerning the Agency. Further distribution is up to the
individual supervisors, but after it has served its purpose, please
destroy it.
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.uyrnan D. Executive Director
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