CLANDESTINE SERVICE SUPPORT OFFICERS' MEETING DDS CONFERENCE ROOM 27 SEPTEMBER 1972

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• Publication Date: September 27, 1972
• Content Type: MIN

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CLANDESTINE SERVICE SUPPORT OFFICERS' MEETING
DDS Conference Room
27 September 1972
2. Items of interest from the DD/P Staff Meeting - 27 September
a. 25 Year Service Certificates. On 2 October at 10:00 a. m, the Director
will present 25 year certificates of service to those in this area. The presentation
will be in the auditorium. I is arranging for CS participants. CS
careerists are required to turn in their certificates to their components, which they
will forward to CSPS for safekeeping.
b. 20 Year Service Certificates. On 5 October at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Karamessines
will present 20 year certificates of service to CS careerists now in this area. The
presentation will be in the auditorium. CSPS is making the necessary arrangements.
As in the case of 25 year certificates, 20 year certificates must be turned in to the
component for transmittal to CSPS for safekeeping.
c. 15 Year Service Certificates. Mr. Karamessines said that he will ask the
component chiefs to present 15 and 10 year certificates of service to members of
their staffs. After presentation the certificates should be collected and forwarded
to CSPS for safekeeping.
d. (Release of Information to Public Relations Media).
Mr. Karamessines called special attention to this Notice and asked component chiefs
to be sure it is brought to the attention of all members of the Clandestine Service.
e. Communications to Foreign Officials. Mr. Karamessines noted a recent
instance where a personal letter was sent to a foreign official by a senior Agency
official. The letter contained some references to plans and programs, etc. , which
could be interpreted as directly connecting the Agency with the foreign official.
Mr. Karamessines said he wishes that communications to foreign. officials from
anyone here to be forwarded through our Station or Base Chiefs. 25X1
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f. Foreign Visitors. Mr. Karamessines noted that we sometimes have
foreign visitors in Headquarters who meet various people and discuss various
subjects. At the conclusion of the visit, the visitor is usually back home in a
very short period of time. He made the point that the Station Chief involved should
have an immediate summary of what went on during the visit so that he doesn't hear
it for the first time from the foreigner.
g. Dispelling a Myth. Mr. Karamessines said that on several occasions he has
flatly rejected as a myth the belief that any time a CS Careerist mentions the pos-
sibility of serving a tour of duty with another Directorate that he is blackballed,
blocked from promotion, blocked from desirable assignments, etc. He did so
again, stating that there is no one in the CS who is absolutely indispensable and
that if any person really wishes to broaden his Agency experience by serving in
another Directorate that he has no objection whatever to their exploring such wishes
without prejudice.
3. Items of interest from the DD/S Staff Meeting - 26 September.
a. Management Advisory Group.
I Iwho are the Support Directorate representatives on the
777 MAU gave a short bri.ef ing on MAG. spoke about the purposes of the
MAG and two problems of note. said that in an April 1969 memo,
Colonel White outlined four basic purposes of a Management Advisory Group:
(1) provide new opportunities for dialogue between management and
promising, responsible young officers.
(2) expose middle-grade officers to Agency capabilities, problems,
limitations and dynamics.
(3) render an advisory service to management by identifying issues and
problems and commenting on Agency plans, programs and actions.
(4) provide a means of vertical communication for the Agency outside but
not in violation of normal channels.
oted that the MAG is made up of 14 officers. Three officers are from
each of te four Directorates and two officers from the O/DCI. Each member of the
MAG serves for one year. Of the three officers from each Directorate, one
represents the 30-35 age group, one the 36-40 age group and one the 41-45 age group.
MAG meets twice a month. One meeting is a dinner meeting. One meeting is a
working meeting lasting from one-half day to a full day or longer if necessary. Two
co-chairmen chair the MAG. A co-chairman's term of office is two months.
