APPOINTMENTS AND/OR MEETINGS FOR 21 SEPTEMBER 1954

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000100020015-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2000
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: September 21, 1954
• Content Type: AG

25X1A
Approved For Release 2001/03/30 : CIA-RDP76-00183R000100020015-7
Approved For Release 2001/03/30 : CIA-RDP76-00183R000100020015-7
 Approved For Release 2001/03/30 :~pP76-0018380,00100020015-7
DIARY NOTES
25X1A
25X1A6a
21 September 1954
1. Talked to Ed Saunders about getting a Finance Officer to - in view
of the unsatisfactory situation which has been reported there. He sai that he
25X1 A9a was sending someone there immediately on temporary duty to get the situation
straightened out and that this man would be followed by a permanent Finance Offi-
cer, o follow up,)
25X1 A2d 1 2. Ed Saunders assured me that he would provide a Finance Officer for Pro-
25X1 A9a ject - in fact, is departing to take over these duties or
those of the Finance Officer at the Station on a "temporary duty'" basis. He,
likewise, is to be followed by a permanent Finance officer.
25X1A9a
3, Asked Ed to write a memorandum to Executive Officer, Oper-
ations Coordinating Board, advising him of the with s from the Contingency
Reserve for OCB-sponsored projects for Fiscal Year 1954 and a separate memoran-
25X1A9a dun giving the same information for Fiscal Year 1955. In the future we will ad-
vise him on an individual project basis as the Bureau of the Budget approves of
a withdrawal from the Reserve. These reports are to be transmitted through
25X1 A9a I have notified Wayne of this arrangement.
25X1A9a 4. I spoke to about the lack of Weekly Reports from the Office
of the General Counse. or tie past several months. It was agreed that these Re-
ports would be reinstituted effective this week.
25X1A9a
5. I talked to about his suggestion that authority be dele-
gated to him to approve of minor changes in tables of organization on an inter-
component basis and told him that I would prefer to retain this authority myself
unless the volume increased substantially beyond what it was at present.
6. Also discussed with John (a) Matt Baird's paper on "Psychological Ser-
vices," (b) my awn paper on relations between the Offices of Personnel and Train-
ing and the Medical and Security Offices insofar as they pertained to the han-
dling of people, and (c) his latest memorandum on this same general subject.
Asked him to take all of these back and see if he couldn't write something which
was close to my old paper in which Dr. Tietjen and Colonel Edwards had both con-
25X1 A curred.
25X1A
8, I talked to about the "follow-up" system which the Project
Administrative Planning Staff is using to determine the current adequacy of and
Approved For Release 2001/03/30 : CIfl(W6-00183R000100020015-7
 Approved For Release-2001/03/30 : t)P76-00183Rd100100020015-7
25X1A9a
25X1A9a
25X1A9a
25X1A9a
25X1A9a
compliance with administrative plans. Told him that as a result of those re-
ports which I had seen so far it appeared to me that administrative officers
were not accepting any responsibility for insuring compliance with these plans
and emphasized that I felt they should accept this responsibility inasmuch as it
was only through administrative channels that we could have reasonable assurance
that we were requiring compliance. He agreed and said, that he would see that
this was done in the future. He also agreed that case officers in the Commercial
Division, if they were on their toes, would insure compliance.
9. Ed Saunders and were up to confer with me concerning the pro-
cedures of the Board of view for Losses and Shortages. Apparently Bob and the
Board members objected to sending reports through the Comptroller and wanted to
send o me.' Also, apparently had objected to the fact
that Jilkiii" had asked him for addit ono ormation concerning a par-
ticular case after it had been processed and approved by the Board. I told Bob
that insofar as I was concerned he and the Board were advocating a viola-
tion of some of the basic and elementary concepts of good staff work, that I
held the Comptroller responsible to me for staff supervision of all financial
aspects of the Agency, and that I could not accept a financial recommendation of
the Board without having it come through the Comptroller because in so doing I
relieved him completely of any responsibility for which he was technically ac-
countable. Furthermore, I stated that as a member of my staff,
was an extension of myself, so to spe ak, a a per ect right to ask any
questions he felt necessary on my behalf. I explained to Bob that if one follow-
ed his reasoning to its logical conclusion, i.e., that a decision should not be
questioned because a group of important people had considered the case and sign-
ed their names thereto, there would be no excuse for the existence of my posi-
tion inasmuch as I would merely become a rubber stamp. I think that he saw my
point of view and hope that we will have no further misunderstandings on this
score.
25X1 A9a 10. I talked to about our conference with Kirk on Monday con-
cerning the relationship between the Management Staff and the DD/P organization.
25X1 A9a After some discussion John and I felt that it would be agreeable to change the
point of contact within the DD/P area from the I&R Staff to the
COA/DDP. John was agreeable to this provided he would not be required to file
his reports through DD/P-ADMIN and provided further that DD/P-AI1!IN could not
veto a particular study which he felt should be undertaken. I assured him that
I would not enter into an agreement which violated these principles.
25X1A9a Later in the day I talked to who had been by to see Kirk on
the same matter and emphasized to him the conditions under which I would agree to
have his office be the point of contact. He also agreed to this procedure. He
-2-
Approved For Release 2001/03/30 : C,4~76-00183R000100020015-7
2
 Approved For ReleasL2001/03/30: , P76-00183800100020015-7
1 W.
25X1A
requested, however, that the point of contact be changed immediately rather than
continue with the I&R Staff until completion of the manpower studies. I told him
that I had no strong feelings about this but inasmuch as this arrangement had
been made by Mr. Wisner personally, as far as I knew, the DD/P group would have
to take the initiative in changing it.
Ted also said that he considered the FE report, as well as the EE report,
to be very bad and very unfair and that he was writing a rebuttal which would re-
fute every point made. I told him that I would be glad to consider the rebuttal
but must emphasize to him that although the Management Staff did this work the
report was signed and fully supported by Chief, I&R Staff, Office of
the Deputy Director (Plans), and that I would be less than honest if I didn't tell
him frankly that I did not believe either report to be as bad as he said it was
and, further, that there must be two sides to this question. He said that what
they in the tD/P organization had hoped to get was a manpower utilization study
which would show them how to use their people better instead of what they actually
got. I told him that this was certainly the ultimate objective but that I had a
definite impression that the Divisions did not know definitely how many people
they had nor where they were and. that until these facts could be established,
which had been done by the Management Staff, it seemed difficult, if not impos-
sible, to me to offer any constructive suggestions co nceming utilization.
-3-
Approved For Release 2001/03/30 : C A 76-00183R000100020015-7
 25X1A9a
Approved For Release 2001/03/30 : CIA-RDP76-00183R000100020015-7
Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt
Approved For Release 2001/03/30 : CIA-RDP76-00183R000100020015-7