DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000100060046-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 2005
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: September 4, 1953
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY ROTES
3l Augu: t thru 4 September 1953
25X1 1. for an interviarr prior to the letter's
de rture for Europe where he ess~ane the position of Senior Auditor. Mr.
25X1 ~ impressed me es being competent and I tried to impress him. with the impor-
tance of his Sob and the necessity for doing it thoroughly and accurately.
2. Asked Ed Saunders to expedite his comments on the sub3ect of "payment of
night differential to certain ComnnuLtcaticros employees."
3. Asked Mr, Saunders to check again on the accounts of I seem 25X1
25X1 to remember that aid that he had a ~12~000 account ~vhaeh was several
months old and had not been settled.
}~. Ed reports that the Offices of the General Counsel and the Comptroller 25X1
have made the necessary acljust~ents in the Omoney to determine what can be 25X1
spat from Fiscal Year 1953 Elands; this is in accordance with the 0 pro3eet.
5, Suggested to Ed that his weekly report Was too long and asked ham to cat
it dawn a little bit.
6. Asked him to get the material ready for the Directoris oral report to
the National Security Council eaa "CIA finances" by Friday so that ire could revievr
it and present it to Mr. Dulles when he got back, inasmuch as I understood that
he Would be expected to give this report on the 9th of September.
7, Told Ed that i.f the Bureau of the Budget agreed I had no ob3ectioa to
CIA taking the NSC car and chauffeur, with the understanding that the National. Se-
curity Council could call. our pool for this car can approximately a half tame basis,
and, provided the Council. reimbursed ias fsr fifty per cent of the cost of this car
and chauffeur,
8, Mr. Houstcm and I conferred with ~. Macy, Executive Director of the
Civil. Service Commission, regardiAg the furnishing of a witness for our selection
25X1 procedure in connection with the 0 Board. After polling the Commissioners,
Mr. Macy advised me that the Civil Service Commission could not do this. (See my
Memorandum for the Record on this subject.)
25X1 9. its that a driver by the name of Who 25X1
is assigned o had an accident on Friday night while 25X1
driving an Agency vehicle and was ge th "driving while drunk." The Office
of Operations and the Secux3.ty and General Services Offices are handling the mat-
ter,
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10. reports that ~ the hot weather same of our nc~r air con-
ditioning are not working because of an overload on the power. I told hiaz
to make a coa~laitxt to the General Services Administration, inasmach as they en-
g3neared the dab and should have done it properly.
11. Have talked to }dr. Garrisons and. General. Cabell about the
overob7jgation of funds at It appears that ~1a.7,000 of Phases I and.
II construction has been undertaken, w3.thovt authorization. In additions
of Phase III constnxetivn ?u~ and the mainland has been undertaken.
About ~75~000 of the ~3.~9'f)00 of this eoastruetion has actually been disapproved
and there is no chance to recover. The remainder of the ~159,OO0 will probab3y
be useful ire eonnection with our mast recent Phase III, the 0 pro~eat.
I have instructed ~4r. Garrison to plan to absorb the entire ~159~?00 9.ri the appro~-
imately ~~~~dOs000 Latter project. General Cabell has requested that he be cat
in on this matter before any final decisions are made.
12, Have arranged to take General Cabe11 to the
day afternoon..
13. If a decision is made to put ~~ on a caretaker status Jim Garrisoa
plans to go there personally to s?e the property and will stop at eau
1'oute.
1.1~. reports that he is wa,sable to place in. the Of-
fiae of Co lac on and s~emination aril I have approved of his trying the For-
eign Docimients Division.
].~. Talked to Dr. Tiet~en at some length about the
set up an appointment with Mr. Kirkpatrick to d3.aeuss i .
Case at~d agreed to 25X1
25X1 16. Have talked to Messrs. and Saundez~ about the failure to
budget for commzmications material for the DD area divisiaas; will talk to
Dick Ae1ms about this au Friday.
