LETTER TO CHIEF, INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Publication Date: December 6, 1955
• Content Type: LETTER

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As tae proposed Executive Pay Act of 1955 will be pending
before the Congress when it reconvenes, I believe it important
to set forth my view of the proper place of this Agency in that
legislation for incorporation in any further action tee Adremistration
may take at that t;.me.
As eassed by the Aouse, Section 103 of H.R. 7619 provides
conpensateon for the Director of Central Intelligence at an annual
rate equivalent to teat to be provided for the Secretaries of the
eA.etary departments and the Director of the Federal Bureau of
investieation. Under Section lOe of A.R. 7619, the annual rate
ef- compensation for the Deputy Director of Central Intellieence
le placed at the level of that provided for the Under Secretaries
of the military departments, the Deputy Under cecretaries of the
Department of State and several like positions. This places the
salary of the Deputy Director one category above that to be paid
Assistant .cretaries of the Executive Departments.
the Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil service, in
reporting S. 2628 to the Senate, established the rate of basic
compensation of the Director of Central Intelligence in the same
relative category as in H.R. 7e19 (Section 102(a)). Howevere
eection 192 (e) of S. 2628, as reported, establishes the rate of
compensation of the Deputy Director of Central Intellielnce at
the same rate as that established for Assistant secretaries of
the Executive Departments, although the compensation of $2C,e0e
eee annem is the same as that authorized by H.R. 7619.
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I do not desire to comment on the amount of coensation that
be provided for the positions of Director and Deputy Director
Intelligence. / do wish to stress, however, the necessity
these positions established at the appropriate level within
ive branch generally. Otherwise the functioaing of all
is of the Agsncy is impaired by an implicit dova-gredimg
s obstacles to our establishing veyking relationships
ropriate officials of other governmental departments.
'rector of Central Intelligence is ampler participant
Ma the deliberations of the National Security Council and is a fell
memberof the Operations Coordinatieg Board. As Director of Central
Intellieence he !.s acting in his capacity Os senlor intelligence
advisor to the Gowereeent in addition to his responsibility am the
head or the Agency, sod It is felt that the Congress recoenized this
distinction in the National Secnrity Act of 1947 which estabilehed
doth the position and the Agency. It would, therefore, seem eppropri-
te for the Director to be bracketed with the Deputy Secretary of
Defense, the Under Secretory of State, an& the senior Administrator*
Assistente to the President, with whom he works on completely equal
terms.
rate of censatiou of theposition of Director of
Central mem is established at the level of the Deputy sec-
retary of Defense and the Under Secretary of State or remains as
proposed in Z. 2628 and N.R. 7619, the position of Deputy Director
of Central Intelligence should be equated to that of the Deputy Under
Secretaries of State and the Under recrateries of the military depart-
ments, an proposed in the Nouse version, rather than at the level of
Assistant Secretaries of the executive departments, as proposed hy
the Senate Committee. This is essential not golly froa the point of
view of the broad responsibilities of the Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence but also because the principal operating deputies below
him in the Central Intelligence Agency must deal as *goals with
assistant secretaries of other departments, paoticularly State ant
Defense. This de facto evality has long been recognized in the
cvepoeition of interdepartmental hoards such as the Planning Board
of the Nationel Security Council.
As you are undoubtedly, aware, the Ucover Ciseion
its report on the intelligence activities of the Federal Government
to the Congress on 29 June 1955. The Cowl ion Task Force, heeded
by General Nark Clark, which was concerned with intelligence act Ities
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carefully considered the appropriate establishment of the positions
of the Director and the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence within
the executive branch of the Government. It vaa the opinion of the
Teak Force that the position of Director of Central Intelligente
Should be equated with that of the Deputy 34scretary of Defense end
that the position of the Deputy Director of Central intelligence
should he equated with those of the Under Secretaries in the Flecutive
Departments.
I therefore hope that the Administration's position on this
legislation will neke clear that the relative positions or the Director
and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence should he established
as befits their functions and responsibilities as set forth shove
and, incidentally, substantiated by the Hoover Commission. I shall
happy to provide you with any further data or to discuss NW aspic
of this matter with you.
Sincerely,
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Allen w. Dulles
Director
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L. K. WHIM
Deputy Director
(Support)
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MEMORANDUM FOR: THE DIRECTOR
AttaCheltare proposed letters to Mr. Philip
Young, Chairman, U. S. Civil Service Commission,
and Mr. Rowland R. Hughes, Director, Bureau of
the Budget, requesting that the Director and the
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence be
appropriately included in the executive pay
proposal.
Recommend signature.
L. K. WHiTt;
Deputy Director
(Support)
OCT 2 2 1955
(DATE)
FORM NO. I01 REPLACES FORM 10-101
1 AUG 54 WHICH MAY BE USED.
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