DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000300010210-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2000
• Sequence Number: 210
• Publication Date: January 13, 1958
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
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13 January 1958
1. formerly with the d
now apparently heading up the "Studies in Intelligence" in the Office of Training, came
to call on me to request that we do a series in intelligence studies on "Support" in its
various aspects. He hoped that I would do the first article as a general introduction to
the series and that it could be ready by 15 February. I told him that I would certainly
consider this matter and discuss it with my Office Heads at an early date. I made no
commitments, however, and said that I was very pessimistic that I could turn out any-
thing before the 15th of February. I also commented that Support had been such a con-
troversial subject in the Agency that I would want to make sure that anything I put out
over my own signature had the tacit approval of other senior officials.
2. Jim Garrison and were up for an informal session on the=
project. I asked them to do some more thinking about this and to separate out
our requirements for stockpile as opposed to stocks which we have on
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3. At the Senior Staff Meeting gave an excellent presentation of about
one-half hour on the subject of "Paperwork Management." I want to have him do this
for other senior personnel in the DD/S area at an early date.
4. Attended the monthly luncheon of the Washington Building Congress at the May-
flower Hotel at which Mr. Robinson of the District Highway Department, Mr. Smith of
the Virginia Highway Commission, and Mr. Jones of the Maryland Highway Commis-
sion spoke. I didn't learn very much new but did get the impression that there is a great
deal more going on around the District in the way of road construction than one is apt
hand over and above these requirements.
to realize without a careful study of the situation.
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of the Headquarters Board of Survey was up with a proposed dis-
patch concerning an appeal that has been made by one of the employees at the
Station from liability in the amount of $374.00 as a result of an accident in which he was
involved in a ehicle. I made suggestions as to how the dispatch should
be redrafted and asked him to prepare it for my signature.
6. Office of Scientific Intelligence, was in with a proposal wherein
we would transfer $3.7 million to-in support of a technical project which 25X1A12b
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roposes to undertake. I concurred subject to clearance with the Bureau
of the Budget and release of the money from the Contingency Reserve for this purpose.
Tol that the matter should be taken up with Bob Macy before he left for the
Far East and that if he would give me the green light I would arrange to have Bob briefed
by OSI and- prior to a meeting on other projects later in the week.
7. As a result of my conversation with Bob Macy I talked to General 25X1A9a
about letting Bob see the proposed. NSCID's. Inasmuch as Bob wants to look at them in-
formally he has agreed that we can go ahead and show them to him. is 25X1A9a
supposed to get the necessary copies of the documents to me for this purpose.
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