LIAISON WITH INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFFS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00597A000100020005-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 16, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Content Type: REPORT

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LIAISON WIT
OF CONO
INDIVIDUAL IvikkillIERS
T IR STAFFS.
ajor portion of the work of the Legislative Counsel involves
contacts with the members of congress, and more particularly their
office staffs on routine inquiries of various sorts the greatest number
of which involves personnel applications at CIA. It has been the prac-
tice, since the Agency started, to route all Congressional correspon-
dence and inquiries regarding personnel matters through this office.
This serve* to build up in one place the Congressional contact* with the
Agency. An index file on all ( Gegressional applicants is maintained
there, and Congressional correspondence is prepared for the signature
of the Director or the Legislative Counsel.
During the period from 1 January 1953 to 1 September 1954
there have been approximately 671 job applications arising from Con-
gressional sponsorship, which is almost two new cases per working
day. There was a sharp drop from over 400 cases during the first
session of the Congress to 241 during the second session. Of these
applicants, the Agency e-nployed 32, which is almost 5% of those apply-
ing. This is virtually the same percentage as applies to hirings in the
Agency from all applications.
During the 83rd Congress, from January 1953 to 1 September
1954, the office of the Legislative Counsel has been in personal,
written, or telephonic communication with 84 Senators, Z57 Congress-
men, or their offices, on various matters including committee briefings,
personnel applications, general inquiries and the like.
During 1953, the office was in contact with 75 Senators an
Congressmen, or their offices.
During 1954, the office was in contact with 65 Senators and
156 Congressmen, or their offices.
The discrepancy between the yearly figures and the total figures
for the $3rd Congress to date is accounted for by the fact that many of
the offices concerned were contacted both in 1953 and 1954.
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