REPORT OF CABLE SECRETARIAT OPERATIONS 1 - 30 SEPTEMBER 1970

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00499R000600020017-1
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2001
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: October 6, 1970
• Content Type: MF

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6 October 1970
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director- Comptroller
SUBJECT . Report of Cable Secretariat Operations
1-30 September 1970
1. The workload in September 1970 was 63, 784 items, 3. 5% less
than September of last year. For the first three months of Fiscal Year
1971 we are running 11% less than the same period in Fiscal Year 1970.
With reference to our workload, we were taxed this month with the
situation in which more than one criss or fast moving situation/hot spot
demanded our attention - i. e. , Jordan, Chile, Vietnam/Laos, - to say
nothing of hijackings, VIP's travelling, etc. We are ill-equipped to
handle multiple crises. On more than one occasion we carried over
from one shift to another 500 - 800 cables. Such conditions breed delays
and errors. Contributing to the problem is the almost constant employ-
ment of our supervisors to fill production roles versus supervisory roles
in order to get the work out. However, this is not a new problem and we
will manage.
2. We process our CIA precedence traffic quite satisfactorily.
However, our routine CIA and State traffic is not processed so well -
e. g. , on CIA incoming routine messages, we process 56% in two hours
or less, 87% in four hours or less, and 100% within five hours; on State,
we complete 60% in four hours or less, 78% in eight hours or less, and
100% within 12 hours.
3. As of 30 September 1970 we had an assigned strength of= 25X1A
making us even with our authorized strength for FY 71 (100).
4. Because it was not operating satisfactorily and because there
seemed little likelihood that it could be made to operate satisfactorily,
we discontinued use of the Keytronic Document Sorter on 4 September.
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We are considering (1) having it completely re-built to make it solid-
state, (2) buying a new Keytronic sorter which will be built as solid-
state, or (3) buying a sorter from another company, possibly the
Collator Corporation. At the moment, we are still in the shopping
stage, but the sorter is sorely missed - it was a work saver. We did
use it for two years on three shifts, or the equivalent of six years
calculated on a regular eight hour shift, so we can say we more or less
got our money's worth.
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5. On 21 September 1970,
visited the Addressogra.ph-Multigra.p plant in Cleveland, Ohio. Purpose
of the visit was to discuss service on the AMCD copier and also to view
new printing equipment not yet shown to the general public.
6. The AMCD, an automatic copier/ duplicator manufactured by
the A&M Corporation was installed in our office on 1 September 1970.
The machine is being tested to see if it is capable of replacing the
offset equipment now being used in the cable reproduction section. The
machine is beginning to perform satisfactorily. If the promises received
during the Cleveland trip re improved service and parts availability are
kept, the machine may have a future in the Cable Secretariat.
7. On Wednesday, 23 September, the ACT-II Working Group (for 25X1A
automation of the Cable Secretariat) was formed consisting of the following
personnel: OC, Project Leader;
the Office of Communications. Representing the DDP
and the Cable Secretariat is represented by The Working
Group plans to have the specifications ready for bid on 1 January 1971, a
contract signed by 15 June 1971, and the system installed and operational
by June 1972. 25X1 A
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Cable Secretary
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