Status Report, July-December 1970

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06180A000300210019-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 1998
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: January 13, 1970
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13 January 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Historical Staff'
FROM Support Services Historical Officer (SSiO).
SUBJECT Status Report, July-December 1970
1,. Very substantial progress has been made on he
Historical Program since the last semi-annual reporting pccriod
and it is expected that the flow of finished histories, ':rhich
has been a trickle, will shortly increase to a respectable
stream. Three histories were published in the last six month
period. Of the 67 histories currently scheduled, 29 are in
draft and nearing. publication, 14 are in various stages of
research and-writing, and 24 are inactive.
2. Of the 29 papers closest to completion, 12 are either
being typed in final form for publication or are being finally
edited by the Historical Staff, 13 are being revised in the
Directorate per the suggestions of the SSHO, and 4 are in first
draft awaiting his initial review. There is good reason to
believe that a large number of these studies will be completed
in the next reporting period.
3. Of the 24 studies reported as inactive (e.g. the SSHO
has not yet been consulted regarding work on a given history),
12 are scheduled in the Office of Personnel, 7 in Communications,
and 5 by the Medical Staff. No inactive histories are known
to exist in the other components of the Directorate.
4. Eight individuals, inc'uding five contract employees,
worked full time on component histories; and 31 individuals
worked part time. Twenty-one people assigned writing respon-
sibilities are not yet working on their studies. The attach-
ment provides further details on the DDS historical program
for the period from July through December 1970. The informa-
tion shows both the status of individual papers and, also, the
over-all situation with reference to the component offices and
the Directorate.
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25X1A9a
ll. Mr on full-time assignment to
support the SSHO, has provided useful assistance in revicwin,
various of the component contributions. At present 25X1A9a
i overseeing the revision of the history of Logistic Services.
25X1A9a however, plans to retire in March, which will
leave the SSIIO Without assistance just when the workload is
expected to peak. According to our production Schedule, 31
histories are expected in draft between March and August.
To revise and edit these histories in time to write the overall
history of the DDS, it is imperative that the DDS provide the
SSHO with assistance from the time of Mr. departure 25X1A9a
to the end of the pros cnt calendar year.
12. There has been no direct progress during this
reporting period on work toward the completion of the over-all
history of the DDS. As noted in previous status reports,
until the bulk of the historical contributions from the DDS
components have been reviewed by the SSHO--hopefully by early
summer 1971--little effort can be devoted to this activity per
se. It should be emphasized, however, that the SSHO, through
continued exposure to tie specifics of component histories and
to many individual DDS careerists, is steadily broadening his
knowledge of the Directorate. The SSHO expects to derive
substantial assistance in this project from the Diary Notes
which the Executive Director-Comptroller is making available
to the Historical Staff for the period of his association with
the DDS and its predecessor directorate. Arrangements have
also been made for the preservation and use of the papers of
Mr. Bannerman during his tenure as ADDS and DDS. The latter
records should be of much help in writing the ongoing history
of the Directorate.
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