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TOT: 292123Z JUN 95
DIRECTOR 343286
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292123Z DIRECTOR 343286
TO: BANGKOK, RANGOON, PHNOM PENH, CHIANG MAI.
FROM:
LIMIT C/EA/TIB
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WNINTEL RYBAT
SUBJECT: EYES ONLY
COS
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
REF:
NONE.
TEXT:
ACTION REQUIRED: BANGKOK: PLS HOLD FOR COS/HANOI'S
PERUSAL THE NEXT TIME HE STOPS AT STATION.
2 DEAR ALL, FOLLOWING ARE THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 28 JUN
MEETING AS PRESENTED 
BY DCEA/SEA¯(CEA-OCCUPTED_FOR_PART OF THE
TIME 
WITH ANOTHER MEETING) AT 
THE 29 JUN EA STAFF MEETING:
IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN AND
WOULD LIKE TO GET THEM REGISTERED IN THE AGENCY'S NURSERY,
SHOULD APPLY AS SOON 
AS POSSIBLE FOR THE OPENINGS THAT WILL COME
YOU
AVAILABLE THIS SEPT.
AT
ADDO MET 30 MEMBERS OF THE PRESS FOR A
BACKGROUNDER NEWS CONFERENCE. CNN, ABC, AND ALL THE OTHER BIG
MEDIA REPS ATTENDED. 
PER ADDO, THE BRIEFINGS WENT QUITE WELL.
ONE POINT, SOMEONE MENTIONED 
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING "OFF
THE RECORD, " AND THIS CAUSED 
SOME COMPLAINTS FROM THE PRESS.
HOWEVER, ON THE 
WHOLE, THIS NEW SYSTEM OF HAVING THE DO INTERFACE
WITH THE PRESS IS SAID TO 
HAVE GONE QUITE WELL.
PREPARING 
A BACKGROUND FOR THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
THE DCI IS ALSO
(NFI).
THE ADDO MET WITH TOM DONILAN
(THE SECRETARY OF
STATE'S CHIEF OF STAFF) TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THE
SECRETARY. THIS 
IS PART OF A NEW SYSTEM INTENDED TO HAVE THE DO
GET BRIEFINGS ON WHAT 
SPECIFIC MATTERS HIGH LEVEL CABINET MEMEBERS
ARE INTERESTED.
THE EXDIR IS STARTING A HUMAN RESOURCES OVERSIGHT
COUNSEL TO BE CHAIRED 
BY 
BETSY GRAVES. THE COUNSEL WILL HOLD ITS
FIRST MEETING NEXT 
THURSDAY. THE GROUP'S PURPOSE WILL BE TO
REVIEW THE AGENCY'S 
PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING PERSONNEL MATTERS-
TRAINING, PROMOTIONS
, ETC.) FROM_CRADLE TO GRAVE, I.E., EOD TO
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RETIREMENT, AND THE DIVERSITY ISSUE WILL BE ANOTHER MAJOR CONCERN
_OF_THE_GROUP___
A NEW STRATEGIC BUDGET PLANNING GROUP IS BEING
CREATED. IT WILL 
BE 
LED BY ERIC QUACKENBUSH AND JOE DETRANI.
PRESIDENT BUSH'S 27 JUN VISIT TO HQS WENT QUITE
WELL, IN THE DCI'S 
ESTIMATION. 
THE DCI ADVISED THAT THE BRIEFINGS
BY DO PERSONNEL WERE RIGHT 
ON THE MONEY AND VERY WELL RECEIVED,
ESPECIALLY THE CHINA 
BRIEFING BY ADCEA/CO.
THE ADDO WILL ATTEND A COVERT ACTION HEARING AT
THE SSCI ON 14 JULY
. ON 
THAT SAME DAY, THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST
LADY WILL VISIT THE AGENCY
.
GEORGE TENET HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS THE DDCI AND
WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY, 3 JULY. ADMIRAL STUDEMAN WILL REMAIN WITH
THE AGENCY FOR A FEW MONTHS 
OVERLAP.
A_HONDURAN TASK FORCE HAS BEEN CREATED TO FULFILL
THE SAME FUNCTION AS THE GUATEMALA TF.
