MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMIN. BUILDING MONDAY, 29 JANUARY 1951

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R002300010028-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: January 29, 1951
• Content Type: MIN

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STAFF CCr'F RENCE
I4inutes of Meeting held in Directorts
Conference Room, Aca.m?nistration Building
::Ionday, 29 January 1951, at 1100 hours
General Smith Presiding
Present
William H. Jackson, Deputy Director
Allen 1r. Dulles, Deputy Director for Plans
Murray McConnel, Deputy Director for Administration
Lyman B. Kirknq4ick, Executive Assistant to DCI
lE-.ecutive Assistant to DCI
Advisor for Management
James M. Andrews, Asst. Dir. for Collection and Dissemination
George G. Carey, Asst. Dir. for Operations
H. Marshall Chachvell, Asst. Dir. for Scientific Intelligence
Kingman Douglass, Asst. Dir. for Current Intelligence
William L. Langer, Asst. Dir. for National Estimates
Max F. Iiillikan, Asst. Dir, for Research and Reports
J
ames 0. Reber,nilsst. )ir. for Intelligence Coordination
Asst. Dir. for Special Operations
Asst. Di-r. for I'olic!.- Coordination
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Director of the Office of Strategic ervices, would be in 17ashington
on Thursday. The Director said that he planned to confer with
and that any of the Assistant Directors who had any
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Director stated that the Veterans of OSS could be of use to this
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The Director inquired as to the status of legislation
creating a career service for CIA em;'ployees. Hr. iicConnel said
this was being workecl on at the present time. The Director
indicated that something should be obtained along the lines of the
Foreign Service in the Department of State that would enable the
transfer of personnel and would make the service sufficiently
attractive.
The Director stated that he believed CIA should obtain
the right to a7.~rard certain decorations on its own behalf. He
mentioned the fact that possibly a certain number of medals for merit
and medals for freedom should be allocated to the a;~ency by the
President, and the right to award Legions of Merit to foreigners
should be obtained. He suggested that an effective order be obtained
to allow this agency to award decorations to military personnel
without going through the Decorations Board. It was requested that
the .assistant Directors give an indication of hoer many decorations
they believed would be awarded in the course of a year, so that an
appropriate request may be directed to the 'hite House.
2. :1r. Jackson said that an Historical Branch was to be
organ ized, probably in O IC. This branch would write the history
of CIA, including the preparation of any annual reports that were
required; mould be responsible for handling any official addresses
made by representatives of the agency; and would handle any neces-
saxy dealings with the press.
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3. Mr. Carey raised the question of proselyting of em-
ployees by the offices and suggested the reissue of Administrative
Instruction 0 Mr. Jackson said that he believed this should be
reissued, but indicated that in cases where one Assistant Director
believed an employee of another office could be of greater use to
his work that the problem should be referred to the Directors
Office for discussion.
4. Mr. Baird reported on a training program to be g ven
for new CIA enploTrees. He stated that approximately Qcmployees
had entered on duty since October 1. The Director indicated that
he did not need all of thirty minutes for his talk, and suggested
that the length of the program could be reduced after it has been
tried one time.
5. Mr. McConnel asked that all offices transmitting
projects coordinate them in advance with 111 other interested CIA
activities.
Mr. McConnel reported that the agency had expended
nearly all of its funds for overtime for the current fiscal year
by December 31. He suggested that all offices work their employees
alternate five and six day weeks so as to arrive at an average 44
hour work week yet manning the office six full days. He pointed
out that. under the current law the regular work week was still 40
hours and that additional time was overtime. He asked that
Assistant Directors keep overtime to a minimwn wherever possible.
6. Mr. Reber presented a memorandum to the Assistant
Directors indicating the matters of coordination on which his office
was working. He stated that the memorandum did not necessarily
indicate that 0/IC was doing all of the work, but simply showed that
it was working with the principal office concerned in the matter of
coordination.
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7. Dr. Langer said that the time was near for pushing a
candidate to be a student at the National tear College next week.
Ho suggested that CIA attempt to obtain permission to send more than
one individual each year. The Director said that could be undertaken
and asked that each of the offices submit the names of their candi-
dates to Mr. McConncl. The Director said that he believed CIA ought
to have an instructor at the ?TI-!r College but that nobody was available
at the present time.
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f3. asked what the policy was on granting
leave without pay for o ended periods. The Director stated that
this would depend on the individual and his value to the agency.
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