DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000300010128-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2000
• Sequence Number: 128
• Publication Date: February 20, 1958
• Content Type: NOTES

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. DIARY NOTES
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d to discuss
I met with f agents are included in
the question raised by General Cabell and Kirk as t o WRY fgents
our personnel ceiling.
The history of this seems to be that in either 1953 or 1954 we were taken to task sleadi by the House Appropriations Committee because ~~ staour ff budget ~~~rinsp:rojectsinor ou ng.mil-
(At this time we did not include staff agents itary people.) After consultations with the Committee and its Staff it was agreed that
we would in the future include in the budget basis. employees with which an employer/em-
ployee relationship existed on a permanent
Consequently, we now include all staff employees, staff agents, and military per-
sonnel in our ceiling. This arrangement was not, of course, intended to inhibit the use
, but
of commercial cover in any way. We ctl~mlua~~ staff en so?uunless .theij~ rector
we would, in any case, have to include would be accomplished by
wishes to permit the Agency to get larger, no useful purpose
removing them from ceiling. If, on the other hand, commercial cover Is to bec expand-
art b
not a
would
nes ed, and, at the same time, officia~dao~ Stewa tcbelieves that whenpour flexible T/O sys~
ed,
to remove them from ceiling. Go
tem is implemented this problem will be taken care of automatically.
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