MESS FACILITIES PROPOSED FOR THE (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00384R001200170008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 5, 1948
• Content Type: MEMO

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OGC HAS REVIEWED.
Executive for Administration and Uanagement
Chief Budget and i'inance Branch
!less facilities proposed for the
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co the issuance of thememorandum of 11 June 1948 by
rector of Operations, the Budget and Finance Bran&
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consideration to the propriety of hiring a MOSS
inclne4 those referred to in Mn
? An examination of the rtinent
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ly 1946, was made during the course of arriving
at det.reination that the %ass attendant" hired by STATSPEC
should be separated from the rolls.
It is the opinion of this office. that it would not be
appropriate for this Agency to sponsor the operatilr of a "mess
to the extent that appropriated Ponds vould? in any manner, be used
for the purpose of subsidising the mess facilities The conclusion
that, instead of a Government operated mess, efforts should be made
to continue to operate a mess on a amity cooperative basis has
been arrived at after considering the following foots and circumstanoes:
In order to oonfern fully with pertinent laws ant)
regulations and to preclude possibility of an exception to any
peyments or adverse eriticisms of Agency policies, it -would be
necessary to charge the employee participants a sufficient
amount to offset any direct charges to CIA funds.
tn It would appear that the "reasonable", fair9 or
'actual cough value of the services and suheistenes items
which would be furnished by the Government under an Agency
sponsored mess would be the actual, direct costs of all items
occasionine, an immediate charge to CIA Ponds sinee such items
or services (as distinguilhed from equipment which is new on
hand and being used without Charge) would not hems any
continuing value, i.e., all services would be used and paid
for currently, and items of subsistence would be of a
"perishable nature for the purposes herein involved.
0. The matter of sponsoring mess facilities for the benefit
of a minimum number of participants (stated to be approximately
6 or 8 in number) would be impracticable and the only
feasible method of handling an Agency sponsored mesas 'mild be
to mike mandatory partiapation in certain cases to the extent
that a reasonable proportion of the ampleness arid/or their
families would be participatinn =Zero.
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do It mould appear that a cossmrnity
could be as a4TaUt*.OUOIy controlled by the
a mess operated umder the circumstances outlined uer sub-
paragraph Re shove, partioularly if a local *snowmen
could be made whereby a coopetive purohasing system was
instituted which would not oceasion tey direct Cher.* to
Agency funds or require almielstrative control on the part
of Agency ?Mei-else
? The station has, for several years
operating on a comity rather than a Government ape
basis insofar as mess and related facilities are ooneerne
and while it is realised that the reduction in the number o
empleyeee creates a greater problem in this respect. it
Should be borne in mind that this is primarily a natter for
handling by the individuals on a personal basis rather than
being controlled by the Agency since the employees are being
paid a 245 differential in addition to base pay (or salary
increases have been granted in lieu of the 2.9% differential)
to offset additional living costs and hardships ocoasioned
by the feet that they are employed outside the stontinertal
limits of the United States. STATSPEC
fo it Should also be borne in mind that within a
months the station will be moved to where the
will be somewhat different, it appears probable
that the empleyees will be able to participate in the Ary mess
at a nominal cost and additional allowances, subject to the
provisions of Derma of the Badeet Circular hoe will prevail
rather than the 24,1 differential. It is considered impracticeble
to attempt to establish Government operated or sponsored MOSS
facilities for this period of tine since it will require a
detailed analysis and maintenance of statistical and accounting
records, additional payroll adjustmente and/or collections
from the participants, and will further entail inspections and
reports an the pert of the appropriate Authingten officials.
3. If it Should be determined that mese facilities ere to be
sponsored by the Caney, it is the feeling that full collection
Should be made for all direct Charges (it is to be noted that the
employees are nee utilizing equipment and housing facilities in
eonneotion with nese operations without charge) and that audit
collections Should be effected by payroll deductions as regplred by
the General Accounting Officio (Refer to C. G. 8024). It eould, of
sours?, be necessary, at periodic intervals. to perform an audit or
supporting books al.d records and to require adjustments based an the
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actual cost ot ape
This figure would be considerably Greater
by under the alternative plans set
of 28 tn? 1948 to
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pating employees.,
*se suggested
h in his memorandum
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