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[2]: | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
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[5]104-10326-10081
[7]SECRET
[8]95-0906823 SENSIND: FO RYBAT
[10]SECRET
[12]STAFF
[14]CONF: EA/TIB INFO: LIMITO, MDSX, ODPD, FILE, DDO (2/P)
[16]TOT: 2921232 JUN 95 DIRECTOR 343286
[18]STAFF 292123Z DIRECTOR 343286
[19]TO: BANGKOK, RANGOON, PHNOM PENH, CHIANG MAL.
[21]FROM: LIMIT C/EA/TIB
[22]SLUGS: WNINTEL RYBAT
[23]SUBJECT: EYES ONLY - COS - WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
[25]REF: NONE,
[27]TEXT:
[29]} ACTION REQUIRED: BANGKOK: PLS HOLD FOR COS/HANOI'S
[30]PERUSAL THE NEXT TIME HE STOPS AT STATION.
[32]DEAR ALL, FOLLOWING ARE THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 28 JUN
[34]fn ,
[35]DO BUKBTHKNOTHER Ure ee eoen7 SER-WCER-OCCOPTED—FOR PART OF TH 4
[36]TIME WETH-ANOTHER MEETING) AT THE 29 guN EA STAFF MEETING:
[38]. - IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN AND
[39]WOULD LIKE TO GET THEM REGISTERED IN THE AGENCY’S NURSERY, YOU
[40]SHOULD APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THE OPENINGS THAT WILL COME
[41]AVAILABLE THIS SEPT.
[43]- ADDO MET 30 MEMBERS oF THE PRESS FOR A
[44]BACKGROUNDER NEWS CONFERENCE. CNN, ABC, AND ALL THE OTHER BIG
[45]MEDIA REPS ATTENDED. PER ADDO, THE BRIEFINGS WENT QUITE WELL. aT
[46]ONE POINT, SOMEONE MENTIONED THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING "OFF
[47]Tae RECORD," AND THIS CAUSED SOME COMPLAINTS FROM THE PRESS.
[48]HOWEVER, ON THE WHOLE, THIS NEW SYSTEM OF HAVING THE DO INTERFACE
[49]WITH THE PRESS IS SAID TO HAVE GONE QUITE WELL. THE DCI IS ALSO
[50]PREPARING A BACKGROUND FOR THE "NEW YORK TIMES" (NFI) .
[52]- THE ADDO MET WITH Tom DONILAN (THE SECRETARY OF
[53]STATE‘S CHIEF OF STAFF) To DISCUSS ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THE
[54]SEGRETARY . THIS IS PART OF A NEW SYSTEM INTENDED TO HAVE THE bo
[55]GET BRIEFINGS ON WHAT SPECIFIC MATTERS HIGH LEVEL CABINET MEMEBERS
[56]lara INTERESTED.
[58]; - THE EXDIR IS STARTING A HUMAN RESOURCES OVERSIGHT
[59](CUNSEL TO BE CHAIRED BY BETSY GRAVES. ‘THE COUNSEL WILL ef
[61]\PIRST MEETING NEXT THURSDAY. THE GROUP’ S PURPOSE WILL BE TO
[62]REVIEW BE—AGENCY“S-PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING PERSONNES MATTERS
[63]ETC.)
[65]Q
[67]A TRAINING, PROMOTIONS, EPROM_-CRADLE_ TO GRAVE, I.E., BOD TO
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[81]RETIREMENT, AND THRE DIVERSITY ISSUE WILL BE ANOTHER MAJOR CONCERN
[83]~ A NEW STRATEGIC BUDGET PLANNING GROUP IS BEING |
[84]CREATED. IT WILL BE LED BY ERIC QUACKENBUSH AND JOE DETRANI.
[86]~ PRESIDENT BUSH’S 27 JUN VISIT TO HOS WENT QUITE
[87]WELL, IN THE DCI‘s ESTIMATION. + THE DCI ADVISED THAT THE BRIEFINGS
[88]BY DO PERSONNEL WERE RIGHT ON THE MONEY AND VERY WELL RECEIVED,
[89]ESPECIALLY THE CHINA BRIEFING BY ADCEA/CO.
[91]- THE ADDO WILL ATTEND A COVERT ACTION HEARING AT
[92]THE SSCI ON 14 JULY. ON THAT SAME DAY, THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST
[93]LADY WILL VISIT THE AGENCY.
[95]- GEORGE TENET HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS THE DDCI AND
[96](WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY, 3 JULY. ADMIRAL STUDEMAN WILL REMAIN WITH
[97][THE AGENCY FOR A FEW MONTHS OVERLAP.
[99]TS HONDURAN_TASH FORGE HAS -seaN-cREMTED-TO-punE rE —!
