DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000200030173-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2002
• Sequence Number: 173
• Publication Date: June 17, 1955
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
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17 June 1955
25X1A9A 3? At the DD/P Staff Meeting I I emphasized to all Division Chiefs
the necessity for recruiting additional qualified people on the outside. He
feels very strongly that there simply aren't enough qualified hands to do the
job that the DD/P area has to do and urged everyone to recruit. (We must get
the DD/P ceiling question before the Director at an early date.)
25X1A9A 4. and I met with Harland Bartholomew and Jack Nolen,
Chairman and Director, respectively, of the National Capital Planning Commis-
sion, at which time I briefed them on the current status of our thinking with
regard to the location of our new building. Although I did not give them the
full "why's and wh.erefore's," they understand that as of now we do not propose
to build in Maryland or the District of Columbia, that we do not propose to
comply with current dispersion standards, but that we do propose to build in
Virginia at either the Winkler or Langley properties. I explained that we had
requested $8.5 million to be transferred to the Department of the Interior for
the construction of an extension to the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
Mr. Nolen said that the National Capital Planning Commission was responsible
for acquiring the right of way and was not sure that they had sufficient funds
to do it. He suggested that our language ought to make provision for the
transfer of funds to them also. Told him that I would have to look into this.
(Have done so with Lyman Hamilton, Bureau of the Budget, who, at first, was
sure that Jack Nolen was wrong; however, on further investigation he deter-
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mined that the National Capital Planning Commission does acquire the right of
way. Accordingly, we must look into this early Monday morning and see if our
legislation requires any further amendment.)
5. 1 advised Warren McNeill, Administrative Assistant to Senator Robert-
son, of the fact that we had submitted amended legislation which would provide
for the construction of an extension to the George Washington Memorial Parkway
if Langley should be selected as our building site.
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6. Kirk called about the possibility of releasing I labout the
end of October for the position of Chief of Administration for the EE Division.
Told him to have Jack get in touch with me when he returned to duty sometime
next week at which time I would discuss the matter with him. 25X1A9A
r- raixea -'oI I about the case. Told him he
Office of Security should be prepared to accept the assignment of Mr.
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8? requested permission to look around for an assistant to
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fice of Personnel to. look inside the Agency for a possible candidate.
9. Frank Wisner advised me of a problem involving Admiral
gist of which seems to be as follows:
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to $10,000. When the Admiral was advised of the f aura L_ h0X1A9A
blew his stack. I tipped me off that was furious and I
said that I would alert Frank Wisner. However, be ore I reached Frank he wajs
looking for me to tell me that had been in to discuss this matter,
had started a real fight, and had revealed some characteristics which he was
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allowance, $4,000 for other members of the Station, and $7,500 for the
War Planning Group; total: $21,500. He also wanted a provision for evening
clothes. In addition, he requested that any reference to a prohibition against
entertaining Americans be deleted and wanted it so written (according to
Wisner) that his entire living expenses, including all food, all servants, all
everything, would be at Uncle Sams expense. Apparently Frank, Dick, and
had a pretty rough session with plenty of blood spilled all over the
place and _I on his departure, announced that in the future he would
deal with no one except the Director and the DD/S insofar as allowances were
concerned.
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I have asked to get me both versions of the Letter of
Instructions early on Monday morning. Frank has also spoken to General Cabell
about this and General Cabell has spoken to me. It is undoubtedly something
that will have to be settled by the Director, and no matter how it comes out
I am afraid that there will be some permanent scars left.
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