and remarked that it could be for any number of reasons completely unrelated to his past relations with KUBARK.

s. 16 PRO Is were turned over for traces. The various group leaders are continuing to recruit for their groups. The Case officer suggested that they might employ their time more profitably by working with what they already have and leave the recruiting to ARTHUR-24. A-19 agreed that the system had to be changed in fact. It was changed in theory some time ago. Gertler suggested that it would be a lot easier on all concerned to look for people with the qualifications for fill existing slots instead of the present procedure of looking for jobs to give all the volunteers that present themselves. After having screened at least a thousand volunteers we still keep getting PROs on potential cooks or people for whom no specific job exists but who are considered "very good boys". A-19 agreed. Probably nothing will change.

WARREN K. GUERTLER