ALLOWANCES PAYABLE TO FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES STATIONED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

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• Publication Date: July 19, 1946
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ZXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDE
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
Washington 25, D. C.
July 19, 1946
CIRCULAR NO. A-8
Revised
TO THE BEADS OF PX CUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ESTABLISHMENTS
SUBJECT: Allowances payable to Federal officers and employees stationed
in foreign countries
Pnrnose. This revision of Bureau of the Budget Circular No. A-8
provides for the payment of quarters and cost of living allowances to
civilian personnel stationed in foreign countries. Effective the first
pay period beginning after June 30, 1946, personnel temporarily stationed
abroad who were formerly paid living and quarters allowances shall be paid
instead quarters and cost of living allowances under these regulations.
This revision of Circular No. A.-8 replaces and rescinds: (1) Circular No.
A-8 dated August 1, 1943, containing Parts I and II; (2) the Supplement
to Circular No. A-8 dated January 11, 1944, containing Part III; (3) the
Amendment to Circular No. A-8 dated February 11, 1946; and (4) Appendices
I to V inclusive and their amendments issued prior to this revision.
. This revision of Circular No. A-8 consists of Parts A and B, the
regulations governing payment of quarters and cost of living allowances
respectively; Appendices I and IT, the classification of posts for and
schedule of quarters allowances; Appendices III and IV, the classification
of posts for and schedule of cost of living allowances; and Appendix V.
special foreign living allowances.
Hereafter, changes in Parts A and B, below, concerning quarters and
cost of living allowances will be issued by a complete revision of the
Circular or as amendments to the Circular. Changes in the classification
of posts for these allowances will be issued as Bureau of the Budget
Bulletins. Complete lists of post classifications will be issued at the
beginning of each fiscal year and possibly at more frequent intervals.
Definitions. For the purposes of this Circular:
a. "Quarters allowance" Includes rent, heat, fuel and light.
b. "Cost of living allowance" is an allowance to an employee to
equalize the difference between costs at the foreign post and Washington,
D. C., of subsistence, services, commodities, and other living expenses,
except quarters (including heat, fuel and light).
c. "Employee" is a civilian officer or employee of the United States
Government.
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d. "Family" means the mother, father, children, stepchildren or
sister of a married or unmarried employee living with the employee at
the foreign ;post.
e. "Department" is any executive department, independent commission,
office or agency or government-owned or controlled corporation, or other
establishment of the Government.
f. "He,adof department" includes such persons as he may designate
to carry out the provisions of this Circular.
Part A: Standardized Regulations to Govern Allowances for
Living Quarters, Heat, Fuel and Light for Civilian
Officers and Employees of the Government Stationed
in Foreign Countries. Except as otherwise noted,
the provisions of Part A have been effective since
July 1, 1931.
1. Authority. The Act of June 26, 1930 (46 Stat. 818) provides:
"That under such regulations as the heads of the respective departments
concerned may prescribe and the President approve, civilian officers and
employees of -the Government having permanent station in a foreign country
may be furnished, without cost to them, living quarters, including heat,
fuel, and light, in government-owned or rented buildings, and where such
quarters are not available, may be granted an allowance for living
quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, notwithstanding the provisions
of section 1765 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 70):
Provided, That said rented quarters or allowances in lieu thereof may be
furnished only within the limits of such appropriations as may be made
therefor, which appropriations are hereby authorized: Provided further,
That the provisions of this Act shall apply only to those civilian officers
and employees who are citizens of the United States."
2. Rental of buildings. Unless otherwise provided by law, the
rental by the Government of living quarters for civilian employees having
permanent station in a foreign country will be restricted to buildings
rented by the Secretary of State.
3. Availability of Government quarters. Employees will be expected
to reside in government-owned or rented buildings unless the head of the
department concerned shall determine that suitable living quarters are
not available.
4. Basis of quarters allowance. The basis of the quarters allow-
ances shall be the: (1) classification of posts with respect to the
relative cost of rent, heat, fuel and light; (2) rank or status of the
officer or employee; and (d) family status (other than chiefs of mission
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in the State Department), as defined above. Where two or more members
of`a family living together are employed by the Government either in the
same or different offices or capacities, the allowances granted such
persons shall not in total exceed the maximum which might be granted to
a married employee. (Effective September 1, 1936)
5. Classification of -posts. Foreign posts have been classified
according to the relative cost of rent, heat, fuel and light. The classi-
fication of foreign posts, Appendix I, is attached and made a part of this
Circular. Application for additions to the classification of posts should
be made to the Secretary of State. So far as practicable classifications
of posts will be on a fiscal year basis.
6. Classification of EoYees. Employees shall be classified in
four groups and within each group (except group 1) according to family
status as defined above. The four groups shall be:
Grow 1: Chiefs of mission, State Department.
