CIA RETIREMENT BOARD MEETING 1:30 P.M., 4 DECEMBER 1968

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• Publication Date: December 4, 1968
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CIA RETIREMENT BOARD MEETING
1:30 p.m., 4 December 1968
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Mr. George E.-Me-Lo-on
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- Chairman
- DDP Member
- DDI Member
- DDS&T Member
- DDS Member
- Legal Advisor
- Recording Secretary
- Executive Secretary
1. The Board noted that there probably will be a cost-of-living
annuity increase as of 1 March 1969 and recommended that each employee who
could retire early and benefit from this increase should be advised of the
possible advantages of retiring prior to 1 March 1969.
2. Since the normal cycle of meetings would fall on New Year's Day
the Board voted to skip one week and resume the normal cycle of meetings on
8 January 1969.
3. The minutes of the one hundred and first meeting of the Board were
reviewed and approved as presented.
4. The Board reviewed 20 cases of employees who had been nominated for
designation as participants in the System, 5 requests from participants for
voluntary retirement, and 2 requests from participants for disability retire-
ment. The Board took action as follows:
a. Recommended designation as participants of the following named
employees who have completed 15 years of Agency service:
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b. Recommended designation as participants of the following named
employees who have completed at least 5 years of Agency service:
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c. Recommended approval of the requests for voluntary retirement,
on the dates shown below, received from the following named parti-
cipants:
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d. Recommended approval of the requests for disability retirement,
effective upon expiration of sick leave, received from the following
named participants:
foreign governments. During the past 3 years he has serviced under official
assisted the overseas stations in improving the security posture of these
5. The Board next considered the case of Mr. who had
been nominated for participation in the CIA Retirement System based partially
on domestic qualifying service. Mr. has signed an application for
voluntary retirement to be effective 28 February 1969 if he is approved for
participation in the System. Mr.- has performed 36 months and 29 days
of overseas service. For 12 years he served as Deputy Director of Security
in charge of the Overseas Security Program directly in support of clandestine
operations abroad. During this period of service he also was very active in
working with foreign governments and foreign security services which in turn
The majority of the Board indicated that they did not feel that this case
meets the special provisions of the Executive Director's letter of 31 July
1968 in that the Agency is not buying enough time by having him leave five
months earlier, and since that is the case the Board would have to consider
this a normal qualifying service case and under those circumstances the Board
tabled the case and requested that the Deputy Director for Support provide a
statement that more clearly indicates that this is truly domestic qualifying
service.
6. The next case was a request from the Deputy Director for Plans for
the further deferment of Mr. s retirement under the CIA
Retirement System until 30 November 1971. Mr. who will become 60 years
of age in May 1969, has been granted a previous extension until 30 November
1969 to permit him to complete his current tour in . The basis for
this request was to permit Mr ~to complete an additional two-year tour
of duty i It was stated that this additional deferment of retire-
ment was in the interest of the service in view of the unusual skills as a
0 and the fact that no younger
Technologist was yet fully trained as a rep acement. Mr. provided
the Board with additional details concerning the replacement problem involved
in this case, including the fact that the initial replacement was cancelled due
to a medical hold. The Board recommended that Mr.llllllllllllllllll~ s retirement be
deferred until 30 November 1971 based on the operational need for his services.
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25X1A9a 7. The next case was a request from Miss for the defer-
25X1A9a ment of her retirement from 31 January 1969 until 31 January 1970. Miss
who will become 62 years of age in January 1969, based her request on financial
hardship in that her yearly income after retirement, including Social Security,
25X1A9a will be only $3400.00 and she must contribute to the support of her mother.
The Director, Domestic Contact Service stated that if Misses request is
granted she could be utilized by DCS profitably in her current position and
she is not blocking any other employee from a significant career opportunity.
The Deputy Director for Intelligence supported her request, based on hardship,
and recommended that the office of Personnel work closely with her in obtain-
25X1A9a ing outside employment. The Board recommended that Miss 'e granted an
extension until 30 June 1969 and further recommended that she be urged to work
very closely with external placement to find outside employment. In arriving
at this recommendation the Board considered the time factor, she is scheduled
to retire in January 1969, her recent heart attack, her broken arm, and other
25X1A9a compassionate reasons.
