WEIGHT ALLOWANCES UNDER FOREIGN SERVICE TRAVEL REGULATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00709R000400070266-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 266
• Publication Date: November 12, 1948
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 001/09/03: CIA~84-00709R000400070 6-8
OGC Has Reviewed
Chief, Special Fi.xnds Division 12 November 1948
Office of the General. Counsel
'Weight Allowances under 'oreign Service Travel Regulations
1. Reference is made, to proposed official dispatch
dated 25 October 194EI from the Chief q FBZ to the Chief of
Station 11 concerning the application of weight allow-
ances to mp ees with designations. The application
of weight allowances arises from Agency adoption of Foreign
Service Travel Regulations for employees in such catagory.
You have referred this dispatch to this office for coor-
dination.
2. This office is coordinatii this matter by
memorandum in place of signature or"initial coordination
due to the interpretative character of the proposed
com-- an icat 1 on.
3. It is apparent that the Foreign Service Travel
Rcegulatlons were adopted to achieve an equalization of
Is benefits between CIA employees having a designation
status and State employees having actual Foreign Service
states. Paragraph 3 of referenced memorandum accdtaplishe's
this objective with respect to weight allowances.
4. To deny an additional 7,750 pounds to those em-
ployees who arrived at their overseas station -rior to
1 January 1948 would be to further the diffIcultiee, ^_?f
equalization which have affected CIA designees in the
post.
administrative accounts.
intent and. would foster a condition of unsettlement in
grants prior to 1 January .1948 would be opposed to Agency
5. The cut-off date of 3 January 1948 determines
the date of adoption of Foreign Service Travel Regu'la-
ti.ons and the date on which additional weight allowances
become available to eligible employees. Any retroactive
6. On the basis: of the foregoing and the memorandum
.heretofore referred tot this office concurs With the inter-
pretations concerning additional weight allowances,
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