TDY TRIP TO FE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05538A000100150010-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 9, 1955
• Content Type: MEMO

ce emov-'anduM ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Comptroller nA Ee 9- 3sptemb?r 1955
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FROM : Chief, Finance Division
SUBJECT: TDY Trip to FE
1. Reference is made to our discussion regarding your impending proposed
trip to the Far East.
2. In accordance with our discussion, property transactions involving stations
under property control by the Supply Control Center at- have been analyzed
for the period January through April 1955. This analysis reveals that during
this period not more than 15 per cent of property transactions indicate that
the property represented thereby was physically handled by the Supply Depot on
behalf of stations under the system. Assuming that our records are a fair
indication of the operations of the SCC, it seems natural to conclude that the
original concept of a centralized depot and supply point has not been realized
and that continuation of centralized inventory records on the basis that such is
the case is erroneous and results in the necessity for processing documentation
through channels not normally used for supply purposes.
3. In view of the above indications, it is suggested that during your
forthcoming trip you may wish to explore the feasibility and desirability of.
a. Recommending that each station presently under the FE supply
system (including SCC) be reconstituted as a separate, independent
supply accountability point, with responsibility for maintenance of
complete, official inventory records.
b. Upon decentralization of supply control as outlined above, the
installation of the manual system for the recording and reporting of
monetary values of inventories and supply transactions.
c. Recommending that the centralized supply depot be continued as
a reserve depot, with responsibility for the supply and control of
current requirements only in areas of particularly sensitive material.
4. It is realized that adoption of the above concept of decentralized
supply control, is a matter primarily for resolving in the light of logistics
policy. Further, the process for recording monetary values of property trans-
actions must follow supply processes, procedures and policy. If, however,
Logistics policy and procedure were revised toward a decentralized system, it
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is my opinion that, insofar as Comptroller personnel are concerned, present
staffs at the various stations are substantially adequate to handle the
25X1A5a1 additional responsibility and that the staff M personnel) and equipment
now devoted to monetary recording of property at the SCC could be substantially
reduced.
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