DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000300100121-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 121
• Publication Date: June 26, 1961
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
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26 June 1961
1. At the Deputies' Meeting this morning:
a. I proposed to the Director that I consult with either the Assistant
Secretary of State for Administration, Mr. William Crockett, or the Dep-
uty Under Secretary of State, Mr. Roger Jones, before we wrote to the
Secretary of State about our communications problem. The Director ap-
proved. In trying to telephone Mr. Crockett, I learned that he would be
away until 5 July, but I hope to get in touch with him shortly thereafter.
b. There was a great deal of discussion in preparation for the Direc-
tor's appearance before the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board next Sunday, 2 July. (At this point, 28 June, DD/S contributions
have all been made to Mr. Kirkpatrick.)
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2. 1 met with Shef Edwards,
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from the Office of Logistics to discuss the servicing and maintenance of the pneumatic
tube and conveyer systems in the new building. The question to be resolved was whether
employees providing this service and maintenance should be on CIA rolls,, PBS rolls, or
whether the work should be performed by a service contract with a private company.
Discussion brought out the fact that at various posts throughout the building there will
have to be personnel onitoring this system and that stjch nets el could either read
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or cic~ec~i personnel
in this position should be on Agency rolls and fully cleared in accordance with our normal
procedures. Having made this decision, I also expressed my belief that such personnel
could, in addition to monitoring, do a great deal of the routine or first echelon servicing
and maintenance of the system and that they should be so trained. However, we must
anticipate that there will be breakdowns requiring the use of some service company and
we should have such a contract; we should recognize that since the pneumatic tube and
conveyer systems in their entireties are secure areas, it will probably be necessary to
shut down the system for brief temporary periods to satisfy this condition.
3. Matt Baird was up to express some concern about the developments for mari-
25X1 A6a time training On the one hand he says that the Covert Action Staff is
buying a great deal of equipment and informally requesting that we add quite a number to
the Staff there, but at the same time OTR has had ecific requirements levied on it.
25X1 A9a At Matt's suggestion I called- reminded him that we were not budgeted for this
activity during Fiscal Year 1962, and urged that the DD/P levy specific requirements as
soon as possible so that we may meet them in an orderly and timely fashion and at the
same time provide the necessary funds and people.
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4. At the Deputies' Meeting this morning:
a. The Director emphasized to 0 that he wanted to get
the financial aspects of the straightened out as soon as
possible. Tracy undertook to iscuss t is with and to
report back to the Director.
b. The Director returned to a memorandum in which
I had concurred h ' do with the settlement of our contractual obliga-
tions with the he Director said that he wanted us to
consider the possibility of arbitration I discussed this
with Larry Houston and asked him to discuss our strong opposition to this
with Tracy. (On 27 June Jim Garrison reported to me that the meeting
which was attended by ad
been closed out strictly in accordance with the original contract. The
door was left open orally, however, ins to appeal to us again
if, in fact, he feels that he is justified in doing so.)
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