MINUTES SIXTH MEETING OF SUPPORT SERVICES HISTORICAL BOARD 16 NOVEMBER 1967

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• Publication Date: November 16, 1967
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Sixth Meeting
of
SUPPORT SERVICES HISTORICAL BOARD
16 November 1967
1, The Chairman called the meeting to order at 1330
hours, Present were Messrs.
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present was Dr. who was introduced by the
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Chairman to members of the Historical Board and the His-
torical Officers.
if any, annuitants who could be
y, put under contract).
O, Q and the Medical Staff (although the Medical Staff has few,
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more annuitants under contract. This would appear to be
especially. true in the case of the Office of Communications
problems inherent in the historical program. In it he pointed
V 5X1A9a 2. Mr. - distributed to those present copies of a
memorandum which he had sent to Mr. Bannerman in regard to
~; 3. Mr. - said that he would like a progress report 25X1A9a
Z 0 0 P from all offices early in December showing the status of their
A respective programs as of 30 November, He passed out a copy
l of the form to be used and stated that offices could make
I small changes that better suited their purposes.
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t t r : 4. The Chairman again stressed the need for debriefing,
Ke? pointing out that many people who have been with the Agency
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for twenty years are now retiring and it is essential to
cnP U record their impressions while they arc still available.
copy would be retained in the Office of the Deputy Director
+d and the other in the office of origin. Classification should
ti be determined by the office of origin. In some cases histori-
cal. papers may be so sensitive that the office of origin may
wish to retain the sole copy. In this case a note should be
sent to the Chairman setting forth the name of the paper, the
date, the off i.ce of control and the writer. This information
5. The Chairman again mentioned. that the final histories
should be forwarded to him in two copies. When bound, one
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will be entered in the catalog of DDS histories. Mr. 25X1A9a
added that it might be wise to make more than an original and
one copy; additional copies to be held by the office of origin.
There would, therefore, be copies available if at a later date
further distribution were required or if there were created a
central depository for all CIA histories. Mr. further 25X1A9a
mentioned that if possible papers should be sent forward with
one origiinal and one xerox copy as flimsies are very hard to
bind.
25X1A9a 6, Mr. - mentioned papers that had been written by
Support elements as contributions to Clandestine Service his-
tories. In most cases these represent Support Service histories
and should be forwarded for binding under a Support Service
cover with a cross reference notation that they are also inclu-
ded in the Clandestine Service catalog of historiesa
7. The Chairman then received progress reports from the
various offices as follows:
25X1A9a a) OC -- Mr. - reported that Mr.~ has made 25X1A9a
considerable progress on the second section of the OC narra-
tive history which will bring the record up to 1951. This
should be completed in the early spring. However, Mr. - 25X1A9a
does not think that he wants to renew his contract after that
date so that-OC will have to look around for another annuitant
to be placed under contract. In this regard Mr. 25X1A9a
suggested that be alerted to the possibility of 25X1A9a
screening some of the prospective retirees for possible use
as consultants.
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b) OTR -- Mr. reported no progress but hopes 25X1A9a
to get back to more active writing himself after the first
of the year.
c) OS -- Mr.- reported no progress for the moment 25X1A9a
but hopes that as soon as he has finished a special report
he will be able to give more time to the historical program.
d) Medical Services -- Mr,- reported no progress. 25X1A9a
Medical Services are confronted with quite a problem. Tech-
nicians will find it difficult to write historical papers and
the staff itself' is so small that they have no time to do so.
Mr. suggested using an annuitant under contract and
Mr. said that unfortunately they had no annuitants who
could be used.
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e) OP -- Miss reported progress in the Office of
Personnel. She said that she had two or three draft papers
which were practicall in final form which she would like to
review with Mr.
f) OF -- Mr,- said that unfortunately Mr.
had not been available for historical writing for the past
several months but might be able to do some more work after
the first of the year. He has made a good start, however,
and has drafted the history of the office up to 1953-1954.
Mr. - hopes to bring on another annuitant
under contract.
g) OL -- Mr. _ reported that all offices with the
exception of one or two were finished with research and in
the drafting stage.
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h) ODDS -- Mr. said that Mr. was making
progress in researching on the origins of the Office of the
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8. Mr. - asked Dr to say a few words and 25X1A5c
he was kind enough to speak for a few minutes on his back-
ground and intimate his interests as consultant over the next
year.
9. The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 1430 hours,
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Executive Secretary
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