Personnel Reserve for the Central Intelligence Agency

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000500140009-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 1, 1953
• Content Type: MF

4prOvVorReleasegOrnOltSIA-RDP80--402SR000500140009-7
. Security Information
SUBJECT:"
OGC HAS REVIEWED.
1 .October 1953
OR: The Director of Central Intellijence
Personnel. Reserve for the Central Intelligence
Agime7
To ekaMine factors relative to the establishment of a
Personnel Reserve in the Central /ntelligence Agency?
2, PACTS BEARING ON MX PROBLEM
Personnel reserve organisations have prod effective in
? ,
augmenting the Military;) Public Health, and Foreign Sic by
prOviding trained forces immediately available dueleg initial periods
and for duration of a national emerg
To provide for an 'effective personnel reeerve, it is
-0slia.ntlal that an agener have prior claim to the services tf the
reserviat.
'Training is an eesential part of a reser program',
Regular employment reinstatement rights eheuld be available
the reservist to the maximum extent possible.
liesinneration of the reservist provides ',grime incentive in
any mutual agreement between a reservist and the active organization
Of which'he is a part.lenXceo for organization of a CIA reser4i can be found in
employee lietings Of predecessor Organizatione,; set'carateee in good
standing of this Agency, and by direct recrultmonto
3. Distusmg
In consideration of legislation that may be required to
establish a Personnel Reserve for the Agency, study oflin Outline Plan
for a Central Intelligence Agency Personnel Reserve* *(TAB A ? which
is an adaptation of the Coast Guard Plan) develop certain factors
requiring further discussion:
10 This plan outline has been developed for discussion purposes only, No
recommendations are made on the merits, demerits or comoleteness of the plan,
sze43,
Approved For Release AlIda : 8r44104001826R000500140009-7
Approved Fctgitelease 2001/09/06 : CIA-RDP80-0182 00500140009-7
SA0RET
Security information
ae .1ntent to Serve
In consideration of trends in the develoement of the
Agency career service program which avoid Lteettejlere ohlications
on the career member to serve in any post as may be rewired,
it aepeare illogical to erect statutory obligations which .are
applicable only to a reserve component of this career service,
b x t from 1. za 'Mit a Tzon and Dral
Lacking statutory precedent for blanket exemption
from military training and draft for employees of civil
organisations, government and nonegovernment, it appears
undesirable to consider legislation on this point for a
reserve? Bather,, it is considered desirable to extend
present Agency agreements with the Selective Service concern-
ing draft deferment. for personnel assigned overseas, and with
the Defense activity which Provides for a l&-week program
of eoulyalent military training e making both of these app/icable
to reservist employees when on active daty.
Av.lerj,..,v at Reguiar_..LE._vbi.disent Retnsntjhte
Precedent exists in statute establishing reservist
in the military and in the Foreign Service which provides for
restoration of positions held by reservists In various agencies-
of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia
When ordered to duty subject to prior Agreement or release
for that duty by the agency heads In question, As regards
reinstatement rights in nonegovernment positions,, no precedent
other than that established under the Selective Training and
Service Act of 1940 is available, TO attempt to obtain such
far-reaching benefits for reservists coming from civil employe,
ment industryc, ete,,) ts without precedent. This to
a matter which would require detailed study by the General
Counsel prior to its incluelon in any 'Legislation on the
subject of A reserve for this Agency? (TAB B Eicerpte from
Statutes Providing for Employment Reinstatement),
? dc, =IOW to Trail
Present CIA legislation provides authority for
employee training,
- 2 -
Security information
Approved For Release 2001/09/06 : CIA-RDP80-01826R000500140009-7
elease 2001401f kGiA4RDP80-0182 00500140009-7
Security Information
9 .11e7 for Reservists,
The plan (TAB A) for establishment/of a CIA Personeel
reterve.aistiPc0 that a reservist shall be brought to active
duty on a neheduled basis, As such the reser4ist is, then, in
fact, an employee of the Agency and it follow e that this Agency
has authority for payment of the reservists salary as an
employee of the AgencY, TAB C contains some estimates on
doSts chargeable directly to a reserve,
Consideration of securitY clearances as a peoblem in administration
of a personnel reserve has developed that it is one largely of
Aadditional cost this to an increase of the number of inveatigatione that
mist be Made to assure valid security clearances for each reservist
emOleYee? Continuing coats for this investigatory procedure are
estimated in TAB C "Cost Estimates Directly Chargeable to Administration
eta CIA Personnel Reserve' Provision of an adequate staff and fund
to process resent() -clearances on an annual or periedio basis is the
answee to this problem?
