ANALGAMATION WITH THE (Classified)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62B00844R000200220005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 15, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 22, 1957
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Project Director
TSROUXH : Deputy Project Director
SUBJECT : Amalgamation with _
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1. With the apparent certainty of a forthcoming amalgamation 25X1 A
of Project AQUATONE with the wherein the lat-
ter is absorbed. within the framework of our activities, 25X1A
and I have been led to make a few observations on the mechanics of
the transaction.
2. From you I have gathered that it would be Project AQUATONE
which. would be the-senior partner in this combination, and that. we
would furnish the guidance,, if not actual control, in both opera-
tional and administrative matters, beginning perhaps with
3. Xf this be the case, you should be aware that normally
works within the framework of the rules and regulations of the
Clandestine Services in the administration of its affairs, and that
these rules are much more restrictive and well-defined than those
under which we have been operating. In many ways, the comparison is
almost as dramatic as that between ourselves and the
the procurement of materiel.
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25X1A 4. For example, =goes by the DD/P book in the conduct of their
fiscal affairs, both in the fonmulation..of their budgets and the ex-
pending of their funds. Not only that, =does not have its own 25X1A
budget or finance shop, but relies wholly on the Administrative
Branch of the PP Staff in such matters.
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5. As a further complication, Table of Organization is 25X1 A
so set up that a request for their T O, made recently by us of
25X1 A - produced only positions here in Headquarters. 25X1 A
The balance of their positions is buried within several area divisions, 25X1A
i.e., EE Division, where we have been able to find Staff?posi-
25X1 A tions) and = unvouchered jobs under the aegis of W but a==bwt= 25X1 A
25X1 A Wis. Thus, if a vacancy occurs in shop in 25X1 A
25X1 A makes the nomination of the replacemen , u he actually is carried
under the administration of the EE Division. We have not yet been 25X1A
able to track down all of those positions attributable to= but
we we hope to be able to do so if you will authorize us to discuss the
matter with
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6. The same general administrative procedural restrictions
exist in for travel, where all arrangements are no
made
through Central Processing Branch rather than by the people 25X1 A
themselves, as we do for our own travelers. Travel orders are
subject to full coordination through affected-areas of the DD/P.
Personnel ceilings for = come under DD/P control, which means
that Management Staff must approve adding slots, upgrading of
existing jobs and the classification of new positions subject to
the review of the Position Evaluation Division of the Office of
Personnel. In AQUATONE we have not been obliged to have our T/Os
reviewed by anyone other than the Deputy Director, Support.
7. There is the matter of communications., where= is handled 25X1A
precisely, as any other DD/P division activity; i.e., their cables
go through'-the regular Agency channels abroad and usually are sub..
ject to a great deal of time-consuming inter-divisional coordi-
nation, in addition to which they are not held as closely as
AQUATONE messages on receipt overseas.
8. I do not argue that we should remove - from any and all 25X1 A
controls now being exercised over their affairs by DD/P, if only
because such coordination and exchange of plans is vitally neces- 25X1A
sary in the conduct of normal fair support missions. I do
feel, however, that for projects and special program activity;
i.e., you may wish to consider obtaining guarantees
from - that these efforts not be hampered by administrative
or operational restrictions that may slow the pace of these acti-
vities down to what you have described as "domething glacial".
9. Whether Mr. Wisner would agree to an arrangement where 25X1A
would be run under the "double standard", with one set of rules
for normal, air support and another for projects and programs, I do
not know. But unless there is some latitude in the matters I have
enumerated, I foresee stumbling blocks in the road of close coordi-
nation of our several activities, and in implementing some of your
plans as rapidly as you may wish.
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10 - RI (Chrono)
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Dis,bution:
2 - Addressee
2 - D/Project Director
3 - Personnel Officer
4 - Finance Officer
5 - Security Officer
6 - Travel Officer
7 - Materiel
Projoct Director of AdmInIsbratioin
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