t 00655 I I J I ADMINISTRATION General 3 The major administrative problems of the first five months of Station operations have been associated with nsettling-in Many of these problems have been resolved some have yet to be resolved The major outstanding problems are a Accommodation Station accommodation within his so Li ltl oh uepenus on overcc shortage of accommodation b Bag• services The exi ting fortnightly sa1 e-hand bag service to or from MAIN OFFICE i s unsatisfactory · rd delays in correspondence etc of up grea er- QOU r ier service ' Both possib tliti s are remote at pi -esent In some instances classi fication of documents permitting we have used the non-classified rward urgent material to MAIN OFFICE via •-• di • 2 0055 - 2 - c exp d Language we are still awaiting delivery tation vehicle Delivery is however the end of Decembet 1971 A fluent knowledge of S nish in SANTIAGO is a necessity Although Station personnel are progressing at a satis ac ory rate comrnensurate-r respective levels of proficiency -ully meet language requirements and Station e ciency is limited accordingly e basic background The absence es experienced reference material i lack of in obtaining same fro have an effective translation service lly these further limited Station efficiency problems will be overcome in time Other RELATIONS WITH 4 our relations with staff are in general satisfactory Relations w1 at least at a professional level however are not par LCU 1 arly satisfactory but this is not expected to affect station operations · SECURITY 5 The overall s - - · t u a t i o n withi including the attitude of o the question o oasic security was on estahli u u' l u 1 Station found to be appalling There has been a considerable improvement in past months but unfortunately the prevalent attitude towards security even at high level remains negative rather than positive Some improvement of physical securit can be antici a ted in the future when the ···· -· - ·· · ' · ' · · - '· •· _ · ·-·•· ·