MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS

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• Document Release Date: September 23, 2002
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Major Recorrtendations
1. DCO be commended.
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Z. DD/S direct revision of to
include definition of Office of Com-
munications responsibility in ELINT
field and other special activities be
covered.
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DCI instruct CIA LLINT staff officer
to prepare Agency Regulation on
ELINT; supplement with Instructions.
Directives
required.
as
4. a. DCI direct that no further support
commitments be accepted by OC unless
it is clearly shown that current capa-
bility can provide 'without deterioratiol
of staff communications system.
b. Immediate action be taken to
ILLEGIB cable traffic.
c. DD/S and DD/12 be directed to re-
view all Clandestine Services programs
and projects with required communica-
tions support and terminate those of
questionable value to conserve OC capa?
-
bility wherever possible.
d. DD/S, DD/P and DCO conduct a study
on feasibility of establishing an Ageacy,
world-wide courier pouch service, with
specific reference to its cost as opposed
to resulting economies in the Agency's
staff communications system.
Comments
No Comment.
ILLE
No objection but question the real
necessity for the proposed revisi so.
Present wording appears already
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to cover the supplemental
gra ct activities.
ILLEG
Concur, but not a matter for CC
action.
Coscur but am n
to the practicabili
enftyrc en) ent.
timistic as
of realistic
Requires further discussion and
study before approprif ?
meta* can be made.
tr. 4.00T,
Concur, but not a matter for
action.
ILLEC.
Do not believe that this Cie
should participate as a member
of toe committee, however.
should stand ready to assist with
regard to statibtics on compara-
tive costs.
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5. a. The DCI direct DD/P, DD/b, D /I to joint-
ly review CIA participation in COMINT col-
lection with respect to:
Effect on the over-extension of CC total capa-
bilities to maintain Agency staff communica-
tions and other Agency support com:nitrneot.
The discontinuance of those COMINT collect-
ion projects conducted on behalf of NSA.
The re-establiohment of any retained on a ri -
inabursable ba.sis with NSA.
6. a. CC, prior to 1 J
test drill utilizing th
6, actually conduct a
"package station".red
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b. Contact be established, political conditions
permitting, with stations in those geographic
areas where it is anticipated agent circuits
would be worked during wartime
c. Accurate time schedules for erection ana
activation should be maintained.
d. The DCI and DWI' be rendered a special
report on the general results of the test.
e. More extensive use of these "packauc
stations" be approved only after a realistic
exercise producing satisfactory results
have been accomplished.
f. The DCO plan for establishment of a via
time major base facility located so as to
service
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Concur. A general review of
CIA participation in COMINT
collection would be timely and
valuable. There art several
areas of current CIA activity
on behalf of ItL,I4 in which a mea-
sure of relief appears possible
and desirable. Further, such
relief would per-rnit collection
effort to be diverted to targets
and areas more directly in sup-
port of CIA objectives.
a. b. c. d. -Personnel situation
at the stations that would be in-
volved in the proposed test are
currently serionsly under strength
and such a test at this time would
have a serious deleterious ef-
fect on current activities on
staff communications. Tests will
be conducted as early as person-
nel situation pes
ILLEdIB
Lo not concur. are must accept
the present status on a calculate
risk basis.
r - Do not concur if recommendation
implies fixed station. Review
with DD/P in connection with 25X1A6B
recommended suspension ofl
Project revealed Lack 0i25X1A6B
operational requirements for such
a facility at this time, however,
interim facilities to handle cur-
rent staff communications re-
quirements are available sad be
utilized . Further study is
being given to improvment of such
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g. That the use of a "packaged" sta.-
tion for this purpose be considered
subject to the recommendations above.
tor the area are crystallized.
Do not coocur on basio of review men-
tioned in (f) above. Believe non-fixed
,to.tioa capability is the best solution.
7. a. The DCO establish a tentative date
for the abolishment of the Supplemental
Programs Division(expiration of FY tr67)
and to phase the responsibilities into the
established units of CC.
b. Action be taken immediately to trans-
fer the OC EL1NT responsibilities from
SP Division to the C it T Division.
c. The specialized organizational con-
siderations shown to supplemental pro-
seams not be extended beyond OC Head-
quarters.
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? The DCO take action to reassign the
following responsibilities to the Chief
Administrative ..)taff:
a. The Personnel ocreening Board
which should be abolished.
a. b. c. - Do not concur. The 1G rec -
ornmendations of this, and other section
followios, would only serve to distribute
to other element* and divisions of OC
the functions and responsibilities of SPD.
