LETTER TO HONORABLE JOHN F. BALDWIN FROM W. F. RABORN
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June 23, 1965
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23 JUN 1965
Honorable John P. Baldwin
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 205515
Thank You for Your letter of 17 June 165 regarding the application
or employment with this Agency.
I made an excellent impression on our field representative
who interviewed him in August lam. The headquarters officials who
later reviewed his application forms noted his qualifications with
interest and have noted his name or future consideration. There is
nothing in our record to indicate that our inability to offer employment
to was based on any adverse . inding about him. Rather,
no w in~ his substantial record, we have not to date had an
opening a nsurate with his qualifications.
By way o further explanation, may r review briefly the xact that
the Central Intelligence Agency has over the past 1 if?teen yews been
building a corps of career intelligence oa'ficers who have been inten.
sively trained in its work. This program has been suocessul in devel-
oping a broad range of competence so that our requirements for the
intake a;' new personnel are largely a matter of bringing in young people
of high intelligence and aptitude for our work to fill in behind the
more experienced oificers. In this way, we are able to fill host of our
openings in the middle and upper grades with careerists especially
trained in our work and it is only occasionally that we have to look
outside of the Agency to meet special requirements.
qualities we seek and the patriotic urge to niter their services to the
Agency. While it is most reassuring to know that there are men like
him whom we can call on in an emergency, that occasion has not yet
arisen in his case. His name has been noted and his application placed
in our active rile for attention ii an appropriate requirement should
is one of many mature man who have the basic personal
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cials on a current basis.
develop. &cwever, to ensure that no possibility has been overlooked,
I have reque ted that his file be reviewed by appropriate Agency o :t i-
completed.
behalf is appreciated. We shall
advise you further vhen the current review of his rile has been
Sincerely,
[(signed)- W. F. Raboxri
W. F. Reborn
Director
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