HEADQUARTERS STAFFING FOR OXCART PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: August 15, 1962
• Content Type: MF

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15 August 1962
ORANDUM FOR: Acting Assistant Director, OSA
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Headquarters Staffing for OXCART Program
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1. Reflecting somewhat upon voice in the wilderness
concerning the need for additional personnel in the H'eadquarters'
OXCART Operational Branch, when the laughing is over with, it
appears that this matter might be far more serious than we have let
ourselves believe.
OXCART. Without getting too far in comparing T/O's, we find the
more demanding, more involved. and required greater support tie
Z. The briefing today if nothing else was illustrative in demon-
strating. with everyone's agreement, that the OXCART program is
a far more complicated and more intricate program than the deuce
ever hoped to be. A. ready comparison, however, of the early days
of the U-Z program and the OXCART program, as we now know it,
would lead one to believe operationally, at least, that the tl-4 was
u-l program supported by such notables as Bissell
yourself, not to
mention the various ops support types and illustrators that enter into
the operation of the U-L. Nowadays in OXCART we find yourself
and Songer d#vided among three time-consuming, operational
programs as well as burdened by the administrative and managerial
duties of runnin
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find only carrying the banner for this
program, which we all know enjoys the highest priority within the
United States Government. When one hooks at the multifarious
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be reassured that this program is receiving all the attention and
support it needs. From the side of the field where I sit, I cannot
25X1 A sight any task which. appears insurmountable or, for that matter,
the least bit difficult; but I readily recognise, and I think you must
"Z x '' ? and babysitting- -far more than the bodies s of
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3. 1 appreciate the unfortunate fact that politically the scene
is not right for tapping the DD/R or. for that matter, the DCI for
more positions. 'VV* are probably further handicapped by Colonel
recent conversation with Dr. Scoville wherein he
complained that the gentlemen of were spending most of
the time looking for something to do. The delin uency, or rather
to be more kind, the tardiness of replies to the
task which Headquarters has levied on the M would prompt one
to feel that the _ has a lot to do but apparently hasn't focused
on the task.
4. The complexity of air refuel-tanker coordination and
mission plane can readily justify the requirement for more bodies.
hether this is done by acquiring additional personnel for
Headquarters, adjusting the work load between Headquarters and
the _ or simply transferring those responsibilities that are
now Headquarters' to the field I cannot say; however, I do suggest
that you contemplate for a moment whether or not you are contest-
to live with the preset situation, and that the decision to strike
for additional personnel not be predicated on the palatability of
such motion but rather the requirement. I somehow have the
uneasy feeling that we may shortly realize we are further
downstream than we think.
Executive Officer, OSA
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