CS HISTORICAL BOARD MEETING 17 APRIL 1969 ROOM 3 C 34 1400 HRS.

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CS HISTORICAL BOARD MEETING
17 April 1969
Room 3 C 34
1466 hrs.
1. Approve Minutes of meeting of 12 December 1968.
2. Executive Secretary's report on personnel and
space. (Attachment A)
3. Executive Secretary's report on production of
histories.
4. Executive Secretary's report on developments in
Historical Program since the reorganization
under the new Chief Historical Staff. Discus-
sion. (Attachment B)
5. Contract ceilings and their Offect on
and the CS Program. (Attachment C)
6. Request Board approval for HS/CSG (now HS/HC)
to research and index CS projects in custody
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MINUTES OF THE CS HISTORICAL BOARD MEETING OF 12 DECEMBER 1968
1. The Chairman, called the meeting to 25X1
order at 1430 hQurs. was noted t at is absent 25X1
with the flu. asked for corrections and com-
ments--on--the ma.nutes of the last meeting. There were no
eh-anges,.andthe minutes were approved.
2. The additional floor space adjacent to the present
CSHB offices in Key Building was briefly mentioned. It com-
prises 1,000 square feet and has been allocated for the use of
the CS Historical Board.
3. A question as to the necessity for extending iI
contract one year was raised. said he
understood it had been extended for 6 months only, which he
felt was enough to complete her Congo paper.
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4. As for the LBJ Library Program, said that 25X1
CIA material to go to Austin is largely Lne less nsitive
material; the bulk of CS material will be kept in CIA custody.
In answer to said that a 25X1
memorandum giving broad, general categories o information
will probably be prepared for the DCI's signature and sent to
Austin as an indication of what CIA has set aside for this
purpose. added that he had asked to 25X1
decide (1 w ere e LBJ material would be stored and (2)
whether it should 11 be ca ded in a uniform system, but had
had no response. C said he felt that the material of
all four director be kept in one place and all
carded by the same method for easy retrieval, adding that he
believed that the best arrangement would be under the control
of HS/CSG. He said that had been making 25X1
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index cards for all the CS material and that we would be wil-
ling for her to supervise the carding of material for the other
directorates if made the decision. I _j
remarked parenthetically that if Professor Ehrmann s recom-
mended T/O were approved, it would provide'a curator for the
material of all directorates - in effect an expansion of the
function of HS/CSG - and that this would be a logical place to
house the LBJ Library material.
5. The members then discussed the question of getting
the best-qualified people to write our histories and whether
returnees were the answer. It was agreed that one must
find writers who have had experience in the unit or operation
being written up and that if the best-qualified person were an
annuitant, he should be hired on contract. cited 25X1
the recent case of for wh e a ried to
get a contract to write the history, as he 25X1
was very well qualified, but the request had been turned down.
6. The Executive Secretary reported the
tistics on the production of CS histories:
Total histories to date
Histories completed in 1968
Histories completed this quarter
Histories in process in CSHB
Histories in process in staffs
following sta-
92
45
16
14
and divisions:
89
He then drew attention to the paper he had prepared showing
the percentage of completion of the programs of each component..
The percentages ran ed from 0% to 35%. In response to the
question, said he believed that the main reason for
the differunce in p oduction was the extent to which the com-
ponent chief supported the program. I _j recommended that25X1
the number of histories "being worked on in each component be
added, as he felt that, too, was a factor to be noted. It was
agreed that J I should add this figure. It was also the
judgement o e Board that these figures should be a part of
the Executive Secretary's six-month report to the DDP.
7 . reported to the Board that Professor Ehrmann
had recommen ec a slightly different T/O for the Agency His-
toricalStaff; e.g., a Chief, a Deputy'Chief, four historical
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officers (one for each directorate), a curator, assistant cura-
tor, and three secretaries. He pointed out that the only dif-
ferences from the present organizations were the addition of a
deputy, replacing with three.officers, and making
the HS/CSG a serv-LUU U1 mmon concern for the Agency Histori-
cal Program rather than only to the CS. said that 25X1
while he had no official word, he expecte rofessor Ehrm
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an
8. The Executive Secretary reported on the status of 25X1
the HS/CSG project to compile and publish chronological list-
ings of station chiefs: the AF and WH listings are published,
SB has decided not to publish (too sensitive), and the other
divisions' listings are between 50% and 90% completed he
asked the Board's opinion about using certain CT's on interim
assignment for this and other research and writing tasks,
pointing out that this would be a good way of having the CT
learn more about certain stations in the division to which he
was assigned. In general, the Board was of the opinion that
the CT would not welcome this type of assignment and that
divisions would not favor it. It was agreed that it might be
tried, but without much hope of success.
9. lexpressed his appreciation of the Board's
decision JUL, 41U CS publications available to Mr.
Pforzheimer, but to keep all CSHB papers under control of the
CS.
10. The paper prepared by on the history of
the CS Historical Program was discussed. While there was a
feeling that it could be shorter, it was decided that it would
serve the prupose as is, except that "CS" should be used
instead of "DDP".
11. suggestion to prepare biographical pro-
files of senior CS officers was discussed. It was decided to
have a sample prepared for consideration by the Board.
12. The meeting was adjourned at 1600 hours.
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STATUS OF HISTORIES
17 APR
1969
Period 13 December 1968 - 17 April 1969
18 - published this quarter (110 histories bound)
79 - in process in Divisions or Staffs
9 - in process in Historical Staff
106 - accounted for
92 - previously published
198 - histories accounted for
13 - numbers cancelled
211 - numbers assigned and accounted for
88 - histories in process
110 - total published
198 - total active number
13 - numbers cancelled
211 - numbers assigned and accounted for
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