REPORT OF CABLE SECRETARIAT OPERATIONS 1 - 30 NOVEMBER 1967

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2001
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: December 6, 1967
• Content Type: MF

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6 December 1967
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director-Comptroller
SUBJECT Report of Cable Secretariat Operations
1 - 30 November 1967
1. Cables Processed
A. The combined work units of CIA. and non-CIA cables totaled 61, 856
items broken dawn as follows:
CIA IN 19, 802
CIA. OUT 7, 807
Miscellaneous (including Archives 700) 4, 925
Non-CIA 29,322
Total Work Units 61, 856
B. CIA IN and OUT cables totaled 328, 229 for 1 January - 30 November
1967, an increase of 5% over the same period in 1966 (311, 788) and 14% more
than the base period in 1963 (288, 676).
C. Non-CIA cables for 1 January - 30 November 1967 totaled 313, 089,
an increase of 17% over the same period 1966 (268, 341) and 93?jo more than
the base period in 1963 (162, 44'4).
D. Work units totaled 697, 109 for 1 January - 30 November 1967, which
is 10?jo more than the same period in 1966 (634, 815) and 38~/o more than the
base period in 1963 (504, 208).
E. 831 cables or 1. 5% of all cables processed were furnished to the
Director, as compared to 1, 431 or 2. 4?jo for October 1967.
2. Personnel
A. Our personnel picture is much better--in fact, it is the best it has
ever been in Cable Secretariat history. During this month we gained five
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25X1A clerks and lost two. This leaves us with a strength of
short of our T/O of _ (The way we determine a half of a slot is that we
assign two 4-hour part-timers to one slot, and right now we have one 4-
hour part-timer occupying a full slot.) The Office of Personnel has done
a wonderful job of filling our vacancies. When our new persons are
trained, we will be in fine shape.
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B. Information Control Assistant, and
Information Control Clerk (part-timer) were each awarded
$12.50 for their suggestion of simplifying the "logging form for the control,
accountability, and retrieval of cables. "
3. General
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25X1A A. With reference to your memorandum of 3 November 1967, Subject:
"Dissemination of Non-CIA Cables" I furnished to DDP,
25X1A DDI; and DDS&T, one copy of each non-CIA. cable
disseminated on one day in order that they might be aware of the scope of
the problem.
B. During the month we met with to
discuss long term trends and prospects of cable dissemination, including
the non-CIA cable problem.
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Cable Secretary
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