ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONSULTANT PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00434A000300070031-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2000
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: December 27, 1949
• Content Type: MEMO

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ce Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Chief, Administrative Staff
FROM : C.I.A. Surgeon
SUBJECT: "Establishment of a Consultant Program
1. The Medical Division is desirous of establish.-
in- P. Consultant Program,
2. The purpose of the program is to provide dial;-
nostic assistance in those cases normally recuiring spe-
cialist procedures,
It is intended that the greater portion of such
services will be utilized in processing overseas assign-
ents. In occasional rare instances the services will. be
utilized for s*,ssignment in the Washington area.
4. It is believed that the program should be paid
from unvouchered funds,
5. Expenditures of monies should be based on two
forms of contracts.
The first contract form would provide payment
on an itemized service fee basis similar to the consul-
,tant fee system as established by the Veterans Adminis-
tration.
The second form would provide payment on the
usual $35 to $50 a day fee basis.
The majority of the consultants will be employed
according to the latter form of contract.
5. The Medical Division anticipates employing ap-
proxima,tely six consultants. On this basis it is believed
that the budjet should provide for a working amount of
$5,000 to be increased or decreased as future requirements
indicate.
,7 JO?N R. TIEETJEN, M. D.
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