.tlecaase of the inter-relationships of the
,PD activities (including projects) such a
dispersal would result in less coordinated
ver-all action and an increase in roan-
uou,rs required for the work. Those
divisions would require increased staffs
to absorb the workload if the SP Division
were to be abolished. An effort has been
nade, and is being continued, to widen
the base of OC division participation in
i,PD activities. It Headquarters. upon
the inception of new activities of scope
and complexity comparable to Projects
kquatone, EL1NT the
liaximurn of coordinated effort Is essen-
tial and in my opinion requires the estab-
lishment of a special staff activity. On
this contrary, in the field, where opera-
tions constitute the entire effort, an or-
ganization similar to that which I have
established in Headquarters is neither
desirable nor necessary. The present
overseas staffs do not have the depth and
flexibility to absorb these additional res -
ssigzuricat of specialists
Is the SP fields to overseas staffs appear*
to be the only solution, but this does not
constitute an organizational change.
Ict(qAED /Oa ( 0 J
6.4
The function of the Screening Board, whici
I conoider to be essential as a tool of
management, are entirely too complex to
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b. The budgetary function now assign-
ed to the Plans & Policy Staff.
c. The "message center" function be-
ing performed by the OC Registry un-
der the direction of the Executive
Officer.
. a. The DD/ S undertake action to oh-
Lain for OC sufficient super graded
positions at both Headquarters and
major field areas commensurate with
its responsibilities and equitable Ageric
treatment.
b. DDL:-.: direct the Director of Per-
sonnel to undertake a classification &
wage survey of all positions in OC giv-
ing due weight to the common denomi-
nation factors mentioned above and tla:
current "labor market" for trained com-
munications and electronic engineering
personnel.
c. DD/S direct the Director of Person-
nel to conduct the wage and classifica
tion review in such a fashion that the non-
technical positions with CC, e.g.. itrzbnin-
Istrative, secretarial, and clerical, t.s
studied not only from the absolute basis,
but on a basis of comparison with simil-
ar positions in other Agency component.
a. The DCO set up a criteria for Head-
quarters and Field use by OC of RYA. T
for personnel cases.
b. RIISAT-MEDIC, in lieu of RY3AT, bt
assigned to any case involving medical
problems.
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It is believed that the programming &
planning function as regards the bud-
,.t is an important responsibility
of command and therefore in properly
placed in the P &P Staff.
notenicur at this time on the basis
that control of correspondence is a
function of command.
Concur. I have already sub: itted
ecommendations to the DDIS cover-
ing additional super-grades for at
(Alice of Communications.
cvlL pici hop-I
Concur. CC will at pleased to coop-
crate with the Office of l Personne
iLLEGIP
Concur.
Concur. Action already being taken.
0..,11? P. 1:4
It is not clear whether thisrecommen-
dation proposes the elimination of
the COhlivi0 slug where medical pro
b/ems involve OC personnel are the
sobject of communications. If so.
this office does not concur except in
instances of purely technical medi-
cal subjects bein_e transmitted.
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c. R.TAT indicators no longer be
used in cases involving marriage of
OC employees to foreign national'
unless sensitive security factors are
present.
c. The authority to convene RYB,
panels be restricted to the DCO or
DDCO
II. The DCO advise the DD/S the names
and backgrounds of senior OC per-
sonnel qualified to assume greater
Agency responsibility and that the
DD/S consider thew as candidates
for executive placement.
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Other Recornmen4ations
Concur. This has been made a part
the action to be taken under iCga above.
r.. Kti,"
It has alma the policy since the first
use of panels that they were called only
ith the authorization of the DCC.
Concur in the principle behind the rec-
ommendation. Action to reassign such
individuals as are in my opinion quali-
fied to assume greater responsibility
*ould result in the transfer of almost
all of the senior officers of this office.
I consider it my personal responsibility
to be mindful not only of where an in-
dividual can best contribute to the over-
all interest of the Agency, but also of
the best interest in the future of the
I. The regular twice weekly Telecon ser-
vice be discontinued and a firm caln-
rnitaiient be obtained from the
to furnish the necessary Telecon chan-
nels on call, and the present equipment
be kept in readiness for emergency ube.
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. The Director of 'Security re-evaluate
the position of his office on amateur
radio operations by Agency employees.
C omrnents
fersonally I question the 'validity of the
requirement for the telecons now be
conducted. However, I do not con-
sider it my responsibility to determine
the validity. With respect to that part
a the recommendation which proposes
that arrangementsbe made with the
or "on-call service, it is my
opinion that is most unlikely that this
will be feasible. It is necessary to
schedule circuits well in advance and
for telecons 'on-call" probably would-
n't work.
.t; laf
Concur. Action recommended is to be
U?ken by the D/0 who has already
started initial steps. The OC will con-
tinue to work on this subject with the
Gillet of Security as required.
