LETTER TO HONORABLE MAURICE H. STANS FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000800020035-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 2, 2003
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: February 16, 1960
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Honorable Maurice H. Stans
Director
Bureau of the Budget
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Mr. Stans:
I have carefully considered the comments contained in your letter of 18 August
1960 and your suggestion that further consideration be given to the President's request
for a three per cent personnel reduction during this Fiscal Year.
Our European activities are under continuing review and from time to time some
reductions in personnel have been effected. I agree that some further reductions are
in order. not because our requirements have lessened appreciably, but because demands
in other areas make such action necessary. Any such reductions which can be effected
will be used to partially offset essential increases in the "awakening areas" such as
Africa. As you are aware, we are constantly involved in personnel shifts among areas
of the world in response to ever-changing operational emphasis and target accessibility.
The number of personnel officially assigned to the Plans Area in Washington has
been a matter of continuing study and analysis. Our general objective for some time has
been to decrease the size of this force. 25X1
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sionnals" the greater number is in the field while the greater proportion of "clericals" is
located at headquarters. An, official assignment roster must be examined in some detail
before a conclusion is drawn that a given number is too many or too few. For example,
a special project currently requires the full time of more than =officers and support 25X1
25X1 personnel, of whom are officially assigned to the country desk at headquarters.
However, nearly half of this force is actually working outside of the Washin on area.
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assets is considerably greater than for field assets enjoying The tabula- 25X1
tion of Plans Area personnel as of 30 June 1960, which we discussed at lunch last month,
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joint Study Grow for improving eef'i envy will be
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Compensation Program, as we pab"d out to
sai , is desieed to accomplish a in t
a of Agency employees and to not intend to be used
1. -nm Program has received all t required
congressional committee. If and wheat this approval
o ei t, but that at best will be quite law In the Fiscal
e rnmeent'3 AMg c inter efforts is
Agency has wq=ded a great deal of effort in this regard during
c f arabl r success in several areas. For example,
drale Agency, tb*Armyl, and the
ate, work side by side in our i o . c Intelligence
omgraphic intelligence reports. Weekly Interagency cgs
quirements and avoid duplication of effort whenever possible.
tar increasing the strength of the Center is to provide
he I loitation of photography already on hand for which
r ed; the expected acquisition of addidoaal photo-
sad more. s+ isticated cell+e w make the
I ro coordination may provW some measure
to e.1lmwite the present required for personnel
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Ituations existing in the world today which are so volae, so sus-
d disruption, make the current and potential tasks of this Agency
Id be most reluctant to commit myself to a definite reduction of personnel,
either by number or location. I believe that there is going to be more work for us In the
decade of the sixties than there was in the fifties. Our opponents will using their
growing strength in the economic and industrial fields to penetrate the uncommitted
dons of the world through offers of aid and trade. In our support of the Intelligence
Community there is no question but that we will have to do everything we have done in
the past and move,, and that we will have to do It infinitely more expeditiously then ever
before.
Your reconsideration of the apportionment request for funds to pay the additional
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m the pay Act will be appreciated.
Sincerely,
CONCUR:
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ER L. K. White
I - DCI Allen W. Dulles Deputy Director
1 - DDCI Director (Support)
I - DD/P
I ri DD/I 27 September 1960
1 - DD/S
I - IG .03-
1 - COMPT w/orig of basic
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Dulles
Attached hereto is a proposed reply to Maury Stans'
letter of 18 August 1960 in which he raised several ques-
tions about our inability to make an additional three per
cent personnel reduction. Both DD/P and DD/I have sup-
plied the substance of the reply which concerns their
areas of responsibility.
I apologize for the length of the proposed reply but
believe that it is necessary in order to deal with the spe-
cific points which Mr. Stans has raised.
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L. K. White (DATE)
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