ITEMS FOR THE DAILY LOG -30 JULY 1951

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00384R000200100204-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2005
• Sequence Number: 204
• Publication Date: July 30, 1951
• Content Type: MFR

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ffice . emorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO MEMO FOR THE RECORD
FROM General Counsel
SUBJECT: Items for the Daily Log - 30 July 1951
DATE: 30 July 1951
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ni.au au-. rcc i, iuee-Ging oz state
Department and Defense representatives to discuss support of Psycho-
logical Strategy Board. There was general agreement on the budget and
T/O proposals and having State perform the administrative support
provided legal complications were overcome. These included appoint-
ments in super grades and payment of travel expenses for Mr. Gordon
Gray. On the super grades, I shall discuss with a State Department
legal officer and Mr. Lyle Fisher of the Comptroller General's office
how best the personnel actions and salary payments can be handled.
Upon Mr. Gray's travel expenses, Mr. Folke of the Bureau of the Bud-
;et is to determine what commitments were made and whether the Emer-
gency Fund of the President-may be available. He and Mr. Brown of
the Defense Department, General Counsel's staff, agree that the
Comptroller General's ruling at the present forbid payment of such
travel expenses.
L1. Discussed withi of Commercial Division, his em-
ployment in view of his retired s atus. s retirement in 1931 was
incident to the service and he therefore uld b appointed. to a staff
position in the Agency, but since it was no a ombat casualty r ITe-
ment, he will hay o elect between his reti pay and h's lian
pay. His re ed pay is fully exempt from me tax a consequently,
nets
ppr imately the equivalent of ;,12,0 g oss income fom salary.
ould, of course, receive cons tang compensation in addi-
t' to etired pay if he acted purely on a cons tant capacity on a
ruly intermittent basis and were paid by fee fo each day on which
service was performed. As full-time head of the Commercial Division,
however, he appears o be holding a regular staff position which is
incompatible with the definition of consultant service. On this
basis, I do not see how we can guarantee against collection back if
we set the contract on the basis of an intermittent consultant.
5? asked for advice on turning down a covert
application because of personal activities of the applicant related
indirectly to security roblems. After discussion, advised him to
consult with and call on us if we could help him make a
satisfactory plan.
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