DEPUTIES' MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R002300230064-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2002
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: March 5, 1958
• Content Type: MIN

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Wednesday, 5 March 1958
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PRESENT: Mr. Dulles, General Cabell (part of mtg.), Mr. Wisner, Mr. Amory,
Col. White, I essrs. Kirkpatrick,
Sheldon4part of mtg.
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Noted that he and I were planning to call on Julius Holmes in
State to discuss CIA activities in Black Africa. General Cabell commented he
hoped as a result of this meeting that Mr. Holmes would be more amenable to our
requirements in this area.
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been interviewed by the FBI and asked the Director if he desired to see the report.
The Director said he did not.
Mr. Kirkpatrick:
Referred to the memorandum approved by the Director on 17 Februar, 53
establishing an Agency Selection Out Procedure and stated that he had already:
heard some rumblings about this policy. He commented that in his opinion
supervisors and all others concerned with the implementation of this program
should be extremely careful how it is handled in order to prevent accusations
of a reduction in force. Col. White stated he intended to personally review each
case submitted in the DD/S component and before the employee concerned is
notified in order to insure in his own mind selection out is justifiable. Mr.
Amory commented that he had established a similar procedure for DD/I. The
Director said he thought this a most wise method of handling this matter and
while he did not wish to overburden the Deputies he did feel that these cases
should initially be reviewed by a senior officer in each of the major components
of the A.gency. Mr. Kirkpatrick recommended that each Deputy might, wish to
discuss the Agency policy and his own procedures for implementation at a
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staff meeting. This was agreed to and Col. White suggested it would be helpful
if the Director of Personnel could be present at these meetings in order to answer
any questions that might arise. ACTION: DD/P, DD/I and DD/S.
Noted that I Secretary of USCIB, is due to return to the Navy
in September and stated that only the Air Force had come up with a recommenda-
tion for his replacement. Mr. Sheldon said this man, E_ I 25X1
as well versed in special intelligence and Elint activities
and from his record should do a creditable job. After some discussion it was
agreed that CIA would accept him and ADGI undertook to poll the other members
of USCIB.
Mr. Amory:
a) Noted that the Soviet Ambassador to Syria had paid a visit to Dhahran
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and asked if any report in this regard had been received from
aid he had not seen one and undertook to query
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b) Asked the Director if he desired that we continue our country by country
studies of Sino-Soviet Bloc activities, noting that while an excellent paper had
been prepared on the Sudan it had taken considerable time. In response to a
query from the Director Mr. Sheldon stated that most of the time was consumed
in coordination between OCI and the elements of DD/P and in order to turn out
a reasonably factual paper he saw no shortcuts. remarked that he 25X1
discussed this matter withi and while he agreed that the production
of these studies was time consurningl _J was of the opinion that they are25X1
valuable assets to the OCB. He said he would suggest that these papers be
prepared on a selective basis and in support of studies undertaken by the OCB.
The Director agreed and stated while he did not want to overburden our facilities
he did feel that these studies would serve a useful purpose and directed that they
be continued. He said in fact, he wanted to keep a file in his office since he often
had a requirement for such information. Mr. Amory commented that we might
well make use of some of the better studies by including them in the Weekly.
Noted that the Agency as a whole had done exceedingly well in reducing
personnel strength in order to meet the ceiling established by the Director.
He said as a consequence he and his people were in the process of drawing up
a master plan for the Agency in order to determine what components would not
move to the new buildin . He said for example, a part of is well situated
in the nd if we could acquire thel for the
remainder of this component it could be left behind and still occupy first-rate
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quarters rovided approval could be obtained for about $400, 000 to renovate
thelpace. He said this building is permanent and up until now apparently
no other government agency wishes to occupy it. Mr. Amory said he had been
giving this problem some thought too and felt that HTAUTOMAT could stay in its
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to a discussion as to when and if the time might be propitious for the Director
to go to Congress and request additional funds to build another wing on the new
building in order to accommodate those components which are selected to remain
behind. It was the general consensus that such a request would have pretty hard
sledding and nothing in this regard should be done until after the contracts for
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to this thou ht. Colonel White commented that he had already requested the
snace in
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