DEAR MR. SPEAKER:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03721A000200010044-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 20, 2002
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: August 14, 1962
• Content Type: LETTER

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14 August 1962
Honorable John W. McCormack
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Speaker:
This letter transmits for the consideration of the Congress a proposed
amendment to the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended. The
proposed bill permits the Agency to improve its retirement program by author-
izing the establishment of a retirement system corresponding to that of the
Foreign Service. The Central Intelligence Agency needs to attract and retain
a force of highly motivated careerists who are intensively trained in unique
skills. However, the Agency is unable in fact to provide full-term careers
for many individual officers. In order to minimize the adverse effects of
necessary programs of managed attrition and to preserve its ability to re-
cruit and retain the high caliber personnel it needs, the Agency must make
reasonable provision for the future of those individuals who must be sepa-
rated before completing a full-term career of thirty or so years. Therefore,
Section 3 of the proposed bill adds a new paragraph (g) to Section 5 of the
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended, authorizing the Director
of Central Intelligence to exercise the authority available to the Secretary
of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, in order to estab-
lish a retirement and disability system corresponding to that available to
Foreign Service Officers for a limited number of Agency employees.
Since all provisions pertaining to the retirement of Foreign Service
Officers are not contained in a single Title of the Foreign Service Act and
since it is possible that future amendments relating to retirement may occur
elsewhere than in Title VIII, which is entitled "The Foreign Service Retire-
ment and Disability System," it is necessary to make general provision for
the Director of Central Intelligence to adopt provisions of law applicable
to Foreign Service Officers for Agency employees. Additionally, most of the
basic travel allowances and overseas benefits available to Foreign Service
personnel are authorized for Agency employees by existing Section 4 of the
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1919, as amended. However, amendments to
the Foreign Service Act over the years have of necessity required the Agency
to seek legislation periodically in order to keep such authorities up to date
and uniform with those available to Foreign Service personnel. Consequently,
it is now proposed that the existing Section 4 of the Central Intelligence
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Agency Act be rescinded by Section 2 of the proposed bill. In lieu of the
rescinded authorities, the new Section 4 of the Central Intelligence Agency
Act authorizes the Director to adopt and apply to Agency employees provisions
of law applicable to Foreign Service personnel and to exercise with respect
to Agency Employees the authority available to the Secretary of State for
the purpose of having Agency Employees accorded appropriate benefits, rights,
and allowances now authorized for Foreign Service Officers.
We consider enactment of the proposed bill to be essential to the effec-
tive performance of our mission and would appreciate early and favorable
consideration. The Bureau of the Budget has advised that there is no objec-
tion to the presentation of the proposed bill to the Congress from the
standpoint of the Administration's program.
Sincerely,
John A. MaCone
Director
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