DOUBLE ENCUMBERING MONITORIAL POSITION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP94-00798R000200300048-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 14, 2012
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: August 1, 1988
• Content Type: CABLE

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CITE FBIS/TEL AVIV 10762
TO: FBIS.
SUBJECT: DOUBLE ENCUMBERING MONITORIAL POSITION
REFS: A. FBIS 28145
B. FBIS/TEL AVIV 10721 DTD 18 JUL 88
C. FBIS/TEL AVIV 10727; DID 21 JUL 88
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1. IN EARLY JULY, EXPRESSED HIS INTENTION
TO RESIGN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR PRESSING PERSONAL REASONS. AT
THE BUREAU'S REQUEST HE AGREED TO WORK PART?TIME AT 32 HRS/PP
(SEE REF 8). WE NEED TO CONTINUE PART?TIME STATUS
WHILE WE EOD AND TRAIN A NEW HEBREW MONITOR TO REPLACE HIM. WE
PROJECT THAT 4*6 MONTHS WOULD BE AN ADEQUATE TRAINING PERIOD AND
THEREFORE HAD PLANNED TO DOUBLE ENCUMBER THE POSITION FOR THAT
PERIOD OF TIME. ,/ UNTWPRTANII T!iAT AND THE LAST BUREAU
CHIEF HAD AGREED THAT WOULDRESIGN WHEN THE NEW :z
IS FULLY TRAINED AND OPERATIONAL.
FOR A 6?MONTH PERIOD WOULD BE ABOU
2. TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE STAFFING IN THE HEBREW SECTION WE
NEED TO RUN A MINIMUM OFI MONITORIAL SHIFTS PER WEEK. CURRENTLY WE
HAVE AVAILABLE FULL TIME FULLY TRAINED MONITORS, ONE TRAINEE WHO
LEAVING FOR A rTMTMUM mc 3 WEEKS MILITARY RESERVE DUTY SOMETIME
THIS FALL, AND . THE SECTION CHIEF NEEDS AT LEAST TWO
SHIFTS PER WEEK TO KEEP UP WITH SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES.
TWO SHIFTS PER WEEK MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO KEEP
OUR HEADS ABOVE WATER IN A VERY BUSY SECTION. THIS STAFFING
SITUATION COHBINED WITH THE FACT THAT ABOUT 45 DAYS OF ANNUAL
LEAVE MUST BE TAKEN IN THE SECTION BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR
IN EFFECT REDUCES THE STAFF BY ONE FOR MOST OF THE REST OF THIS
YEAR. ACTUALLY, HIRING ANOTHER MONITOR DOES NOT INITIALLY HELP
THE SECTION BUT RATHER ADDS ANOTHER BURDEN DURING THE NEW
MONITOR'S TRAINING PERIOD.
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3. OUR HEBREW SECTION WOULD BE STRETCHED VERY THIN IF WE
LOST TWO SHIFTS PER WEEK WHEN ADDING THE ADDITIONAL
TRAINING BURDEN AND KEEPING UP WITH COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS. TO
HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL WORK, WE WOULD HAVE TO RAISE OUR SELECTION
THRESHOLD DURING A TIME WHEN CONSUMERS ARE EXPECTING MORE FROM
US. LIKEWISE, CURRENT MIDDLE EAST DEVELOPMENTS OFFER A STRONG
CASE AGAINST CUTTING A FULL-TIME POSITION IN THE HEBREW SECTION.
REF C, GRAF 6 DETAILS CURRENT COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS THE
BUREAU MUST BE PREPARED TO SERVICE AND STRONGLY RECOMMENDS
THESE REQUIREMENTS WHILE PROVIDING COVERAGE DURING LEAVE,
MILITARY RESERVE DUTY, AND NEW MONITOR TRAINING. THE FACT THAT
WE HAVE OUR SECTION CHIEF WORKING PRIMARILY AS A REGULAR MONITOR
ILLUSTRATES OUR NEED FOR FULL MONITORIAL STAFFING ?
4. THE RECRUITING PROCESS FOR THE NEW MONITOR IS
CONTINUING AND WE EXPECT TO BE READY TO EOD NOT LATER THAN
EARLY OCTOBER PER REF A, WE WILL AWAIT FURTHER DISCUSSIONS
WITH HOS REGARDING THE BUDGET IMPACT OF THE PLAN TO DOUBLE
ENCUMBER THE POSITION BEFORE EOD'ING THE NEW MONITOR DECL OADR
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