ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00780R000100260004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 29, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

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29 Jseuary l953
Deputy Director (Administration)
Deputy Director (!ntelligence)
FROM& Assistent Director, Curreet Intelligence
SU= Organizational Change
1. YRORIAM
To provide .s.sengez service in the Special Center sufficiently
manned and with sufficient reserve to assure prompt handling of Current
Intelligence. elteineting possibility of delay in delivery of critical
material.
2.
a. There is currentir established in )CI a Distribution Un
under the Registration Section
Support Division.
Intelligence Control Branch of the Special
b. The Table of Organization for
rks, two Gs-4 end one ai..34
Distribution Unit authorizes
c. The duties and responsibilities of th-
messenger service to the Offices of ORR, OSI? XS
of General Services located within the Special Center.
d4 OCT has experienced a great deal of difficulty in keeping
these three positions occupied eainly because other offices ouch as
General Services having a larger messenger activity apparently receive
first consideration on sew applicaets, and further because three positions
even if filled, do not provide a sufficient reserve to assure prompt
handling if one or more messengers ore absent.
Jolty Include
OCD and the Office
S. QC/ has been, on recent occasion, over 24 hours behind
delivery schedule du* to simultaneous sickness, resignation, and recruiting
difficulties.
3. tzscussw
a. The activities being performad by OCI's Distribution Unit
Cuts across organizational lines and thus should properly becomea function
and responsibility of the Office of General Services.
b. The transfer of the Distribution Unit to the Office
ces would (1) extend better and more continuoue'service to t
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offices loceted within the Special Center (2) make it possible for the three
positions involved to have a beetereoeupency rata because they would be
iseumbered by the messenger pool and (3) place an activity- which has grown
beyond the jurisdiction of a separate office to the proper organisational
structure under the Deputy Director (Administration).
4. CONCLUSION
That the messenger activities of OCI be tranafered to the Office
General Services.
5. ;RECOIMIDoalLS)
a. That positions ed 111, 111.01 and 112,
ceiling of the Special Support Division, OC1 be trensfsrre
General Services.
b. the responsible for filling
these positions with incumbent& properly cleared by OCI, and for maintaining
at least two additional stand-by messengers also properly cleared.
c. That the Incumbents of thee* positions be detailed to ?CI for
duty and on.thaulob supervision.
d. That the Table of Qrsn1zation and ceiling authoris
OCI be reduccd by three.
Sheldon
Mot;
25X1 CONCUR;
Deputy Director Intellisence
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Acting teputy r Administration
RDS/RaDi w (27 Jenuary 1953)
Distributions
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DD/I
1 AD/CI
1 - Personae 1.
2 - Chrono
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