CREDITABLE SERVICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING CIA LONGEVITY AWARDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000600230008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 11, 1952
• Content Type: MFR

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11 September 1952
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Creditable eervice for the Purpose of Making CIA Longevity
Awards
1* The question has been presented as to jaat whet service
shall be creditable av service with the CIA and its predeceesors for
the purpose of CIA longevity awards,
(e) Fez' exemple? the functions were lifted from
the Federal Coomnieationa Comwisslon together with some of
the personnel who were performing the functions which were
transferred to ruA0 Shell such personnel receive credit for
. longevity award purposes With CIA for such FCC duty?
(b) In additions, there are situations uhera a function of
CIA or a predecessor was transferred to another agency and then
reassigned to USA or a predeceusor agency, Also some functions
of the CIA or its predecessors have been treesferred to other
government ageveles such as the Bureau of Mips of the Nary
Department, the Department of Commerce, the Department of
Agriculture or the 'Department of the Army. 'pew much, if anee
of -such (service shell be creditable ? for CIA longevity purposes?
2. The original ancestor of CIA was the Oinea of the Coordinator.
of Information Which wee established by Executive (leder of the President
on 11 July 19410 By oilitary order of the CommEdercan-Cdef (the .
President) dated on 13 June 1942 the Office of the Coordinator of
Information (exclusiee of the foreign infOrmetion ectivities trans-
ferred to the Office of War Information by Executive Order of the WITIn
date) became the ?Mee of Strategic Services, CWY reMeined a vete:trot
entity and went out of exietence in 1945. The Research and Analyeis
Branch and the Presentation Branch of OSS were by E3C4tiVO Order of
12 September 1945 traasterred to the Department of State, effective
1 October 1945 and the remaining_ activities were transferred to the
War Department, The egoretary of War established the Strategic Ser-
vices Unit to carry-out such functions transferred to the War Deperte
ment, By letter oe 22 January 1946 jointly direeted to the Secretaries
of State, War and Navy, the President established the Central Intelli-
gence Group responsible to the National Intelligence Authority, The '
National Security Act of 1947 established the Ceetrel intelligence
Agency and transferred to it the personnel, property and records of.
the Central. Intelligence Group*
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30 It is believed that longevity for CIA award purpoeee should
be strictly construed, ehat in, should be based only on service with
CIA or one of its direct lineal ancestors. For eremple, where an
employee of OSS was located in the Research and Anpayein Branch his
employment, for CIA loneevity purposes, would terminate 1 October 1916
with the transfer heretefore referred to, of that Branch to the Deeeerte
ment of State. Iongeveey credit would recomence when and if employe
ment of the individual eaa later begun with SSU, CIO or C/A0 An OSS
employee who was transforred to the War Department as part of SSU
would of course have no break in continuity of eervice, The
employee who performed ouSe function with the FCC would receive no
credit for CIA service prior to actual transfer to CIA0
40 It is believed that to adhere to other than a strict con-
struction of what is seevice with VIA and its predeceasor agencies,
would furnish an unrealistic basis for longevity awards for CIA mere
vice and, in additioni, 4ould involve administrative determinations
which would be difficult if not impossible of solution, In summarYs, -
therefore, it is suggeC:ed that service with CIA for the purpoee of
making longevity swerde be interpreted as including aggregate service
with the COI, OSS? SSU CIG and CIA, And that no other service be
creditable,
Office of Generel Counsel
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