MANPOWER SURVEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00780R000200120034-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2002
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: November 16, 1962
• Content Type: MF

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00/S 62-5343
Approved For Release 2003/81WPA-RDP84-00780R000200120034-2
6 NOV 1952
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Security
SUBJECT Manpower Survey
1. The following extract from the subject report is submitted for your
Information and action.
Task Force Report, Paragraph 6b(1), Pages 16 and 17:
It is difficult to hold the strength of the Office of Security to a constant
number when demands placed on the Office continue to increase and there can be no
decrease in the quality of security provided. Personnel must be utilized hi the most
efficient manner possible. But there are limits to the workload that can be absorbed
under the most efficient roanagemesit. The time comes when strength must be
Increased if the job is to be done, unless the workload can be reduced. A backlog of
Investigations and delay in clearances have an adverse effect on the affairs of the
Agency. Prospective employees are not willing to wait for a decision for a prolonged
period, especially when the candidate is of exceptional ability and has numerous
opportunities for employment. In an attempt to overcome delays a request for an
investigation of a prospective employee is often made of Security when the possibility
of employing the individual i.e only remote. 'This practise overloads the investigative
mechanism and creates delays all along the line. It is the opinion of the Task Force
that there should be clearly defined requirements which abauld be met Ix fore
Security is asked to investigate a candidate for employment. The first requirement
should be that the individual considering the candidate for employment really wants
to employ the individual before he asks for a security investigation. The present
practice of inviting likely prospects for employment to visit the Agency, during
which time they are given pre-employment security interviews and medical exami-
nations, should be coatinued since on balance it is economical. It prevents the conduct
of investigations on hidividuals who regardless of the outcome would not be acceptable.
2. Please look into this matter and let me know some statistics indicating
numbers of such cases, the offices involved, and the reasons. After we know this
we can then decide whet action we should take.
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