SEPARATION COMPENSATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00610R000200080003-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 19, 1960
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 2003/
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Memorandum of Conversation
DATE: 19 September 19W
PARTICIPANTS: House committee on A p,ro fictions: -Sar, vel W. Crosby, S Member
Central Latelii ,pace Agency: L. K. White, Deputy Director (Support).
1. Pursuant to our discussion at the Deputies' sw ee .n , on Friday, 16 Septc t , 1
telephoned Sam Crosby on Monday, 19 September, to advise him that the Director proposed
to telephone Chairman Cannon in Missouri to discuss our separa or, comp nsation plan. I
explained that the plan was very important to the Agency and that the Director was perfectly
willing to send someone to Missouri to see Mr. Cannon a d to have him (Crosby) go along if
Mr. Gaon desired such a meeting. I also said tra.t my purpose in calling was to offer to
give him a more extensive briefing if he so desired and to make sure he knew that the
Director intended to telephone Mr. Cannon. He was very friendly but immediately tried to
dissuade us from telephoning Mr. Cannon, stating that he had personally briefed him on the
plan at which time Mr. Cannon, at the very outset and without studying it, had said, ?'I air..
against it, I am against it.
2. Mr. Crosby informed me that he had t Iced with represo tatlves of t=v~e Central
Accounting office and with Bob Smart of the Armed Services Committee Staff and was a rare
of the fact that we were being held up only because Mr. Cannon had not given h'is approval.
It was his feeling that Mr. Cannon would not give his approval to the plan without having the
Subcommittee consider it and that, of course, there was no possibility of accomplishin this
prior to January, 1961. - Nevertheless, he emphasized that V%e Director could proceed as he
wished and that the Staff certainly did not want to interfere. It was my impression, ho 7i-
ever, that he sincerely felt that we might do more to hurt our case than help it if we attempted
to push it through before Mr. Cannon could have it considered by the full Subcommittee. I
told him that I would pass this along to the Director and would call him again if the Director
still planwa o contact Mir. Cannon in Missouri.
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D;2g'_'t-y Director
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