DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000300070112-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 2014
• Sequence Number: 112
• Publication Date: June 30, 1960
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
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30 June 1960
2. Ed Saunders brought to my attention the fact that his comments are not
usually solicited when projects are coordinated laterally. There are sometimes instances
where the Bureau of the Budget has placed restrictions on the project or other related
financial information which should be available to the Project Review Committee mem-
bers before they sign off. I think that this is a very valid point and I am going to request
that in the future the Comptroller's comments be sought before a project is routed
laterally.
3. General McClelland telephoned to say that he would find it extremely difficult
to furnish the names of the people he expected to have in external training in the next
six months and I agreed that in his case he could submit numbers at this time.
4. General McClelland called my attention to the fact that in the awarding of a
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$80,000. Howa they had not been responsive to the specifications and, consequently,
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their bid was out and the contract was awarded to the next lowest bidder who had
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the matter but Jim Garrison and his contracting people believe that we are on very solid
ground.
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5. I queried Emmett Echols as to whether he shared my view and that of Bob
Amory's that our current practice of having Deputy Directors approve (1) the recruit-
ment and (2) the entry on duty for all employees above grade GS-7 was really a worth-
while procedure. He doubted very much whether this was worthwhile but requested that
we not disturb the present situation inasmuch as procedures which would have to be
devised in connection with our new separation regulations would change this anyway.
7. I talked to the Office of Current Intelligence about the Depart-
ment of Health, Education and Welfare letter to State Offices for the Blind in which CIA
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was prominently figured as being ready to hire blind people for the translation of Russian
language broadcasts. He explained to me that this was an OCI-FI/Staff D requirement
and that they had no idea of using them in FBIS or elsewhere. I am somewhat pessimistic
about this project but the damage, if any, has already been done.
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8. Lyman Kirkpatrick buzzed to say he had heard that we were considering
for use in the Office of Training. I gave him the background and current status on
this matter after which he told me that he intended to make an all out effort at this tii5oxi
to get out of the Agency. He said that he had a great deal of information on
and that during his last tour in he had spent $135,000 over a two-year period
mostly for his personal living expenses while he was on a project which had produced
absolutely nothing. I told Lyman that I intended to do nothing further about this matter
unless I was approached by Dick Bissell in which case I would bring the matter up for
discussion with him and the Director.
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