DIARY NOTES

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April 21, 1953
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NOTES
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Approved For Release 2001/03/0 : CARDP76-001?3R000100090007-9 zm .0 ., 25X1A ADD A DIARY NOTES 21 April 1953 25X1A9a 1. Met with of TSS concerning the establishment of a small library or certain documents. Requested that they submit their re- quest to me officially over signature after which I would work out 25X1 A9a the necessary details with the Comptroller. 25X1A9a 2. telephoned to say that was strongly 25X1A9a opposed to any zn erim moves for his Engineering Division and felt that when he moved from Rosslyn he should move into a permanent installation. I told him that we were entirely sympathetic with this point of view and would cert 25X1 A9a honor it, unless the cost of remaining in Rosslyn was prohibitive. is studying this and will give me a report. 25X1A9a 3. Mr. Har.~. Thompson, Associate Director of the National Capital Parks, telephoned to say that as a result of visit to Sena- 25X1A9a tor Case his organization had received a letter from the Senator concerning the parking area in the rear of I, J, K, and L Buildings. (Mr. Thompson was obvi- ously fishing for an "out" to reply to Senator Case's letter.) Pursuant to my 25X1 A9a instructions, advised Mr. Thompson that had spoken to 25X1A9a Senator Case on is ma er as a private constituten one o a large number of employees who would stand to benefit if this area should be made available. It was emphasized that this Agency had made no official representation to Sena- tor Case; however, we reiterated our interest in having this area made available for parking purposes and stated that we still were not sympathetic to the Nation- al Capital Parks' point of view. We declined to offer Mr. Thompson any guidance whatever as to what he should say to Senator Case. 1j.. Mr. Pforzheimer notified me that our Budget Hearings before selected members of the House Appropriations Committee would be at 10:00 a.m. on Monday morning and I so notified Mr. Dulles. Approved For Release 2001/03/02 : CIA-RDP76-00183R000100090007-9 Approved For Release 2001/03/0 : C1A-RDP76-001*3R000100090007-9 25X1A9a 25X1A SA/DD A- 21 April 1953 Returned to the AD/P the Proposed T/O change for 0&M Service with instruc- tions to modify the statement of purpose and function to conform with organiza- tional relationships outlined in Regulation- Asked that the return to this Office by 27 April 1953. (ER 3-9130 - hand carried b t 25X1A9a sA/DDA 25X1 A9a 25X1A9a Forwarded to SA/DD/A for action memo from the Director of Security giving initial draft of standards for sterilization of Agency Regulations. DD/A does not concur in the need for issuance of a separate regulation providing sterilization standards. (ER-3-9260) 25X1 C4c DD/Az 1. DD/A approved amendment to Administrative Plan for the Liquidation of FE Proprietary Project (R-3-9279 - Forwarded to COA/DDP by special courier.) 2. Administrative Plan for 10 Division was 25X1 A2d 1 3. Administrative Plan for 10 Division was 25X1A2d1 approved by the DD/A and forwarded to COA/ spec cour ere -3-9277) 25X1A2d1 4. DD d Administrative Plan for NE/PP 25X1 A2d 1 (formerly Jkift (ER-3-9276 - Forwarded to COA DDP by special courier.) 25X1 C4c 5. DD A a roved Amendment #1 to Administrative Plan for FE Proprietary Project (ER-3-9280 - Forwxhd to COA/DDP by special courier.) 6. Administrative Plan for SE was approved 25X1 A2d 1 by the DD/A and forwarded to COA/DDP by special courier. (ER-3-8519. 25X1A9a Approved For Release 2001/03/02 : CIARDP76-00183R000100090007-9 Approved For Release 2001/03/02 : CIA-RDP76-00143R000100090007-9 25X1A6a 10. An air pouch message from the Senior Representative regard- 25X1 A6a ing a Report of Field Visit has been forwarded to the CAO DP for his in- formation and comment. (ER-3 0 11. Forwarded to the Director for signature a proposed reply to Mr, Ed Mathews, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, in connection with his letter of 13 April to the Director, stating that there is not much the Agency can do about con- struction of a new building until the advisability of asking the Congress for an