PROPOSAL FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF AN ACTION OPERATIONS UNIT.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00309A000100030076-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: August 15, 1955
• Content Type: MF

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Proposal for the Organisation of an Action Operationa Unit.
EEZFRENCE Nemo dtd 11 Aug 55 to DiDC1 fr D/Trg? 3820 sehject.
1. I concur in the dssirability of providing an 'motion* unit within the
Agency and of training personnel for service in it so that we may "acts with ef-
ficiency and dispatch when called upon to do so. Inasmuch as I, personally, an
not familiar with previous 'action" operations, I defer to the judgment of the
Director of Training and the Deputy Director (Plans) as to how we should swam-
Nish this Objective. However, there is still a question in my sdnd as to whe-
ther we can keep career-minded personnel in an activity of this type for a
period of thirty months without presenting an opportunity to test their theories
in an actual situation. As. layman in the field, I would have thought that.
shorter course, perhaps for a six months period, for a greater variety of per-
sonnel with different area and language knowledge would have provided greater
insurance- towards preparedness to meet a given situation in whatever area it
night develop.
2. As I understand the referenced memorandum, the plan would be to author..
is. the additional positions now and the unit itself mold then proceed to fire
up the plane and cost estimates. This would mean that no cost estimates for
this activity would be available to us prior to submission of the Fiscal Tear
1758 Budget. In my discussions with the Director of Training I have gained an
indelible impression that such a unit would "cost a lot of money.* While I
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iii. that the development of accurate cost estimates may be impossible at this
time, I do believe that it should be possible to develop an approximation.
3. Aa you know, I aa concerned about our over-all budgetary situation.
The new activities taken on during the past year, whigh are ecrntinninr have had
the afoot of Ingres our o ting cost level by about above our
regular todget. This 11 have to come from the R0001,10. There are
additional approved and pending items that will probably call for releases from
the Reserve which will leave only in it for Fiscal Tear 1956. As
yen can see, with only one month of Fiscal Tear 1956 behind 128 we have a rela-
tively small %eery. left. If personnel increases and other items already re-
quested Should b pproved our Fiscal Year 1956 operating cost would be increased
by another and in Fiscal liar 1957 by Im AMY eases vs 25X1A1a
will for substantially more money in Fiscal Tier 1757 than we
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enjoy the flexibility which we have bed in the pest.
I still think that it would be preferable to 'toff out this pro
embark upon it without a clearer idea of +Awe we are goini
Director Should consider carefully our over..all bedget sitnati
it this project without farther staffing.
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