MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS FOR MEDITERRANEAN BUREAU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03097A000200010318-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2009
• Sequence Number: 318
• Publication Date: March 29, 1948
• Content Type: MEMO

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Assistant Chief, Mediterranean Bureau
Chief, FBIB
Maintenance Teohnicians for Mediterranean Bureau
1. It is proposed to request adjustment of the Mediterranean
Bureau T/O to provide for one Maintenance Technician, CAF-9, in
parallel to similar positions proposed for regrading from SP-8 at
other FBIB Bureaus. Your oonnesnt upon the need for this position
on Cyprus and upon the desirability of filling it by stateside
recruiting of an American-trained radio maintenance man is requested.
2. During the construction period, the Cyprus station will
need for the installation and internal wiring of equipment a much
larger technical staff than that required for routine operation.
At Reseda a staff of six technicians has worked forty-eight hours
per week for one year to oomplete the job.
Please report your estimate of the following in regard to
Cypruss
a. In addition to the Chief and Assistant Engineer and the
daintenanoe Technician, how many technicians could efficiently be
utilized to speed accomplishment of the installation?
b. How many competent men are at present on the Cairo staff?
How many can be spared from the Cairo operation and are willing to be
transferred?
a. Can the remaining number required be hired locally or
borrowed from the British? Mill it be necessary to request assittanee
from U. S. Army Signal Corps?
to On what date can this phase of the work begin?
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