DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000200060039-6
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: May 15, 1956
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
DDS l and 15 May 1956
1. In accordance with the request of Mr. Kirkpatrick to designate a
point of contact for administrative support to the Killian Committee, I as-
25X1A9a signed to this job. 25X1A2g
2. Talked to Dr. Tietjen about Project end he left a paper
for me to read on this subject. 25X1A9a 25X1A6a
3. Approved of Dr. Tietjen asking Dr. to return from- on
25X1A9a temporary duty if the FE Division and the field concurred.
!. Reviewed with him my conversation with Mr. Baird and Dr.
with regard to the Disposition Board, Psychiativision, and Assessment &
Evaluation Staff. He reported that he and Dr. were meeting with Mr. 25X1A9a
Baird and Dr. to follow up on these problems.
5. Reviewed the statistics which Dr. Tietjen proposes to submit to me
on a regular basis. Also talked to him about idea of givin?5X1A9a
preliminary physical examinations. He emphasized that this might cost money
and overload his Staff but that he was perfectly willing to explore it.
6. Conferred with Matt Baird about a number of things. Told him that
at the Deputies' Meeting this morning (14 May) Mr. Dulles had again requested
that a letter be prepared to Admiral Radford in connection with the National
War College. (Admiral Radford has appointed a committee to study this situa-
tion and Mr. Dulles is anxious to have them consider bringing more cold war
subjects into their program; he also thinks that we might well participate.)
Asked Matt to draft this letter. I will then forward it to Sherman Kent and
Frank Wisner for collaboration.
25X1A9a 7. Spoke to Matt about the number M of contract employees he had in
the Office of Training. Told him that I supported the idea of utilizing con-
tract employees as Language Instructors but that he must make very sure that
such individuals were not used as a device to evade personnel ceiling limita-
25X1A2g (In this connection he pointed out to me that Mr. and Mrs.
were people in whom Mr. Dulles had an interest and that he
was requested by Mr. Dulles, throe h the WE Division, to put them on duty in
a contract status. They are at I also told him that I had noted
25X9 that of these ^ employees 8 were spouses o CIA employees. I said that I
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had no objection to their use if they were really earning their money and in
bona fide jobs but that he must accept full responsibility for preventing
criticism of the Agency in this regard.
8. Shef advised me that he was about ready to give up the safehouse
which his staff have used for the past several years. He has a new one in
mind which is owned by a former Agency employee well known to the Director.
He said he would give me a memorandum to the Director so that before this
house is leased the Director will have a chance to disapprove if he cares to.
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ZDAIH 9. Mr. Dulles buzzed me to inquire whether or no l or techni-
cal problems would be involved in the transfer of our installation
to the I told him that I did not believe there would be any problems
of particular significance, but, rather, that it was a practical matter of
how much we might be criticized for poor planning. He said that this didn't
worry him too much and that while he wanted to give General Cabell a chance
to consider the situation he was inclined to approve of this move. (I am to
attend a meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Friday to discuss this subject.)
25X9A2 10. Accompanied Mr. Dulles to the Capitol to meet with Senators Russell
and Hayden separately. Mr. Dulles explained to Senator Russell that we found
25X9A2 ourselves short about in our authorization to construct a new
building but that we could go ahead and erect a building within our present
authorization leaving out approximately of our employees. Senator
Russell surprised me by saying that he had known many cases in which more
money had been appropriated than that which had been authorized in the enab-
ling legislation. It was clearly his judgment to design our new building to
take care of all of our people, to get what money we could this year and con-
sider the wisdom of changing our enabling legislation during the early part
of the next session of Congress. He also said that he had introduced our
legislation having to do with career service, etc., today. With regard to
the Executive Pay Bill he said that he would find out what was happening to
it but that in all honesty he was pessimistic that anything would be done
about it during the current session. He asked us to give him a letter con-
firming our situation with regard to the new building. Mr. Dulles also dis-
cussed with him the documents which Senator McCarthy had turned over to Sen-
ator Eastland. Senator Russellts advice was to ignore the matter. Mr.
Dulles also briefed the Senator on his testimony before the Symington Commit-
tee.
When we saw Senator Hayden he was in complete accord with Senator
Russell's view that it would be wise to go ahead with our plans and obtain
the additional authorization and appropriation next year rather than this
year.
Both Senators seemed most sympathetic to our needs and anxious to
do anything they could to see that we got a building adequate to house all
of our employees. (Norman Paul is writing letters to Russell, Hayden, Cannon,
and Vinson.)
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11. Accompanied Mr. Dulles to the Capitol to see Congressman Cannon
our building situation. Mr. Dulles explained that we were
short of our needs in much the same manner that he explained the
situation to Senators Russell and Hayden on 14 May. Mr. Cannon's immediate
.reaction was that it was poor economy not to construct a building which
would take care of our needs and allow some room for expansion. Insofar as
appropriations were concerned, he seemed optimistic that he could get us the
additional However, on learning that the enabling legislation
would have to be amended he recognized that Congressman Vinson's Committee
would have to take the initial action. He was completely sympathetic to us
and said that he would speak to Mr. Vinson about this matter. 25X1A9a
12. Dr. Tietjen still feels that it would be inadvisable for
to accept an overseas assignment and is reluctant to see him go overseas on
temporary duty. He thinks that it would be better for _ if he got into 25X1A9a
a job where an overseas assignment would not be of such paramount importance.
I told him that I was inclined to concur in this point of view and that I
thought he might be useful in the Office of the Comptroller, SCAPS of Per-
sonnel, or in the Insurance and Casualty business.
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