CABLE TRAFFIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00639A000100100046-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2000
• Sequence Number: 46
• Content Type: DISP

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after of redundancy.in cables was recently called to :your attention
n Book Dispatch No. 5951.
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1. Because of my concern at the annual gro in the number of
ceiling positions.,. I recently personally reviewed their Fiscal.
Year 1969 progranm. It is apparent from thzi reviewthat despite in-
creased automation and the. consequent ability to-handle:more traffic; per
man, a:major portion of the required increases results from a greater
volume of traffic, increased hours of coverage and redundancy in the
writing of. cables.
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Z. A comparison of cable traffic. to "arid from Stations. and
Bases, in 1965 ,to the volumes handled for those samelocati6A's in 1967 shows
an increase. of more than twenty per cent. ThisArend has existed for the
past fifteen years, and there appears to be no indication that it will "level
oFrom the many cables that cross my desk on a, daily basis, I amcdh-
winced that too little judgment is being exercised in the selection of -material
to sent by :cable and in the wording of cables. A cable is justified only
when action must be immediate or taken before a dispatch can be delivered.
3. -.I request that each Station- and Base Chief take immediate action
to modify cable practices, habits and procedures at his installation in
order, to reduce cable traffic to the essential minimum.
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Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA-RDP79-00639A000100100046-2