appropriation is determined, and, in fact, until the appropriation is ap- proved. The letter added that we appreciated his interest in this problem and would count on his further assistance if and when we were able to move forward with the project. (ER-3-9151A) 25X1A9a 12.. The DD/A signed letters of commendation to of the Printing and Reproduction Division, Office of General Services. ER 3-8975, 8976) 13. In a letter to Major General Hershey, Director, National Selective Service, the DD/A acknowledged his letter of 8 April 1953 to Mr. Dulles and 25X1A9a stated that he was appointing to represent the Agency in con- nection with discussions to take p ace concerning the disposal of records in the possession of the National Selective Service which might be of value to CIA. (ER-3-9097) 14. In a memorandum to the Director the DD/A set forth some statistics on Agency-owned vehicles in view of the recent congressional interest in CIA's motor vehicle inventory. (ER-3-8810) 25X1A9a 15. The DD/A concurred, with one exception, in the recommendations of the Supergrade Review Board contained in the Director concerning 25X1 A9a Personnel Actions on th o - A ointment Raymond A. 25X1 A9a - - Appointment; - o' en - A oint- 25X1 A9a - Reassignment (DD /A, exception). The mem- 25X1 A9a orandum was forwarded to the Director for final action. (ER-3-9091) ADD A 25X1A 1. Forwarded to the Regulations Control Staff for publication proposed Agency Notices, sub: "Reducing Cable Traffic", which had been signed by the irec or, Information copies of the complete file were sent to the AD/C, the Acting DD/I, and the CA0/DDP. (ER-3-9006) 2. Forwarded to the Regulations Control Staff for publication a proposed amendment (submitted by the Director of Training) to Regulation - (PAY AD- 25X1A -2- Approved For Release 2001/03/02.:=.CIA-RDP76-00183R000100090007-9 Approved For Release 2001/03/02 :tl DP76-00"1 3R000100090007-9 MINISTRATION - NIGHT DIFFERENTIAL) to add paragraph 5.b. as follows: "Requests for exceptions to par. a. above will be forwarded through normal channels to the Director of Training for recommendations and concurrences and to the Deputy Director (Administration) for approval." (ER-3-9115) 25X1A9a 3. Forwarded to and to the AD/P, in turn, a letter ad- dressed to the Director from r. o i . Hannah, Assistant Secretary of Defense, which makes reference to CIA letter dated 1 March 1953 to the Secretary of De- fense in connection with the National Security Medal. The Assistant Secretary advises that he has requested the assistance of the Heraldic Branch, Office of the Quartermaster General, Department of the Army, in preparing appropriate de- signs, sketches, and models of the Medal. An ad hoc committee composed of re- presentatives of the three military departments has been formed to recommend to the Assistant Secretary the precedence of the Medal in relation to other decora- tions awarded to military personnel. As soon as this report is received and ap- proved CIA will be notified. (ER-3-9121) 4. Forwarded to the AD/P for incorporation in the records a memorandum dated 16 April 1953 from the Chief of Logistics concerning the circumstances sur- rounding the return of (ER_3-9353) 25X1A9a 5. Forwarded to the AD/P a memorandum dated 10 April 1953 addressed to the Director from Mr. John A. Hannah, Assistant Secretary of Defense, sub: "Mil- itary Personnel for Central Intelligence Agency for FY 19511", which states that military personnel requirements for CIA for FY 1951, contained in our letter of 26 March, have been reviewed by that office and are approved. A copy of a mem- orandum to the Secretaries of the Departments concerning the furnishing of the required military personnel to CIA is attached. (ER-3-9090) 6. Forwarded to the Regulations Control Staff for publication proposed 25X1A Regula (INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM) which refines present Agency Regu- __ , , . lation EM on the same subject. (ER-3-9116) 7. Returned to the Chief, General Services Office, his memorandum on the subject of "Use of Linotype and Letter Press Equipment" for recommendations as a result of his recent discussion on the subject with the ADD/A. 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