AN EFFORT IS BEGINNING TO DECLASSIFY ALL
*DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE<JFK ASSASSINATION. > RELEASED DOCUMENTS
WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY 
INFO DEALING WITH THIRD COUNTRY LIAISON
RELATIONSHIPS OR 
ABOUT AGENT ASSETS.
RELEASED.
HOWEVER, ALL ELSE WILL BE
THE IG SEMI-ANNUALS ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN (NFI)
DDA AND DDO WILL BEGIN HAVING BREAKFAST MEETINGS
(E-MAIL AND OTHER
TO HOLD DISCUSSIONS ON "CONNECTIVITY"
COMMUNICATION)
BETWEEN HQS AND FIELD STATIONS.
-RE MEALS: EXECUTIVE DINING ROOM #232 WILL SOON
CLOSE, AND IT MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE HQS
BUILDING. DINING ROOM #
31 WILL REMAIN FOR USE WITH LIAISON
VISITORS.
FRANK ROCCO (DDA) IS RETIRING.
RETIREMENT PROCESS, HE WILL WORK FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS HELPING
AS PART OF 
HIS
ESTABLISH OF THE 
NATIONAL IMAGERY AGENCY AND THEN SPEND ABOUT ONE
MONTH IN THE TRANSITION 
PROGRAM. AT THE DO STAFF MEETING, ADDO
FORMALLY BID ADIEU 
TO LA DIVISION OFFICER BILL DEVINE, WHO IS ALSO
RETIRING.
3. TOWARDS THE END OF THE EA STAFF MEETING, CEA JOINED THE
GROUP
; AND, AT 
THE CONCLUSION OF DCEA/SEA'S BRIEFING PRESENTED AN
EA PLAQUE TO IDEN REPORTS 
(AND SOMETIMES FRONT OFFICE)
FOR HER SEVERAL 
YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE DIVISION,
SECRETARY
FIRST AS EA/J 
SECRETARY AND THEN IN REPORTS. SHE IS MOVING INTO
AN AGENCY JOB AT AN OUTLYING OFFICE MUCH CLOSER TO HER RESIDENCE.
47 FYI, THIS WAS YOURS TRULY'S LAST EA STAFF MEETING AS I
WILL 
BE ENTERING THE 
90-DAY RETIREMENT TRANSITION PROGRAM,
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IN
STARTING 3 JULY AND WITH AN ACTUAL RETIREMENT DATE SET FOR 30 SEP.
WINFIELD-WILL-BE-AC/
EA/TIB UNTIL THE DIVISION PMAP SOON DECIDES ON
THE NEXT BRANCH CHIEF. HE 
IS A LEADING CANDIDATE FOR THE
POSITION. FINAL 
WORD SHOULD BE OUT TO YOU ALL BY EARLY JULY.
ANY EVENT, IT HAS 
BEEN VERY SATISFYING WORKING WITH YOU ALL OUT
THERE VICARIOUSLY (
UNFORTUNATELY) FOR THE MOST PART THOUGH I DID
GET TO MEET AND RENEW 
ACQUAINTANCES WITH THE COS'S AND SOME OF THE
CO'S DURING YOUR TRIPS 
BACK HERE. THE WORK YOU ALL ARE DOING IS
TERRIFIC AND BEING 
ACCOMPLISHED UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS.
IT WAS GREAT BEING 
INVOLVED WITH YOUR EFFORTS AND I HOPE OUR
SUPPORT HAS BEEN UP 
TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
SOLID OPERATIONS YOU ALREADY HAVE IN TRAIN WILL CONTINUE TO
I AM SURE THAT 
THE VERY
SUCCEED; AND, 
BASED ON THE OBVIOUSLY HIGH MOTIVATION BY ALL OF YOU
OUT THERE, I AM SURE YOU 
WILL ALL BE ACCOMPLISHING MANY OTHER GOOD
THINGS FOR THE 
ORGANIZATION AND THE COUNTRY. I WISH YOU THE BEST
IN YOUR ENDEAVORS AND YOU CAN COUNT ON THE FACT THAT I WILL STILL
BE CHEERING FOR ALL OF 
YOU AND THE AGENCY FROM THE RETIREMENT SIDE
LINES. GOOD LUCK, 
EMERSON.
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