Handling of security information in a reserve training program
at the same time avoiding comorOmise of current operations, and, providing
Material of value to the reservist and the Agency, Is inter-locked with
the form and organization of the reserve training pregralle, A first
premise in avoiding such compromise is that the reerve trainee should
NA be given on-the-job type training in certain c=pone es of the Age=7.
In other components op-the'job training is clearly appropriate? Com-
sidering these facts in a Very general sense? a ear-env? training program
appears entirelyfeasible provided the reservists are handled on a
Sebeduled basis in courses carefully controlled and approved as to course
content? TAB D "Comment() on a Reserve Training Program" provides
further amplification ofAhis,e
Assignments in this Agency for reservists of 'ter service's are a.
problem which must be considered in the establishment of a CTA reserve?
This Is considered essential in view of the many well-qnalified reservists
of ether services currently employed in the Agency or otherm who meght be
intetested in serving the Agency during a national emergency but who
probably coed not be interested In a CIA reeerve if required to give un
? their elitary or other reserve commission giving certain retirement
benefits, The assignment of reservist e of other services to this Agency
is probably a problem for negotiation in each ease between the Agency and
those services in question, ineluding reimbursement for all costs and salare,
incident to maintenance of a reservist contract?
Review Of the sources for obtaining CIA reserve membership indicates
_
that there are an. estimated 40500 cases of indieldvals who were employees
of predecessor organisations, and an estimated 1?2O0 cages of individuals
who have been separated from this Agency under honoreble 'conditions Of
these cases, maer,may prefer to maintain reserve membership in other
'organizations in order to preservo retimement benefits, etc,
Approved For Release 2001/ff
6R000500140009-7
elease 2001/09/06.. CIA-RDP80-018
1E2AZ:I
Security information
_CelleatZMLS
it Is concluded that a pereonnel reserve erganization is
desirable in order to insure orderly and effective augmentation of
the Agency during initial periods and duration of a national
eMergeoeye
000500140009-7
It. is concluded that the Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency has authority under existing law to train
reservists on active duty and to Obligate funds for that traininge
No legislation is required for this purpose()
Establishment of a "Prior claim by the Agency to a reservist
employeeos services is largely aematter of mutual agreement between the
reserviet, his employer, the military service where the Individual is a
member of a reserve in that service, and the Agency,:
Administrative procedures affecting military draft and
eelltivalent military training of employees should be made applicable
to reservists onlelles Amu.
Regular employment reinstatement rights forthe reservitt
are desirable, No precedent In statute providing such rights exist
other .1.14,,n that for United States Government employees. To insure
reemployment rights for reservists who are employees of the United
States Government aed of the District of Columbia, 2 islation is
recommended,
- Maintenance of security clearances on reservist employee
constitutes no problem other than approval by appropriate authority
of an adequate staff ana funds to care for the inveetigatery work
Which is chargeable to maintenance of security cleaeamceso
identifying reservists as employees In the pay of this
Agency should not be construed to prevent any member of the reserve
solely by reason of membership therein from practicing his civilian
profession an eeea010n before or in connection with any department
of the Federal government or the District of Columbia, This statement
of reserve employee rights is a matter which may require legislation
depending on the nature of the contract? /t is suggested that this
tatter be studied in detail by the General Comnsele
5, ACTION MENDED
a, That the CIA Career Servide Board approve the above
conclusions and secure aeproval by the Director of the Central
inOelligenee Agencyn
SECAET
Security information
Approved For Release 2001/09/06 : CIA-RDP80-0182
Approved F elease 2001/09/06 : CIA-RDP80-018N10000500140009-7
S C ICE;" T
Socu:Aty Iniermation
b. That the Office of the General C4mitol be
requested to prepare appropriate legisletion,,
c. That the Office of the Assistant Director
(Personnel) be requested to prepare appropriate Nstificationao
supporting datao and appropTiate regulations to effect this
reserve program,
d. That the Deputy Director (A4mInistration)
be requested to asum.e over?ail responsibility for action
- 5 -
iltari
Security Inforlation
Approved For Release 2001/09/06 : CIA-RDP80-01826R000500140009-7