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Sta.ff D1v1s1ons 

1. DIRECTOR 

Digest of Steff' Conference, 8 Septembez" 1953 ~ 

c/s 8 Sept 1953 

a. Stated bis oppoe1 t1on to sending NBA personnel on trips to handle 

otticial bus:lnass which could be handled .just as successful.ly b;r a telephone call 

or e. letters w .ARE?f'T GOilll TO SEND PBOPLE Otl TRIPS WHEN WE CAN GET THE SAMS JOB 

DODE Wl'.l!I A PBON"~ CALL OR A mREE-cEDT STAMP. WE' RE DO.DE 1'00 MUCH lmsDLll:SS 

'l'IAVELIIGS LET'S USE MORE DISCRETION IN mrs MA'!TlJR OF CHOOSING llEAlfS TO OJJI'AIB 

tm"O.'iMATION FR<* 'l'llE FIELD. 

b. After hearing SCHOOL• s report~ the ccmpletton of its t1rat Oriental 

Ltmguage Course, directed SCHOOL to look tnto the need for iusti tutins another 

class in oriental looguages and JJP.ke report ot findings. 

e. In response to rmc 's :request that the provisions cf BSA Repl.a.tion 20-T 

bEt implemented by other parta ot the Agency, Director stated hie d1aeat1staction 

v1th the 1mpl1ce.t1ons, 1n terms of ac1m1Distrat1ve canpetence, of failure ot Son! 

p:JZ"ts or the Agency to comply vi th the regulation's requirement that tbey provide 

TEC vith a copy ot each technical psper produced b7 them: WD'B .Au. TUE AillINISTRA .. 

TIVE PBOPLE WE HAVE ARamJ) mIS AGEracY,, '!'BIS I?EIDEHT PlmSED'J.'S AN·IDEAL OPPORTUNI'lf 

TO F.DD an JUST WHO, m EACH er THE OH'JAIUZATIOBAL CCllPOREB'l'B CO!ICERR'ED,, lS 

FAILDG TO RE.AD 'J.lID3 Pf:R'l'INEN'l' REGUIATION Am> 'l'O TAD IECESSARr ~0111 

d. Roted his ballet that the Services arc PQ1116 too mch f'or their 

C01111WJlico:tions facilities mid. ocrvice, and tbat tbe stu.d:f ot this matter being 

made 'b7 cam "IR)uld reveal aoma disconcerting intormticn. 

e. In reapcnee to Ce.ptatn Goodwin's ccmnent about 'the seriCMAS 1mpl1ce.t1ona 

of ·recent steps by ItaV7 to releo.s& soo-1615 otf':lcera to inactive cluQr: directed 

PERS to 1nvout1p:te the factors and impl1cat1ona ot t.be purporte4 pl.e.na and a.ctione o 

f. .Referred to bis COll'lllents,, c.t tho time of the Staff' Meeting ~ 25 Augus~, 

reprdlag the obligation of eveey superior to provid.c hie euborc11natee witl.1. train!ns 

in manoaement and a.aministrat1an: BOW MAB! OF YOU BAVE DmE SOM&'TBDIG ABOU'l !RAIN.DD 

YOUR SUBORDDAmS SINCE I RAISED 'l'Jm: POD!' iWO WEEIS AGO, AID BOi1 MANY al YOOR 

SUBO.RDINMES HAYE DORE SCllE'J.'BING KB<Nl PROVIDIRl SUCH TRAINDV TO 'l'BEIR str.uOBDDATES'? 

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2. .ADJtl'l'JlJfl' GEif.i.iaW. 

a. Solicited the eulll!.salon ot ldeaa on tile general aub3ect ot cla1s1f'l• 

cation ot 4ocumenta tor cons1cleratlou b)" tile board aet up to at~ thf! problem o-t 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 05-29-2014 pursuant to E.O. 1352e 

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setting up stancl.ards for euido.ncc for all pmots of the Agency. Noted tho.t the 

next meeting of the board would be in two weeks. 

3• C<JllUNICATIOOS 

a. Reported tha.t the veek•end had been very unf'avorable for the 

transmission or radio vavcs, and th.at the trans-Atlantic ci1'cu1ts had. been "~t 

~n;"' /uiaod thQ.t tho Director of Comm>n1cat1ons·~lectron1cs was aware of the 

need for 1mprov'3El?t; of' the communication f'acillt1es available to NSA, and 

predicted that by the 'WOek' s Gnd NSA shoUld have a more aceeptable answer than 

the 'activation of II-Day c1rcu1ta" resorted to in the present instance ot 

1onoopheric disruption or the radio spectrum. 

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~ T. R. Adams 

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