Gram 2: In a diplomatic mission, the counselors of embassy or
legation or the senior first secretary acting as counselor; or, if there
is neither a counselor of embassy or legation nor a senior first secretary
acting as counselor, then the highest ranking diplomatic secretary.
At a combined office, the counselors of embassy or legation or the
senior first secretary acting as counselor and the consul general, pro-
vided that if only one Foreign Service officer is assigned to a combined
office in any of the foregoing categories, then the second highest ranking
diplomatic secretary or consular officer shall also be classified in this
group; and provided further that if no Foreign Service officers are
assigned to a combined office in any of the foregoing categories, then the
two highest raddng diplomatic secretaries or consular officers at the
post shall be classified in this group.
In both diplomatic missions and combined offices, all Foreign Service
officers assigned as counselors for economic affairs, agricultural attaches,
and commercial attaches.
Foreign Service officers in charge of consular posts and vice consuls
commissioned by the Secretary of State who are in charge of consulates.
Attaches, who are neither Foreign Service officers nor vice consuls
commissioned by the Secretary of State; commissioners; supervising agents;
and technical and professional experts directly subordinate to their
departments in Washington. (Effective July 1, 1944)
All Foreign Service officers assigned as diplomatic or
consular -officers and not included in Group 2; vice consuls commissioned
by the Secretary of State and not included in Group 2; Foreign Service
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employees-designated as administrative officers; assistant commissioners;
inspectors; immigration technical advisers; treasury representatives;
customs agents and deputy collectors of customs; technical and professional
experts not directly subordinate to their departments in Washington, and
junior technical experts. (Effective July 1, 1944)
Gro= 4: All other employees. (Effective July 1, 1944)
7. Amounts allgrable. Allowances in lieu of quarters in kind shall
be made by the head of the department within the maximum rates established
in accordance with paragraphs 4, 5, and 6, above. These rates, Appendix II,
are attached and made a part of this Circular.
8. Revision _of allowances during the Year. An allowance will not be,
revised during the fiscal year except for change in the marital or family
status, official position or assignment, change in post classification or
except in case of expiration of a lease or determination by the department
concerned that quarters occupied are not. suitable or that suitable Government
quarters are available.
9. tMe hod of computing allowances. Effective July 1, 1945, allowances
shall be on a fiscal year basis, payable bi-weekly on the basis of 14 days.
They shall be computed in accordance with the following provisions$
a. The allowance to an employee who is at his post of duty, or only
temporarily absent therefrom having previously entered upon his duties
there, will begin on the date fixed by the head of the department.
b. The allowance to a newly appointed or transferred employee will
begin at the new post on the date of arrival. (Effective first pay period
beginning after June 30, 1946)
e. The allowance to an employee resigning, dismissed, transferred or
retiring shall be discontinued the end of the last day he is on duty at
the post. (Effective date same as b., above)
d. The allowance to an employee advanced temporarily from a subordinate
position to a position in charge of an office shall not be increased while
the principal officer is absent on leave or under orders. However, upon
transfer of the principal officer, the head of the department may increase
the allowance for not to exceed the period in charge, which shall be
considered as beginning and ending as of the next succeeding pay period.
(Effective date the same as b., above)
e. Increases or decreases in allowances on account of change in
official or family status shall be effective the first pay period beginning
after the date of change. (Effective date the same as b., above)
f. An allowance may be paid: (1) for not to exceed 90 days during
authorized leave of absence with pay, plus transit time when leave is
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taken in the United States; (2) while temporarily absent under order
from post of assignment; or (3) during the period of absence from regular
post of assignment without pay on account of illness or beyond the period
specified above of leave with pay, provided the head of the department
is satisfied and so determines that said continuance would be in the
public interest, and provided that in each of the above cases the employee
continues to maintain and pay for his quarters at his regular post.
10. Payment of allowances. Payment of allowances for quarters,
heat, fuel and light will be made on Standard Form No. 1069 Revised,
"Voucher for Allowances at Foreign Posts of Duty."
Part B: Standardized Regulations to Govern the Payment
of Cost of Living Allowances to Certain Civilian
Officers and Employees of the Government Stationed
in Foreign Countries. Except as otherwise noted,
the provisions of Part B have been effective
since February 1, 1944.
11. Authority. The Act of February 23, 1931 (22 U.S.C. 12) provides:
"That under such regulations as the President may prescribe, and within
the limitations of such appropriations as may be made therefor, which
appropriations are hereby authorized, ambassadors, ministers, diplomatic,
consular, and Foreign Service officers may be granted * * * post allowances
? wherever the cost of living may be proportionately so high that in the
opinion of the Secretary of State such allowances are necessary to enable
such diplomatic, consular, and Foreign Service officers to carry on their
work efficiently * * * ." Section 304 of the Act of December 23, 1943,
and subsequent appropriation acts extend these benefits to employees of
all other departments.
