SATURDAY DUTY IN THE GENERAL SERVICES OFFICE

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2006
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: December 4, 1953
• Content Type: REGULATION

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GENERAL SERVICES OFFICE REGULATION NUMBER GSO-I
4 December 1953
SATURDAY DUTY IN THE GENERAL SERVICES OFFICE
1. AGENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR SATURDAY WORK
a. Paragraph 1 of CIA Regulation No.
as follows:
dated 7 April 1953, states
"The normal official hours of work for all activities of
the Agency are from 0830 hours to 1700 hours Monday
through Friday. Office heads shall schedule any other
tours of duty for only those employees necessary to
meet the requirements of their respective Offices."
b. The Acting Deputy Director (Administration) has directed that some-
one be on duty in the Office of the Chief, General Services Office,
on Saturdays.
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a. The General Services Office is responsible for providing adequate
telephone, courier, and special reproduction service to CIA activities
on Saturdays. Sufficient personnel must be available to fulfill
these requirements.
b. In addition to 2a above, the General Services Office will have on
duty each Saturday one employee of grade GS-11 or above, to serve
as GSO Saturday Duty Officer between the hours of 0830 and 1?30.
c. Stenographic and typist personnel will not be required for regular
Saturday duty, and overtime will be authorized for this purpose only
when stenographic or typist help is necessary in connection with work
required to be performed by the GSO Saturday Duty Officer on that day.
d. In urgent situations when approval has been given for overtime work on
Saturdays by additional GSO employees not mentioned in 2a, 2b, or 2c
above, all such personnel will be required to call the GSO Saturday
Duty Off tcer by telephone upon their arrival and advise him of their
presence. The GSO Saturday Duty Officer may call upon these personnel
to assist.him in the event matters arise requiring their services.
e. Overtime pay for Saturday work required by this regulation will be
authorized when such work does not fall within the regular tours of
duty of the employees performing such duty and when payment is in
accordance with Agency regulations.
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a. The Administrative Officer, GSO, will be responsible for the maintenance
of a current alphabetical list of all GSO employees of GS-11 or above.
Saturday duty will be rotated among these employees in the order in which
their names appear on the list. Prior to the beginning of each month
the Administrative Officer will prepare rosters indicating those in-
dividuals assigned to perform Saturday duty during the coming month and
distribute copies thereof to Division Chiefs and employees whose names
appear thereon.
b. On Thursday of each week, the Administrative Officer will remind the
individual concerned of his assigned duty the following Saturday.
c. Exchanges in assigned dates for Saturday duty between individuals may
be made by mutual agreement and notification to the Administrative
Officer, GSO, in advance of the day on which duty is to be performed.
However, the person assigned for the day of duty will be responsible
for being sure that his replacement actually reports for duty.
4. PREPARATION OF GSO SATURDAY DUTY OFFICER BOOK
a. The Administrative Officer will be responsible for preparing and main-
taining a GSO Saturday Duty Officer Book containing appropriate infor-
mation for the GSO Saturday Duty Officers, including names, home-ad-
dresses and telephone numbers of key personnel, stenographers and typists
in the General Services Office, instruction as to action to be taken
on certain matters which may arise, copies of rosters, forms for use in
recording events of the day, and similar information which may be help-
ful to the Duty Officer.
b. The Administrative Officer will insure that the GSO Saturday Duty Officer
Book is made available each week for use on Saturday by the GSO Saturday
Duty Officer.
. POST OF DUTY OF GSO SATURDAY DUTY OFFICER
The GSO Saturday Duty Officer will be located at the desk of the secre-
tary to the Chief, General Services Office, in Room 137, Building 0 STAT
on Extension I Stenographic or typist personnel, when required to be
.on duty, will work at the desk of the secretary to the Deputy Chief,
General Services Office, also in Room 137-
6. ABSENCE OF GSO SATURDAY DUTY OFFICER FROM POST OF DUTY
If it is necessary for the GSO Saturday Duty Officer to leave his post
of duty for an extended period, he is to call the Office of the Deputy
Director (Administration), (extension and notify them of his STAT
absence, the extension on which he may be reached while absent from
his post, and the approximate time he will return. Upon returning, he
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should notify them that he is again available. Prior to leaving his
post unattended at any time, he will take the necessary security pre-
cautions to insure that such post is completely secure.