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elaborated the two problems she has noticed as a member of MAG for
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(1) A Iv[AG complaint - there has in the past been too much absenteeism
at meetings by the members. I Isaid that members chosen for MAG
should be interested in MAG and be ready to give of the it own time to MAG. Ms.
also suggested that a system be fostered in the Agency to a11ow people to
volunteer for MAG duty.
(2) A management complaint - MAG has received complaints from some
Agency managers that MAG does not staff out its papers; MAG identifies problems
without looking into the problem in depth. noted that both Colonel White
and now Mr. Colby do not expect MAG to staff out the problems and issues raised.
stated that MAG is not a place for employees' personal gripes to
be aired. All correspondence sent to MAG will be answered. Employees may
send correspondence to MAG marked Eyes Only or anon mously. Correspondence
to MAG may be sent via I Room 7D59. I Inoted some of the
topics of recent papers sent forward to the Executive Director-Comptroller during
the last 15 months:
(1) effective lateral communications
(2) revision of fitness reports
(3) fitness for MAG membership
(4) recommendation re the "FYI Allegations and Answers" series
(5) suggestions for the Director's State of the Agency address
(6) Black employment at CIA
(7) program and manpower productivity
(8) employee morale in periods of austerity
(9) management training
(10) optimization of F&D efforts
(11) three-day work week for certain components
(12) irregular work schedules
(13) language capability of CIA employees
(14) coordination of CIA attendance at international conferences
said that, "MAG is unique. It is composed of a cross- section of
Agency of ? icers with varied perspectives, experiences, management styles and
contact with the lowest professional levels in the Agency. Issues before the MA.G
are vigorously discussed. also noted that MAG practices discretion in
its activities. MAG has direct access to needed material. MAG protects its sources
MAG is not trying to end run management. MAG has direct access to Mr. Colby.
MAG is encouraged by his activist style of management and by the fact that Mr. Colby
reads what MAG writes. sked that those present "let us (MAG) know if
you think MAG doesn't belong in CIA - we welcome specific criticism of what we have
done or on why we exist. "
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b. Dru Abuse Seminar. Mr. Coffey noted that 12 "large" drug seminars
have been conducted for Agency families going overseas. In addition, 16 small
group sessions for 28 people were held. The seminars run for two hours. The
first hour is given by the Office of Security. OS's presentation deals with the
reasons for the seminar, history of Agency experience with drug abuse by
dependents overseas and the Agency position regarding drug abuse. A representative
of the Intelligence Section of the Fairfax County Police conducts a questions and
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discusses the physiological
psyc o ogical aspects.
The Working Group on Drug Abuse will be discussing opening seminar
sessions for Headquarters personnel not scheduled for overseas duty now that the
summer overseas rotation rush is over. Mr. Coffey said, "OS and OMS deserve
much credit."
The Office of Personnel has advised that the schedule for the Drug Abuse
Committee presentations will be changed in October. Attendance has dropped off
since we seem to be over the hump. In October there will only be two sessions
rather than the weekly session which we have had heretofore. These will be
held on Tuesday, the 10th and Tuesday, the 24th at 3 to 5 p.m. The day has been
changed from Thursday to Tuesday to accommodate Commo and some of the other
major customers.
c. Senior Seminar. Mr. Coffey noted that at last week's Deputies meeting it
was decided that the Senior Seminar is back to two sessions per year. Each class
will have 15 students. The Director has indicated that the Senior Seminar will
be the basic training for senior Agency personnel versus the "Senior Schools."
4. Other items of interest.
a. Salary Checks - 29 September 1972? 1 has informed us
that one full mail bag of salary checks destined for banks for the pay day of
29 September was one day late leaving Treasury. For all practical purposes this
should cause no one any difficulty but we do suggest that you tell your people to be
sure their check was deposited before they write a check which depends upon the
deposit.
