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GH, EOOltOm:~~ DIVISI~N ,,30 Sep 46 MonthlyReport
8. 'ReoommertdatiQD.s. ' .
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a'! It i~ .essential to find a sU,coessor for the
,: DireAtor' p~t):lI~, OAD.·. The. present Director
'f ,.isQ.~e ~or, ',redfl)p.1oyment by the",end. of No~:··
:·vemb~....rtr a~oner:.. In oonside.ring the 'quali­
, f1,oat,1o)l, ,Q;t:,: a ' succesaor it may be 'helpfUl
: ~o b4a.r ilimlndtbe. followirig'oonsidera:ti10ns.
S1no~1ihe soope, qf the .Depotie limited ,to :,'
theljeoognition of abvJ.ous library markingS'
and n:(rt. 1.n,,~;r,Eaot deductions 1>Y arcbival experts,and
sihoe'furthermorethe system of .'
.'; r~oognltion by pho.tographio stamps has be~n
, ,.Ip:rov~n, ~o be,s~oc~s.sful an,dsatisfe.ctory to "
a~~ 90'bosrned" J.t loS n.:ot necessar~ that the .
" ;o~rec,tor bean exper1.enced l,iQra1.r1an;~....
: ohiV1!st or Eibguist .. On the other hand,he
.' i must ibe a good-administrate±' capable of; "
. ,h~dl:ingGerma.n personnel and' tactfUl in .
. h~s d!eal:lngswith restituti~n Officers .. ~o
., I!i.~, to:,res:1.st enormou~ preseures of Con- :
flilct,ing interests VlJ.thout preating antagonisms,andra.1sing
suspiciot..q of partiality
~ ,~~t the~e . two important'factors have "
al.so lbeenred.uced to the m1r;\1mum. In the ,
, :tti.~e thechief.probleru whiQh will oon- .
'i tront1the D1.reotorof ,the OAD are. in the
order i
of importance,' as follows: '. ,." .
(1) s;ecuritiV.German personnol :i.s·definite....
11 unroliable..TheoD1rOQ"0l",·,otidt by pers~onal'
vigilance and alortnf)ss.make :uP
f;or th~ failings of' the' ·~·Jrman person..
, n~l, upOh when he must dQP~nd for secur­
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"': '( 2) T:ogather tho remaining bo'oks in. tlJ.o
.' , Aiuo~ioa.n Zona in compliari.oowith the'
~rGctivoof 10· Soptomber 46. hOItJ.ust
,bp energetio,'roso,urcoful and o~pablo
, i of initiative, otherwiso tho books vlill
'; '. ,nbvor bo gatherod. ' .'
b.: In t;h~ Depot there are 5,077 books 'belong­
. . ingtp, E;tx1st:ing German:.. matitut10ns and ' ,
: 11, 238 +tems 'of German Mason.10 lodges.
':, PerhapS it 1'sfeaeible to tutn'.these .
. ; over ~o' appropriate German, authorities
,. for ailitable' action.'
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