MEMORANDUM FOR MR. BANNERMAN FROM WFV

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00780R001600190011-5
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2003
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: July 26, 1967
• Content Type: MF

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26 July 1967
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Bannerman
My problem with this memo is centered on the first
paragraph. I don't think it gets across what I understand the basic purpose
of the upcoming study of CIA's communications system is (or certainly
should be). Succeeding paragraphs seem to be all right if we get the right
picture at the outset. I would therefore suggest something like this in the
opening shot:
1. The Director recently expressed concern over the high
proportion of Agency monetary and manpower resources invested
in communications activities. His concern relates particularly to
the rapid strides being made in the development and expansion of
broad new areas of communication- -secure voice, data links,
long-distance xerography, satellites, and so forth--and the pro-
found impact which these will have on our organizational structure,
future methods of operation, and particularly on future budgets
and manpower needs. The Director has therefore asked me to
undertake a broad examination of the Agency's communications
systems, with particular emphasis on future communications re-
quirements and possible alternatives for meeting these requirements.
2. An effective . . .
3. The first . . . .
4. The communications . . . .
As for how the overall study of our communications
systems will be made, I presume we'll use a taskforce with perhaps sub-
taskforce groups in each of several areas. If so, a little tinkering with
paragraph 5 is in order. Something like:
5. I am asking O/PPB, in collaboration with each of your
Directorates, to take the lead in defining the specific studies of
Agency communications that need to be made and then suggesting
a suitable taskforce arrangement for carrying them out. These
studies will provide the basis for.::. . /This avoids naming the
person who will initiate the effort in O/PPB; because until we get
a clearer fix on the scope of the effort, it is probably too early
to know exactly who the best man to oversee it will be./
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