REPORT OF CABLE SECRETARIAT OPERATIONS 1 - 30 NOVEMBER 1965

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2001
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: December 6, 1965
• Content Type: MF

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6 DECEMBER 1965
REPORT OF CABLE SECRETARIAT OPERATIONS 1 - 30 NOVEMBER 1965
1. CABLES PROCESSED
A. THE COMBINED WORK UNITS OF CIA AND NON-CIA CABLES TOTALED 51,634 ITEMS
BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS:
CIA IN 19,719
CIA OUT 7,162
MISCELLANEOUS AND ARCHIVES
NON-CIA UNITS
TOTAL WORK UNITS
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(777) 4,994
19,759
51,634
B. CIA IN AND OUT CABLES TOTALED 315,773 FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY - NOVEMBER
1965, up 2% COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD OF 1964 (309,5141 AND 9% HIGHER THAN THE
SAME PERIOD IN 1963 (288,676).
C. NON-CIA CABLES FOR JANUARY + NOVEMBER 1965 TOTALED 215,457 AN INCREASE
OF 19% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1964 (180,588) AND 35% HIGHER THAN THE SAME PERIOD
IN 1963 (159,639).
D. WORK UNITS TOTALED 586,207 FOR JANUARY - NOVEMBER 1965 UP 10% OVER THE SAME
PERIOD 1964 (489,46o). THE CABLE SECRETARIAT DID A DAILY AVERAGE OF 1721 ITEMS
EACH 24 HOURS INCLUDING SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
E. 1130 CABLES OR 2.5% OF ALL CABLES PROCESSED WERE FURNISHED TO THE DIRECTOR
AS COMPARED WITH 1639 OR 3% FOR OCTOBER 1965-
2. PERSONNEL
LAST MONTH WE LOST ONE CABLE ANALYST WHO TRANSFERRED TO OBI, BRINGING OUR
ON-DUTY STRENGTH TO - PERSONS AGAINST A T/O OF _ WE ARE IN NEED OF PEOPLE.
WITH KNOWN LOSSES IN DECEMBER WE WILL BE SHORT 7 PERSONS.
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A. BASED ON DATA WE HAVE FURNISHED TO HIM, SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS DIVISION
OF OCS, HAS SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING QUARTERLY PROJECTION FOR THE CABLE SECRETARIAT:
4TH QUARTER 1965
1ST QUARTER 1966
2ND QUARTER 1966
3RD QUARTER 1966
166,loo
169,8og
177,553
177,583
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3. B. WE HAVE A PROPOSAL WITH DDP DESIGNED TO REDUCE OUR WORKLOAD BY IMPROVED
PROCEDURES AND BY INTERPRETING THE CLANDESTINE SERVICES DUTY OFFICER FUNCTION TO
PROVIDE FOR THAT OFFICE BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT IS NOW CALLED "SUSPENSE" CABLES
VS. THE CABLE DUTY OFFICER (CDO). WE HAVE ANOTHER PROPOSAL WITH DDP WHICH WILL
ENABLE US TO ELEMINATE THE USE OF THE FLEXOWRTIER IN THE PREPARATION OF A GOOD
NUMBER OF INTEL REPORTS - THIS TOO WILL INCREASE OUR CAPABILITY. WE ARE CONSIDERING
ADDITIONAL MEANS TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME END, INCLUDING THE IDEA THAT THE CABLE
SECRETARIAT WILL PROCESS INTEL CABLES AS CABLES, AND THE DDP WILL PICK UP THE
LOAD INVOLVED IN THE PROCESSING AND REPRODUCTION AND RECEIPTING OF THOSE SAME
INTEL REPORTS AS TD?S. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOGICAL JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS MOVE,
AND I WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED AS TO HOW WE WORK IT OUT.
C. BASED ON DATA COMPILED DURING THE MONTH, THE FOLLOWING AVERAGE PROCESSING
TIMES WERE ESTABLISHED:
NUMBER AND TYPE ITEMS STUDIED`'
PRIORITY & HIGHER PROCEDENCE INTEL REPORTS - 159
ROUTINE INTEL REPORTS - 681i
IMMEDIATE CABLES 368
PRIORITY CABLES** 1567
123
261
33
31
NOT ALL INTEL REPORTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS STUDY SINCE FIGURES WERE RECORDED BEGINNING
16 NOVEMBER 1965. FROM 16 NOVEMBER 1965 ON, ALL INTEL REPORTS WILL BE INCLUDED.
D. WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO RECEIVE YOUR MEMORANDUM OF 30 NOVEMBER 1965
CONCERNING OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONSOLIDATED FUND DRIVE. FYI - ALL BUT TWO PERSONS
IN THE CABLE SECRETARIAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE DRIVE AND I HAVE PASSED ON TO THE STAFF
YOUR MEMORANDUM. PERHAPS NEXT YEAR WE CAN AGAIN HIT THE 100% PARTICIPATION GOAL.
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AVERAGE PROCESSING TIME (MINUTES)
CABLE SECRETARY
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