MEMORANDUM TO THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FROM LYNDON JOHNSON

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2003
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: August 15, 1964
• Content Type: MEMO

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August 15, 1964
MEMORANDUM TO THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
It is the policy of this government to do its full share to assist
in the development of sound, efficient international organizations
to keep the peace, to resolve disputes, to promote peaceful change,
to conduct a world war against poverty, to exchange technology,
and for other purposes.
At the present time we belong to more than half a hundred such
organizations. We have sponsored many of them. We contribute
financially to all of them.
But the capacity and efficiency of these organizations depend, in
the end, upon the quality and the motivations of the international
civil servants who administer them. These organizations -- and
our national interest in their fortunes -- deserve the services of
some of the ablest citizens of the United States. In past years we
have not done enough to help these agencies secure the services
of highly qualified men and women from private life and from
government agencies.
Final responsibility for selection of personnel to staff international
organizations rests, of course, with the appropriate officers of
those organizations. But we must make sure that recruitment of
their personnel is supported by ready access to talented citizens
of this country who are qualified for positions in the international
agencies.
It is my desire that:
(1) All Executive Departments and Agencies take
affirmative and continuing steps to assist international
organizations to obtain properly qualified United States
candidates for employment.
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(2) All Executive Departments and Agencies encourage
their able employees to accept assignments with interna-
tional organizations in accordance with the authority of Public
Law 85-795, and give positive recognition to the government's
interest in the training and career advancement advantages of
such employment.
(3) All Executive Departments and Agencies continue
employer contributions toward Federal retirement and in-
surance benefits for employees serving international organi-
zations in accordance with the authority of Public Law 85-795,
in the absence of arrangements for such contributions by the
employing international organization.
(4) All Executive Departments and Agencies assist
actively in finding qualified candidates in their fields of
specialization when requested to do so by the Agencies having
primary responsibility.
(5) The Secretary of State provide leadership and co-
ordination of this effort and develop policies and procedures
to advance it, including the seeking of assistance from the
state and local governments and from non-governmental
organizations in locating qualified candidates in private
employment.
(6) The Secretary of State report annually on the effec-
tiveness of the recruitment program in behalf of international
organizations established herein.
This memorandum shall be published in the Federal Register.
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