MEETINGS AND/OR APPOINTMENTS FOR WEDNESDAY, 10 JANUARY 1962

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000400010115-4
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2000
• Sequence Number: 115
• Publication Date: January 10, 1962
• Content Type: AG

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1. was in to report on the results of his investigation of a series
of petty complaints against It was Bill's con-
clusion that Jack might have erred in the way in w is e went a out doing certain
things but that he actuall''had done nothing wrong, that the allegations grew out of 25X1A
petty gossip, and that he should be fully supported in his position
I agreed with Bill's conclusion but requested tat e prepare
a memorandum for the record regarding these charges and the results of his investi-
gation. (After Bill has done this, I think that I will want to brief the Inspector Gen-
eral because it is probable that one or more of these people will make the same alle-
gations to him in due course.)
2. I met with on Project and 25X1A2g
asked Vernon to arrange wi e XFv sfer of funds to the Office of
Communications to pay for the unforeseen burden which this Project was placing on
the Office of Communications.
3. John Tietjen requested my approval to assist the Federal Aviation Agency
on an ad hoc project wherein our Psychiatric Staff would be used to screen certain
border inspectors. This would be on a reimbursable basis and I approved. 25X1A9a
4. John also talked to me about who apparently has decided that
he would like to make a lifetime career in the Agency, provided the Agency would
sponsor further training for him so that he could become an analyst. This is a rather
expensive program and could be quite lengthy. I told John that despite this I was fav-
or ably disposed if - was serious about staying on. The Military, the Veter-
ans Administration, and the Public Health Service have similar training programs, and
I think that if we expect to compete we must do likewise. The advantage of this arrange-
ment is that although we would be paying for training it would be done on
his own time and we would have his full service while he was undergoing training.
5. I called Dick Helms about the paper on Project-which the Support
Staff showed to me yesterday, and he said that he would attempt to expedite it. I also
told him that I would like to have go to Florida soon to look at the
Installation, and he was in full agreement. (I passed this on to Vernon.)
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7. Jim Garrison and I met with Mr. McCone to report on the
progress and status o I thought that the meeting went fairly well,
although Mr. McCone threw a new wrinkle into the situation by saying that he wanted
not only to have the building completed in December but also the National Photographic
Interpretation Center moved into it and using it. (See Memo for the Record dtd
12 Jan 62 .) (DD/ S 62-0151)
8. Jim Garrison and I reported to the Director on our conversations with rep-
resentatives from the Public Buildings Service and with Slater Davidson to convey his
dissatisfaction with the delay in the completion of our headquarters building and to re-
quest that they do everything possible to speed it up. I told Mr. McCone that the rep-
resentatives from the Public Buildings Service were apologetic and co-operative and
that the contractor was not apologetic but co-operative; further, that while we still
wanted to get him into his seventh floor suite by 1 March we could not guarantee it
since the contractor was rather emphatic that he couldn't guarantee that this could
be done.
9. Mr. Saunders briefed the Director on the Office of Comptroller and certain
aspects of the Agency's financial management. While the briefing went fairly well, it
was unfortunate that we did not get to finish, and I am afraid that the Director was left
with an erroneous impression that 60 per cent of our funds were not well controlled.
Mr. McCone expressed his desire to continue this briefing and I will try to arrange it
as soon as possible. In this connection, he requested that Ed provide him with a chart
showing the trend in our budget for the last two or three years with reasons therefor.
Upon learning that our Audit Staff did not audit Project OXCART, he asked me to supply
him with a report on just how this audit was handled. (I have asked - to develop
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10. I talked to about our -communications problem and 25X1A
told him that I did notthink we were making much progress and asked him to do some-
thing about moving on with it. He said that he intended to get after this right away.
11. recommended that e assigned to
outside office group; he felt that it would be very muc in our interest to assign a very
capable Chief of Support to this group. I told him that I was favorably disposed but that
I would like to defer final decision at the moment. Vernon was also very high on Jim
and felt that if he worked on his Staff for a couple of years, during which time
he probably would be promoted to a grade GS-15, he would be prepared to assume major
and senior responsibilities in the Office of Personnel.
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12, Following my meetings with Mr. McCone, participated in by Jim Garrison
and I remained to appeal to him to give me guidance as early as possible
on his reorganization plans affecting space allocation in the building. I explained that
we were ready to award a contract for the next phase of the move and that substantial
rearrangements on the seventh floor would cause some rearrangements on other floors,
possibly all floors. I also explained that our problem was a very complicated one, con-
cerning which we needed information as soon as he could possibly give it to us. Mr. McCone
said that he realized that I had a problem but that he could not give me any more informa-
tion at this time. He also said that he had a group working on it night and day and went on
to say that not only he but the entire Community was unhappy about the bulk of General
- Staff being located on the ground floor rather than on the seventh. I said that if
this were the only problem that I had I wouldn't be too concerned but gathered it was a
much bigger problem and requested that I be given further information at the earliest
possible moment.
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