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hour of these seminars was conducted by O
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d. 1972 Spouse Day. The Agency will have a series of Spouse Days after
21 November.. As before, the Directorates will schedule on Saturday mornings.
At this point, we need your best estimate as to how many people might be interested
in participating. Mr. Karamessines has indicated the same rule as applied last
year - the visit is open to the employee and his or her spouse, no children or
relatives.
e. Rubber Stamps. We would like to remind you that TSD has the responsibility
to fabricate rubber stamps for Agency components that are of a classified nature.
All other rubber stamps should be ordered through the Office of Logistics.
f. Long I)istance Telephone Calls. Until recently you could make an urgent
personal telephone call from your office, charging the call to your home telephone,
i, as operated on at Suburban Hospital yesterday and
the surgeon was pleased at the outcome. Steve will be in the hospital for a few
days and then home for an unknown time. The hospital is at 8600 Old Georgetown
Road, Bethesda, Maryland.
j. Recently Approved Support Officer Assignments.
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WHAT IS A UBLIC?
Protection
Peace of mind
Family survival
A UBLIC can be these and much more because it is insurance, good insurance,
at an inexpensive rate. Before you decide that this message doesn't concern you,
give us a chance to show you the importance of insurance and how the Agency's
UBLIC plan can be used to protect your family.
THE AGENCY HELPS YOU, BUT ARE YOU HELPING YOURSELF?
In times of tragedy, the Agency helps and is proud to do so. Our program
of family assistance assures each of you that if something should happen, every
possible assistance will be given to your family or next-of-kin, including settlement
of various benefits to which they may be entitled. There is, however, a limit to what
the Agency can do for you and your family. We cannot, for example, give them
insurance which you did not acquire.
Many-unfortunately, too many-employees have not adequately provided for
their survivors. Our experience in actual cases provides the evidence that survivors
are often left to face the future with only a small survivorship annuity, the Federal
Employees Group Life Insurance, and nothing more. Especially when survivors in-
clude a widow and minor children, present day living expenses and future needs
normally require more financial protection than these survivors have. The specter
of making ends meet can be frightful.
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WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN?
No employee consciously decides to leave sur-
vivors with inadequate financial protection. With
the best of intentions, many plan to take care of
this important responsibility but never get around
to it, putting it off for a tomorrow that never
comes-besides, it always happens to the other
guy anyway.
The facts are that for the last ten years an
average of 36 employees died each year ranging
in ages from 18 to 60. Last year the average age
of employees who died was 41, and in some of
these cases insurance coverage was minimal or
simply did not exist. In those cases, the tragedy
of the employee's death created the new tragedy
of survival for family members.
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
Our first suggestion is that you review your
personal affairs :immediately to determine whether
you have provided adequately for your survivors.
You might just find that your estate is inadequate
and does not respond to the needs of your family.
If so, this is where UBLIC can help!
WHAT IS UBLIC?
UBLIC is an Agency sponsored term life in-
surance plan underwritten by the United Benefit
Life Insurance Company of Omaha. Regarded as
one of the best insurance buys in the country,
UBLIC provides
o a range of insurance from $3,600 to $36,000
? free accidental death and dismemberment
coverage
? free dependent coverage
? free retirement benefits
Designed by Agency employees, for Agency em-
ployees, UBLIC is capable of responding to your
insurance needs in a variety of ways:
Early Employment Years
Employees with young families usually need
more insurance protection than others, but
their need is for life insurance at low cost.
Term life insurance is the answer, since it is
the cheapest form of life insurance available
and UBLIC is a great term insurance buy. For
approximately 50 cents a day you can purchase
$36,000 and an additional $30,000 accidental
death benefits on your life and also dependent
insurance.
Dependent Insurance
Too few of us in evaluating the sufficiency
of our insurance program take into considera-
tion the expenses we will have in the event
of the death of our spouse or children. UBLIC
provides a measure of protection against this
contingency-up to $3,000 insurance per
family member, at no cost.
Mortgage Insurance
Many current UBLIC policyholders who
might otherwise have enough insurance pro-
tection to provide for the livelihood of their
family have purchased UBLIC as mortgage
insurance.
