MEMO FOR THE RECORD OF THE CLARK COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-00374R000100260032-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: December 9, 1954
• Content Type: MFR

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9 December 1954
MEMO FOR THE RECORD OF THE CLARK COMMITTEE
ONE - 1330-1700
1. Colonel Miller devoted the day to winding up his week with ONE,
asking pertinent questions which had a bearing on his earlier exposure
to the office, and concentrating principally on personnel qualifications
and capabilities.
2. His major interest in ONE was exposed to me privately, follow-
ing his association with ONE representatives. Here he repeated a question
he had previously asked and which, he claimed, had not been answered to
his satisfaction, to wit: "outside of ONE's principal responsibility of
preparing estimates, as prescribed in its authority following the advent
of General Smith, how much time is devoted to preparing other material
(in memoranda form) for internal use only? It's my opinion that about
one-third of ONE's budgeted time is spent in this respect, and it seems
to me they are getting hack to pre-ONE days, bogging down with uncoordin-
ated effortsat the request of individuals within the Agency or on their
own hook. From what I have read, I assumed ONE was created to avoid these
unrelated efforts, but now it seems they are sjipping back into this type of
effort (i.e., writing speeches, independent summaries of estimates, critiques
over and above the prescribed estimates, as directed).
3. Colonel Miller repeatedly asked whether the ONE analysts had a
chance to keep abreast of current affairs; it was his feeling that they
were so burdened as to preclude any time for research or keeping up with
current trends.
4. He was also concerned as to whether or not the efforts of the
individual analysts were sterilised through the process of development,
and if, through editing, they lost any resemblance to their original form.
Colonel Miller is constantly alert to the "pick and shovel boys" effort's
being emasculated by conflicting opinions of their superiors.
5. Insofar as personnel was concerned, Colonel Miller asked the
same pattern of questions to each analyst he met: (i.e., the individual's
motivation for his career, his capabilities, his background and qualifi-
cations for his work, and whether or not he would not be interested in
some other type of work, such as teaching or fieldwork). He was interested
in turnover, length of time for recruitment, morale and relationships with
allied personnel in the IAC.
6. McGruder seemed very impressed with the responsibilities of ONE,
and remarked that it he were able to secure employment within the Agency,
he would like to be associated with this office. He felt the office
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needed the human touch of a historian or anthropologist, to cast a dif-
ferent aspect to estimates, other than purely economic or military.
T. Colonel Miller asked by what authority ONE was limited to its
annual production of estimates, and, if called upon, whether these could
be increased in number. He also asked tho determined the subject mat-
ter concerned in the estimates, and whether or not they represented an
"across-the-board" interest of the IAC.
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9 December 1954
MEMO FOR THE RECORD OF THE CLARK COMMITTEE
ONE - 1330-1700
1. Colonel Miller devoted the day to winding up his week with ONE,
asking pertinent questions which had a bearing on his earlier exposure
to the office, and concentrating principally on personnel qualifications
and capabilities.
2. His major interest in ONE was exposed to me privately, follow-
ing his association with ONE representatives. Here he repeated a question
he had previously asked and which, he claimed, had not been answered to
his satisfaction, to wit: "outside of ONE's principal responsibility bf
preparing estimates, as prescribed in its authority following the advent
of General Smith, how much time is devoted to preparing other material
(in memoranda form) for internal use only? It's my opinion that about
one-third of ONEts budgeted time is spent in this respect, and it seems
to me they are getting hack to pre-ONE days, bogging down with uncoordin-
ated effortsat the request of individuals within the Agency or on their
own hook. From what I have read, I assumed ONE was created to avoid these
unrelated efforts, but now it seems they are sipping back into this type of
effort (i.e., writing speeches, independent summaries of estimates, critiques
over and above the prescribed estimates, as directed).
3. Colonel Miller repeatedly asked whether the ONE analysts had a
chance to keep abreast of current affairs; it was his feeling that they
were so burdened as to preclude any time for research or keeping up with
current trends.
1. He was also concerned as to whether or not the efforts of the
individual analysts were sterilized through the process of development,
and if, through editing, they lost any resemblance to their original form.
Colonel Miller is constantly alert to the "pick and shovel boys" efforts
being emasculated by conflicting opinions of their superiors.
5. Insofar as personnel was concerned, Colonel Miller asked the
same pattern of questions to each analyst he met: (i.e., the individual's
motivation for his career, his capabilities, his background and qualifi,
cations for his work, and whether or not he would not be interested in
some other type of work, such as teaching or fieldwork). He was interested
in turnover, length of time for recruitment, morale and relationships with
allied personnel in the IAC.
6. McGruder seemed very impressed with the responsibilities of ONE,
and remarked that if he were able to secure employment within the Agency,
he would like to be associated with this office. He felt the office
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needed the human touch of a historian or anthropologist, to cast a dif-
ferent aspect to estimates, other than purely economic or military.
T. Colonel Miller asked by what authority ONE was limited to its
annual production of estimates, and, if called upon, whether these could
be increased in number. He also asked rho determined the subject mat-
ter concerned in the estimates, and whether or not they represented an
"across-the-board" interest of the IAC.
Insp- eor General
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