MINUTES OF LOGISTICS OFFICE STAFF MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03985A000400140045-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2000
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: November 10, 1953
• Content Type: MIN

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Minutes of
LOGISTICS OFFICE STAFF mmm
10 November 1953
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25X1A9a 1. Mr. Garrison opened the meeting by introducing to the
group as the Chief of the Procurement Division.
2. Items discussed at the Assistant Director's Meek: On 9 November,
Mr. Garrison had attended the AD's Meeting. Following is a list of the items
discussed at this meeting:
a. The DCI emphasized the importance of not talking about
Agency business when outside of Agency buildings. It is especially
Important that employees refrain from talking about CIA or their
connection with it .en at cocktail parties and other social affairs.
b. A monthly letter from the Senior Representatives in the
field directly to the DCI is being initiated. This monthly letter
is to be on an Eyes only basis but information pertaining to the
various Headquarters Offices will be disseminated to them.
c. The Inspector General stated that 95% of his job would
be eliminated if there was good personnel management in this
Agency. There is lack of proper supervision on all levels through-
out the Agency. Mr. Garrison aided that Logistics Office doesn't
have a perfectly clean slate; that it Is important that each
employee knows what, his lob Is and wbat his responsibilities are.
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Mr. Garrison stated that whenever it might become necessary
to remove an employee from his job because of his inability to
tulfiU the responsibilities of the job, the Chief of Logistics
would stand behind the Division Chief 100%.
d. All budget questions or anything pertaining to budget
should go through the Comptroller. This applies even should
the Bureau of the Budget call a partLeular office directly.
The Bureau of the Budget has cleared employees on the working
level who have just completed a tour of several days in the
DD/P's area.
e. There is a new security classification order from the
White House. However, until now regulations can be written in
accordance with this order, this Agency will continue as they
have been doing in the past. It is expected that new instructions
and procedures will be published and distributed in the Agency
within the next ten days.
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3. Blanket Travel Orders: The use of this type of travel order
should be held to a minimum and Division Chiefs should be "fully informed every
time a member of their Division travels on one.
4. SecuritrViolationst reported that there had been
only ore physical. security violation during the month of October.
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