WEEKLY REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING 9 DECEMBER 1959 FROM RECORDS DISPOSITION BRANCH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00211R000900230014-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2012
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: December 9, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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Weekly Report for Week Ending 9 December 1959
from
Records Disposition Branch
Intangible
Assisted Legislative Counsel in the retirement'of Records.
Four boxes have been transferred to the Records Center. Possibly
six more boxes will be transferred. This action resulted from
our recent appeal to the Area Records Officers.
2. Assignments
25X1 a.
Shelf Filing
(1) OP/Records and Services Division/Test Installation
25X1
(2) 00/Contact Division
25X1
(3)
(4) Office of Communications/TTT Staff
N
o chang
e sin
ce previous report.
25X1
(5) OO/
Contact
Divi
sion
Floor plan for small shelving installation in a secure
area submitted and approved by 00. Requisition completed
and forwarded to Logistics for final processing. A 4%
savings in floor space and a 50% increase in file space.
will be realized when installation is completed.
b. Filing Systems
(1) Management Staff, 0&M Files
Conferred with concerning
logging system in O&M DDS and DD I. Continued to assist
improve condition of Office files.
(1) Executive Registry
Survey continues.
(3) OCI
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E. IJIEG" IAA.
25X1 (4)
25X1 (5) Records Center
d. Special Projects
25X1 (1) SSA/DD/S
(2) Refresher Training Workshops in Filing
Concluded successful workshop with 50 from DD/P attending
25X1 and Messrs. present as observers.
Final report on all three workshops being prepared. Miss
25X1 assisted at the workshop.
(3) Revision of Notices on Filing Equipment and Supplies
Draft returned from Logistics with comments
(4) Records Center Article for Support Bulletin
Draft being reviewed by
(5) Follow-up on Unused Safes
in DD/P area. Final report being prepared.
(6) Records Management Survey, Real Estate & Construction Branch
25X1 Office of Logistics
Briefing Sessions to begin today to explain the systems
and procedures involved in this project. The project has
been coordinated with both the Comptroller and Commercial
Staff relating to their interests in Agency Real Property
Holdings.
Regulation Control Staff has been consulted concerning
methods of issuing detailed instructions to field stations.
Machine Records Division will also be consulted about the
possibility of having statistical information punched in
cards from which a listing could be prepared annually.
Actual work on setting up various file categories for
records of the Division has not been started but will
begin within the week if briefing sess ions are completed.
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(7) Transfer of German Documents from State Department and
National Archives to CIA
25X1 (8) Records nt's Advisory Committee on Political
Refugees
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We wi
CI/Staff requested our assistance
ords. He has found these records in
11 be contacted if we can be of any
further assistance. Project closed.
to develop clear and concise files identifi-
(10) Survey of Headquarters for Herring-Hall-Marvin safes
(11) Subject-Numeric File System 1960 Folders and Gddes
(12) Equipment Survey, Cable Secretariat
Survey by Office of Security revealed the need for
additional protective measures which included expanded
metal in ceiling, A.D.T. system, etc. Due to the cost
of improvements the exchange of equipment has been agreed
upon as impractical at this time. Project dropped and
closed.
Study was reviewed b Mr. O'Gara who made certain extracts
and forwarded these to for additional information. 25X1
25X1 (1) Study of EAM Equipment
25X1 e. Vital Materials
(1) OCR/GR - continuing - Photo collection should be completed
within a week. The personality collection is scheduled to
begin after the first of the year.
25X1 f. Microfilming
(2) Office of Personnel will begin 12 December starting with
Insurance Records.
(9) DD/P/PP Staff Records Survey
Meetings were held with and Mr.
of NE Support Staff, the Executive Office of DDP
the Printing Services Division/OL on the 25X1
Station Microfilm Project. Another briefing for branch chiefs of the WH
Area will be given Friday December 11.
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