THE 50TH MEETING OF THE CIA RETIREMENT BOARD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03092A000300120002-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 20, 1966
• Content Type: MIN

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The 50th meeting of the CIA RETIREMENT BOARD
convened at 2:05 p. m. on Tuesday, 20 December 1966, with the following
present:
Mr. Emmett D. Echols, Chairman
Mr. P Member
Mr. DP Member
Mr. ember
Mr. Member
Mr. S&T Alternate Member
Mr. S Member
Mr. egal Adviser
Mr. ecutive Secretary
Mrs Recording Secretary
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MR. ECHOLS: Let's take a look at the Minutes of the
last meeting. Any additions or corrections? (No response.) Okay, we
will accept the Minutes as presented.
Let me give you a fast report on where we stand
right now. We have a total of seven cases pending action by Career Service
Boards. Five of them are cases that are special cases, I think, which will
be taken care of today. One is a case that was held out pending decision with
regard to marriage to an alien. This will be easily processed soon. And
one is a Commo case where there is some question about some service --
ish't that right, Harry? But we're down, really, to our last seven cases.
MR. - Well, I've sort of given them a deadline and
said to red-line them after that point. This was service with OSA overseas,
on which they seem to have no records - - we know the kid was over there.
MR. ECHOLS: We're almost through with the initial go-around.
We're going to start immediately on getting a machine run on all of those who
have entered the zone of eligibility. Our last call-up was in January, 1966.
The volume probably will not be very great. Then when we clean that up we
will have to decide whether our future call-ups should be done annually or
quarterly. I have no views on this. I don't know what the volume is likely
to be.
MR. - These are people coming of age--
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MR. ECHOLS: Age 25, yes.
So if it's agreeable with you, we will just wait and get
this first call-up out of the way, and then, let's say, at the end of a quarter we
will call for one and see whether we have two or three names or whether it's
worthwhile to have quarterly call-ups.
Our first batch of cases here are those who acquire
a vested interest. There are 17 of them. Any discussion on any of these
17 cases?
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MR. Move their approval.
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MR. - Second the motion.
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MR. ECHOES: Group B, three cases, are within six
months of vesting, and they all already have 60 or more months.
MR. I vote they all be designated.
MR. Second.
designation.
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This motion was then passed
This motion was then passed
MR. ECHOES: Group C, 21 people held to be elig lie for
MR. I move they be designated.
This motion was then passed . . . .
MR. ECHOES: We have one application for voluntary
at age 50.
MR. He has some good linguistic talents.
MR. This is the kind of guy we're trying to recruit.
MR. ECHOES: I just have the Biographic Profile in my book.
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Does the Career Service have a recommendation on this retirement? --
Oh, yes - excuse me - here it is--
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MR. It should be "ID" - Office of Central
MR. ECHOLS: His request for voluntary retirement has
been approved by the Director of Central Reference -- so I guess that is that.
Any objections to this retirement request?
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MR. I vote we accept it.
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because I know that in-we have been hard up for translators. I don't
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know anything about this man's background, or anything of that sort, but--
MR. ECHOLS: Do you want to hold this up to investigate his
qualifications for transfer--
MR. Can we hold it up until our next
meeting, without any difficulty?
MR. ECHOLS: Oh yes--
MR. _ He doesn't go until spring.
This relates to the point I raised at our last meeting
as to how much option the Agency has. Theoretically the Agency has the option
at this point, but in practice we say: What good is a disgruntled employee if
we turn him down?
MR. I don't know whether he was
disgruntled- -
MR. - Well, if the guy applies the idea would be he
wouldn't apply if he didn't want to get out, and if you turn him down when he has
a chance to get out this early--
MR. On the Biographic Profile it shows him
working for DD/P--
MR. That was seven years ago.
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MR, hat is his grade?
MR. Grade 10.
MR, It may be if somebody offered him something
better, and overseas, that he might be interested.
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The meeting adjourned at 2:15 p.m.
MR. You say he's OCS?
MR. Yes.
MR. et me look into it.
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get together and explore the facts -- and maybe we can salvage an employee.
MR. Or make some retirement deal with
him, or something, maybe. But I'd like to investigate it.
MR. ECHOLS: Okay - - a good point.
Any other business? (No response.) If not, we
will adjourn.
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