DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000300020043-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: December 8, 1958
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
8 December 1958
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1. I met with Gordon Stewart, Shef Edwards and Jim Garrison to advise them of pos-
sible personnel cuts in their Offices and asked them to get started now in working up a chart
per-
which would show me the functions they were carrying
bganout as well as the ged in order of priority so and
that we
ar
sonnel required to perform them. They should
can make some decisions as to what we will rand furnish me personnel strength targets
25X1A9a asked Gordon and to get togethe
by month through Fiscal Year 1960 under the assumption t1960 we will reduce by 1% during
Fiscal Year 1959 and an additional 2% during Fiscal
25X1A9a 2. 1 ch with to insure that he would have Bob Amory co 5X1A5a1
as soon as he returned.
municate with
advised me that the Director approved of cutting his Security Staff
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from six to two positions and I have given Shef Edw-ards the green light.
4. 1 advised Jim Garrison of the probable merger of project staff with 25X1 A9a ility
ld him toncocluding operate the
of i the Air Division in DD/P and it is also his desire
ofLlogi.stics poI to
Aircraft Maintenance Support Division of the Office that it w s
fully in this exploration and not to try to ?d won to this Division unless he ent through it would probablylmean moving
essential. I also told him that if this merger
25X1A9a out of the Matomic Building and that he should take this into consideration in
his planning.
5. Bob Macy, Bureau of the Budget, telephoned with regard to Project CORONA. He
said that, as he understood it, the Department of Defense had decided to cuteback this swhol ole
program, including our participation in it and that under these he n't eserve. also
how he could approve a release of the funds that
that we knew about thisEcut back and that
said that Mr. Veatch at the Bureau had reported 25X1A9a
the Director had written a letter of protest.
Department of Defense cut back would not have any
which I have done . He thought that t p
wing
effect on our part of the program and I am g to set up a meeting with Messrs. Macy,
25X1A9a Veatch and and participate in it to try to sort out the whole thing again. I also agreed reached I
with Bob that, in view of our meeting on Saturday ndthe d visions whw ich were
s and then with
25X1A9a would discuss project with Deputy Secretary of De to discuss the mat-
ter the President and that there was no point in us meeting with
ter at this time.
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