DEPUTIES' MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R002300190016-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 2, 2009
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: January 1, 2000
• Content Type: MIN

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DEPUTIES' MEETING
PRESENT: General Cabell, Mr. Wisner, Mr. Amory, Col. White,
Messrs. Kirkpatrick. Helms. Sheldon, Gen. Truscott.
General Cabell said this meeting had been called to consider
a problem facing the REGAL program and asked to
outline this problem to those present. said that
there has recently been installed in equipment
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developed by the Office of Communications w c would increase
the production of 0 material by 2/3. However at the present 25X1
time he is unable to make use of this equipment due to lack of
personnel. pointed out that actually an employee
with a high school education and about ten days training could
learn to operate this equipment satisfactorily and he believed
with the addition of 108 people we could keep current in
processing the material in question and eat into the backlog.
Col. White noted it was his understanding that 135 people are
required
White went on to say that we have more clerks in the pipeline
than ever before, however, these people will not be fully
processed until the summer months, therefore he saw no alternative
but to ask the Deputies to assign on-duty personnel to this
project (provided they can be granted an SI clearance) if the
urgency of processing current material and cleaning up the
backlou is such to warrant this action. General Cabell asked
what we would gain by taking immediate action rather
ian waiting until we could recruit the necessary bodies. Mr.
replied this would be hard to determine until such time
as the material on hand and currently being received could be
translated since we have no way of knnwinn withnvt
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Mr. Amory said he wanted to second Mr. Wisner's comment
and that he too would be unable to meet numerous requirements
placed on him for spot papers, estimates, analyses, etc.
Mr. Wisner then asked if Agency personnel ceilings could not
be lifted in view of demands for additional activities and
stepping up of other activities already in existence. Mr.
Kirkpatrick suggested that the PAC sit down and review our
current programs and activities and come up with a recommenda-
tion on personnel ceilings. (No decision was made on this.)
Mr. Wisner recommended that: 1) before any final decision
is made each Deputy have the opportunity to consider how the
transfer of personnel will affect other projects, 2) a report
on this be made at a future meeting. General Cabell replied
he saw no alternative but to embark on this program immediately
and that its progress be reviewed from time to time.
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It was therefore agreed that: 1) DD/P, DD/I and DD/S
would begin to detail their proportionate share of
employe s to he aCCOMDlished In Increments of 18 per
week) ;
4) personnel be recruited for assignment to this project or
to replace those people transferred to it from other components
and who do not wish to return to their old jobs; 5) the
increase of employees required to step up this program will
be over and above the Agency ceiling and will not be charged
to the currently authorized ceilings of DD/I, DD/P and DD/S.
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