DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000300010064-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2000
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: March 21, 1958
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
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21 March 1958
1. At the Deputies' Meeting this morning:
a. The Director expressed his disappointment that the National. Secur-
ity Agency had found it necessary to close down its operations for lack of
electrical power, and in response to his question I assured him that we
would have an emergency generator in our new building which would take
care of this situation; at the same time I emphasized that this generator
would not be able to carry the entire load but would, I felt sure, provide for
essential operations.
d. raised the question of whether or not all traffic origi-
nating from outlying stations and passing through should
be read by the Chiefs of Station in Everyone expressed
surprise at this. (Immediately after the Meeting I discussed the matter 25X1 A6a
with ho assured me that this procedure was not ne-
cessary unless the Chiefs of Station demanded it. He agreed to look into
the situation promptly and to get in touch with Dick and work out an appro-
priate instruction to the field to prevent unnecessary disclosures.)
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requested that prior to my departure for Europe I come down
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promised to do so.
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4. General Cabell buzzed about our letter to the Bureau of the Budget in connec-
tion with the "Fringe Benefits Bill" stating that he felt it damned the idea with faint
praise whereas it was our intention to support it more strongly. He said he would re-
turn the letter to me for a rewrite indicating our wholehearted support.
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