DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000300060096-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 96
• Publication Date: April 7, 1960
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
7 April 1960
DD/S
X ~~W I e was up to see me about the insurance brochure inasmuch as
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the' forward contained a statement to the effect t Stewart que stioned this inte
responsibilities for all affairs pertaining to G EHA Gordon to again assert its independence
asmuch as he thought it mi ht be an attempt by the Board 25X1 A9a Agency. Upo assurance that this was not the case and because
25X9 e ~opies of this brochure had already been printed, I agreed to leave it unchanged.
discuss the
25X1 A9a 2. I met wi ommunications
possible manpower savings in a merger o the a to pursue r
and
Signal Center. We concluded that it would to not the Directorlsummariz ng the ftuatiourthe
and I asked John to prepare a memorandum
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3. Gates and I met with Bob Macy ean to Frank Bureau of the Budget, Bob
Amory and others to discuss the possibility of kg over the for the Photographic Intelligence Center. It was agreed that Frank Ecker would go to
right away to examine the needs for the eadditional t-inasmuch as our optionaon the bind ngnt space. The idea is this matter to the Director as soon as
he
expires on 15 April and we must move very quickly if we want to take it over.
25X1A9a 4. For some time and I have discussed the possibility of rotating
people from the Clandestine Services or elsewhere to the Management Staff. He now
proposes to bring one individual to the Management Staff from DD/P. However, while
DD/P wants this man trained they are not willing to furnish the slot and inasmuch as John
does not have a slot, I disapproved of this particular case.
5. 1 asked Shef Edwards to supply me with a brief memorandum to the Director
outlining the instructions which investigators have. This was prompted by the recent flap
reported in the Daily News several days ago.
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25X1A9a 6? also talked to me about the case of
25X1 A9a ~vho was originally on active duty with the Agency, was retired from the Army an
at our request called back to duty the next day. More recently, he was retired again,
this time for physical disability, and the Technical Services Division picked him up imme-
diately on a contract basis. He gets about $8,000 a car for retirement pay from the Army
25X1A9a and we are paying him a contract salary of $8,000. raised the question as to
whether this was proper in view of the fact that we were trying to encourage older people
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25X1 Aga to retire to make way for younger blood. I asked him to discuss the matter with
in order to determine just how unique qualifications
25X1A9a are an w e er or not he could be replaced without too much difficulty.
7. Larry Houston was down to discuss several personnel assignments with m&5X1A9a
He plans to bring back into his immediate office and assign 125X1 A9a
the Office of Logistics. In the course of our conversation he told me that a memorandum
on our Travel Regulations would be down within a day or two. In this connection, I asked
him to designate one man on his staff (someone other than to deal exclusiy1A9a
25X1A9a with on Regulations. L
25X1A9a 8. was in to discuss his personal situation with me. Due to er-
sonal problems he has decided that he cannot accept the TDY assignment aWX1 A6a
has submitted his resignation effective 30 April. I told him I felt that we had to have peo-
ple in the Administration Career Service who were flexible and who could accept such
assignments. We also reviewed the situation wherein he had been unable to accept an as-
25X1A6a signment -about a year ago. In discussing his problem further it appears that
his affairs are so complicated that it is almost impossible for him to leave Washington
even for a short while. I told him that under these circumstances I felt that I should ac-
cept his resignation which I did. However, I told him that he could remain on the roles
on a duty status until 30 June, if necessary, during which time he would be expected to
25X1A9a find other employment.
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was in to show me a travel voucher which was submitted by
for a trip during 1959. He travelled on an actual expense basis and while
did not know whether the over-all claims were excessive, he called my
attention to the fact that Paul claimed reimbursement for haircuts, movies, and other
things which are not normally covered in per diem. I told him I thought that he should
suspend these items routinely but, at the same time, send the voucher to me with a memo-
randum giving his reasons for the suspension and asking for policy guidance.
11 sked my approval to promote to a grade GS-14. He
said that. plans to retire next year. I told him that I approved of his promotion
with the assurance that he would retire next year; however, if he does not plan to do this,
I would want to consider the matter more carefully.
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