7. TRANSPORTATION FOR GSO SATURDAY DUTY OFFICER
If transportation is required by the GSO Saturday Duty Officer to handle
official matters arising, same may be requested by calling the Motor
Pool Dispatcher, Extension E_ 1
8. REPORTS TO BE MADE BY GSO SATURDAY DUTY OFFICER
a. The GSO'Saturday Duty Officer will maintain a record of all personnel
falling in the category of those mentioned in 2d above who report for
work in GSO on Saturday. (A form for this purpose will be included
in the GSO Saturday Duty Officer Book.) He will also maintain a list
of problems arising and telephone calls received.
b. A report of the events occurring and the action taken on Saturday will
be prepared and submitted by the GSO Saturday Duty Officer to the Chief,
General Services Office:, on the following Monday morning, at which time
the GSO Saturday Duty Officer Book will be returned to the Administrative
Officer.
9. SECURITY CHECK BY GSO SATURDAY DUTY OFFICER
Offices entered by the GSO Saturday Duty Officer should be thoroughly
checked by him prior to his departure for the day. He should assure
that windows are locked, wastebaskets are free of classified material,
and the offices, safes, and classified material are completely secured
prior to leaving the building at 12:30 p.m. The time of his departure
from his post of duty will be inserted in the GSO Saturday Duty Officer
Book on the form provided, and he will initial in the space provided to
indicate that the security check has been made. The GSO Saturday'Duty
Officer Book will, at the end of his tour of duty, be secured in accord-
ance with security regulations, depending upon the classification of the
material contained therein.
Chief, General Services Office
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THE NATIONAL SECURITY CO UhIZ~~
CONCEPT
The present concept of the National Security Council hinges
upon two complementary interpretations: its function as an
advisory body to the President and its structure as a Cabinet-
level part of the President's official family.
The Council does not determine policy or supervise opera-
tions, except for its responsibility for general direction of
the Central Intelligence Agency. Nor is it an implementing
agency, since execution and administration are the responsibility
of the respective executive departments and agencies. The
Council's function is to formulate national security policy
for the consideration of the President. With complete freedom
to accept, reject and amend the Council's advice and to con-
sult with other members of his official family, it is the pre-
rogative of the President to determine such policy and enforce
it. The Council serves as a channel for collective advice and
information to the President regarding the national security,
which is a coherent and discrete part of the President's total
responsibilities. Therefore, as an agency primarily useful
to the President, the Council considers only matters requiring
his attention. It avoids matters concerning interdepartmental
coordination of operations or supervision of interdepartmental
committees created for that purpose, except in the field of
coordination of intelligence operations for which the Council
is legally responsible.
The structure of the Council, with the President as Chair-
man and limited Cabinet membership, reflects its functions. Al-
though the whole Cabinet is indirectly concerned with national
security, limited membership and attendance permit a focus at
the highest level on this aspect of the President's responsibility.
The Executive Secretary of the Council, who is considered an
administrative assistant to the President, the physical location
of his office in the Old State building along with the other
Executive Offices, and the fact that the Council meets regularly
in the White House, clarify further the character of the Council
as a staff arm of the President. Its advisory function is also
revealed by the fact that the President does not attend meetings
regularly in order that the other members may feel free to dis-
cuss problems without the finality of the premature expression
of the President's personal views, and in order that the
President may be presented with divergent views whenever agree-
ment cannot be reached. The Council thus may be understood as
a high policy planning arm of the President.
The Council's agenda and its methods of operation must
therefore be under the direction and control of the President,
who makes his desires known through the Executive Secretary.
Access to the Council's files and release of information con-
cerning.the Council's activities are also at the discretion of
the President,
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THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
The Council was established, pursuant to Public Law 253,
title I, section 101, Eightieth U. S. Congress July 26, 1947,
amended by Public Law 216 Eighty-first Congress, Aug. 10,
1949- and by Public Law 1959 section 501, Eighty-second Congress.
to advise the President of the United States with respect to
the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies
relating to the'national security so as to enable the military
services and the other departments and agencies of the United
States Government to cooperate more effectively in matters
involving the national security. The Council was formally
located within the Executive.Off.ice of the President - 1~y .Reor-
ganization Plan 4 of 1949, effective Aug,20, 1949.
