LETTER TO THE HONORABLE HARRIS ELLSWORTH FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 26, 1958
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Honorable Harris 9.l a trth
tcecutive Secretary of the
P5resident' a Distinguished Civili
Service Awards Board
U. S. Civil Service ??omeission
in respoaw to Secretary *itcbel,l' a invitation to sue;
for the Pr id is Award for Dist abed
Federal Civiliestt f %CdAftL~~ like Ao, ~ xith the
board the e;seeme of ulfortun&tcly I
cannot ask the board to act in this cep because I an not
free to disclose details concerning the operation referred
to balm. It is my belief, brsraver, that it is In keening
with the lrit and intent of motive Order 10-717 that
Mn gremet service to national security be made
it this time.
Mr. Joined this icy in iovewber 1952 to
be a of the Board of lations2 i' timsetes. In
February 1954, recognising that he had reamed . in his tbluk-
Ing, interest bead the scope of the Board's responal-
bilities and that he had, developed a deep insight into the
problems of i tel t igence pros r nt and aaenalys iss, I asked
him to devote full attention to these matters. Be left the
board at that time and became a special assistant reporting
directly to met.
In this position 1fr. s eived, developed, and
carried out a most impo'rtan productive intelligence
r; ration. i net re, scope, and technical complexity of
thl-a ti t cast be given here. it invoived, an *r.
part, the identification of our met urgent need
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fia of national ml e lligeneeee, thu creation of a
daring Md brilliant plan. to t i need, the devaLOVINMt
of the tee tcsl ease to aeWOrt the Vie, and the sets mb-
= t of an eef eft orgw isatian age up of eeiIitm 7 and
civilian iersonmi to carry it out. The ,ioiie ntiste we
ec Vhq untto& vith him are aatioeaUy kncam and 'their
of all-of a the voiding together of the veb*
~to># soft the decisions. Tbo operation Vas hill
creation in the seam that very .fay largo a rprisees are
ever created by one nazi.
aorAAbatlou to n*ti nwll se*ur:Lty Is Of
such me t e as to va snt his +e aideerati r the
first of the criteria *wbobli . by the 2mr tiva + deer.
is not a car civil servant. Swinverp he
Feadee servi e. A review of hi. iMM= vee atd, I believe,
art the view that he quallfteee for consideration for
the president's Awgxd under the second of the criteria
established by the c eautirer Order.
It is IW bog* that at ease daft we v1U be able
to TOVIO 1' with you the matt of Kr eoat eed that
it will t be possible to we ed the s"etcngedti which he
feser"w.
SinceereyT,
Allen W. Th2U*O
Director
Originator
Distubutione
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a - i en in field cC r attoa , qty". His ol+ under.. tho
of key problem,
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MEMORANDUM FOR: GENERAL CABELL
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17 September 1958
SUBJECT : The President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service
1. You may recall that last year we decided not to recommend a candidate for the
President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service but indicated that we would
expect to do so in subsequent years. You may recall also that the Director suggested last
year that Dick Bissell might be a candidate at a subsequent date.
2. After consulting with the other .Deputy Directors we believe that~s a mosi5xi
deserving candidate and Gordon Stewart has drafted the attached proposed unclassified
letter to the Executive Secretary of the President's Distinguished Civilian Service Awards
Board. We feel certain that in order to have very much chance of favorable consideration
it would be necessary to supplement the written information contained therein with exten-
sive oral explanation and, in fact, disclosure of his principal project to the Board which,
last year, was composed of the following:
James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, Chairman
Alan T. Waterman, Director, National Science Foundation
Louis J. Hector, Civil Aeronautics Board
William P. Rogers, Attorney General
Percival Brundage, Director, Bureau of the Budget
Harris Ellsworth, Chairman, Civil Service Commission, Executive
Secretary
We feel strongly that no written information about the project should ':be furnished and that
if an oral disclosure is made it should be only after obtaining secrecy agreements from
the members of the Board. (While Secretary Mitchell is the Chairman again this year, the
other members of the Board have not been announced as yet---presumably they will be the
same with the possible exception of Maurice Stans being substituted for Percival Brundage.)
3. If you feel that security will permit us to process this candidate I recommend
your signature on the attached proposed letter; if not, then I recommend that we not sub-
mit a candidate this year. In order to receive consideration our nomination must be re25x1
ceived by the Executive Secretary of the Board no later than 1 October 1958.
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9 JAN 1958
The Honorable Harris I vorth
Mairman,
United StAtes Civil Service Ccwaissiou
in, D. C.
Thu . you for your invitation to the elll, wAtrds ceremony on
the occasion of the Crnuiseion1a *cnd Anniversary on lb Janusz r,
I had hoped that I would be able to attend this ceremony but find
that it is in conflict with a meeting of the National Security
Council which I must attend.
Havin,gr served the Government in varies civilian capacities
over a period of many yews.. I am most cc* sciouas of the solid foun-
dation in law upon which our Civil Service is based and of the
leadership of the Civil Service C mission in the deveel+ ent of
Federal employment practices. I have been particularly irireseed
with the Commission' a role in shaping the high standards of our
public service,
Please convey the congratulations and beat wishes of all of us
in the Central Intelligence Agency to the members of the Commission
on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Civil service.
Sincerely,
OD/Pers/GMStewart: vhm (2 Jan581llen W. Dulles
Rewritten: EA-DD/S:CEB:ecb Director
(7 Jan 58)
Distribution:
Orig & 1 - Addressee Originator: /s/ Gordon M. Stewart
- ER Director of Personnel
1 - DCI
1 - DDCI r; t
3 - DDS Concur:
1 - D/Pers Reader Chrono epu y irec or p
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1 - D/Pers Stayback
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nora .e Harris 1,'Ll r't.h
on, D. C. fi4T
d Otatea Civil Sex-rice Couq&ssion
x .;fin yr your it station to the annual awards
care any on the occasion; `of the CMMisGionss Dia ni
Atuaiverear ', 16 January, I shall be most IuUW to attend.
aviyw, served tbp gmerrzvmt in variooi s civilian
capacities over a petiod of nOW yews, I an nwst conscious
of the solid fob%ion in law ton which our Civil. rvic e
the leadership of the Civil Service Com.issiorn
of federal e vent practices. I I lave
standards of our public service.
ase co; y the co ;ratulations?. td best wish
of s the Central Intelligence Agency to the a bergs
the Co otssien on the seamy-P'i'th annt rs at' the Civil
J neerely
Alden. W. DaIJ.ea
Di for
Di stlribution :N
fY='_1 - Addressee
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I -? DDCI uirec or of .: ersonne
I. - U/Pors Reader Chrono w/basic
I - 7/1'ersta,,,Tback Concur:
/Pers/Gh3tewart:vbm (2 Jan 57) Deputy Director `: ppo t)
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