TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH DONALD F. SIMPSON, 6 JUNE 1966

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01153A000100080016-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: June 6, 1966
• Content Type: MFR

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6 June 1966
SUBJECT: Telephone Conversation with Donald F. Simpson,
6 June 1966
1. Mr. Donald F. Simpson, Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion of HEW, read over the telephone the draft of a letter he had
prepared for Secretary Gardner to send to Admiral Raborn. The
letter reads essentially as follows:
"Dear Admiral Raborn:
"In November 1961, this Department assumed responsibility
for the preparation of Section 43 (Education, Religion, and
Public Information) and Section 1i6 (Welfare) of the NIS.* The
assumption of this assignment is contained in the letter. of
November 1961 from Secretary Ribicoff to General Cabell. I
have discussed the matter with Mr. Richard Helms and have
decided that it is no longer appropriate for this Department
to carry out this assignment. It will be terminated as of
June 30, 1966.
"To permit the orderly resumption by your agency of this
work, we will certify to you the level of security clearance
(or if appropriate, the status of investigation) for each
employee assigned to this work, and will provide physical
space and other administrative services for up to 3 months
after July 1. I have been advised that your Agency will
offer an appointment effective July 1, 1966, to each of these
people at the same grade level now held.
"Our Division of Personnel Management will cooperate with
you in every way.
"On receipt of your approval, we will proceed to carry
this out."
*Presumably based on initial CIA request; subsequently, HEW also
,.agreed to produce Section L.2 (Characteristics of the People).
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2. After Mr. Simpson finished reading the draft letter,
Mr. Brammell questioned the second paragraph about "Orderly transfer"
to CIA. He asked specifically whether anyone in the Agency had
agreed to the sentence which indicated that the "...Agency will
offer an appointment effective July 1, 1966...at the same grade
level now held." Mr. Simpson replied that no one had specifically
agreed to this, but he had just put it in assuming that we wanted
to keep the group together -- that we did not want a RIF. Mr. Bramwell
agreed that he did want to keep the group together, but could not agree
to this statement. He said that he is still attempting several other
alternatives; he is meeting with Census this afternoon, and plans to
meet with Labor in the next day or two to investigate the possibility
of one of these agencies taking over the group. Mr. Simpson agreed
to delete the sentence about the Agency offering an appointment to each
of the people.
3. Mr. Bramwell then asked when this letter might be expected.
Mr. Simpson replied that he hopes to show it to the Secretary this
afternoon. If he approves, Mr. Simpson will again get in touch with
Mr. Brammell.
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JAMES A. BRANMELL
ector of Basic Intelligence
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