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3. a. The DCO appoint senior officer as
member of his staff for Project
to devote his full time to the 6.41111 -
tr a lion of OC support to the Project.
b. DD/S authorize the D/LO to pro-
vide adequate safe transportation to
25X1A2Gwomen employees on Project'
required to travel to and from work
during the late hours of darkness.
ILLEGIB
4. DCO should establish the policy that
individuals will be assigned to the po-
sitions of Headquarters divisions and
staffs for a minimum period of 4 years.
He should also require that his se
officers review panel recommend t
length of tour for the chief of each
the OC field areas.
ILLEGIB
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Do not concur. A reLi.tive.Ly senior
officer has been designated as the
point of contact with the Staff D ele-
ment of the Project aa all matters of
administration aad support and thru
this officer. the Chief of the Admin.
Staff and as appropriate, other chiefs
of divisions and staffs, administrative I
and support probldnis receive adequate
attention. I cannot help noting in pass-
ing that this recommendation seems
somewhat inconsistent with views ex-
pressed elsewhere concerning the tent-
eetcy within the Agency to work on a
project basis.
Concur, but not a matter of OC action.
This recommendation should be applied
across the board to all activities which
alive w MUSA employees working night
shifts. The OC will he pleased to work
otitis the designated action element in
solving the present problem.
',..oncur with reservations as to the
correctness of the establishment of a
4 year tour at Headquarters. It would
appear that a 3 year tour at Headquar-
ers balanced against a generally appli-
cable 2 year tour with a recommended
Ipidonal third year for overseas pobi-
ons would be more desirable. Par -
I action in this regard has already
en taken and will be completed in the
ILLEGIB near future.
. A career panel be established in the
SP Division having responsibilities
similar to those of the other divieion
career panels.
6. The DD/ a should determine wilether inc
best interests of OC are served by can
firming the prerogative to the DCO to
designate his own senior adnsitsistrative
officers or whether the interests of the
Agency and OC would be better seri/
by having Ittigp4ciii:PF6Aeltilkalit2401
prerogative. ILLEGIB
Concur. Action will be takta. Career
..ervice matters now handled on infor-
mal committee basis by Deputy Divis-
ion Chief.
strongly prefers its present admi n-
istrative arrangement under which, as
the report indicates, a broadening of
all senior OC career personae l is a-
chieved. However, I recognise the
attic ot this recommendation and would
Edilififi064gAP49/144aVe& a suitable
alined .adniintstrative officer as
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7. The DD/5 make space available
the OC Registry by the relocati
Finance Division.
. The DCO issue a "priority" stet
meat of the functions and respo
bilities of the OC Administrativ
Staff.
. DCO and Chief OCE detail
tessance men to the
don of OC-E and con
meat of a single section with
Plant Engineering Branch.
ILLEGIB
reed with the DDI
. Action will be taken in the
te future but in accordance
c views expressed in our corn-
ts on Major Recommendation
8 above.
ii . Additional maintenance per -
will be assigned as soon as
n be recruited. However, this
at the expense of other TIL
in the Engineering Div. Thi
Peter to pay Paul and in
ad will require LA inerease in
With regard to establishment
of a aiaglel
within PEB. see comments u
Recommendation 12 below.
10. Chief OC-
temporary basis
two men to T
plus assignment
crystal lab.
d ately" transfer on
if necessary, at least
o resume testing
of one man full time to
11. D and Chief OC-E reconsider the
cision not to include the R & Lab
in the total space allocation for 0/C
the aew building.
It is further recommended that strict
consideration be given to creation of
from 3 to 4 T/0 positions in the Lab
at sufficiently high grades level to en
able the Lab to compete with private
Industry for talent.
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Concur. however, lack of bodies and
lack of slots prevents accomplishment.
As an interim relief eneasere. individ-
uals processing for overseas assign-
ments
are being utilized.
ILLEGIB
oncur in the desirability of having
laboratory in the new building.
ever. I haven't the least optimum:
t this can be accomplished.
tion is being taken with regard to
her grades.
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12. The DCO and Chief 0C-1. consider tte
reorganization of the Plant EngiseerinE
Branch.
Concur. Action in this regard it,
under consideration.
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13. The DCO and Ch. OC-E give con-
sideration to effecting centraliza-
tion of such modification and fabri-
cation and fabrication activities as
are consistent with the physical IL:?
cation of the R & D Lab.
14. The Ch. OC-E provide DCC and
DD/!?_. with specific and detailed
case history reflecting lack of
support and general difficulties
encountered with Director of Lo-
gistics.
15.
