OVERWEIGHT EMPLOYEES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05077A000100090015-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: July 14, 1972
• Content Type: MEMO

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DD/S 72-2789
14 JUL 197Z
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Medical Services
SUBJECT : Overweight Employees
REFERENCE : Memo dtd 10 July 72 for Acting DD/S fr DMS, same subj
John:
You will probably think we're hard, to please or that we
don't understand your professional problem in. taking aggressive action on this
subject. Both may be true but, nevertheless, I know that the proposal in Ref
is not responsive (at least in form) to what the Director Wants, and I also
know that we cannot tell him that a more specific and direct program is not
going to be proposed. Part, of the problem is your oblique and modest style
of writing. Recommend, don't suggest. Use the active voice and the indica-
tive mode, be specific rather than general. What you have put in subpara-
graphs l.a., b., and c. is fine but let's outline it as positive direct steps.
For instance:
1. The Director should say to his senior staff: "A
few days ago I asked Jack Coff ey whether there were anything
we could do about human fat and about heart problems. John
Tietjen has made the point that cardiovascular disease is not
a simple thing and that overweight is not clearly the culprit.
No argument though that excess poundage is not good. He
has worked up a program to try to do something about
getting people to trim some of the lard off. We're going
to be getting out an Employee Bulletin in a few days, but I
want to underscore my personal interest in. the program
and ask you to take an interest also. Now I don't want to
be unreasonable and I know that not everybody was born to
be lean and mean, and I also know that whether a man or a
woman does anything about his weight is his personal business.
But some prodding here and there might do some good. I want
all of you to do some of that prodding."
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2. We are preparing a series of posters for Agency
bulletin boards about the individual's responsibility to him-
self and the organization to take care of his health and
focusing on weight problems.
3. Attached is a proposed Employee Bulletin
which we will issue after your (DCI) statement.
etc ., etc .
STATINTL
Robert S. Wattles
Acting Deputy Director
for Support
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