DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP64B00346R000100130039-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2003
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: July 11, 1961
• Content Type: LETTER

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ER 61-479/a
Honorable Clarence Cannon
Chairman, Committee on Appropriations
House of Representatives
Washington 25, D. C.
11 July 1961
As requested in your letter of 12 January 1961, this letter reports
our progress in implementing the payment of separation compensation
to selected individuals who are released from Agency employment as
surplus personnel.
Central Intelligence Agency regulations governing the identification
of surplus personnel and the determination of those eligible for separation
compensation were issued 10 February 1961. Concurrently, special
briefing conferences were held with supervisory officials to acquaint
them with the purposes, standards, and procedures involved.
Since that time, senior Agency officials have analyzed the staffing
of elements under their respective jurisdictions and, as a result of their
recommendations, I have approved sixteen surplus categories, including
GS grades nine through fifteen and involving approximately 225 employees.
The approval of a surplus category sets in motion the ranking processes
which identify the particular individuals to be separated. Such rankings
for the categories approved thus far are at various stages of completion,
but specific individuals to be separated have not yet been identified.
Eligibility for separation compensation is determined by factors in
each individual's employment history. Therefore, until the particular
individuals to be separated have been identified through the current rankings,
we will hot kiiaw how many of these will actually meet the criteria for
separation compensation. We estimate that the number will approximate
the Committee's authorization of 150 for the first year. We shal, of
course, have more positive information on this point in our next report.
Sincerely,
/s/
Allen W. Dulles
Concur: L. K. White 7 July 61
Originator HWLJr. A/D/Pers 6 July 61
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