Status of the DDS Historical Program, 31 March 1972

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06180A000300230007-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 12, 1972
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12 April 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, CIA Historical Staff
SUBJECT Status of.the DDS Historical Program,
31 March 1972
1. During the period in review, the Support Services
Historical Program continued to close the gap in the catching-
up phase of the Agency historical effort. With the publication
of fivo more histories, the DDS program.has reached almost 60
percent final completion -- 46 of 77 planned histories are
now available in hard cover. (See Attachment A.)
2. Of the 31 histories which are yet to be published,
27 have been completed in draft and are in review, revision,
or final typing for publication.. It is estimated that by 1
June 1972, all but eight-to ton of the currently scheduled
!histories will probably have been published.By this time the
programs of the Offices of Communications, Finance, Logistics,
Personnel, and. Training will be essentially completed, with
most of their histories actually published. The program in
the Office. of Medical Services, though better than a year
ago, still is a bottleneck.. In addition to the hang-up in,
OMS, there may be one report in Communications, one or two
in Personnel., and possibly one in ,Security which will not
be tidied up until the end of FY 1972'. (See Attachment D.).
Over-all Review of Status of Writers
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Personnel Mr. i writ' or revising all. of the
25X1A9aSecurity histories, and Mr. is preparing the Missing
in Action story for Peronnel. Except for I I, who
becomes a WAE contract employee of Personnel on i April 1972
and who will be available to clean up the Overview of that
Office, there are.no o1bher contract authors involved in the
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DDS program. About.a dozen individuals --:including six from
OMS -- have writing r sponsibilities which will require at
least some coneentra ed efforts to bring their histories
to completion. (See Attachments C, D, and E.)
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4. Some progress has been made on revising the history
of the Plar'ning and Construction of the Headquarters Building,
but it has./been slow.going. Materials provided. by Walter
Pforzheimer and. have been added; and both
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