DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000300050282-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 2001
• Sequence Number: 282
• Publication Date: January 14, 1959
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
DD/S 14 January 1959
1. At the Deputies' Meeting:
a. I reported to the Director that pursuant to the request of four big
contractors and on the recommendation of Public Buildings Service I had
authorized the extension of time for submission of bids for the new building
until 26 February.
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b. Gordon Stewart and Larry Houston met with the others who regularly
attend this meeting to participate in the discussion of the Manpower Task Force.
The purpose of this was to substitute Mr. Bissell's proposal for a Manpower Task
Force for agreements which had already been reached. In substance, this pro-
posal recommends- that each Deputy Director examine his own functions, identify
unneeded personnel, etc. , and that no task force action on an Agency-wide basis
take place for some time to come; however, the Task Force would meet once a
week to discuss the points of common interest. I expressed strong disagreement
with the desire to postpone action by the Task Force inasmuch as I believed that
the DD/S and DD/I Areas were ready to be looked at by such a group without
delay. While the Director announced no decisions I assumed that Mr. Bissell's
proposal will prevail. In any case, it appears that any semblance of a Manpower
Task Force to look at the Agency on an across-the-board-basis is out the window
at the moment.
2. I addressed the Clandestine Services Review Course and during the question
25X1A9a period Mr. a student from the Office of Security, informed me that
that Office was not adhering to the DD/S policy with regard to overseas tours of duty. I
want to follow up on this with Shef Edwards .
3. In the afternoon and I looked at the Office of Personnel proposal
to reduce their manpower requirements , They have a program with an objective which
would eliminate 34 positions and I approved of their undertaking this program step by step.
4. Also at the Deputies' Meeting I discussed the letter from Congressman Flood in
which he requested that the Director talk with-The Director agreed to see him.
25X1A9a 5. I talked to and after investigating the matter
25X1A6a he recommended that we not send Jerry ~ I concurred.
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6. Lyman Kirkpatrick buzzed to say that of the group of candidates I referred to
him for consideration he would be glad to have when he returned from-
this summer. I approved of his choice. He also said that he definitely wanted to get
sometime in the future and I told him that while I could make no" commit-
ment in this regard I thought that the experience would be good for him and that he would
be good for the Inspector General. Kirk also told me that he was processing in the
regular way the changes in his Table of Organization which the Director had approved
in principle some time ago but that we should not hesitate to challenge the titles, grades,
etc . , if it were felt that we should do so .
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