DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000100110081-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2001
• Sequence Number: 81
• Publication Date: February 26, 1952
• Content Type: NOTES

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1. Talked to Larry Houston about the possibility of sending who 25X1A6a
is now in for two or three weeks to make a survey o? the s tua
tion there and to determine whether it is advisable to have a lawyer in that area
on a full time basis. I told Mr. Houston that I approved of the idea and asked 25X1 A9a
him to talk with the DD/P regarding dispatching a cable to to
this effect.
2. I advised Mr. Houston, through that we thought it inadvis-
able to dispatch a letter to Judge Laws regarding excusing CIA personnel from jury
duty. I told him that we thought it would be much more effective for either the
General Counsel or the DD/,A to talk with Judge Laws personally and that we would
appreciate the General Counsel's recommendations as to who should do it.
3, Larry Houston is sending forward a recommendation that we establish a
Board of Contract Appeals which he thinks is essential in view of the large number
of contracts which we are negotiating. We have one case pending now and there 25X1A9a
will almost surely be others. Mr. Houston and I both thought that
would be an ideal man to head this Board.
4. Sheff Edwards advised me, as well as of a special situation 25X1A9a
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involving which I will brief you on.
5. Dr. Tietjen was over to explain his standby duty officer system. In sub-
stance, it provides for one medical officer to be on call at hone between the
hours of 1700 and 0830 during weekdays and at all times on Sundays and holidays.
He also gave me a hasty briefing on his plan for "Zone of the Interior" hospital-
ization. It is really in the very formative stages and he will have a paper com-
ing up on it in a month or so, No DD/A action is necessary at this time.
6. Bill Peel reports that he is working with Colonel Edwards on a system
which would use IBM machines to determine whether there are any fake identifica-
tion badges in the Agency. It will first be tested an I&S personnel and,., if suc-
cessful, expanded to other shops.
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7. reports that new Chief of our Military Per-
sonnel Division, reported for duty today.
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8. I asked o expedite preparation of a Notice on the "Authoriza-
tion and Control of IA.C Personnel" which would make Assistant Directors responsible
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for not using IAC personnel in positions that can be adequately filled by civil-
ians.
9. I approved of the publication of a new Regulation on "Secrecy and Secur-
ity Agreements" which will standardize agreements and procedures and insure that
all such agreements are coordinated with IS. This has been concurred in by all
Assistant Directors.
10. I talked to Colonel Lampkin and Colonel Ott of G-2 regarding General
Smith's conversation with General Bolling concerning "vetting" of Army personnel
detailed to CIA. General Boiling has given Colonel Ott some instructions on this
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to get a thorough understanding of the procedures.
11. At luncheon today in the Director's Dining Room., Mr. Hedden raised the
question as to whether we should continue having "coffee hours" at our cafeterias.
It was his opinion that a great deal of time is wasted in this manner and that it
is something which industry would not tolerate. Mr. Becker was very strongly op-
posed to this point of view, and Mr, Becker, as well as Kingman Douglass., Matt
Baird, and others told Mr. Hedden that he was completely wrong in his view that
industry would not tolerate such a practice and that., in fact, the idea had been
bought by industry. I did not voice any opinion in the matter but have asked Bill
Peel to make a check on the number of people using the cafeterias during coffee
hours and the average length of time spent., etc., which should be of interest to
us and which we can pass on to Mr. Hedden for his information.
12. At luncheon Mr. Hedden also ridiculed the weekly security briefing for
new employees, part of which he has just attended. He thinks that the quality
and type of instruction is not good and said., in substance, that "in the security
briefing which he attended this morning he thought he had witnessed the most
serious security breach that had come to his attention since he had been in the
Agency." I discussed this with him and cannot agree that there was any security
breach, but will fill you in on this matter in more detail. Mr. Hedden specifi-
cally requested that his sentiments not be communicated to Colonel Edwards since
he wanted to attend the other half of the presentation next week.
13. An item in today's Washington Daily News ("Hearing Today on Nevious
Tract Memorial Bill") is attached hereto. It is unusual that PBS did not advise
us of this. In the bill up for hearing it was listed as "a bill to create a _
as to its real intent. I have talked with Walter Pforzheimer and
about this and am meeting with them at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday morning to determine
whether we should take any specific action to protect our interest in the Nevious
Tract until some decision is made as to whether we really want it.
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