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1. STAFF MEETII«i - The Chief of the Division reviewed the follow~ng 

items which had been discussed at the Sta.ff Meeting on 11 September 1945: 

a. FHetrCXHl.APHS FOR SS! HISTDRY - General Corderman again 

stressed the importance of completing the taking of pictures as soon as . possible. He also was concerned about security in distribution of these 

pictures, especially the aerial photographs. Colonel Molstad advised 

General Corderman the· project would be completed within the next ten days. 

b. MONDAY TO FRIDAY WCRK BASIS - General Corderman wants the 

Post to get on a Monday through Friday basis as soon as possible. Colonel 

Molstad suggested that, if necessary, the w.ail desk personnel come in an 

hour earlier on Monday morning to handle mail accumulated the preceding 

Saturday. 

c. CAP:rURFD ENEii.tY EQUIPMENT FILE RECORD - Celonel.Molstad 

again advised that General Corderman is very concerned that Supply Branch 

records be up to date on all equipment.received. Major Hamman was asked 

to review the matter further so that he can be certain what materiel is 

sent in since often the materiel goes directly to the various branches. 

d. REI.EASE OF PERSONNEL - General Corderman emphasized the importance of keeping people busy or else releasing excess personnel, military 

.and civilian, when the work load falls off. It was suggested that branch 

chiefs can, in many cases, anticipate in advance the discontinuance of 

certain jobs and thus plan the release of personnel that much ahead er time. 

e. ASA. - In view of the proposed changeover from SSA to ASA, 

Colonel Molstad requested Major Hamman to be prepared to report on 

stationery on hand. A discussion of overprinting with the ASA. letterhead 

reached the conclusion that such a procedure would be too costly. 

2. DISCUSSION 

a. Major Hamman stated that he would like to have additional 

storage space and that office space was also a problem. Colonel Molstad 

stated that permission to survey storage space at Vint Hill should be 

received soon. Y.a.jor Greene suggested that office space be provided in 

the warehouse. The problem is to be given further consideration. 

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b. Mr. Morris stated that one of ·the funetions'of ColRl'llunications 

Branch is to see that the stations are supplied with the equipment necessary to do the job, but in Alaska he discovered that it had become increasingly difficult to get coordinated action and too many channels had tQ be 

contacted. The need of instituting new procedure was clearly indicated. 

It was recommended that Supply Branch accept the word of the Detachment 

Commanders "That the material is not obtainable locally" and fill requisitions from SSA sources. 

c. Major Greene sta~ed that three-fourtns of the ma.chines and 

'one-third of the people will soon be doing only thirty percent of the 

previous work load. Colonel Molstad stated that the plan is to release 

space in B Building very shortly; inasmuch as }fa.chine Branch will have 

onl¥ 350 people by l Novembe~ 

PERRY M iD 

Lt. Colon 1, Signal Corps 

Chief, Op rating Services Division 

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