DEAR MR. JONES:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP59-00224A000100690010-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Content Type: LETTER

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Mr. Roger W. Jones
Assistant Director for
Legislative Reference
Bureau of the Budget
Washington 25, D. C,
Dear Mr. Jones:
We have carefully reviewed the draft of the Overseas Allow?nces
Act of 1955 and its attachments which you forwarded for commen,
on 22 June 1955. As stated in Mr. Pforzheim.er's letter to you of
25 January 1955, CIA approves and endorses this legislation on the
understanding that it in no way overrides or impairs the general
authorities granted to the Agency under the CIA Act of 1949, as
amended .
One specific problem arises out of the proposed repeal of
Section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as proposed in
Section 411(2) of the draft bill. This problem is caused by the
fact that Section 5(b) of the CIA Act of 1949 authorizes the =Director
of Central Intelligence to grant to any officer or employee of thc:
Agency certain allowances in accordance with the provisions
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of Section 901(1) and 901(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946. It
is my understanding that the Department of State is opposed to
repealing Section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as
amended. If it is determined that Section 901 is not to be repealed
by the Overseas Allowances Act of 1955, then it is requested that
the Overseas Allowances Act as submitted to the Congress contain
a provision in Title IV amending Section 5(b) of the CIA Act of
1949 by the insertion of a comma after the date "1946" and the
insertion of the words "as amended", thus the Section will read:
"(b) In accordance with such regulations as the
President may prescribe and notwithstanding the
provisions of section 1765 of the Revised Statutes
(5 U.S.C. 70), the Director is authorized to grant
to any officer or employee of the Agency allowances
in accordance with the provisions of Section 901(1)
and 901(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as
amended. "
We consider this amendment necessary because of the large
number of CIA employees overseas who are specifical administered
in accordance with the standards set up by the Foreign Service Act
and on the same basis as members of the Foreign Service itself.
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