DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000500030060-2
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: September 21, 1964
• Content Type: NOTES

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1. At the Executive Committee Meeting this morning:
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a. General Carter said that Secretary Rusk had been asked to ad-
dress the Sons of the Republic of Texas in Dallas and that Secretary
McNamara had been asked to address the Dallas Council of World Af-
fairs. He said that the President had some reservations about Cabinet
officers speaking before these groups and asked me to dig up any infor-
mation we had on them. (Memoranda were furnished by the Office of
Security on 22 September.)
b. We again discussed what we should do about a security clear-
ance for Mr. Oshler of Congressman Patman's committee. It was the
consensus that we should obtain a security clearance on Mr. Oshler,
but no one seemed sure just how to ask for it. Congressman Mahon
told that he couldn't help us in this situation. It was sug-
gested that we approach Congressman Patman with our problem, but
no final decision was made. This led to a discussion on what clearances
we have on members of Congress and their staffs. I said that we did
not presume to investigate Congressmen themselves but that we do have
clearances on their staffs which are obtained through the Department of
Defense or other Government agencies. (I confirmed the accuracy of
my statements with Howard Osborn. I asked him to have a current
check made to ensure that we do, in fact, have clearances on all Con-
gressional staff personnel with whom we deal.)
c. I advised the group that, if our early retirement bill is passed
by Congress, it cannot become effective until the regulations have been
approved by the Chairman and the senior minority member of both the
Senate and House subcommittees. We want to make an all-out effort to
get this approval before they leave town. Accordingly, each Deputy Di-
rector was requested to designate an individual to represent him on a
coordinating committee and to ensure that his authoritative comments
are returned to the Office of Personnel within twenty-four hours after
receiving the draft regulation. In this connection, General Carter said
that he wanted to ensure that we didn't regulate ourselves into a strait
jacket and that the regulations are written to allow the Director the
maximum discretionary authority. (I passed this on to Emmett Echols
and told him that, when the regulations are drafted, we should arrange
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a short session with General Carter to make sure that he agrees with
them before we submit them to either the Bureau of the Budget or the
Congressional subcommittees,)
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3. will soon depart on a trip to Europe and while there 25X1 A9a
will look into the possibility of employing an architect for our new receiver 25X1 A6a
site in I reminded both him and that, in ac -
cordance with my understanding with the Clandestine Serv- LA 25X1 A9a
ices must determine whether we have a bona fide r - ay
agent communications to justify this expenditure. under- 25X1 A9a
took to unravel this and on 23 September with and my con-
currence sent a cable to saying that Headquarters had decided 25X1 A6a
that we have these requirements and that we want to proceed with this con-
struction.)
25X1A9a 4. and riefed me on the National 25X1A9a
Communications System Automatic igita, Network (AUTODIN). This is a
world-wide system employing a number of switches, like our MAX-1 which 25X1 A6a
we are installing at We will be tied into this network;
however, we will not use it for CIA traffic because, as in the case of our
own system, the traffic breaks out in the clear at the various switching 25X1 A9a
centers. They also briefed me on the Automatic Voice System (AUTOVON)
being installed by NCS. In essence, this system will permit direct dialing
by subscribers to almost any United States installation in the world par-
ticipating in the system. It will have some application to us, but I think
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that it is limited because it is an unclassified service and would require
special cyphering equipment on any telephone over which classified informa-
tion would be discussed.
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6. Dick Helms and I met briefly with General Carter to discuss filling
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the three vacant "at large" Executive Pay Scale positions. Dick wanted to
fill them with Jim Angleton, General
Carter declined to take any such action without considering all the grade
GS- 18's in the Agency who might be deserving of such recognition. I under-
took to furnish him with a list of the grade GS-18's. I agreed later with
Dick to show him my comments on the list before I sent them forward.
7. I talked with General Carter and later with Howard Osborn about
the case of General Carter felt quite strongly that the
Director's responsibility Mort protection of intelligence sources and
methods compels him to have an important and continuing interest in this
and all other such cases. He agreed that this was an appropriate subject
to be put on the agenda of the USIB Security Committee meeting and that all
members should be admonished to take appropriate action in any such case
to ensure that the national interest is served.
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