APPOINTMENTS AND/OR MEETINGS FOR 9 SEPTEMBER 1954

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000100020031-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2000
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: September 9, 1954
• Content Type: AG

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DIARY NOTES
DD /A 9 September 1954
1. Discussed with General Cabell his letter to General Erskine requesting
the support of the Office of the Secretary of Defense before the Bureau of the
Budget for an interim increase of thirt (30) technicians to be employed in con-
nection with Project Explained to him the history of the es-
tablishment of our personnel ceiling and told him that we had never allowed our-
selves to get into the position of asking the Bureau of the Budget for more per-
sonnel but that we had an informal agreement with the Bureau whereby we informed
them when and if it became necessary to increase our personnel ceiling. After
this discussion it was agreed that it was not necessary to raise this problem
with 1r. Dulles.
2. Discussed with General Cabell our present procedures for Security Hear-
ing Boards. He believes that the Assistant Director for Personnel should be cut
in on this matter but that after his initial recommendation and appointment of
the Board he should act in the role of implementing the decisions of the Direc-
tor. He also felt that there should be one central point, namely the Deputy
Director (Administration),through which all such material should pass and that
the DD/A should be responsible to the Director for the direction of the over-all
program. I shall have to amend the proposed Regulation accordingly.
3, Discussed the question of personnel ceilings with General Cabell and ob-
tained his oral approval to proceed with the following: (a) four (4) Security
positions for the Office of the Director; (b) ten (10) positions for the OCI
ELINT Program; (c) nine (9) positions for an increase in the staff for Headquar-
ters' Signal Center; (d) eight (8) positions for an increase in the communica-
tions staff for the FE signal activity; total: 31. These positions are to come
from the Directors Reserve and General Cabell gave me his verbal approval with-
out further coordination with the Director,
4. Office of Communications, came to me with a problem concern-
25X1A9a ing NSC rec? ve No, 169. It seems as though formerly with CIA
and now with OIl, had informed him in a telepho that the Federal
Communications Commission was having difficulty in finding the money to implement
its assignment in connection with this Directive. Ray asked me what our reaction
would be to a request that we transfer funds to the Commission for this purpose,
ors if this was impossible, whether CIA could not undertake the monitoring func-
tion. I told Ray that we could not transfer the funds nor undertake the function
in view of the fact that the Federal Communications Commission had been specifi-
cally assigned this responsibility in an NSC Directive and that to transfer funds
for this purpose would be a violation of the intent of Congress.
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5. Talked to General Cabell about the request from the Office of Defense
25X1A6d Mobilization that we send an Emergency Information Officer in the
event of an emergency. He agreed that we should not send sue an cer but
suggested that I change the wording of my proposed letter to Mr. Hagerty to in-
dicate that we did not believe there would be sufficient activity of this type
in which we were interested to warrant the appointment of a full time Officer.
However, he felt that we should avoid statements in writing to the effect that
we had no Emergency Information Officers. (This is, of course, in view of the
fact that Stan Grogan does devote a considerable part of his time to this type
of activity.)
25X1A9a 6. I told Ed Saunders I was not sure that was the proper person
to have as the Chief of his Industrial Audit Bran ecause of his lack of flex-
25X1A ibility in dealing with outside contractors and asked him to give consideration
to this matter with the possible view of reassigning and placing someone
else in this position. I emphasised that I did not oug to be hurt in the
process, since he was certainly a most conscientious and very efficient employee,
but suggested that perhaps he did not have sufficient imagination to deal with
this particular job.
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