REPORT OF CABLE SECRETARIAT OPERATIONS 1 - 30 APRIL 1963

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2001
• Sequence Number: 107
• Publication Date: May 7, 1963
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MEME~RANDUM FaR Mr. Kirkpatrick
SUBJECT Itegort of Cable Secretariat pperations from 1-30 April 1863
1. Cables Processed
a. CIA cables processed totaled lq, 578 IN cables, Z, 015 OUT cables, 1, qbl 'I'D's,
and 3, Q50 miscellaneous items far a total of 31, 604 work items. This represents an
increase of 6,449 items or 26?fo over the 1862 mor~hly average of 25, 155 work items.
b, Non-CIA. cables .totaled 15, 220, an increase of 2, 255 ar 17%a over the 1862
monthly average of 12, 965.
c. The combined work units. of CIA and non-CIA cables. including miscellaneous and
service requests totaled 46, 8.24 items. The April total represents an increase of
8;,706 or 23%a over the 1g62 monthly average of 38, 118. The Cable Secretariat did a
daily average of 1, 561. items each 24 hours including Saturdays and Sundays. This is
better than an item per minute.
d. 1, 9.02 cables.. or 4.5% of all cables processed were furnished to the Director as
compared to 2, 136. or 5% for March 1q6~. (.Note: The number of cables furnished the
Director will show a decrease in subsequent nZOnthe since, starting in May, we are
sending selected LD JSS cables instead. of .all LD /SS cables, as we have been doing. )
Fer s onnel
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25X1A During the month we gained two people giving us a total strength of ^ against a
ceiling of- V~'e have incumbents awaiting final clearance for three positions and 3
people awaiting transfer or resignation within. the next 60-q0 days.
a. Qn 18 April, 40 students from the National ~iV'ar College toured the Cable Secretariat.
We believe that the visitors enjoyed. the tour and found it informative.
b. Attached. ie a memo stating that the capy requirements for telegrams distributed
to CIA by DC /T should be reduced #rom 17 to four. However, in reducing the copy
requirements, there will be some delay in pxaceasing time and some increased cost
per cable handled. Although the D;~partx~nent of State has been notified of this change,
they have not put it into effect as of this time. ~'e, however, are operating as though
but four copies- were furnished.
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3. c. We have coordinated informally with OC and the Records lr2anagement staff
concerning the Signal Center Archives, and on balance it agpears that the Cable
secretariat is in a better position to administer these files than any other unit
on the basis that we have all the necessary cryptonyms and trained people to
mare a determination regarding access to the files. The study should be coming out
of CC shortly. It was routed, last I saw it, to RIDS and to you far approval.
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