[ADMINISTRATIVE FILES]

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00402R000100330002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 15, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Content Type: MISC

Approved For Release 2008/03/05: CIA-RDP73-00402R000100330002-6
_ cs - Pro~ecc 56 years, Securi;?y 50 years.
_=olyrw_ 35 Years.
e Of Reference is a good guide - less than 1 reference per f4--
and the file
:.rai+e per month ?sLc'k'~77X- i'y '- can be moved from office space to the
-h PRT 12 - RECORDS CENTER
The Center Building cost $655,000; its capacity is 1009,000 cubic ic:et
equivalent to 12,900 safes; it has the reeuired security and fire protection
Devices. Since the Center has been in operation it has received 184.,.
cu. ft. of records but we have destroyed 93,000 cu. ft. It we did nct have,
the Records Center it would have been necessary to spend about five an-.
100,000
:alf million dollars for file equipment. Today, we have ,= cu. ft.
near
We are about 9 filled. In th0futare we plan to use a GSA Facility
Switland. for a selected group of our records.
Now lets take a minute to summarize -
first - Pane: -cork is Evoensive.
The Records Oontrol Schedule is the key to managing ,, records dispc.,itiGn.
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sccnd - Paper Reauires a lot of Scace.
aJerwoYk Requires a Lot of Peo:,le.
_ urt - Pa"oe_ cork Programs are Required 'cy Law
f t:, - Good. PaperY~ork Practicer Pay Dividends.,
Program
In conclusion I want to quote one of the worlds foremost managenen:;
:~horities - Lyndal Urwick who said, "Some records are essential; sc:-_ ::.en
and a, -,1 men die then the records become essentil where these accii_._ s
2cur. Records are essential in all large organizations because men chan-;e
casts and forget - but the records are only memory aids. The big decisions
are made not on paper but by men meeting face to face who trust each other.
Approved For Release 2008/03/05: CIA-RDP73-00402R000100330002-6