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5X1A6B
The existing OC directive ',ilia, place
Senior Communications Officer
in the chain of command between the
We concur in the desirability artd to
the extent it is feasible, we wili
work toward this end.
Do not concur. It would seem to be
much more sound to have an investi-
gation of the present system and re-
lationships Inade by a disinterested
^gene,- element. The proposal that
one DD/ 2 component aioudpr epare
a case against another DDL..) Cone-
poneat does not appear to be sound.
On thecontrary, I prefer to continue
as I am at present doing, preparing
c4.asstructive criticism.
Concur, the directive will be re-
Activities Branch be rescinded and re-
placed by specific and precise direct-
ive maintaining the delineation between
operational command channels and ad-
ministrative support.
16. DCO should take action to develop a corr-
prehensive "cross-training" pr ?grain
suitable for integration with CC Caretx
Service Program and announce to all (._C
personnel.
17. a. DCC assure that new Chief of GC,
hold his job long enough to estaalian a
sense of continuity.
17. b. DCO appoint a full time Deputy Chief
of OC-S.
17. c. The status of Branch Chiefs in CC-,
should be reviewed.
ILLEGIB
Concur. Cross-training has been
an approved plan within the CC for
some time. As the report acknowl-
edges, implementation under pre-
sent circturrstances is not generally
feasible.
Concur, action taken.
Concur, action taken.
Concur, ac
k n.
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18. DCO should request Chief Management
to conduct study to see if the work dont
by the IBM unit could be done by Machine
Records Division of the Comptroller'l
Office.
ILLEGIB
19.
a. The Chief i'/C be commended for high
level of efficiency of staff cornrnunicatlo
Do not concur. The logic of having
this unit within the CC has been re-
viewed or studied several times and
its present position consistently con.
firmed. The DD/P/FI problem will
be resolved upon implementation of the
approved plans for an IBM unit in the
DD/P.
Concur. Action will be taken to con,-
end the Chief Zignal Center as rec-
MIlliencied and to commend other
ff personnel who have done equally
cave work.
b. The DCC should disseminate a Notice
to all OC signal Center personnel ieflect-
ing IC report views regarding achieve-
ment and extra effort.
20. The DCO should establish a firm and irre-
vocable policy to gOvern the assign ent,
reassignment and transfer of personnel
in the S/C to conform to the criteria out-
lined above.
ILLEGIB
21. a. DCO and Chief :.;IC arrange for clear-
ance for a few PBA personnel for c
duties in the Signal Center.
hile I concur with the sentiments,
with respect to this recommendations,
before taking action I would like to
discuss it with toe IG and will do so at
an early date.
While I can estanlish a firm and ir-
revocable policy with respect to as-
sigornent, reassignment and replace-
meat of personnel in the oiC, such
policy will mean nothing as long as
operating elements of the Agency place
demands for cryptographic personnel
such as arose in connection with
PBSLICCI:b.5 and is currently confront-
ing us with Project /4,quatone. it any
time there is always a finite number of
qualified cryptographic personnel and
they can do just so much work and no
more. There is little elasticity and
If planning by the operating elements
cannot be done sufficiently in advance
to enable us to Let authorisations for
additional slots, recruit and train the
necessary additional personnel, we
just have to improvise and "patch up"
to meet sudden requirements as Li
currently the practice.
Will discuss with Director of oecurity.
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b. Arrange for the assignment Di p
lug spaces to members of the 12-8 shift
ILLEGIB
2a?0101440211046-friod many times
:ry again.
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DCO should establish as a
"priority" for Headquarters sup-
port and take decisive action to
resolve some of the difficulties
which have been theirs since in-
ception.
DCO implement whatever action is
necessary or appropriate with the
to formalize this support service by the
Agency.
Use of
and all cables conforn
with regular procedures.
is note should be discon
37. a. The DD/..i authorize the institution of
25X1 A6A a fast dispatch pouch service between the
Registries
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The DCO organize a team composed of
technical personnel drawn from the
areas for the pu -
pose of testing and evaluating obsolete and
excess communications equipment stock-
piled within these areas.
Concur. Action in this regard had
been initiated prior to the survey by
the 1Cs and progress is being made.
Concur. Action will be taken
ncur and action is being initiate
appropriate elements of DD1P.
The pouch communications field 1.),
outside of the DCO jurisdiction. Hcss -
ever, I would like to comment that aoy
thprovement in the speed and frequen-
cy of pouch service aids our electrical
communications system by reducing the
oamber of routine messages now hand-
led by cable. It is understood that his ,
again is under consideration by the DC,f4
We concur in principle and action te
this end has been initiated without the
necessity of establishing a team a s
recommended.
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