AMBASSADORIAL BRIEFINGS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000200030020-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2002
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: April 29, 1964
• Content Type: MEMO

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
Action Memorandum No. A-376
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Deputy Director! Plans
SUBJECT : Ambassadorial Briefings
I would like to call your attention to the fact that occasionally
the personnel assigned to brief outgoing Ambassadors are of a
fairly junior rank. I noted in one recent briefing that two of the
briefers were CS-7's, two were 08-130s, one was CS-l4 and one
was CS-15. While it is true that three of these individuals were
branch chiefs, I would note that the Ambassador concerned met
nobody from the Agency higher than this level. Although I make
it a point to try and receive all of the outgoing Ambassadors on
behalf of the Director and Deputy Director if they are unable to see
them, this is not always possible. Therefore I would like to urge
everybody concerned to insure that our briefings with outgoing
Ambassadors do not become counter-productive by slipping to too
low a level. I believe that B, which is responsible for arrang-
ing these briefings, should attempt in all instances to have at least
one office or division chief as part of the program.
(signed) Lyman B. Kirkpatrick
Than B. Kirkpatrick
Executive Director
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