COMMENTS ON MANPOWER GROWTH SUBMISSION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B01152R000500580003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 7, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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9 APR 1983
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FROM: James H. McDonald
Acting Deputy Director for Administration
1. In response to your request, forwarded herewith are suggestions for
the Agency's submission regarding our manpower growth during the period 1980 -
1988:
a. Communications - The Offi mm ications experienced
only a modest growth in positions___________ in 1980 to 25X1
1983. With this limited increase in positions, adequate communica-
tions support has been rendered to the increase in intelligence
activities overseas and domestically by expending substantial
overtime, curtailing necessary training, and by reducing time
between assignments. Man installations were undermanned. With
the growth in positions _in 1984, the Office of Communica- 25X1
tions will have sufficient positions to support the additional
stations and bases opened abroad and the increase in domestic
sites involved in overt collection. Growth also occurs because of
the communications support required by increasing numbers of con-
tractor facilities involved in the development of advanced technical
collection systems and in external research contracts as well as by
the increasin responsibilities 25X1
By 1988, it is anticipated that positions will 25X1
be required to support both the worldwide communications network
and related communication ces--both in the domestic field and
in the Headquarters area 25X1
b. Logistics - Despite the expansion of Agency activities
wnrldwirle_ the Office of i
main aine are a ive y
level staffing: n an in 83. There was a
substantial decline in the CIA's support infrastructure in the 1970s.
However, more recently extensive demands have been placed on the
logistics support system, particularly in response to the upsurge
in paramilitary activities and to a variety of crises abroad. While
the Office of Logistics has met these most pressing requirements by
extended temporary assignments of its personnel abroad, this has
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been detrimental to other routine but necessary support activities.
To meet these needs, 42 positions are added to the Office in 1984.
The requirements to maintain our aging capital plant coupled with
the projected further growth in Agency activities both domestically
and overseas have caused us to plan forE::Ipositions in 1988. 25X1
c. Training - As with other components in the Directorate of
Administration, the Office of Training and Education was also
affected by the drawdown of the support infrastructure in the 1970s.
The Office's staffing complement has not kept pace with the substan-
tial increase in training requirements which has occurred. In the
recent past, there has been a need for additional training positions
to support the Career Training Program. A renewed emphasis in
language training has also occurred as well as the need for addi-
tional instructors to support the new analyst training programs;
training in support of information handling systems, including SAFE;
training involved with CAMS; paramilitary training; support for the
Agency's professional development program; and various other activi-
ties. To meet these needs,positions are added to the Office of 25X1
Training and Education in 1984, providing for a total staffing
complement of ositions in 1984 which will remain at that level 25X1
through 1988. 25X1
2. We have no comments on the sections dealin with Security, Central ADP
Services, and Communications Recapitalization. 25X1
Signed: ]antes H. McDonald
James H. McDonald
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