LOGNOTE--CHIEF, OPERATIONS GROUP, 10 APRIL 1986

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP94-00798R000200180046-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 28, 2013
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: April 10, 1986
• Content Type: MISC

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OPERATI6NS GROUP FILE
LOGNOTE -- Chief, Operations Group, 10 April 1986
1.
PMCD. and I met today with Abidjan Bureau
Chief to discuss FBN
issues at the bureau. Bill brought up his concern that bureau FBN
employees are receiving a transportation allowance as part of the
compensation package as well as transportation to and from work
during hours when public transport is not available. It was agreed
after discussion that there is little to be done about this since
the transportation allowance is an integral part of the compensation
package and cannot be arbitrarily withdrawn and since transport is
supplied to get monitors and teletypists to work and home at unusual
hours when there is, indeed, no available public transport. Bill
then made the general statement that the monitorial staff is in
general overgraded as their performance is poor in comparison to
monitors in other bureaus where Bill has served and in comparison to
a number of Embassy FSN employees at lower grades. Again, it was
noted that this is a problem without a solution since a general down-
grading of monitors at this point would be out of the question. The
payscale itself is not at fault as it is fairly close to Embassy
rates and based on market surveys. It was also pointed out that the
bureau has had a past history of problems with recruiting when the
payscale rates were lower. Another issue that arose is the State
Department proposal for a leave plan for foreign national employees
based on local law and practice. A draft of the leave plan indicates
it would grant far more annual and sick leave to employees than they
currently receive under the civil service regulations now used by
the bureau and the Embassy. Bill said that if FBIS were to adopt a
policy of continuing to follow civil service regulations to
administer foreign national leave and the Embassy adopts the leave
policy based on local practice there would be a great uproar from
the staff and morale would be seriously affected. He added, however,
that he did not believe anybody would resign. He also noted that
were the bureau to adopt the local leave plan as now constituted he
would be required to add one monitorial and teletypist position to
his Tb O to maintain the current level of operations. Norm and I said
that FBIS would be making a policy decision on this issue, in
coordination with PMO, after the bureau chiefs' conference. One
other point Bill made is that while he believes the monitors are
overgraded and overcompensated (he has no documentation for the
latter point), the teletypists, as well as Embassy FSN employees, in
grades 1 through 6 are undercompensated. Again, he has no solid
documentation to back this statement.
(cc: Chief, Abidjan Bureau, Abidjan FBN file)
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