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. : or rv RATAN i a . ra oe ra ie . . te" a . . nail onsite . ; 6 oe “oa cy ir ei Nae Bf 5 ugce ee 225i iw rig e . of 42, with two ada@itional officers scheduled to report - “by early July. 7 filling existing vacancies; but also. to obtain. gt OY tes _ staffed to date primarily by. Junior: officers who arc” bright. BubItLoUs , young personnel. chs : Voth gst LS Stpength Group was authorized; a fformal Table of: Organizes s information on foreign involvement ih-certain specific :+* Supported by a special. operational unit and by sections::\* sh. Concerned with the control of correspondence ‘and. themain= As a result, the qiiestion of overall strength was | reviewed and a decision made in late Spring of 1971 that ; an additional 18 positions would be authorized for the oo Special Operations Group for fiscal year-1972. .Due to the. Jack of ‘an effective directed assignment system,. the Group). has been ‘unable to date to bulid up to its alithorized Sat strength (and still is short of. the space needed to accom=" °" ; .. uodate that strength). te eas As of 2 June 1972, the axoup has an on-board strength wy Four Group officers; however, are scheduled for transfer out by. mid-July.—The Group thus needs not-. only to complete {ts buildup to authorized strength by ~~ for officers still in the Group ‘whose tours with the: Group >=" either are already over or are close to their end. :.THé >” early satisfication of these personnel ‘reqiirements is“ ' (essential to bring a halt to the physical drain on._the:>* >" ‘health of the Group's officers trying to keep up with the enormous continuing volume of work. The Group has been. . : Phe “management - aa span of the senior officers is thus larger than desirables 2 fon additional middle grade, expérienced officers are requireds vision because of lack. of- prior.. experience —: _ Replacement of officers at_ or near the ‘end of their tour. of duty is also required to maintain: a concept of. rotation: - Pa tour-staffing which has proven the only effective: means of. . attracting qualified, experienced Bersonnel or: ee La - vee 1, : . woes “ a a .. . Sos * kot - vo In fulfitiment of.a requirement, set ‘forth when. ‘a: si Bape tion has been recently approved. Thé Grdiip“is organized: around two vorlduide operational branches, each of which is concerned with the collection and dissemination of - aspects of the domestic U. S.-scene. : These branches are,+ J. venance of a retrievable data base. . In ‘addition, the - “Office of Computer Services provides five full man nee ES and two partial man years of programning and system. design ours