12. Scove of thes_rei ations. When authorized or approved by the
head of the department, cast of living allowances are payable to employees
who are being furnished quarters or receiving allowances in lieu thereof
under Part A of this Circular and who are. stationed at foreign posts for
which cost of living allowances are provided (Appendix IV).
The following employees are excluded: (a) Personnel of the Foreign
Service of the United States; (b) non-citizens of the United States; and
(c) employees who may be determined by the head of the department concerned
to be ineligible for cost of living allowances because no higher costs for
subsistence, services, commodities, and other living expenses, except
quarters (including heat, fuel and light) are occasioned by their assign-
ments in a foreign country.
13. Basis of allowances. The schedule of cost of living allowancei,
Appendix III, is attached and made a part of this Circular. The allowances
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are based upon: (a) relative cost of living at the foreign post; (b)
em loyee's salary, effective first pay period after November 30, 19445; and
(a) family status as defined in paragraph 4 of this Circular. New schedules
will be issued from time to time, as necessary. Where circumstances are
such that the amount otherwise payable at a particular foreign post does
not accomplish the purpose for which cost of living allowances are pre-
scribed, application should be made to the Director of the Bureau of the
Budget for the establishment of a special allowance. The special allowances,
Appendix Y, are attached and made?a part of this Circular.
14. Classification of vosts. The foreign posts at which the cost of
living is higher than at Washington, D. C., are determined and classified
on the basis of the relative cost of living. by the Secretary of State
pursuant to the Act of February 23, 1931 (22 U.S.C. 12). The classification
of such posts, Appendix IV, is attached and made a part of this Circular.
Posts are added and the classification of posts revised periodically, as
necessary. Effective July 1, 1945, such additions and changes are effective
the first pay period beginning after the last day of the month in which the
determination is made. Requests for the classification of new posts shall
be made to the Secretary of State.
15. Method of comvutinR allow azces. Effective July 1, 1945, the
allowances shall bo on an annual basis, payable bi-weekly on the basis of
14 days. They shall be computed in accordance with the following provisions:
a. An employee shall receive a cost of living allowance from the date
of his arrival at his official station at a foreign post or the date the
post is designated as his official station, whichever date is later.
b. The cost of living allowance to an employee resigning, dismissed,
retiring or transferred to another official station shall terminate at the
end of the last day he is on duty at the post. In the case of transfers,
no allowance shall be paid at the new post unless specifically authorized
or approved.
e. An, employee shall receive a cost of living allowance while on
sick leave with pay and while on annual leave but*not during leave taken
in the United States nor while on leave without pay.
d. An employee with family shall receive a cost of living allowance
while away from his post of duty in a travel status. An employee without
family shall not receive the allowance for any portion of a trip of more
than 24 hours duration.
E. Increases and decreases in allowances on account of change in
salary or family status shall be effective the first pay period beginning
aftar the date of change. (Effective first pay period beginning after
June 30, 1946)
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16. PWMejjt of allowances: Payment of cost of living allowances
shall be made in Accordance with. paragraph 10 of this Circular.
PAUL H. APPLEBY
Acting Director
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D. C.
BULLETIN NO. 1946-47:23 January 30, 1947
TO THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ESTABLISHMENTS
SUBJECT: Amendments to Certain Foreign Living Allowances
There are attached revised Appendices I, IV and V of Bureau
of the Budget Circular No. A-s, revised July 19, 1946. They
replace and rescind Appendix I, Classification of Posts for
Living Quarters Allowances, Appendix IV, Classification of Posts
for Cost of Living Allowances, both dated July 19, 1946 and
Appendix V, dated September 23, 1946. All amendments to these
Appendices issued since the last revision of Circular No. A-8
are incorporated.
JAMES E. WEBB
Director
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D. C.
CLASSIFICATION OF POSTS FOR
LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCES
Effective for the fiscal year 1947, the Secretary of State has estab-
lished the classification of posts for living quarters allowances. These
classifications are effective the first pay period beginning after June 30,
1946 (unless otherwise indicated).
Afghanistan
Kabul
Albania.
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Australia.
Adelaide
Brisbane
Canberra
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
Austria
Belgian Possessions
Belgian Congo
Leopoldville
Belgium
Antwerp
Brussels
Ghent
Waereghem
Curitiba I
Fortaleza I
Manaos I
Natal II
Para II
Pernambuco III
V Porto Alegre III
Rio de Janeiro V
Santos II
III Sao Paulo V
V Victoria I
V
V Bulgaria
II
V
Canada
Banff
Calgary
Crystal II, Baffin Island
Crystal III, Baffin Island
Edmonton V
Fort William II
Fredericton, N.B. II
Halifax, N.S. V
Hamilton IV
V Indian House Lake I
V Lac Frontiere I
IV Mecatina Island I
II Mingan I
Montreal V
Bolivia Niagara Falls IV
Cochabamba IV Ottawa V
La Paz V Prince Rupert II
Sucre I Quebec V
Regina III
Brazil St. Andrews
Bahia III St. John, N.B.
