DD/S STAFF MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06096A000400010008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 28, 1965
• Content Type: NOTES

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The following items were covered in the order as presented:
NOTE TO DTR:
DD/S Staff Meeting
tested beginning May 9 and every two weeks thereafter for a period of time.
This test will be run between the hours of 2200 and 0600. Col. White re-
quested Osborn to look into the matter and see him later as to whether
it was necessary to put out a notice.
2. reported on the JCS Is I. He 25X1A
stated that the Exercise would be conducted at Ft. Richie and would be
designed to test our ability to carry on after a nuclear attack. Two rep-
resentatives from the Agency will be present as observers--one from the
DDP and one from the DDI. This Exercise will be held in May and will
25X1A be a prelude to which had been scheduled to take place in
September.
3. Fuchs gave a report on his trip to Africa during which he visited
almost every Agency station. He stated that prior to his departure he had
had the impression that Stations had many gripes against the DDS offices.
He found that this was not the case. There were specific problems that
the various Stations were "fussing" about--mainly entitlements that they
believed that they should have. For example, the Station should have a
Land Rover instead of a Jeep; personnel should be provided 24-hour guard 25X1A
service at Agency expense; the Agency should stand the cost of lawn mowers,
etc. The biggest gripe concerned the maintenance of records
use. e a so reported that the station's property records in most cases 25X1C
were not up to date and out of balance. He reported there was a lot of
griping about the lack of support I
as well. Fuchs was impressed with the personnel he met.
As a whole, they were enthusiastic about their jobs and working long hours.
In many cases he felt that additional personnel would be justified but that it
was impossible to get the I to agree to an increase in positions.
Col. White stated at the end that Fuchs would prepare a written report and
that excerpts would be supplied to the offices of interest.
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4. Col. White covered the following items:
a. Supergrade Positions
Approval can be obtained for promotions within the supergrade
structure if there is no increase in the number of supergrade positions.
Promotion from GS-15 to GS-16 can be obtained on a one-for-one basis;
i. e. , if an office has lost a GS-16 since 4 February it can put a GS-15
in for promotion.
b. Answering Correspondence
These principles apply in the DDS offices. First, we do answer
correspondence; and secondly, we answer it promptly and with sufficient
lead time to allow Col, White or if the memorandum is going up to the
Director to permit them to sign off on it without any pressure of meeting
a deadline.
c. Col. White's Informal Memo to the Inspector General
Col. White stated he looked upon this as an opportunity to receive
some help with some of our problems. He then ran down the memorandum,
paragraph by paragraph, giving the name of the inspector who had been
assigned to review the activity. (See copy of the memorandum attached
with the names written in the margin. ) There are no plans for an inspec-
tion at present of the Office of Training or any of its activities.
d. Mr. McCone was awarded the National Security Medal last
night at the White House by the President. There were no correspondents
present and therefore no p_::blicity given to it.
e. Admiral Raborn and Mr. Helms were to be sworn in today at
12:30 at the White House.
f. Briefing of the New DCI -- Col. White reported that he and
Mr. Bannerman had two hours last Saturday to give the new Director a
briefing on the DDS offices. He stated that they were able to comment on
the support function as a whole and to describe very broadly what each
office does. He observed, however, that it was extremely remote at this
time that each office head would have a chance personally to brief the new
Director. He went on to elaborate that if any of them did;0they had better
be real "loose" as the new Director roamed all over the place. Therefore,
please be prepared to respond on short notice and with a presentation with
a lot of flexibility in it. In this connection, Col. White observed that any
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of them could on five minutes' notice be invited to join the Director for
discussion over breakfast or lunch as he seems to be using this pattern
a great deal for the briefings.
5. As Col. White then went around the table there was very little
comment but Larry Houston did report that they were having the House
Armed Forces Subcommittee out for breakfast for a general briefing.
6. The DDP Staff Meeting was held in executive session only.
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