DIGEST OF THE DIRECTOR'S 

STAFF CONFERENCE 

17 FEB. 1955 

. TO: Chiefs of Offices and Staff Divisions 

FROM: Deputy Chief of Staff/Ad.ministration 

1. VICE DIRECTOR 

a. Reminded the Staff that the NSA 1955 Red Cross Drive begins 

this week. Everyone in the Agency should be given the opportunity to 

contribute, according to his means. 

b. Requested Staff and Division Chiefs to determine who the 

personnel a.re who had direct responsibility for the move to Fort Meade. 

Recognition of such efforts is imperative, and those responsible for 

forwarding these names must do so innnediately. 

2. DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PRODUCTION 

Announced that NSA-o62 and 063 Staff Divisions have been 

relocated in Wing l, First Floor, B Building, AHS. 

3. SCHOOL 

Reported on the installation of additional printing facilities 

at the School to be utilized in relieving the overworked press-room of 

the AG. 

4. PERSONNEL 

Announced that the members of Personnel Interviewing Team.will 

begin innnediately interviewing personnel who will be involved in the m.Ove 

scheduled for June. These interviews a.re conducted as a service to all 

personnel whatever problems they may be concerned with. 

5. DIRECTOR 

a.. "Gentlemen, apparently there are some misunderstandings around 

the Agency as to what I think. I am continually being harassed by members 

of the Staff to designate a job as a civilian or a military job, or they 

will argue with me about sending a civilian here or military there. Now as 

I have said many times over, this is a Military Agency. However, we a.re 

going to integrate the two, stir them up, and come up with a mixture. 

Wherever we have civilians in a section or branch, I am going to be sure 

that there a.re some civilians in the command structure at the· top. In 

other words, I insist that the entire running of a .soldier not be done by 

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civilians and the entire running ar a civilian not be done by the military. 

I propose to keep it running that'way, 

"There used to be intolerance or civilians by the military, 

and intolerance of the military by civilians; this has improved materially. 

We are going to run .this Agency with both civilian and military. It is 

going to continue to be a Military Agency, to operate under the Secretary 

of Defense, to operate as a pa.rt of the Defense Department." 

b. "It seems that everyone is getting interested in personnel 

management. We have done a certain amount or·~raining at the top, but we 

have not done enough at the intermediate level. This is something for the 

Personnel Development Board to work on." 

c, "In conclusion, I wish to remind you again I have no more 

people to give away. Every day someone comes in with a project that requires 

more people. You keep on dreaming up new things that you think will improve 

the efficiency of this outfit. But the only way that I can see that ;v-ou 

are going to get things done is increase efficiency in our operations\ What 

I am saying is that I am fresh out of people. 11 

NOTE: The Director's Staff Conference will be held at NSS at o830, 

23 February, instead of at AHS as previously scheduled.