8. The Board next considered the case of Mr who had
been nominated for participation in the CIA Retirement System based partially
25X1A9a on domestic qualifying service. Mr. - is 61 years of age and therefore
would be subject to mandatory retirement at the end of the month he became a
25X1A9a participant if so approved. Mr. - has performed 52 months and 3 days
of overseas service. The Chief, Audit Staff, with the concurrence of the
Inspector General, stated that during the entire 11 years and 7 months of
25X1A9a domestic service at Headquarters, Mr. ms's responsibilities have largely
been in the area of audits of the clandestine service activities. It was
further stated that the percentage of his time applied to clandestine services
was very high during the period 1961 to 1966 when he was Deputy Chief of the
Audit Staff as well as Chief of the Special Activities Division which dealt
25X1A9a solely with audits of Agency proprietary projects. After a review of the case
the Board concluded that no valid basis exists for designating as
a participant in the System. In arriving at this conclusion the Boar no ed
that: (a) since he is now 61 years of age and past the mandatory retirement
date under the CIA Retirement System as well as being beyond the Agency policy
retirement date under the Civil Service System he could not be considered for
participation and retirement on the basis of the criteria set forth in the
Executive Director-Comptroller's memorandum of 31 July 1968; and (b) since
his domestic service could not be considered on the basis of the memorandum
of 31 July 1968 the Board did not feel that this service was qualifying when
considered in relation to other cases involving domestic qualifying service
which have been considered prior to the 31 July 1968 memorandum. The Board
25X1A9a therefore recommended that Mr. - not be designated as a participant in
the System.
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9. The Board next considered the nomination of Mr. for
25X1A9a Participation in the CIA Retirement System based partially on domestic qual-
ifying service. Mr. _ has signed an application for voluntary retirement
25X1A9a to be effective 31 May 1969 if he is approved for participation in the System.
Mr. has performed 24 months and 2 da s of overseas qualifying service.
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Branch and Chief, Scientific Analysis D vision, OSI and represented OSI's
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interests, particularly as regards the USSR, in a special information cate-
gory. This included identification of collection needs, issuance of require-
ments for collection in that source and monitoring of the collection effort.
From December 1954 until October 1955 as Chief, Support Staff, OSI he repre-
sented OSI in arrangements with the Clandestine Services and with collection
components in other agencies in collection of foreign scientific and technical
intelligence. From April 1962 until February 1964 he represented OSI's intel-
ligence information collection needs at NSA. From February 1964 until August
1967 as leader of an OSI Task Force reviewed the adequacy of available infor-
mation on the scientific and technical strength of the USSR and prepared col-
lection requirements to fill specific information gaps. He conducted liaison
with the CS and with other agencies having a collection capability for filling
these gaps and interviewed selected returnees from the USSR. The Board con-
cluded that based on the entire record of his Career, Mr. has performed
60 months of qualifying service under the statute and regulation. The Board
thereby recommended that Mr. _ be approved for participation in the System.
10. The Board also considered the nomination of Miss
for participation in the CIA Retirement System based partially on domestic
25X1A9a qualifying service. Miss- has performed 47 months and 13 days of over-
25X1A9a seas service. During the period from 1954 through 1963 Miss - held vari-
ous assignments within the CE and CI structure of the then SR Division. In
these assignments, she was exposed to and supported directly numerous CI and
security cases which were conducted by this Agency and other members of the
Intelligence Community and which bore a very direct relationship to United
States Government operations and activities abroad. Her main duties during
this period were of a sensitive character and had to do largely with support-
25X1A9a ing SB Division's operational effort against the Soviet Union. The Board
concluded that based on the entire record of her Career, Miss has per-
formed 60 months of qualifying service under the statute and regulation.
25X1A9a The Board thereby recommended that Miss _ be approved for participation
in the System.
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11. The final case considered by the Board was the nomination of
Mr. for participation in the CIA Retirement System based
partially on domestic qualifying service. Mr. has stated that if 25X1A9a
approved for the System he intends to request retirement within the current
Fiscal Year. Mr. has performed 27 months and 11 days of overseas
tion of such organizations, and the contracting, payment, and financial
briefing of numerous agent personnel. In addition, he was heavily involved
in the development of administrative concepts and regulations appropriate to
the conduct of clandestine activities. With the establishment of a centralized
agency support organization, he served for more than two years in the Adminis-
trative office which was established to ensure effective support to the then
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which was concerned exclusively with foreign
operations. The Board cons uded that based on the entire record of his
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statute and regulation. The Board thereby recommended that Mr. - be 25X1A9a
approved for participation in the System.
12. The meeting adjourned at 3:20 p.m.
Ex Vutive Secretary
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