DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000200040096-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2000
• Sequence Number: 96
• Publication Date: October 24, 1955
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
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21i. October 1955
1. Addressed those attending the Basic Operations Course and stressed the
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2. Have asked - to give me a report on how the Office of the Comp-
25X1A9a troller is progressing with its shakedown in order to replenish our Reserve.
3. Have asked to give me a report on any developments concerning
25X1A2g our request for the release of $1.6 from our Contingency Reserve for
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b.. Have arranged for Mr. to speak at the DD/S Staff Meeting on
25X1A9a 9 November to present his ideas on changes in our emergency planning.
5. Talked to Commissioner Moore about the application of Miss - for
employment in CIA. Told him that I could not offer any encouragement. He said
25X1A9a that he understood but requested that I write Miss - a letter which I
agreed to do.
6. Asked Harry Reynolds to check his "personnel assignment and promotion
25X1A9a policy" paper with and Ed Saunders. If they agree, and this does
not jeopardize John's manpower control paper in any way, I would like to present
25X1A9a it to the Career Council at an early meeting.
25X1 A9a 7 and I met with of the FE Di-
vision to discuss the problem of whether or not to continue with the communica-
25X1A6a tions installation This was brought about by our understanding
25X1A6a that a paper had been initiated b the FE Division, and was in Frank Wisner's of-
fice, recommending that the of move . It developed 25
25X1A9a that neither Dick nor Mr believed that we needed this installation, re- 25)
25X1A6a gardless of whether or not the occupied We agreed to
check this back with the war planners u seems certain that we should not go
forward with this installation. (I must get out the project and see what we need
to do with the Director to get off the hook. Dick is perfectly willing to ac-
cept full responsibility for whatever mistakes have been made.)
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8. Instructed Chief of the Transportation Division, to select
a chauffeur for Mr. Wisner, to make sure that he was cleared for top secret, and
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to be ready to assign him as soon as possible. Have also instructed
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clusive assignment of a car and chauffeur in this instance.
9. Dick Smith, Editor and Publisher of the Providence Journal and a strong
advocate for the location of our proposed new building at Langley, was in to
see me. I told him that I could not tell him what Clarke and Rapuano were go-
ing to recommend but that I would encourage him to keep up his efforts on behalf
of Langley. He had a very long statement which he proposed to run as a paid ad
in both the Star and Post and asked for my comments on it. I read it and told
him that his arguments were those which we had used in favoring the Langley site.
I did not recommend either for or against running a paid ad. One of his strong
points, which was new to me but which is very valid, was that if CIA located at
Langley a minimum of relocation by our personnel would be necessary. This
would mean that the businessmen in Washington, D. C., would continue to get as
much business from CIA employees as they do now; whereas, if CIA located at the
Winkler property it probably would entail the relocation of a substantial num-
ber of personnel who would, in turn, take their business to Alexandria or else-
where in Virginia at a great loss to the District. I believe that he planned
to sell this idea to the Washington papers.: He telephoned later to say that he
had presented this argument to the Chairman of the Washington Board of Trade who
seemed to be very impressed with it.
10. Advised that the Director had approved of his promotion to
grade GS-17.
Met briefly with Gates Lloyd
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the principles to be followed and asked that the papers be finished as soon as
possible. Also told Luke that I thought a rotating secretarial service to Mr.
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