DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000300020217-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 217
• Publication Date: July 22, 1958
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
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DDS 22 July 1958
1. reports that the Public Buildings Service expects to advertise
for the Excavation and Foundation Contract by 4 August and wants about two weeks for
bidding. He still believes that they will let the contract during the month of August.
2. I approved of H. S. going on leave from. 25 August to 2 September.
3. I asked H. S. to give me his recommendation soon as to when we should have
our cornerstone ceremony.
4. I discussed the request
to increase the number of their personnel from 125 to 250 an emphasized tat Ting
Sheldon should not make a commitment on this in view of the most seriou situa-
tion involved. I feel that the Director may have to make this decision if M in-
sists on going to 250.
5. Jim Garrison talked to me again about his surplus personnel. I assured him
that if he had no jobs for these people and could not absorb them. by attrition that they
could be selected out. I agreed to take this up with Gordon Stewart.
25X1A9a (. discussed
with me the selection of a cadre to go to the Middle East. I chose as the 25X1A9a
25X1A9a Chief of Support, as his Deputy, and as the Support 25X1A9a
Planner and instructed Vernon to work out the other names on this list. I also told him
that I felt strongly that we should have a Finance Officer and Personnel Officer even
though these were not included on. the DD/P list.
25X1A9a 7. I had a long discussion with
I
told him that I thought he should attempt to persuade both of these individuals to retire
and that if they would not do so then we would have to go through the normal selection
out procedure. I emphasized that their Fitness Reports----which he is in the process
of making out- -would have to support a. selection out procedure if we were to be sac
cessful.
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8 . talk to me about an. unsatisfactory reply which. he
I told him 25X1A2d2
had received from
that I thought he should go back to and talk to the General about this again.
I also authorized him to tell if our plans for having Les
eventually become Chief of our Audit Staff and that either of them. wanted to see
me would be glad to talk with them.
9. I talked to about the proposed table of organization for Project
gave him a copy of paper on the subject, and asked him 25X1A9a
to study it and then get in touch with Bob. (On 24 July Gordon Stewart called me about
this and said that he wanted to make some very minor adjustments so that Chick could
go ahead with one or two pressing promotions and defer the rest until 25X1A9a
came back. I approved.)
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