DDS STAFF MEETING, 11 JANUARY 1966

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
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• Publication Date: January 11, 1966
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11 January 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR: OTR School and Staff Chiefs
SUBJECT : DDS Staff Meeting, 11 January 1966
1. discussed the subject of minority group employment,
particularly employment of the negro minority. Agency employment of negro
personnel between 1961 - 1965 has remained at a flat or stable level. We are
below a number of other Government Agencies in the ratio of negro employ-
ment and the Agency will continue to review this problem.
Z. discussed the Civil Service Commission's Planning,
Programming and Budgeting Course. DDS referred to OTR's exploration for
the eventual establishment of a P. P. B. Course internally.
4. DDS said that the Agency will carry out an ambitious briefing pro-
gram for Congressional Committees. He referred to illustrative programs
rather than organizational charts, T. O. 's, statistics, and so on. He warned
against using Agency technical terms in such briefings. Offices are drawing
up lists of topics which are to be followed by one-sentence descriptions. The
DDCI will select from this list of topics for subsequent development of 15
minute presentations. DDS emphasized that Congressional briefings should
be conducted by the best presentation officer rather than by the most knowl-
edgeable officer.
5. The DCI has instituted a procedure of courtesy calls on the DCI and
DDCI. These calls will be made by Agency officials newly appointed to key
positions, i. e. , heads of offices and deputy heads of offices. The Executive
Director is issuing a memorandum dated 10 January 1966 on this subject.
6. Vice President Humphrey sent a letter of thanks to the DCI on the
highly professional manner in which he was kept informed by Agency repre-
sentatives during his overseas travels. The Vice President referred to the
speed, flexibility, resourcefulness, and dedication with which Agency repre-
sentatives discharged their responsibilities in his regard. DDS added that
similar compliments have been received from numerous Senators and Congress-
men. I thought this sort of data might be of some use in defending the Agency
against the criticisms of the uninformed.
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7. Emmett Echols referred to the increasing interest among the various
Government circles in the Agency's personnel system. We have had to brief
NSA, DIA and the office of the U. S. Surgeon General. He emphasized that our
reputation for personnel management within Government is obviously very
good. Echols mentioned that DIA is "distressed" at the difficulty it is en-
countering in recruitment attempts on the campuses.
8. DDS said that tentative planning calls for a showing of "Academy
Anonymous" to the DCI and his executive committee on the morning of 14 January.
9. DDS asked whether OTR is able to keep track of all external training.
He wanted to be sure that the various Divisions and offices of the Agency were
not "going out on their own. " He would like to have a report on this within
the next two weeks. Essentially, he wants to know whether DDI, for example,
sends a given officer off to a university for three months or six months or a
year without our prior knowledge and concurrence. (ACTION: Registrar)
10. Bob Fuchs stated that W -2 Forms would be distributed on
17 January 1966.
77Kn Richardson
Director of Training
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