ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT OF CLANDESTINE SERVICES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04718A002000400004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 16, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 7, 1956
• Content Type: MF

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7?D/? from A4XI, 5 October 19
tor General's Survey of the Offic
etor ( upport , the Management Staff,
of the General Counsel"
is for your action. The assistance requested
n of the DD/S ccaa onents and affecting the Clandestine
9. Xo eveenos the recorsnsndations of the Inspector General arising
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Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
'a 5.
oauee it is difficult for one man "to serve
IS be relieved of those command authorities cresentli
by him for DD/P.
b. That, to assume these command functions as well as to act
as an advisory staff officer to t)/P on support matters generally,
"there be established on the staff of the D1J/P, a position of
Administrative Officer of senior grade."
not take Issue with the above recotion,
a viewpoint which is reasonable and workable.
are, howevezr, somewhat surprised at the nature of the recommendations,
since, on the basis of the organizational philosophy prevailing in recent
years, we have understood that the PD/P should refrain from an direct
"a istration" and "support" activities and should look to other com-
f the Agency for such requirements.
l#. Do the 's mmendations imply that there should be a
Agency p&iio3o ay? Do they imply that perhaps the Inspector General
finds that certain support activities are in reality comund responsibilities
1Nhi ch should not be placed in "outside" echelons, no matter how capable
willing? Does t Hs Indicate a belief that the Clandestine Service
aped problems not amenable to routine DD/5 hand i.ng? Would it
that perhaps the pendulum had swung too far?
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