SUPPORT OF THE OCB

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00597R000100070036-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2009
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: January 7, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 2009/01/09: CIA-RDP58-00597R000100070036-3
7 January 1956
MFMORANDtI FOR DD/S
Subject: Support of the OCB
From our point of view it would seem highly desirable
to obtain the legislation recommended by the Board. The present
method of financing is of doubtful legality and has raised at
least a question mark with the Comptroller General. The provi-
sion of super-grades for the OCB Staff is even more dubious.
However, I see no objection to the proposed long-term assign-
ments on a non-reimbursable basis for the Intelligence Liaison
Staff nor to the occasional loan of other qualified personnel.
I agree there would be a technical point of order which could be
raised if direct appropriation for the OCB were used without
such legislation. It would, however, still be preferable from
our point of view to the present arrangement. If neither the
le-islation nor the direct appropriation is feasible, I feel
the technical improprieties with the current support system
would be lessened if all participating agencies were to con-
tribute equally. At the very least this would answer a pos-
sible charge that technically the current system was an improper
supplementation of State or other budgets.
LAWRE R. HOUSTON
General Counsel
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