THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79M00467A000200050033-9
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 10, 2004
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: May 17, 1976
• Content Type: MF

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9Executive Registry
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AY 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR: DDCI Designate
FROM : B. C. Evans, Executive Secretary
SUBJECT : Things to Think About
Hank
1. Per my promise to provide you with a laundry list of a few things
you may wish to come to grips with and foment the.necessary preliminary
work on, there follows a recital of some that come to mind:
A. Floating Authorizations. This was a topic that worried the
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cerns apply to other activities. that seem to be passed along informally,
indeed almost silently to whomever inherits responsibility. We should
wring out the system and identify them.
B. Understandings or Treaties with Other USG De artments.
that any new Cabinet member should be
briefed on and given the opportunity to review, revise, or reaffirms
A tickler system should be devised wherein, upon the appointment of
a new Cabinet official, we automatically focus on the need to step for-
ward and say, "This is the way it has been done and do you havre.any
problem with it? " Such a system would avoid the recent worries of
We also learned this lesson painfully with the Post-
master re the mail operation.
C. In response to the DCI's request, work x pp
is under way to respond to Scowcroft's plans fo ut what I have
mind in this item is our internal procedures for the review and sin-off
apers prior to the Director's releasel
Upon receipt of the DDO's paper, interrupt the system,
an obtain omptroller, DDI, and NIO comment, assemble same, and
forward to the DCI via DDCI. Recently I expanded this prelirrdnary 5X1A
review to include the General Counsel and Legislative Counsel,. Frankl~ra,
I think you might establish a ground rule that no paper is forwar to
the Director for release
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Work should commence now to assemble a list of agreements
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D. Command Cable Dissemination. You and Mr. Bush have
inherited a system established by Mr. Colby which. serves you precious
few incoming and outgoing command and staff cables. There is some-
thing to be said in terms of discipline if an originator knows the DCI
or DDCI is going to get a copy of his outgoing instructions and the in--
coming response. I have asked the D/Communications to prepare a.
briefing for you on the current system and the guidelines that created
our existing cable summaries.
. . E. Periodic Reports. When Mr. Colby suspended ExDir, he
short-circuited many of the periodic reports to the DDM&S, Harold
Brownman, with the understanding that he would flag for him any
troublesome or significant items. These. reports included recruiting,
operational entertainment, utilization of officers following training at
senior schools, numerous financial reports, married couples on CIA, -
roles, etc., etc. ; we have a catalogue of such report4 'which I will give
to
F. White House Suspense Items. Expand my weekly report to
the DCI and DDCI of unanswered actionable material on Scowcrofts or
Hyland's desk, to include Jack Marsh, the Secretary of State, Secre-
tary of Defense, and other Cabinet level officers.
G. Organizational Changes.
a. Devise a successor to the Mana ement Committee. I
have given you my critique of same and has a list. 25X1 A
of all topics considered and decisions reac e
b. Place the Director of Personnel directly under the
DDCI.
c. Examine the relevange of the numerous organizational
changes made by former DCt Schlesinger in today's environment..
P.S. Though they have been under DDS'&T for years, suppose
you will review the merits of placing OSI and OWI under the DDI.
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