25X1 l~. telephoned to say that the Army could not allow 25X1
25X1 ~~ to rave th when he goes on tetaporarg duty to Europe. 25X1
The Arrgy will. not make an exception unless the temporary duty is to be fora peri-
25X1 ?d longer than sia months. to this effect.
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25X1 lg, reports that the Air Force "reduction--in-force program"
has been called o comp a e],y, except for orders already in 'the mill which do not
affect CIA. 25X1
2p. Met with Mr. Mel.oon and. concerning "" "
25X1 will have report to fir. b[elooa on Tuesdays at which time unless erson-
nel can fisid a Sob for ham ~hi.ch is comparable) he wi71 be told that the Agency can-
not use him.
21. Attended a Project Review Committro~d ~~ ~ tinders "tandroin~ thatpane 25X1
Service" for the was asap
grade GS-12 position and necessary s'would be transferred to the Office of the
Deputy Director (Intelligence). Approved of ro ect in the amount of approximat25X1
ly ~39s000 for the reduction of a prototype to be used ~ 25X1 25X1
cormection with the Approved of
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this time in order to undertake an architectural and enginearing survey so that re-
alistic cost estimates could be developed.
LJ/\ 1 GG. ~~' 1 l~Q11V W Vuv rar r~.. w-- --
25X1 t~ Contingency Reserve in connection with Pro3ect The Bureau of the Budg-
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et subsequently advised that it could not consider our request unless formal approv
al were obtained from the Secretary of State or the National Security Council. ? ? ? ? ?
the PSB not good enough. (See a~ Mdaors~ndum for the Record dated ~ September.) Re-
ported this decision to the Acting Director who requested th~o I ve~the required ap-
and ask him to offer the Department of State an opportun3~.ty gi
provals adding that if they declined to do so the pro3ect would be dropped.
25X1 23. l~r. Garrison and I took General Cabell to Q to shag him the Ware-
25X1 house and faaaili.arize him vrith 'the ~ project coming up. With the exception
of a shed for vehicles and certain air conditioning for TSS, General Cabell indica-
ted his approval and remarked that it appeared to him that ~~all of the gold plate
had already been triaaned off" of this proposal. He also appeared to be most favor-
ably impressed with the Warehouse itself and remarked, "this is the most orderly
looking warehouse'I have aver seen,"
2~t. Dr. Tiet3en and I discussed the It eras
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our final agreement that for tha Agencys s awn p
of our cleared psychiatrists. Prior to doing this, however, I am o request
Colonel Edwards to locate the man and suhnit a report as to his present condition.
25 In the Directors Conference Roca with Mr. Houston, Colonel Edwards, Mr.
Meloons Recorder, dreg from a bucket the names of
the j.n,dividuals to serve on the Board. I have instructed George ~eloon to
take the necessary action to notify the people concerned.
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26. Have asked) Ito get together exit interview reports on mil3.tary
personnel for General Cabell to see.
27. vas up to suggest that our Rsgula,tions were sari],y de-
ficierrt in outlining procedures for action in the gent of the death of eaaploy~aesd
particularly those abroad. I agreed to see that this was remedied.
has requested that I look into the case of Mrs,
ho works 3.n the Pentagon and wants to transfer to CIA.
29. Talked to Dick Hems about our failure to budget for commun.icatiorus mate-
rial. late agreed that in all probability by the first of January we could see places
3.xi the Agency from which the necessary fends could be taken ands therefore, would
take no action on this problem until about 1 January at wh~.ch tame it xould be re-
examined.
34, Also talked to Diok about the Logistics team going to Europe and the ap--
po3nt~rnent of as Logistics Coordinator. Dick said he had underetoad
that as not going for a full two year tour and believed that this
eras a "gimmick" to a11?w him to take his wife and children with him on a short over-
seas tour of duty, After I assured him that this was not the case, and that inso-
far as I eras concerned wa:s going on a full tiro-~y~ear tour of ciutys
he agreed to sign off on this proposal.
31. Notified 0 that Mr. E7ls~roxth Bur~k+ar had arrived in Neer York on
Thursday. 0 indicated that he would try to contact Mr. danker in Neer York
before coming dawn here cra Tuesday,
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