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Canada (Cont'd.)
St. Panphile
St. Stephen, &.B.
Sarnia
Toronto
Vancouver
Victoria
Waterton Lakes
Windsor
Winnipeg
Chile
Antofagasta
Arica
Concepcion
Punta Arenas
Santiago
Valparaiso
Colombia
Barranquilla
Bogota
Buenaventura
Cali
Cartagena
Medellin
Popayan
I
II
II
V
IV
IV
I
V
IV'
V
I
IV
II.
IV
I
Denmark Possessions
Greenland
aab
Ikateq
Ivigtut
Narsarassuak
Prince Christian
Sondrestromfjord
Dominican Re ublic
3i ac True o
Ecuador
Guayaquil
Quito
Salinas
Eft
Alexandria
Cairo
versa LMatruth
Port Said
El Salvador
San S I ador
Ethiopia
Addiis Ababa
Costa Mica
Finland
Helsinki
Isla Bonita
Port Limon
San Jose
I
I
V
France
Belleau.
II
T!'a%Jba
Cuba
I
Bony
Bordeaux
Brest
II
II
'"central Hershey
I
Chateau-Thierry
II
Guantanamo
I
Cherbourg
II
Habana
V
Fere-en-Tardenois
II
Nuevitas
I
Istres
II
Santiago de Cuba
IV
,a Pallice
II
Czechoslovakia
Le Havre
Lille
V
III
Bratis ? a
Lyon
V
Praha (11/3O/6)*
V
Marseille
IV
Denmark
Montfaucon
Nice
II
III
Copenhagen
Paris
V
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France (Cont + d. )
Rouen
St. Nazaire-sur-Loire
Suresnes
Strasbourg
Thiaucourt
French Possessions
r ca
Algiers
Fr. Eck torial Africa
Brazzaville
French West Africa
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Madagascar
Tananarive
Tunisia
Titim3.s
Asia
French Indo-China
Saigon
New Caledonia
roum
ea.
Societ Islands-
Tahiti
Western Hemisphere
renc tVes Indies
Martinique
Great Britain and
Northern Treland
e as
Birmingham
Bradford
Bristol
Cardiff, Wales
Edinburgh, Scotland
Gibraltar
Glasgow, Scotland
Hull
Liverpool
London
Manchester V
Newcastle-on-Tyne I
III Plymouth III
II Southampton V
IV
III British Possessions
II Africa
Ascension Island I
Gola coast
Accra
Kenya
III
Mombasa IV
Nairobi IV
Nigeria
Lagos
Asia
Arabia
Aden
Burma
Rangoon
Ceylon
Colombo
India
Bombay
Calcutta
Dum Dun
Karachi
Madras
New Delhi
Hong Kong
III
V
V
V
V
III
V
(Masi
harjah (British Prot.) I
Oceania
F ji Islands
Suva
Solomon Islands
Protectorate
Guadalcanal
Western Hemisphere
Bahamas
1Nassau
Bermuda
Eton V
Kindley Field I
British Guiana
-"- eorgetawn
British Honduras
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POST
POST
Newfoundland
Iraq
rgen as
I
aghdad
Cape Harrison,
Basra
Labrador
I
Labrador
Goose Bay
I
Ireland
,
Johnts
St
V
or
IV
.
Stephenville
I
Dublin
V
west Indies
Eti
ua
V
Italv
g
I
Bari
IV
Barbados
II
Beane Field
I
Cagliari
Grenada
I
Caserta
IV
Jamaica
Florence
II
II I
ston
Kin
IV
Foggia
g
Vernam Field
I
Genoa
V
South Caicos
I
Leghorn
III
Trinidad
LI.lan
V
,
Port-of-Spain
Naples
Palermo
IV
V
Rome
V
Trieste
III
Turin
IV
Guatemala
I
Aurora Field
Tripoli
El Porvenir Plantation
Guatemala City
Japan
San Jose
Korea
Haiti
Jeremie
Port-au-Prince
Beirut
Honduras
a Ceiba
Puerto Cortes
Tegucigalpa
yea
Iceland
'e Iavik
Reykjavik
Iran
badan
Jask
Tabriz
Tehran
IV
V
Liberia
- Monrovia
Roberts Field
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Mexico
Aua Frieta
Chihuahua
Ciudad Juarez
Durango
El Palmar, Zongolica,
Vera Cruz
Guadalajara
Guaymas
Las Delicias
IV
ITT
V
I
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II
Mexico (Canted.) Panama
Rey Island
Manzanillo I
Matamoros III Paraguay
Mazatlan I Asuncion
Merida II Concepcion
Mexicali ITT
Mexico, D.F. V Peru
Monterrey II Arequipa
Nogales IV Cuzco
Nuevo Laredo IV Iquitos
Piedras Negras Lima
Puebla I. Talara
Reynosa I Tingo Maria
San Luis Potosi I
Tampico III Philippine Islands
Tijuana V
Torreon III Poland
Veracruz I
Portugal
~
Morocco Funchal, Madeira
Casablanca V Horta, Azores
Rabat II Lisbon
Tangier V Oporto
Ponta Delgada
Netherlands Santa Maria, Azores
Ams er V
Rotterdam V Portuguese Possessions
The Hague V An o .a
Netherland Possessions
Aruba
Curacao
Surinam
Paramaribo
New Zealand
uc n
Wellington
Nicaragua
ue elda
Managua
Rama, including El Recreo
N
MO
Palestine
Jerusalem
"El
Luanda
Azores
Terceira Island
Mozambique
Lourenco Marques
III Saudi Arabia
V bran
Jidda
I Siam
Spain
rcelona
Bilbao
Las Palmas
Madrid
Malaga
San Sebastian
Seville
Panama ~i~~1~r,,
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Spain (Contd.)
