PAYMENT OF PER DIEM(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00709R000400070233-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2001
• Sequence Number: 233
• Publication Date: March 1, 1950
• Content Type: MF

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OGC Has Reviewed
Legel Jtuff
1.e.yreent er Per Diem -
I Itarch
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for eurvItt in As aubnitt,A to the Project Review APE
11111111111, who is not an jeaerican citizen, was recruited in
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provieed for American citizens, but the Project was silent on per diem
for fr)roirn netiorlals. ;Amp Subject was the only foreign national
tut received u pr :Liem. there are obvious morale factors implicit
In tut eituatioa. The problem, es presented, ia whether collection
action eiLeuld be taken cr waived, end whether further action is re-
quired frc the kroject.i; Review Cm/mitts? and the Dire-ea/Jr. -
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2. Ill tele 4boance of a clear prohibiticn in the Project sub-
mitted te the Comittee as ultia.tely spproved by the Actin Director,
we & tot btdive tit the officer issuiug the travel orders exooeded
!AA, i:utIcrity. 4hile it was probably not within the broad administra-
tive intuition to all per diom for the alien nationals involved: iii
tele Frojcot, nis act este act ultra vires. Orders were issued under
the deleretioz; to tAc Chit f, Fiscal Branch from the DCI, dated 1
January 1.A,9 lice D) in conformance with thcee Agency regulations in
force at the time (sec dated 41
Jr,memry 11019) and .;teneardized Government Travel Regulations. The
a:Ithorization 0111:12- diem was thoreforo permissible, and we do not tab-
lieve tn.;A collLetion .an legally be enforeed acainet the emmloyeei
or tnat tht o:floor iasuing the travel crders is personally' liable.
3. c holieve it would be edviethie to request the Project Re-
view Co=ittee to dcAomins wActher pa;tment of per diem was in excess of
the total allocatice for the Projcet, and whether a restatement of the
aeminIstretive iatention regarding allowance a per diwasho04 be,
Aade to the offieLr issuing travel orders.
Attach 3
Memo dt4 7 Feb 1950 to Executive
Memo dtd 30 Jan 1960 to DCI
Cpy of ltr dtd 11 Jan 1960 to ?
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