Request for Increase in T/O

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03568A000200110012-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2005
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 12, 1951
• Content Type: MF

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1lEM0RAATDUM FOR: Assistant Director, Office of Collection an AIvation
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FROM : Chief, Special Register/CD
SUBJECT : Request for Increase in T/O
1. The general complexity, importance and comprehensive
features of the work of the Special Register/CD require the added
strength of one (1) Intelligence Officer in the Office of the Chief.
It is requested that the Special Register be provided with this
necessary slot, which will be used for the Deputy Chief. In addi-
tion to the usual administrative duties placed upon the Division
the Special Register deals directly with the divisions and offices
of CIA and certain other government agencies. Due to the extreme
diversity of the work, the Chief will handle administration, liaison
and policy matters while the Deputy Chief will, in addition to acting
for the Chief in his absence, be responsible for the technical and
production phases of the work.
2. The work of the r is ~( Aerations Branch, Special
Register/CD has more than doubled in the past year and a half.
The T/0 of II persons for this activity has become inadequate
to meet current conditions end the load is expected to continue to
increase. At present, an average of 49,000 items are handled in
and out of the Branch each month with many of these items requiring
expeditious and time consuming processing. The Special Intelligence
materials received must be filed in order and currently. Unless
this task is accomplished Intelligence Researchers will be unable
to prepare current reports because background intelligence inform-
ation will not be readily available for analysis and incorporation
into intelligence studies. A backlog in filing has existed for
several months and this arrearage is_incre ed.. man average of
2?~% of the intake each month. A continuing microfilm program is
necessary to keep the files within present space limits. All slots
in this Branch are filled with personnel on duty or under recruitment.
It has been necessary to take personnel from other Branches of the
Special Register to keep this Branch fully manned (eight persons full
tinge) and even so a backlog has developed. This means that other
services have been curtailed and have suffered as a result. It
is requested that the T/O of this Branch be increased by Two (2)
slots.
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CONFIDENTIAL
3. The above three requested positions have been included
in the 1953 Budget Estimate. The Collation Board, composed of repre-
sentatives of all offices concerned., has recommended the addition of
these positions for the purposes indicated.
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