LOGNOTE--CHIEF, OPERATIONS GROUP, 29 DECEMBER 1983

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP94-00798R000200330001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 29, 1983
• Content Type: MISC

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LOGNOTE -- Chief, Operations Group, 29 December 1983
concerning the new FBN system, says that morale is good at the
bureau, the employees like the wor , feel proud to work for FBIS,
and have no burning grievance. Two things are nagging at them:
one, the Embassy has not granted a pay raise for two years, because
it wanted to go along with the Ivorian Government's policy of
holding down pay increases as an anti-inflationary step, though
businesses in Abidjan and quasi-governmental organizations like
the African Development Bank have granted substantial pay increases.
Second, the bureau employees feel that they do harder work than
Embassy employees whom they see as overgraded and underqualified.
says there is merit in this view as the Embassy demands little
from its employees and has permitted a considerable amount of
overgrading, particularly secretaries of senior officers and people
in the personnel office.
Although the African Development Bank is cited as the prime example
for translator pay, our employees feel that people are not well
treated at ADB and we have lost only one translator
to the ADB. 0 said the bureau was not really unhappy to see
tours. on'the subject of the Abidjan Bureau employees' petition
Talked with ~ who is here on H/L between African
go. Her husband had been giving the bureau fits about her
working evenings and she was constantly asking to have her shifts
changed, which did not sit well with the other monitors.
Recruiting has been fairly good lately, and the bureau has two
good prospects lined up--one a Ghanaian and the other an Ivorian.
I said the should try to give preference to Ivorians to the extent
possible. said he had suggested the bureau hire both applicants,
double slottin one against position. It is not certain
however, that will retire in May as he has announced. 77
feels that when a sees the upcoming pa increase may
decide to hang around a while longer. is 63, is married for the
second time and has a new baby.
I remarked that the bureau had looked very good the past two years
and had collected a l,ot of praise for its coverage of the frequent
coups in their area. said that the African embassies are so
small that the really value the bureau-s work and will speak up
about it. says that the coups have been good training and a
good test for the bureau staff, while the praise has made them
feel good about their jobs.
says relations with the Embassy are excellent.
Everyone likes the new Ambassador, who can be expected to be much
more receptive and flexible than Ambassador Rawls.
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On the subject of security,_,said that the Embassy had only
recently got around to replacing the glass picture windows at
the front entrance with bulletproof glass. The bureau feels
quite secure because of their isolated position.
(cc: D/FBIS, C/DRD, C/M0D)
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