SEPARATION ALLOWANCES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00384R000400190058-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 2, 2001
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: May 23, 1951
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 2006/10/31: CIA-RDP57-004R000400190058-6
Chief
office of General Counsel
Separation Allowances
23 May 1951
1. This is in reply to your memorandum of 17 Nay 1951, re-
garding the problem of separation allowances at
and is largely repetitive of our recent converse: .on.
2. Foreign pest Allowances, ine-ludin r- the s a aration allowance,
are subject to the provisions of
Finds Regulations and, as more specifically defined by, the Standard sod
Government Civilian Allowance Regulations. Section 7.1 of the latter,
by definition, stat^s thatt
" 'Separation allow nce' means an allowance granted pursuant
to section 901(2)(iii) of the Foreign Service Act of 1916 (22
U.S.C. 1131(2)) to assist an officer or employes" who is compelled
by reason of d-s%.gkrous, notably unhealthful, or excessively adverse
living conditions at his post abroad or for the convenience of
the Government to moot the additional expense of maintai4ing his
wife and minor children elsewhere than in the country of his as-
ligrunent. The term 'family,' when used in connection with sepa-
ration allowance, means the wife of an officer or employee and
his children who are unmarried and under 21 years of age. The
term 'children,' includes step-children or adopted children."
3. The above definition in itself excludes the possibility of
granting a separation allowance for a mother, whether or not she is
dependent upon the employee, and demonstrates a clear distinction
from the definition of dependents epplied for income tax purposes.
4. Insofar as the employee encounters no additional expenses
for the maintenance of his wife and minor children by reason of his
service overseas, it would seem inappropriate, within the definition
of Section 7.1 of the Standardized Government Civilian Allowance
Regulations, to create an illusory condition of "additional expense"
when it does not exist.
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