DIARY NOTES 23 THRU 25 NOVEMBER 1953

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• Publication Date: November 25, 1953
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DIARY NOTES
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23 thra 25 November 1953
1. Requested Larry Houston to draft a memorandum for the Director's signa-
ture in connection with Project PBSUCCESS. The Comptroller needs this in order
to continue disbursements and arrange for special accountings, etc. (The Direc-
tor has not signed as yet, but will.)
3. reports that as a result of a recent conference with the
Treasury we may a unable to pay on 1 January and may be forced to pay on 31
December. However, there seems to be some possibility that we may be able to
date checks as of 1 January and actually issue them on 31 December. Bob will
keep after this and let me know.
4. Talked to funds and repeated
that we must use these funds as carefully as we would any other of the American
taxpayers' dollars.
5. In compliance with Mr. Dulles' request, furnished him with a report of
our financial condition as of the end of the First Quarter,
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6. Talked to concerning the necessity for increasing our per- 25X1A2d1'
sonnel ceiling in order to establish the new table of organization.
told him that we were going to have to establish 13 new positions, 35 of which
we hoped to be able to absorb inasmuch as two projects involving other agencies
had gotten off to slew starts. This leaves a net increase in our personnel
ceiling of 99. However, Mr. fully understands that if we cantt absorb
these 35 positions we may have to make a further upward revision in our ceiling
at a later date.
7. Walter Pforzheimer reported that a who was briefed 25X1A5a1
by CIA on or about 20 November, took an awful lot of notes during the briefing.
Colonel Edwards was asked to make arrangements for the safekeeping of these doc-
uments at I have talked to Colonel
Edwards about this and he assures me that the case is well in hand.
8. I have instructed Mr. - that the General Services Office will
take on the additional job of picking up publications from the Department of
State (a task which the Logistics Office has been doing) and that he must accom-
plish this without any increase in personnel ceiling.
9. Have asked the Logistics Office to expedite its study of the economy
to be effected by traveling on lower fared planes, ships, etc. (Mr. Carey tel-
ephoned me about this and I told him I agreed that the Agency should have a
standard procedure and regulation and that we would attempt to expedite same.)
10. General Cabell confirmed that he had no objection to Mr.
remaining on duty until 1 December if necessary.
11, Our Military Personnel Division arranged to have the tour of Colonel
extended until about 1 April. General Cabell, Mr. Wisner, and the
Director have been advised.
12. Arranged with Mr Mr. Houston, Colonel Edwards, and Mr.-
to insure that Mr resigns from the Agency effective 15 January
1954.
at the Personnel Office should review all
13. Agreed with Larry HoustQQ~. th,
"missing-in-action" cases W a n d that we should have a regulatory pro-
cedure to insure that this is done.
25X1A9a ].!t Told that inasmuch as the approval of his new table of
organization left him nine recruiters in excess of his authorized strength he
could continue at overstrength for a reasonable period of time until this situ-
ation could be resolved.
15. I have asked Colonel Edwards and to check carefully into 25X1A9a
their statistics which indicate that as of 1 October the Security Office had
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3100 cases on hand (compared to 2670 at the end of October), that 148 cases
were on hand over ninety days (compared to 92 the previous month), and that the
average time for an investigation has jumped from 85 to 105 days.
16. H ch with Colonel Edwards and the chiefs of his
17. Have asked Personnel to come up with recommendations for a replacement
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who is taking
job on the Director's staff.
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that I would be glad to discuss with him and
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funds
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restrictions heretofore imposed insure that the U. So Uovernment is not
a party to any profiteering operations.
20. Talked to about the systematic review of !missing-
in-action" cases every twelve months. He tells me that Personnel understands
fully that they have this responsibility and that a regulation is in the mill
on this subject.
21. I also renewed my, request with Charlie that he attempt to make a list
of the dependents or near relatives of important people whom the Director
bumps into from time to time.
22. Advised Mr. 25X1A9a
_ that I understood was very sick and
perhaps should be brought home. Asked him to check with Dr. Tietjen and let
me know.
23. Charlie tells me that he has a number of people who must use or lose
their leave prior to 2 January 1954. He expects to grant the leave but advises
that if he does so it may require some relaxation in the deadlines which we
are imposing upon him. I told him we would do our best to be reasonable about
deadlines but that, in any case, I thought he must not allow his personnel to
lose leave unless they did it voluntarily.
24. I advised Hart Perry, Bureau of the Budget, of the progress we are mak-
ing with the IAC representatives on categorizing the various intelligence func-
tions. I told him that we were having a meeting tomorrow and invited him ten-
tatively to a meeting on 30 November*
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