REQUEST FOR CABLE INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00099A000200170017-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2001
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: December 2, 1968
• Content Type: MF

2 December 1968
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= Request for Cable Information
1. Attached is a copy of a memorandum received from the Office
of the Cable Secretariat requesting that I provide information from
DDS offices, pertaining to reference service requirements and retention
period for cables. The information that you provide will assist the
Cable Secretariat in evaluating the present retention period for cables
as well as determining the means (microfilm or paper copy) of' rrviit,-
taining the reference file.
2. .As the results of this study (microfilm versus hard storage
copy) will have an effect on storage space in the the Records Center,
I would like to provide with the answers as soon as
possible. I would appreciate receiving your reply by 17 December.
The Office of Training has no need for the cable reference
service. Most cables received by OTR are information copies
of messages In OTR, cables are
kept .for a period of six months and then destroyed.
A check evealed that the Station has had
no need to use the cable reference service. The subject matter
of cables is generally of such a transitory nature
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t
at there is seldom, if ever, any need to refer to "old"
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OTR, Plans and Management