LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION FOR MAJOR VIRGIL M. DERCKUM - CONEIN, LUCIEN

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005355188
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: April 23, 2010
• Case Number: F-2006-01174
• Publication Date: June 14, 1954

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1. Effective 14 JUN 1954 , this Letter of Authorization will define
your relationship with the United States Government while you are on detail
from the United States Army to another Governmental organization (herein-
after called this organization").
2. In recognition of the special mission to which you have been assigned, it
is hereby agreed that the following rights, restrictions, and obligations will
be in force durin the period you are performing this particular mission for
this organization:
(a) It is specifically understood and agreed that you are a member of the
Armed Forces of the United States and that you are entitled to retain fro
either the U. S. Army or this organization, only the salary, allowances
and other benefits which are commensurate with your military grade and
post of assignment.
(b) As you will be assigned by the United States Army on bona fide
military PCS orders to Indo-China, you will receive from your parent
military service your base pay and longevity, and the allowances
applicable to the designated unit to which you will be assigned.
(c) It is contemplated that you may be furnished transportation to and
from your permanent post of duty overseas by your parent military
service. In the event that such transportation is not so furnished, you
will be advanced or reimbursed funds by this organization for said
travel and transportation expenses and for authorized travel within your
operational area. You will be entitled t_._o per d_~i m in lieu of subsistence
in the course of this travel in accordance with applicable Government
civilian travel re ulations. All travel, transportation and per diem
provaeayou under this paragraph by this organization must be properly
authorized, and expenses incurred hereunder are subject to payment and
accounting in compliance with the regulations of this organization.
(d) In conformance with the Joint Travel Regulations, this organization
will advance or reimburse you funds for the travel and transportation
expenses of your dependents and your household effects from your
present area of assignment to any place in the United States which you
may designate. If authority is granted for your dependents to join you at
your permanent post of duty overseas, this organization will advance or
reimburse you funds for the travel and transportation expenses of your
dependents and your household effects subject to the emergency restric-
tions of your parent military serviced from the place so designated by
you to your permanent post of duty overseas, and, upon completion of
your assignment with this organization, from your permanent post of
duty overseas to Washington, D. C. Your dependents will be entitled
to per diem in the course of such overseas travel in accordance with
applicable Government civilian travel regulations. The expenses incurrei
in the movement of your dependents and your household effects from said
designated place in the United States to your permanent post of duty
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 overseas shall include transportation as indicated above and storage of
such household effects as are not moved, provided that the total amount
of household effects moved plus the total amount of household effects
stored shall not exceed the total weight allowance prescribed (by the
Joint Travel Regulations) for a major in the U. S. Army. All travel
transportation and per diem provided for under this paragraph must be
properly authorized, and expenses incurred hereunder are subject to
payment and accounting in compliance with the organization's regula-
tions and, where applicable, the Joint Travel Regulations.
(e) You will be advanced or reimbursed funds for necessary operational
expenses as specifically approved by this organization. Such funds will
be subject to accounting in compliance with the regulations of this
organization.
(f) It is anticipated that by virtue of your duties on this particular
assignment for this organization you may be required to fulfill the
minimum Department of the Army requirements necessary for the
receipt of extra-hazardous duty pay (demolition pay). If such require-
ments are met and proper certification is made thereto, and if for
security or operational reasons such payments cannot be made to you
by your parent military organization, then, this organization will pay
to you the sum of $100. 00 per month in lieu of an identical amount you
would have received from the United States Army had you been on overt
military duty abroad. Your mission chief, or a responsible senior
mission official will be required to certify to this organization that the
handling and exploding of demolitions is a requirement of your duty with
this organization, that you have fulfilled the minimum Department of the
Army regulations necessary for the receipt of such extra-hazardous
duty pay, and that no payment therefor has been received by you from
your parent military service.
( ;) You will be entitled to leave in accordance with the policies of your
parent military service. Upon the completion of your present assignmeit,
you will be required to certify to your parent military service the numbe
of days annual leave you have taken during your assignment with this
organization.
(h) If, in the performance of your cover service, you assume the
custody of government funds or take title of record to property of any
nature whatsoever and wherever situate, which property has in fact been
purchased with monies of the U. S. Government, you hereby recognize
and acknowledge the existence of a trust relationship, either express or
constructive, and you agree to execute whatever documents may be
required by this organization to evidence this relationship.
3. You will be required to keep forever secret this Letter and all informa-
tion which you may obtain in the course of your association with this organ-
ization (unless released in writing by this organization from such obligation),
with full knowledge that violation of such secrecy may subject you to
criminal prosecution under the espionage laws dated 25 June 1948, as
amended, and other applicable laws and regulations.
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 4. The conditions of this authorization are predicated upon the assumption
that you will be assigned to Saigon, Indo-China under bona fide military cover
and that you will continue under such cover for the duration of your overseas
assignment with this organization. Any deviation from these facts will
require a new Letter of Authorization or amendment thereto.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
REVIEW?:
i of i it FerKonnel
Contracting Officer