Retirement Years
Unlike other term insurance which normally
requires payment of premiums at successively
higher amounts for as long as protection is
desired, UBLIC provides two important re-
tirement benefits for policyholders who have
had UBLIC for the ten years immediately prior
to retirement:
Qualified UBLIC policyholders who retire
prior to age 60 can continue to profit from
their membership. They can keep in force
the amount of insurance they had at the
time of retirement at the same low group
rates they were paying while employees.
At age 60, eligible retirees then receive up
to $5,000 insurance at no cost. At age 70, this
amount is cut in half and the balance remains
in force for the rest of your life.
The first retirement feature overcomes the prob-
lem faced by employees interested in retiring early
and avoids a serious reduction in overall insurance
protection. The second feature provides a degree
of cost-free protection and represents the final
pay-off to long term UBLIC policyholders. Not only
have they had outstanding protection during the
years when they needed it, but the survivors could
receive more than the insured put into the program.
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The retirement features, however, are available
only to those UBLIC policyholders having the in-
surance for ten years. Thus, if you feel that you
might retire early, you should sign up as soon as
possible in order to fulfill this eligibility require-
ment for UBLIC's retirement protection. It is far
better to start early to accumulate the ten years
than to delay action and find when you decide to
retire earlier than planned that you will lose UBLIC
coverage because you don't have the necessary ten
years.
UBLIC'S RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT
The history of the UBLIC policy in the Agency
is one of regular improvement in benefits offered
to policyholders. Originally, the policy provided
$15,000 worth of insurance at a monthly cost of
$9.15. A modest dependent insurance program was
If you already are a UBLIC policyholder, discuss the benefits of this program with a colleague
or co-worker who is not insured. Help spread the word about UBLIC's advantages. A sched-
ule of the UBLIC insurance benefits appears on the reverse side of the below attached ap-
plication blank. Please note that if you find you cannot afford maximum coverage, UBLIC has been
designed in such a way as to permit purchasing an increment of insurance now to be increased at
some future date. For example, for $6.00 a month you can purchase $14,400 of basic coverage with
$12,000 accidental death benefit and up to $2,000 on each of your dependents. We urge you to con-
sider this carefully and to contact the Insurance Branch as soon as possible for additional advice
and information.
ENROLLMENT FORM UBLIC LIFE INSURANCE
added in February 1962. In 1964, the insurance
level was increased to $30,000 at a monthly cost
of $15.00. In 1966 the free retirement benefit was
added. Four years later the insurance level was
increased to $36,000 without increasing the monthly
cost of $15.00, and additional dependent insurance
was added. These improvements were made pos-
sible because of the favorable experience, prudent
investment of income, and a deliberate effort to
provide maximum benefits to policyholders within
the limits of available funds. As the number of
policyholders increases, benefits can be added, and
our hope of future improvements in the contract
which could range anywhere from increasing the
basic level of insurance, adding to dependent in-
surance, or increasing the amount of the retiree
benefit, now depends entirely on increasing the
number of policyholders.
NAME OF
EMPLOYEE
DATE OF
MALE ^
FEMALE ^
CLASS
MONTHLY
PREMIUM
^
1
($
3,600) $ 1.50 ^
5 ($
^
2
($
7,200) $ 3.00 ^
6 ($
^
3
($
10,800) $ 4.00 ^
7 ($
^
4
($
14,400) $ 6.00 ^
8 ($
NAME OF
BENEFICIARY
SINGLE ^
MONTHLY
PREMIUM
18,000) $ 7.50
24,000) $ 10.00
30,000) $ 12.50
36,000) $ 15.00
ACCOUNT
NUMBER
CERTIFICATE
NUMBER
EFFECTIVE
DATE
DATE OF
EMPLOYMENT
COMPONENT
ROOM NUMBER
BUILDING
EXTENSION
TOTAL
PREMIUM
RELATIONSHIP
OF BENEFICIARY
DATE SIGNED 19
SIGNATURE OF EMPLOYEE
UNITED BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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CLASS
MONTHLY
PREMIUM
BASIC
COVERAGE
ACCIDENTAL
DEATH
DEPENDENT
COVERAGE
I
$ 1.50
3,600
3,000
1,000
I I
3.00
7,200
6,000
1,250
III
4.50
10,800
9,000
1,500
IV
6.00
14,400
12,000
2,000
V
7.50
18,000
15,000
2,250
VI
10.00
24,000
20,000
2,500
VIE
12.50
30,000
25,000
2,750
VIII
15.00
36,000
30,000
3,000
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HEALTH STATEMENT
THE EMPLOYEE IS TO COMPLETE SECTION 1,
(AND/OR SECTION 2, IF REQUESTING IN-
SURANCE FOR DEPENDENTS).