go
Sweden
Goteborg
Stockholm
Switzerland
ase
Bern
Geneva
Zurich
S a
Damascus
Tirk-ey
ra
Istanbul
Izmir
V
V
IV
# ges authorized by this revision
4 Special allowance (see Appendix V)
Union of South Africa
own
Capet
Durban
Johannesburg
Port Elizabeth
Pretoria
Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
Moscow
Vladivostok
Uruguay
Montevideo
Venezuela
Caracas
La Guaira
Maracaibo
Puerto de la Cruz
Yugoslavia
V
IV
V
g
V
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QUARTERS. COST OF LIVING, SPECIAL FOREIGN LIVING ALLOWANCES
1. Where specifically authorized or approved, quarters allowances, cost
of living allowances, or special foreign living allowances shall be paid to
those employees having permanent station in a foreign country. Such allow-
ances shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Bureau of the Budget
Circular A-8, Parts A and B.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 6 of Part A, civilian employees will
be classified as follows:
ro v 2. Chief of Missions and other principal officers directly
subordinate to Washington, D.C. (Unless otherwise approved by the
Director, these officials will fall in grades CAP-13 or P-6 or above.
Employees in those grades who are not directly subordinate to Washington
are listed in Group 3).
Group 3. Technical and professional employees with grades of
CAF-9 or P-3 or above and not covered by Group 2.
Groff its All other employees with grades under 6AF-9 or P-3.
/s/ THE DIRECTCtt.
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UART~~ALLOWANCBS
1/ Maxim= allowances for rent, heat, fuel and light
established by Part A of Bureau of the Budget Circular No. A-8
for personnel stationed in foreign countries
Group I: Chiefs of Mission, State Department
(Effective January I. 1944) .........................................................
Group 2: In a diplomatic mission, the counselors of embassy
or legation or the senior first secretary acting as counse-
lor; or, If there Is neither a counselor of embassy or lega-
tion nor a senior first secretary acting as counselor, then
the highest ranking diplomatic secretary.
At a combined office, the counselors of embassy or
legation or the senior first secretary acting as counselor
and the consul general, provided that if only one Foreign
Service officer Is assigned to a combined office In any of
the foregoing categories, then the second highest ranking Married, or
diplomatic secretary or consular officer shall also be unmarried )-
-classified i
thi
n
s group; and provided further that if no with family
Foreign Service officers are assigned to a combined office
in any of the foregoing categories, then the two highest
ranking diplomatic secretaries or consular officers at the
post shall be classified in this group.
In both diplomatic missions and combined offices,
all Foreign Service officers assigned as counselors for Single,with-)
economic affairs, agricultural attaches, and commercial out family
attaches.
Foreign Service officers in charge of consular
posts and vice consuls commissioned by the Secretary of
State who are In charge of consulates.
Attaches, who are neither Foreign Service officers
nor vice consuls commissioned by the Secretary of State;
commissioners, supervising agents; and technical and pro-
fessional experts directly subordinate to their depart-
ments in Washington. (Effective July I, 1944) _
Group 3: All Foreign Service officers assigned as diplomat
is or consular officers and not included in Group 2; vice
consuls commissioned by the Secretary of State and not in-
cluded in Group 2; Foreign Service employees designated as
administrative officers; assistant attaches (including
Foreign Service officers designated as assistant attaches);
assistant commissioners; Inspectors; immigration technical
advisers; treasury representatives; customs agents and
deputy collectors of customs; technical and professional
experts not directly subordinate to their departments in
Washington, and junior technical experts. (Effective July I,
1944) -
Married, or
unmarried
with family
Single,wlth-)
out family
Married, or
unmarried )-
with family
Single,with-)
out family )
Class I Class II Cleas I I I Class IV Class V
The maximum of not exceeding $4,000 for an ambassador, minister or charge
d'affaires, and not exceeding $2,000 for any other foreign service officer
shall not apply in Cairo, London, Ankara, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Panama and,
Habana.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
WASHINGTON. D. C.
