OTR STAFF MEETING - - 21 JULY 1966

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06202A000200020020-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: July 21, 1966
• Content Type: MIN

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OTR STAFF MEETING -- 21 July 1966
1. DDP STAFF MEETING -- 13 July - A/DDTR attended
Staff Chiefs
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b. Pay Bill and Agency Retirement,
the current Pay Bill. During the first five-year period there will be less
than 200 people retiring under the Agency program. Any surplus
from the first five years cannot be added to the second five years.
It had been suggested that "qualifying service" portion be liberalized
-- the Retirement Board is reviewing this. In regard to the Out-
placement Program, senior officers need more personalized
service. Des suggested making arrangements with industrial
organizations so that we could tell them more about the duties of senior
officers. This will be handled out of -office. At the DDS 25X1A
Meeting -- we will get our increase in the next pay check, 29 July.
Discussion on the retirement portion, 55 age - 30 yrs and 60 age -
20 yrs.. nentioned about 150 people in each of these categories who
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c. 303 Committee. Des said as a group the Committee is doing
a good job and is not a major problem to the Agency.
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the FBI had turned over to us.
2. DDS&T Training Program. (ACTION: DDS&T 25X1A
is proposing a 40-week program for ten to fifteen GS 9 - 13s (principally
scientific orientatiai). They are asking OTR to run it and will appoint
a senior DDS&T coordinator. A four-week IOC and a two-weeks OFC
are included in the package. DTR asked that a memo for the record
be sent to the DD/S' and that this also be put into the Weekly Report.
3. CT Language Training, noted that we will not upset
the assignments of the last DDS CT class but will put the language training
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somewhere in the cycle on an individual basis. In the future DDS CTs
will not be assigned until they have completed their language requirements.
DTR wants to be kept informed of any efforts by DDS offices to take
the officer before he has fulfilled his language requirement.
4. CS CTs Two-Year Training Program. We have resubmitted to
Colonel White per his request alternative proposals for the two-year
program.
.5. Women CTs Destined for CS. (ACTION: DTR hopes 25X1A
that after the next OFC; those women destined for CS will be able to
go into appropriate Ops School classes.
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6. Area Orientation. (ACTION: DTR,. 25X1A
an discussed with Bannerman. Bannerman is in favor of a
joint DDP/DDI country approach and developing reading kits. Bannerman
wants to know how many people, by Directorate,went on a first-time o/s.
assignment during FY 66. (The fall geography classes of the Off-Campus
Program have been expanded to include all areas of the world. )
7. DDS STAFF MEETING
b. Family Visits to Hqs. These visits are "permanently deferred. "
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d. DDS Planning Team in FE Division. DDS is putting a planning
team within FE to work on logistics problems of Vietnam. If this
works for Vietnam, a small task force will go to -arid then to 25X1A
e. Security Violations. DDS had eight violations during the month
of June, -of which one was OTR's.
f. Alternative Proposals. Warfield reported that both Dick Helms
and Red White insist that memoranda reaching them on problems must
reveal alternatives very clearly. Instead of conclusions in our memoranda,
we should have alternatives and then recommendations.
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8. DDP STAFF MEETING
a, Director Rather than DCI. Dick Helms wants to be referred
to in memoranda as the Director rather than the DCI.
b. Referent vs. Reference. Dick Helms prefers referent
memorandum or referent, not reference memorandum.
c. Chiefs of Foreign Intelligence Services. Most Chiefs
of Foreign Intelligence Services should deal with the DD/P, not
the Director.
d. Agency and Assassination, referred 25X1A.-
to a cable received mentioning assassination and the strongly adverse
reaction of Helms and FitzGerald. Young officers should have it
drummed into them that the Agency does not condone assassination.
e. Interdepartmental Regional Group (IRG) These groups
headed up by Assistant Secretaries of State and designed to force the
State Department to assume responsibilities which it. always had has
not been effective.
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g. Budget. There is a BOB memorandum saying the FY 68
budget should not be more than the 67 budget. Helms said to avoid
additives unless you can subtract something,
h. Mannii The CS has difficulty in assigning
DDP officers in
i. 'Foreigners in the Executive Dining Room. Reports have been
received that foreigners have been guests in the Executive Dining Room,
This will cease immediately.
j. New York Times Article. FitzGerald referred to Moore's
article in the New York Times on political action training camp in
Vietnam. Many aspects of this are not correct, a great deal of
exaggeration. .
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9. PFIAB Annual Report. (ACTION: PPS will prepare
and coordinate.
11. IOC Scheduling. (ACTION: and
12. Tour of NPIC. There will be a tour of portions of NPIC on 16
August. The suggested briefing not feasible because of security.
13. Obtaining Approval of New GS-14s and above Positions. A memo
on this. Major change is now all requests will be filtered through
the respective Directors. DD/S will screen these carefully. Any
up-grading requests must be accompanied by down-grading positions.
14. FY 68 Budget. Narrative not required.
15. Room 803. have been. working
on rearrangement 'of Room 803. This can be done by 15 August to
handle the large CT class.
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