NOTES FOR MR. BANNERMAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00341R000100060054-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: March 2, 1966
• Content Type: MFR

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SUBJECT: Notes for Mr. Bannerman
2. Mr. Helms announced that Bob Komer is to be the "temporary and
invisible" replacement for McGeorge Bundy. By "invisible" it appears that he
will not become widely known as the President's Foreign Affairs Staff Officer.
4. vent in to brief the DCI on the cable numbering system
last night an t e . ? preempted the conversation by asking for the Task Force
report. Jack didn't know anything about a Task Force and a call to Colonel
White convinced the Director that he had never asked for a Task Force study.
In any case, there is now one. The Office of Communications will chair it and
each Directorate will be asked to appoint one or more members.
hopeful that something useful will come out of this, as for example, a clear
indication of when a cable is originated. This is pretty fuzzy under our present
system.
5 ame in and had nothing but
friendly words to say about support.
6. Deputy Chief of Africa Division, came in. He is
preparing a report to the Personnel Management Committee of the Clandestine
Services on medical support overseas. I think the DD/S has heard about this
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from OMS. The draft pap ad stated that four slots would be transferred
from the DD/P to the DD/S to accommodate the present
and went on to say that this would be good so long as the program lasted. I
objected to that. It also stated that DDS would put up two additional slots if
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e to recrui
. I told him I, would look into this. 25X1A
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Basically, the idea is a good one since it recognizes the regional characteristics
of medical services and I believe we should move in this direction. This raises
a question about Why shouldn't they be treated the
same way? Here again, I am for it.
7. Col. White wants to take a pretty firm position on retention of our
medium and heavy sedans for as long as they are economically repairable and
useful. I told him that Mr. Bannerman had decided to replace his Mercury
and that Jack Smith also wanted to replace his sedan. George Meloon has some
8 cylinder Plymouths and I asked him to set two of these aside for these replace-
ments. He will also give me the mileage and justification on the remaining
vehicles. In this connection, Col. -White also mentioned. that the Director would 25X1 A
like to replace his Cadillac. This presents a whole new set of problems.
cting Deputy Director
for Support
A-DD/S/AMW:bak(2 Mar 66)
D,Istribution:
Orig. - RLB Hold
1 - AMW Diary Notes
1 - Circulation Copy (thermo)
1 - VRT/MAQ (thermo)
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