CLASSIFICATION OF POSTS FOR
COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES
Effective for the fiscal year 1947, the Secretary of State has estab-
lished thb classification of posts for cost of living allowances. These
classifications are effective the first pay period beginning after June 30,
1946 (unless otherwise indicated).
Afghanistan
Curitiba
IV
Kabul
Fortaleza
Manaos
V
IV
Albania
Natal
V
Para
V
Argentina
Pernambuco
V
Buenos Aires
Porto Alegre
V
Rio de Janeiro
VI
Australia
Santos
V
Adelaide
Sao Paulo
VI
Brisbane
Canberra
Melbourne
Victoria
Bulgaria
IV
Perth
Sydney
Canada
Banff
0
Austria
Calgary
0
Crystal II, Baffin Island
0
Belgian Possessions
Crystal III, Baffin Island
0
Belgian Congo
Edmonton
0
Leopoldville
Fort William
0
F
d
i
t
N
re
er
c
on,
.B.
0
Belgium
Halifax, N.S.
0
Antwerp
III
Hamilton
0
Brussels
IV
Indian House Lake
0
Ghent
III
Lac Frontiere
0
Waereghem (9/30/46)
II
Mecatina Island
0
Mingan
0
Bolivia
*Montreal (12/31/46)
0
Cochabamba
Niagara Falls
0
La Paz
*Ottawa (12/31/46)
0
Sucre
Prince Rupert
0
Quebec
0
Brazil
Regina
0
Bahia
VI
St. Andrews
0
Bello Horizonte
IV
St. John, N.B.
0
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POST
Canada (Cont'd.)
Denmark Possessions
SE. Pamphile
0
Greenland
St. Stephen, N.B.
Sarnia
*Toronto (12/31/116)
Vancouver
Victoria
Waterton Lakes
Windsor
Winnipeg
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Godthaab
Ikateq
Ivigtut
Narsarassuak
Prince Christian
Sondrestromfjord
Dominican Republic
Cl pTrujillo (7/31/46)
Ecuador
*Antofagasta (12/31/46)
III
Guayaquil
III
Arica
IV
Quito
III
*Concepcion (.12/31/46)
I
Salinas
II
Punta Arenas
III
Santiago (12/31/46)
IV
Egypt
*Valparaiso (;12/31/616)
II
Alexandria (7/31/46)
VIII
Cairo (7/31/46)
IX
China
Me rsa ffr'iatruth
VI
Port Said
VII
Colombia
Barranquilla
VI
El Salvador
Bogota
VII
San a vador
Buenaventura
V
Cali
V
Ethiopa,
Cartagena
VI
Addis Ababa
iviedellin
V
Popayan.
III
Finland
Helsinki
Costa ldca
Isla Bonita
II
*France (12/31/46)
Parrita
II
Belleau
III
Port Limon
II
Bony
II I
San Jose
III
Bordeaux
V
Turrialba
II
Brest (6/30/46)
III
(12/31/46)
V
Cuba
Chateau Thierry.
III
`central Hershey
IV
Cherbourg
V
Guantanamo
VII
Fere-en-Tardenois
V
Habana
Ix
Istres
IV
Nuevitas
VII
La Pallice (6/30/46)
III
Santiago de Cuba
VIII
(12/31/46)
V
Le Havre
V
Czechoslovakia
Lille
V
Bratislava
Lyon
VI
*Praha (11/30/46)
Marseille
VI
Montfaucon
III
Denmark
Nice
VI
Copenhagen
IV
Paris
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CLASS
France (Coat+d..)
Manchester
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon
III
Plymouth
Rouen
V
Southampton
St. Nazaire sur Loire
V
Strasbourg
V
British Possessions
Suresnes
VIII
Africa
Thiacourt
III
Ascension Island
Gold Coast
French Possessions
Accra
Arica
Kenya (8/31/116)
Algeria
mbasa
II
II
biers (7/31/46)
IV
Nairobi
Fr. Equatorial Africa
Nigeria
Brazzaville
Lagos
French West Africa
Dakar
Asia
ascar
Mada
Arabia
g
Tananarive
Ad 9n
VIII
Tunisia
Burma
Tunis (8/31/46)
IV
Rangoon
Ceylon
Asia
-,~olombo
VIII
French Indo China
India
Saigon
Bombay
IX
Calcutta
IX
Oceania
Dun Dum
IX
New Caledonia
Karachi
VI
Noumea
Madras
VIII
Society Islands
New Delhi
IX
Ta7utl
Hong Kong
Western Heais here
French West n es
Sharjah (British Prot.)