[101]THE SAME FUNCTION AS THE GUATEMALA TF.
[103]Le aces
[104]“POCUMENTS RELATED TO THE<JFK ASSASSINATION.» RELRASED DOCUMENTS
[106]J
[108]WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY INFO DEALING WITH THIRD COUNTRY LIAISON
[109]RELATIONSHIPS OR ABOUT AGENT ASSETS. HOWEVER, ALL ELSE WILL BE
[110]RELEASED.
[112]- THE IG SEMI-ANNUALS ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN (NII) . a,
[114]- DDA AND DDO WILL BEGIN HAVING BREAKFAST MEETINGS
[115]TO HOLD DISCUSSIONS ON "CONNECTIVITY" (#-MATI AND OTHER
[116]COMMUNICATION) BETWEEN HQS AND FIELD STATIONS.
[118]-RE MEALS: EXECUTIVE DINING ROOM #2 WILL SOON
[119]CLOSE, AND IT MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE HOS
[120]BUILDING. DINING ROOM #1 WILL REMAIN FOR USE WITH LIAISON
[121]VISITORS.
[123]~ FRANK ROCCO (DDA) IS RETIRING. AS PART oF HIS
[125]RETIREMENT PROCESS, HE WILL WORK FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS HELPING
[126]ESTABLISH OF THE NATIONAL IMAGERY AGENCY AND THEN SPEND ABOUT ONE
[127]MONTH IN THE TRANSITION PROGRAM. AT THE DO STAFF MEETING, ADDO
[128]FORMALLY BID ADIEU TO LA DIVISION OFFICER BILL DEVINE, WHO IS ALSO
[129]RETIRING.
[131]3. TOWARDS THE END OF THE EA STAFF MEETING, CEA JOINED THE
[132]GROUP; AND, AT THE CONCLUSION OF DCEA/SEA‘S BRIEFING PRESENTED AN
[133]EA PLAQUE TO IDEN REPORTS (AND SOMETIMES FRONT OFFICE) SECRETARY
[134]FOR HER SEVERAL YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE DIVISION,
[136]IRST AS EA/J SECRETARY AND THEN IN REPORTS. SHR IS MOVING INTO
[137]AN AGENCY JOB AT AN OUTLYING OFFICE mMuCH CLOSER TO HER RESIDENCE.
[139]a. FYI, THIS WAS YOuRS TRULY’S LAST EA STAFF? MEETING ASI
[140]WILL BE ENTERING THE $0-DAY RETIREMENT TRANSITION PROGRAM,
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[149]STARTING 3 JULY AND WITH AN ACTUAL RETIREMENT DATE SET FoR 30 SEP.
[150]WINPTEED-WEEL-BE-AC/EA/TIB ONTIL THE DIVISION PMAP SOON DECTDES ON
[151]THE NEXT BRANCH CHIEF. HE IS A LEADING CANDIDATE FOR THE
[152]POSITION. FINAL WORD SHOULD BE OUT TO YOU ALL BY EARLY JULY. IN
[153]ANY EVENT, IT HAS BEEN VERY SATISFYING WORKING WITH YOU ALL OUT
[154]THERE VICARIOUSLY (UNFORTUNATELY) FOR THE MOST PART THOUGH I DID
[155]GET TO MEET AND RENEW ACQUAINTANCES WITH THE COS’S AND SOME OF THE
[156]C4Ors DURING YOUR TRIPS BACK HERE. THE WORK You ALL ARE DOING IS
[157]TERRIFIC AND BEING ACCOMPLISHED UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS.
[158]Ty WAS GREAT BEING INVOLVED WITH YOUR EFFORTS AND I HOPE OUR
[159]SUPPORT HAS BEEN UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS. I AM SURE THAT THE VERY
[160]| SOLID OPERATIONS YOU ALREADY HAVE IN TRAIN WILL CONTINUE TO
[161]SUCCEED; AND, BASED ON THE OBVIOUSLY HIGH MOTIVATION BY ALL OF Yow
[162]oup THERE, I AM SURE YoU WILL ALL BE ACCOMPLISHING MANY OTHER GOOD
[163]THINGS FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND THE COUNTRY. I WISH YOU THRE BEST
[164]IN| YOUR ENDEAVORS AND You CAN COUNT ON THE FACT THAT I WILL STILL
[165]BE |CHEERING FOR ALL OF YOU AND THE AGENCY FROM THE RETIREMENT SIDE
[166]LINES. GOOD LUCK, EMERSON.
[168]9. FILE: NONE. DECL OADR DRV HUM 4-82.>
[169]RELNO: §£202312
[171]ORLG? EA/TIB(KUSTRRG, SS874), COORD: DC/EA/TIB (AMR -:-— RET
[172]C/ER/TIB (RUSTRA)-——CL_BY 4.98519 ~———
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