DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000300090008-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 26, 1961
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
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25X1A9A 1. I telephoned with regard to the progress we are making on
25X1A6D and learned that we are not proceeding as fast as we had hoped. I reminded him
that this would have to go before the Project Review Committee and that we should allow
25X1 C4A about two weeks for this processing and the Director's approval. I also asked him to
get in direct touch with the
25X1 A9A lieu of dealing through
2. I talked to Art Lundahl and Stan Beerli about a request that the Office of Secu-
rity has received from the Army Map Service. They request that CIA polygraph some
250 to 300 employees as a recruitment screening process. Upon the assurance that
this particular project is not a CIA responsibility and not of very great interest to CIA,
I authorized Shef Edwards to disapprove of the request.
3. Frank Ecker rushed over with a draft of a proposed new Executive Order
creating a Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. We checked it with Mr. Kirkpatrick
and left it with the Director who telephoned Mr. Bell saying he had no objection to the
Order. /Frank telephoned again on 27 April to say that certain minor changes were
being made in the draft to ensure that it covered all intelligence and related functions
(covert action). I have advised the Director of these changes./
4. In response to Stan Grogan's query I advised him that the Director's favorite
Bible verse % "And Ye Shall Know The Truth and The Truth Shall Make You Free;"
Mwill be on the south wall of the entrance lobby.
5. Frank Ecker of the Bureau of the Budget was over to discuss three matters:
a. First, the Bureau is addressing a letter to us, as well as to all other
Government agencies, requesting that we participate with them in an immedi-
ate study in an attempt to make a four-year project of our budget requirements.
The objective is to get this completed by about 1 June inasmuch as the Bureau's
whole package is to be presented to the President on 15 June. They do not pro-
pose to make a detailed study of our proposals, but they want to take a long-
range and broad look to try to determine where we are going in the next four
years. Typical big questions which they will try to find answers to concern
the future of NPIC, ADP, etc. I told Frank that we would certainly cooperate
in every way but that I thought it was going to be difficult to get anything very
accurate for Fiscal Years 1963 and 1964.
b. Second, he advised me that at a recent luncheon meeting of the "Special
Group" the Department of State agreed to have another look at the meritorious
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exiles program. In this connection George C. McGhee of the Department of
25X1 A9A State, Bob Macy of the Bureau of the Budget, and of CIA have been
appointed a committee to look into this problem. ey are a so to look into
our proprietary problem. For this reason the Bureau will defer for the time
being any study of our proprietaries and subproprietaries which have been
discussed in re respondence between Mr. Ecker and myself. If the
25X1A9A McGhee/Macy, l ask Force does not deal adequately with proprietar-
ies, they will take it up at some later time.
c. Third, the Bureau is working on a scheme which would re uire rac-
tically all Government employees using jet service o 25X1 A
economy class. This would save $200 each way fo erson rave Ing.
I told Frank that we would be glad to cooperate with them on this, that there
will be exceptions, and that he should work with Ed Saunders on it.
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6. I met with Messrs. -, Houston, and Saunders to brief them on General
Cabell's reaction to our proposal to establish "position allowances" for certain key
people. In substance, General Cabell does not approve of "position allwances" but
does approve of setting up a "drawing account" to be administered by the Deputy Di-
rector to accomplish the same purpose. I have asked o staff this 25X1A9A
out.
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Note: Paragraph 5. in its entirety was forwarded to the Comptroller on 1 May 1961.
(DD/S-61-1388)
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