IX
Mart ini que
Great Britain and
Nor ern I re an
Belfast
Birmingham
Bradford
Bristol
Cardiff, Wales
Edinburgh, Scotland
Gibralter (8/31/46)
Glasgow, Scotland
Hull
Liverpool
London V
Oceania
lji Islands
Suva
Solomon Islands
Protectorate
Guadalcanal
Western Hemisphere
Ba s
Nassau
Bermuda
Eton
Kindley Field
British Guiana
Georgetotim
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Newfoundland
Ireland (7/31/46)
rgen 71-a 0
Cork
III
Cape Harrison,
Dublin
V
Labrador 0
Limerick
III
Goose Bay, Labrador 0
St. John's 0
I
Stephenville 0
sari
IV
West Indies
Cagliari
III
wig I I
Caserta
IV
Ba
rbados I n
Florence
IV
Be
ane Field I
Foggia
III
Gr
enada I
Genoa
IV
Ja
maica
Leghorn
IV
So
Kingston II
Vernam Field I
uth. Caicos III
Milan
Naples
Palermo
IV
IV
IV
Tri
nidad,
Rome
V
Greece
Port-of-Spain II
Trieste
Turin
Tripoli
IV
IV
0
Guatemala
Japan
Aurora Fi
El Porver
eld I
mir Plantation 0
Guatemal
San Jose
a City III
I
Haiti
-
Beirut
eremie
Port-au-
Prince (7/31/46) III
Liberia (7/31/46)
Monrovia
VIII
b
t
Fi
ld
Honduras
er
e
Ro
s
VII
a Ceiba
II
Luxembourg
Puerto Co
Teguciga
rtes II
lpa III
Luxembourg
Mexico
Hungary
Agua Prieta
0
Iceland
Chihuahua
Ciudad Juarez
III
0
Keflavik
VIII
Durango
III
Reykjavik
VIII
El Palmar, Zangolica,
Iran
Vera Cruz
Guadalajara
III
III
Abadan
X
Guaymas
III
Jask
X
Las Delicias
II
Tabriz
XI
kanzanillo
IV
Tehran
XI
Matamoros
0
Iraq
Mazatlan
Merida
II
II
Baghdad
xi
Mexi tali
0
Basra
XI
Mexico, D.F.
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CLAS
Mexico (Cont'd.)
Nogales
Nuevo Laredo
Piedras Negras
Puebla
Reynosa
San Luis Potosi
Tampico
Tijuana
Torreon
Veracruz
Morocco
Casa lanca
Rabat
Tangier (7/31/46)
Netherlands
us .er am
Rotterdam
The Hague
Netherland Possessions
Aruba
Curacao
Surinam
amaribo
New Zealand
Auc an
Wellington
0
0
0
III
0
III
V
O
III
IV
0
0
I
III
III
IV
II
IV
*Peru (12/31/46)
Arequipa
Cuzco
Iquitos
Lima
Talara (6/30/46)
(12/31/4.6)
Tingo Maria
Philip.ne Islands
Portugal
unc al, Madeira
Horta, Azores
Lisbon
Oporto
Ponta Delgada
Santa Maria, Azores
Portuguese Possessions
oa
Luanda
Azores
Terceira Island
MMozambi ue
Lourenco Marques
S
0
0
I
II
0
I
0
0
VI
II
0
0
Nicaragua
Saudi Arabia
Blue fields
Dhah. a~n"
II
X
Mana
ua
Jidda
g
IV
XI
Rama, including El Re.creo
II
No n,r
Bergen
stein ( 7/31/46)
II
Barcel
Oslo
III
ona
Bilbao
III
II
Palestine
Las Palmas (6/30/46)
III
erns em
x
Madrid
IV
Malaga
II
Panama
San Sebastian
II
C
l
Seville
o
on (8/31/4.6)
I I
II
Panama (8/31/46
Tenerife
Canar
Isl
d
)
Re
I
l
III
,
y
an
s
(6/30/46)
y
s
and (9/30/46)
I
III
Valencia
Paragua
Vigo
II
y
II
Asuncion
II Sweden
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,)
Sweden (Cont' d.
Soria s Re ubp lice
7WockholuL
Moscow
XI
Vladivostok
X
Switzerland
.
VIII
Bas
IX
Urugua
Bern
VIII
on evideo
Geneva
VII I
Zurich
*Venezuela (12/31/46)
Caracas
Syria
La Guaira
X
Damascus
Maracaibo
Puerto do la Cruz
X
Turk (9/34/116)
VI II
An ra
slavi a
Y o
Istanbul
VIII
u
VI I
Izmir
aKnion of South Africa
-
67
074
Capetomn TL73
Durban
Johannesburg
port Elizabeth
Pretoria
Changes au. orize by us revision
gat Special allowance (see Appendix V)
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Circular No. A-8
Released January 30, 1947
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
The Secretary of State has established the following special foreign
living allowances pursuant to paragraph 13 of Bureau of the Budget Circu-
lar No. A-8. They shall be paid, in lieu of all other allowances under
Circular No. A-8, effective the first pay period beginning after June 30,
1946 (unless otherwise indicated). All allowance rates are maximums and
shall be reduced as prescribed. Other reductions shall be made as war-
ranted.
