PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00879R001000090166-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 166
• Publication Date: August 28, 1962
• Content Type: MEMO

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MZMORANDlfJ1 YOR Acting Assistant Director, OSA
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Personnel Authorisations
1. In the above request for increased personnel authorization
for the Office of Special Activities Is the requirement as presently sees
the Orations Division. This request has been given ewe! reefui
study and is designed to meet the operational concept for alt of the
programs, as they are presently envisioned In this Division.
A. to the IDEALIST Branch we have asked for additional
people because future commitments of this program seem to be on
the Increase rather than of a diminishing nature. As you well floe:
the past year has produced more ZD.CAUST sorties than those of any
ad by fewer people than ever before.
year since the conception of the project yet these missions
CORONA Branch the addition of the LA.'' ARD program
a first mission forecast for fate February. necessitated the
request for additional people.
d with urgent requirements which are far beyond the capacities
to the fact that the OXCART Branch is grossly over-
The OXCART program is the most serious of our require-
of present staffing. Examples of urgent requirements which must be
accomplished new are feasibility studies of operational concepts,
development of a mission planning capability, development of command
and control concepts, facilities, and procedures. These are but a few
of the many complex and time-consuming tasks to be accomplished in
date future. At present, the OXCART Basch manning does
net provide the Agency with a capability to plan, direct, and control
sloes. In short, unless emergency actions are taken
at once we will not be in a posture to maintain operational control of
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onveertlaag the Control Center Into a complete
5 the capability of manning 24 hours a day
yet to be defined we may have to ask for additional
#-. White the Office of the Division Chief has not been Increased
appreciably It is felt that a modest increase must be granted to
gsarante . best managerial supervision of the Division.
7. The entire operational concept for the Office of Special
c ,vitteas must be given review and final decisions should be reached
that will determine the role the Agency is to play in clandestine
r issaance operations and the degree of guidance of policy that
11 is going to establish for the national Interest. Until this decision
is re ached a finite concept of operations and the personnel require-
vs, e e cannot. be made. Therefore. I strongly recommend and would
be most appreciative of your efforts in obtaining approval for this
for the Command Post will be forthcoming. In
y exist for manning this duty position on a fall 365
When this point in time Is reached a request for
. As the OXCART program becomes operational
our desire to improve our operational briefings, we have
a which is the minimum number acceptable to do
OXCART program becomes operational and the brief-
low of the urgency of this situation.
SIGNED
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Acting Chief, Operat
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