UBLIC LIFE INSURANCE
1. Male fJ Female u Single = Married IJ Birthdate Height Weight
. 2. Have you any deformities or impairments of health? if yes, give complete details
3. Have you now, or ever had any of the following? (Answer ,yes" or 'no" to each.)
HEART OR CIRCULATORY
EPILEPSY
DISEASE OR
MENTAL
KIDNEY
STOMACH OR
DISEASE
IMPAIRMENT OF EYE
DISORDER
DISEASE
INTESTINAL DISORDER
TUBERCULOSIS OR
DIABETES
DISEASE OR
NERVOUS
HERNIA
CANCER
RESPIRATORY DISEASE
IMPAIRMENT OF EAR
BREAKDOWN
u. If answer to any of above questions is "yes,,, give complete details including specific ailment, dates and dura-
tion of each illness
5.'Within the last five years, have you consulted a doctor or been a patient at a clinic or hospital for ANY condi-
tion other than those mentioned above. List ALL conditions giving medical diagnosis, dates and duration of each
condition (treatment received, if applicable); if none, so state
6. Have you ever had or been advised to have any surgical operation? Give nature and date of each operation with
statement as to whether or not recovery was complete; if none, so state
7. Has any insurance company or association refused to grant insurance on your life or offered a modified policy?
Give name of company and date
8. Are you in good health? if not, explain
9. If female, are you pregnant?
I hereby declare that all statements and answers given above are true and complete. Furthermore, it
is understood the Association reserves the right to request a report of physical examination.
Employee's Signature Date
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1. List all eligible dependents
...FULL NAME
EMPLOYEE REQUESTING INSURANCE FOR HIS .LIGIBLE DEPENDENTS
RELATIONSHIP TO EMPLOYEE
2. Have any of these dependents deformities or impairments of health? if "yes," give complete details
Have your dependents now, or have they ever had any of the following? (Answer "yes" or "no" to each.)
EPILEPSY DISEASE OR MENTAL KIDNEY STOMACH OR
HEART OR CIRCULATORY
>I SE ASE IMPAIRMENT OF EYE DISORDER DISEASE INTESTINAL DISORDER
TUBERCULOSIS OR
RESPIRATORY DISEASE
If answer to any of above questions is "yes," give complete details, including specific ailment, dates, and dura-
f.ion of each illness
. Within past five years, have any of your dependents consulted a doctor or been a patient at a clinic or hospital
for any condition other than those mentioned above. List all conditions giving medical diagnosis, dates and du-
ration of each condition (treatment received, if applicable); if none, so state
Have any of your dependents had or been advised to have any surgical operation? Give nature and date of each
oration with statement as to whether or not recovery was complete; if none, so state
7. Has any insurance company refused to grant insurance on any of your dependents' lives or offered a modified pol-
icy? Give name of company and date -----------
i hereby declare that all statements and answers given above are true and complete. Furthermore,
is understood the Association reselves the right to request a report of physical examination.
DIABETES
DISEASE OR
NERVOUS
HERNIA
CANCER
IMPAIRMENT OF EAR
BREAKDOWN
Lrnployee's Signature - - -_- Date
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