Location
Group
Location
Group
Albania
H
Germany
B
Austria
B
Greece
A
Bulgaria
A
*Hungary
F
*China, Canton, Hongkong,
D
Japan (yen)
B
Manchuria, Peiping,
Pacific
C
Tientsin, Tsingtao
*Poland
A
Other China, liberated
*Rumania
I
Asia
C
Yugoslavia
G
French Indo-China
E
Netherlands East Indies
E
GROUP A - Poland (12/31/46). Bulgaria and Greece
Classification
grade
Employees
with dependents
in the area
All other
employees
CAF-12, P-5 and above
CAF-9, P-3 to CAF-12, P-5
Below CAF-9, P-3
$1365
1137.
910
$1092
910
728
The following reductions shall be made when quarters are
obtained at a daily rate of:
no cost
100%
$1.21
- 1.50
- 37j%
$.01
- .30
- 87j%
1.51
- 1.80
- 25%
.31
- .60
- 75%
1.81
- 2.10
- 121%
.61
- .90
- 62j%
2.11 and over
- 0%
.91
-1.20
- 50%
*Changes included in this revision.
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GROUP B - Germany, Austria, Japan and wherever the Japanese yen or a
currency linked thereto is medium of exchange
Classification
grade
Employees
with dependents
in the area
All other
employees
CAF-12, P-5 and above
$1820
$1L.56
CAF-9, P-3 to CAF-12, P-5
1592
1271,
Below CAF-9, P-3
1365
1092
The maximum rates shall be reduced by 30' when meals are
obtained at no cost or at not more than $.74 a day from or
through the military or any other agency of the United States
or Allied Governments. The following reductions shall be
made when quarters are obtained at a daily rate oft
no cost
- 70%
$1.21-1.80
- 15%
$.01
.60
- 55%
1.81 and over
- Oa
.61
- 1.20
- 35%
GROUP C - China, liberated areas in Pacific and mainland of Asia
excep Groups B, 15 and
Classification
grade
Employees
with dependents
in the area
All other
epees
CAF-12, P-5 and above $3060
CAF-9, P-3"to CAF-12, P-5 2700
Below CAF-9, P-3 2520
The maximum rates shall be reduced (1) bO% where employees
live in requisitioned or other Government quarters and are
making no payments or at a rate not in excess of $2 a day;
(2) 20% where meals are obtained at no cost or at a cost
not in excess of $1.50 a day from or through the military
or any other agency of the United States or Allied Govern-
ments.
GROUP D - China - Canton, Hongkong, Peipin , Tientsin Tsingtao
$2520
2160
1980
j&:Lj ES/31/46) and Manchuria
Classification
grade
Employees
with dependents
in the area
All other
employees
CAF-12, P-5 and above
$2595
$211;,0
CAFE-9, P-3 to CAF-12, P-5
2290
1830
Below CAF-9, P-3
21L.0
168o
Reductions in these maxima shall be made as prescribed under Group Co
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GROUP E - Netherlands East Indies (7/31/Li6) and French Indo-China (8/31/16)
Employees
'Classification
with dependents
All other
_____Srade
in the area
employees
CAF-12, P-5 and above
w14715
$3885
CAF-9, P-3 to CAF-12, P-5
1460
3330
Below CAF-9, P-3
3885
3050
Reductions in these maxima shall be made as prescribed under Group C.
GROUP F - Hungary (12/31/46)
Classification
grade
CAF-12, P-5 and above
CAF-9, P-3 to CAF-12, P-5
Below CAF-9, P-3
Employees
with dependents All other
in the area employees
X35140 42825
3025 2l0
262-5 2260
Reductions in these maxima shall be made as prescribed under Group C.
GROUP G - Yugoslavia
Employees
with dependents All other
in the area employees
~
OAF-12, P,5 and above $4304
3547
CAF-9, P-3 to CAF-12, P-5 3800 3040
Below CAF-9, P-3 35147 2786
Reductions in these maxima shall be made as prescribed under Group C.
Classification
_ grade
GROUP H - Albania (7/31/46)
Employees
Classification with dependents All other
grade _ in the area employees
CAF-12, P-5 and above $5150 t1~21.0
CAF-9, P-3 to CAF-12, P-5 !45140 3635
Below CAF-9, P-3 4240 3330
Reductions in these maxima shall be made as prescribed under Group C.
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Employees
Classification with dependents All other
grade in the area employees
CAF-12, P-5 and above 11820 $1L456
CAF-9, P-3 to CAF-12 P-5 1592 127L*
Below CAF-99 P-3 1365 1092
The following reductions shall be made when quarters are
obtained at a daily rate of:
no cost
- 100%
X1.21
1.80
- 40%
.ol ..
.60
- 80%
1.81
- 2.40
- 20%
.61 ?-
1.20
- 60 %
2.11
- 3.00
- 0%
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