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DIGEST OF THE DIRECTOR'S 

STAFF CONFERENCE 

30 NOV 1954 

TO: Chiefs of Off'ices 

and Staff Divisions 

FROM: Chief' of Staf':t' 

l. CHIEF OF STAFF 

Announced that the Director's Monthly Staf'f Conference will be 

moved up one week :t'rom 28 December to 21 December. Col. A. w. Kellond, 

USAF, Chief', NSA-95, will be the guest speak.er. 

2. ADJUTANT GENERAL 

a. Reported on the contemplated change in codewords eftecti ve 

l January 1955. All who "need to know" have been informed. 

b. Stated that the new telephone directory has been delivered. 

Changes or omissions should be referred to ACP's immediately so that 

:t'uture publications may be complete. 

c. Announced that ~mprovements to the "Red" telephone system 

have been completed. A supplement to the telephone directory containing new Red numbers is being distributed and should be included in the 

directory for ready re:t'erence. 

3. COMMUNICATIONS 

Requested all concerned to be as reasonably sure of telephone 

locations at Fort Meade as is possible. Following the relocation at 

the new site, no changes will be made for approximately six weeks 

except for emergencies. 

4. P/P 

a. Announced that Colonel Winn Zeller, Deputy SUSLO, is here 

tor a short visit. Anyone who has problems that can be taken up with 

him may arrange to do so by calling P/P. 

b. Dr. Robert Weidman, Deputy Chief, NSAFE, will arrive 

Friday, 3 December, for a short visit. Anyone who has problems 

involviag NSAFE may also contact Dr. Weidman through P/B. 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 05-28-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a 

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5. INSPECTOR GENERAL 

Reported on his trip to Europe. 

6. DIRECTOR 

a. Referred to his trip to ·Europe: "I witnessed considerable 

change as I traveled around-our installations. It isn't all sweetness 

~nd. 11.ght, but in general, we have !improved materially. We are comm.ending 

to give our instalLations guidance and they have begun to look to us 

for this guidance. Now this does nqt behoove complacency on our part, 

but increased effort. It behooves bringing up these rough spots and 

places where we have either missed because of no action or because of 

poor action. When you are .a leader and people are looking to you for 

commands, nothing happens if yoa don't issue them. 

"I f'ound in general that our stations are making an effort 

to serve our consumers; relations between our personnel and commanders 

are happy. As yet, however, the Services do not realize the implications 

of our long-range decentralization program. We will be adding materially 

to the load we place on them; this will pay dividends later on." 

b. "I would like to remind you again that we are going to make 

an interim move. Moves are just as good as the planning that goes into 

them and the will with which you execute your plans. I expect this move 

to go off' with the minimum amount of confusion. You must set up a 

solution for your problems and be sure everyone knows what you are doing. 

How we are going at this move will depend on how well we know our operations. 

Anyone who has any responsibility in this move must be reviewing his 

requirements daily. I don't want a single £lop on this move; a reasonably 

good plan aggressively put into action with the required trouble shooters 

will assure us of complete success." 

Distribution: 

Special 

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