DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000100010016-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 31, 2000
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: November 17, 1954
• Content Type: NOTES

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1. Reviewed with Shef Edwards and the proposed reorganiza-
tion of the Security Office. Suggested a few changes in their proposals which
they will attempt to coordinate with the Management Staff prior to submitting for
formal approval. 25X1A9a
2. Gates Lloyd and I attended a briefing for on the gist of
a report about to be made the I&R Staff, Office of the Deputy Director (Plans),
concerning the The report is not a good one in any sense of the
word but is worse from a Wancial standpoint than from any other. In addi-
tion to the fact that controls over finance matters seem to be very lax at the
9 I do not understand why the Comptroller in working with the FE Division
Who pick up many of these discrepancies without waiting for them to be found
by an inspector. Will pursue this with Ed Saunders as soon as makes sX1A9a
his report.
3. Approved of Jim Garrison advising the lawyer whom we have been using in
connection with and for whose services we have been paying
$1,000 per month that in the future we would pay not to exceed $350 for his ser-
vices, including secretarial assistance, office space, etc. If this is unaccept-
able we will have to make other arrangements.
4. Jim G
istration of
Company. He is going to
to investigate the matter and to determine whether or not we should continue with
the or enter into a new contract through which we might ad-
minis er e a much less cost. 25X1A
6. Authorized Walter Pforzheimer to contact the Bureau of the Budget to
insure that we were aware of all legislation being introduced in the next session
of Congress which might affect us.
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t there was a complaint concerning the admin-
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7. advised that the fire which was reported in the Washing-
ton Star on oven er was caused by an electric motor in a sump pump between
two of the buildings in the DD/P area. I cautioned him that this was the
second occasion within recent weeks in which the Director had found out about a
small fire from reading about it in the newspaper and that we should take pains
in the future to report any such occurrence to without delay, as 25X1A9a
well as to Stanley Grogan.
9. Gates Lloyd and I discussed with Frank Wisner and the pro 25X1A9a
posed assignment next summer of as Chief of the Support sion on25X1A9a
It was agreed that Ted should take this assignment. We all had reser-
vations as to who should replace him as Chief of Administration and it was
agreed that we would think about the matter and come up with a list-of possible
candidates for consideration. Frank and Dick emphasized that they had made no
commitments to anyone in this direction.
Ted telephoned later in the day and I told him of this agreement. He
expressed surprise, and some concern, as to the replacement angle. It would ap-
pear that he had already advised that he would definitely be his
replacement. 25X1A9a
10. Ed Saunders and I met with f the NEA.Division to discuss a
request for the release of funds from the Reserve for a special project which
has been approved by the Operations Coordinating Board. I also discussed this
matter with the Director who told me that we should get $3,000,000 from the Bur-
eau of the Budget for the project. In addition, the Operations Coordinating
Board has apDroved of the withdrawal from the Reserve of $1.,2503,000 for the pur-
chase of I will try to clear both of these mat-
ters with the Bureau of the Budget on November.
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could not be resolved otherwise.
12. I concurred in recommendations to suspend and25X1A9a
of his Office for two we sand one week, respectively, on an LWOP
s us cause of excessive security violations. 25X1C15a
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