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11.1dA'NJ.>UU roa CAPTAIN D'!ER 

IUBJIO'.r1 Temporal"J' Anip:lctt ot C&ptd.n tue 

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4 APrll l9Sl 

1. On or abQl.t.t 6 hbruary l9511C'l •re kind enou&h to make Capt.ail\ 

tane available to • tor an acned period ot one month. pendinc tho tibl- ina ot a 1uitable eecreta.!7 tor .mo by AFSA.-l5,. Steps toward the latter 

•nd n:re initiated without d•lq IU2d a 08-4 eeo:ret.arial job wu eetabliehed.. Ho auitablo candidate• tor that job having been t\U'ned up by il'SA-15.3 by the end ot the aveed te.l:Jpo:rat7 aaetanmont ot Capt.ain Lane, I 

requeeted, and J'OU court.eouJT aranted, an extension ~ Captain tane•a 

ts.ipora.17 dutJ', tor another two or three week•. 

2. When 1\ developed that a suitable candidate could not. be found 

on the ba.e:le ot a OS-4 poeition atepa were baedhteq taken to reevaluate the job am a OS-5 poa{Uon •• •tabl1ehed1 in lieu ct the OS-4 .. It waa hoped thu• '9 find ..-i experienced GS-4 1ecreta17 in AFSA who wu 

qualllied for promotion and who could perhap1 till the job tor m. It 

wu on that basis that I felt warranted in hlpoeing t\trt.her on your 1oocl 

n&tUN and requeatin& the extension ot Captain Ian•'• temporary dut7 

until 2l March. More than two weeke haYe alread7 pa.eeed .J..nce that. date - in other won.le,. the extension ha• been exce9ded b,y !i°'' 1U11. 70\l haw been 

•o courteoue ••to raise no queetion With•, nor to ccmplain1 aa 7ou well 

m:lcht be juetititd ht doin&. about my o~ thi• buaine•• tool¢. 

3. I have Juat been called bJ" Mr. Holleran or .APSA-153, who notitied 

• that no adtabl• can:l1date tor the :r.- poa1t.1cn, 9"D 1:1 ds-5,. i• 

aftilabl•. He 'Wanted to know it I Yould accept, a. .D!l! llllJ>l.078•· Alf¥ new 

teplo,-.e 11CNld, ~ ciou.r•, ho.T• to IO tbro\llh the iliaranc• Pl"OCed.'lU'•, IO 

~t .uch an elpl.07ft, .....n U a qual.U':led noretar,y 1 would not be available for actual dut7 tor MVa:ral months. l told Kr. Holleran that I could. 

ha1'dlT be pl•ued. with .uch a propoul.1 1ince a •aNtary qualif'1ed for 

atutaotory a41r\'1c• in 1111' otti~e would have to ha'lr8 a background ot at 

l•et two or three 7Nl'• ezperl.ence in our .tia1d ot ~~k1 and that •• the 

oldeet aivil empl.07" in the establ11bment I didn•t uwuc I •hould be 

a.iced to Pllt up with aueh a at tuaticn, juat u though I •• a newcomer 

11,1nlt. 

4. Mr. Holl•ran nated that th• di.tticult.7 1• that I 'nllt aoiriobodT 

who can take diotaUcn. I told. h1m. I would. be W1ll1nc to c1ve \Ip that 

requirttment. it he could fim. • an aea1etant FOP8l"l7 qual:itied in othv 

r.apecte. but it would have to be at. leaat. •et:.ebodJ' who ha• the rtqUi11te back&rourd expn-JAtnce. He atated that he would !rrteatipte and that i• 

how th• mat.ter now 1tanda. 

S. I a much dieappointed with the delq 1 the extent at which ha• 

been .inuch peater than I ..,..r «qJectad. I t.hink J18.A•l$3 baa been 

dSJJ&ent but there eeem to be problems am dittf.oulti•• be70nd eithtr 

tbe1r w., abWtr to .olw. 

@'pp roved for Release by NSA on 07-24-2013 pursuantto E .0. 1352a 

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6. Hevertheleee, becauee my problem 18 not J'OQ1'8, and because JOt.l 

haw been ao eQurteoua in the past in thia cue, I a not going to uk 10\l 

q&in tor another e:x.tenaian ot Csptain Lane'• teJDJ>OraJ7 duty and Will 

release her at th• •Di ot thl• nek. I will juat haY<1 \o ma.nap the beat 

I can w1thout her or a 8\1.itable aeeietant. 

7. I wieh to ueure 7ou of iq appreciation of 70ur cooperation in 

this matter. Captain IAulo ha• been ot the greate•t aaai11tance to .uie in 

lll8l'Q' 1fl.1ll and I &Ill nrr •orrr to lase her. I need hardq commend her to 

J'Oll aince I think :vou are well aw&r$ of her abUit,- and other excellent 

qualifieatione. 

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