In addition to performing such other functions as the
President may direct, it is the duty of the Council, subject
to the direction of the President: (1) to assess and appraise
the objectives, commitments, and risks of the United States
in relation to our actual and potential military power, in
the interest of national security for the purpose of making
recommendations to the President In connection therewith; and
(2) to consider policies on matters of common interest to the
departments and agencies of the Government concerned with the
national security, and to make recommendations to the President
in connection therewith.
The Council is composed of the President, the Vice Pres-
ident, the Secretaries of State and Defense, the Director,
for Mutual Security, the Chairman of the National Security Re-
sources Board; and the Secretaries and Under Secretaries of
other executive departments and of the military departments,
the Chairman of the Munitions Board, and the Chairman of the
Research and Development Board, when appointed by the Presi-
dent by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to
serve at his pleasure. At the direction of the President,
the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of Defense
Mobilization attend all Council meetings and participate in
all Council actions; other officials of the Executive Branch
participate with the Council in consideration of specific
matters of direct concern to them.
The Council is assisted in the preparation of coordinated
policy recommendations to the President and in the marshaling
of the resources of the Government for this purpose by a
staff headed by a civilian Executive Secretary appointed by
the President.
The NSC Staff is composed of (a) a Senior NSC Staff, the
members of which are designated by the President as Chairman
of the Council, based upon the nomination of one individual
each by the Secretary of State the Secretary of Defense,
the Director for Mutual Security, the Chairman, National
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Security Resources Board, the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Director of Defense Mobilization the Joint Chiefs of Staff
and the Director of Central Intelligence. A representative
of the Psychological Strategy Board participates as an adviser
in all meetings of the Senior NSC Staff. (b) The NSC Staff
Assistants, fulltime officials designated by the respective
members of the Senior NSC Staff and headed by a Coordinator
designated by the Executive Secretary; (c) a nucleus of per-
manent career officials employed by the Council to lend
continuity to the Council's staff work; (d) a small reporting
unit established during 1951, pursuant to Presidential direc-
tive, to keep currently informed on the status of national
security programs and to ensure that such status reports as
may be required are made available promptly to the President
or to the National Security Council; and (e) special commit-
tees and consultants employed by the Council from time to
time for special projects and studies.
Under the direction of the National Security Council is
a Central Intelligence Agency headed by a Director of Central
Intelligence. The Psychological Strategy Board, established
in 1951, reports to the National Security Council on its
activities and on its evaluation of the national psychological
operations, including implementation of approved objectives,
policies, and programs by the departments and agencies con-
cerned.
The two following additional responsibilities were
assigned to the National Security Council by statute during
1951; (a) Section 1302 of the Third Supplemtal Appropriation
Act of 1951, which superseded Section 1301A Public Law 843,
81st Congress, directed that, unless the Tational Security
Council made an exception upon an official determination that
such exception was in the security interest of the United
States, no economic or financial assistance should be provided
to any foreign country which, after fifteen days following its
enactment, exported or knowingly permitted the export of
certain named categories of commodities to the Soviet Bloc
during any period in which the armed forces of the United
States were actively engaged in hostilities in carrying out
a decision of the Security Council of the United Nations.
In order to be eligible for economic or financial assistance
each country had to certify that after the prescribed period
it had not exported or knowingly permitted-the export of the
prohibited items to the Soviet Bloc. Twenty-five of the
countries receiving economic or financial assistance certified
under Section 1302. The Council approved 21 determinations
covering other countries receiving United States aid. The
responsibility of the National Security Council for determi-
nations under Section 1302 was terminated with the approval
of the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 (Public
Law 213, 82nd Congress) on-October 26, 1951. (b) Section
10 (a) (3) of the Atomic Energy Act, as amended by the 82nd
Congress (Public Law 235) provides that the Atomic Energy
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Commission may under certain conditions, enter into "specific
arrangements involving the communication to another nation
of restricted data on refining, purification and subsequent
treatment of source materials; reactor development; production
or fissionable material; and research and development relat-
ing to the foregoing," provided that the President after
securing the recommendation of the National Security Council
makes certain determinations in writing incorporating the
National Security Council recommendation.
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