Memorandum from Robert N. Golding to D. A. FitzGerald, with Attachments
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OCR Page 1 of 18Dr. D. A. FitzGerald
October 11, 1951
R. N. Golding
Report of ISAC Working Group and Draft Report of Mr. Oshins, both
dated October 1, 1951
Both of these reports seem to deal with the third segment
of the field, that is, with procurement.
The field divides itself conveniently into three parts:
1. Determination of what articles should be
purchased and in what quantities.
2.
Ascertainment of sources of supply, in
Europe and the U.S., with possible
delivery schedules.
3.
Procurement, that is, the actual negotia-
tions of the purchase contract with the
seller, payment of the purchase price, etc.
The first and third segments are an operation by the mili-
tary establishment, which has had, for a great number of years, a
procurement service. Neither ECA, nor any other ageney, can be of
any great assistance in the first division.
In the third division, it does not seem necessary for the
military to do much more than to establish a procurement office in
Europe, there being already one for procurement in the U.S. Just
how this office should be run is solely a matter for the military.
The new organization which Mr. Oshins recommends does not appear
to be necessary.
In the second field, the gathering of information about
availabilities in Europe, may have been, and probably was, a proper
function during the last war of the "European Procurement Board"
which Mr. Oshins uses as a precedent, but it must be remembered
that at that time there was in operation no such thing as ECA with
its various economic and industry divisions. On Pages 9 and 10,
Mr. Oshins lists a total of sixteen organizations already operating
in this field. It is dountini 11 efficiency will be improved by
adding to this number. Additional expediting and coordinating
organizations will probably neither expedite nor coordinate.
What seems to be required is simplification.
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