DEPARTMENT OF STATE VS. AGENCY PRACTICE OF REIMBURSING FOR INDIRECT ROUTE TRAVEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68-00140R000200470010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: July 12, 1960
• Content Type: MF

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STATINTL
MEMCI A)M FCkt. s
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1. For sevsaral years the Aget has followed the polioy of
reimbursing e*p oyses for indirect route travel ate at a rats not
to 074 044, the "constructive costs which would have been incurred if
they had utilized first class *cations by a direct route. The
Department of State sad other Go rmeent Agerciee have followed a
el*ilar practice.
2. R0c3erstly, howeyear, the Department issued circular 1449
copy attached) which provides tx'iact State as el
h
oyesar w
o travel by
ndi reot routes will race Lye rei sement ad on the mode and
3423 of trap r rt to n" .._-A -- ,,~ _ _
as heretofore. It
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It is bs 1 ed, however. that if 'th'e s l e
.greatly reduce indlreot tar+vel, thereby depriving overseas employees
of a privilege which memos a great deal to them, but that little if
arq savings of official funds would be reali :,mod.
The Agency Trawl Ragulaticma are
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tl
p
een
y in procaaa of
being revised to clarifyr certain teical points pertaining to
constructive cost and the question has arisen as to ulolher Agency
Regulations pertaining to indirect travel should be chimed to can.
f t to those recency adapted by the Department of State, or whether
we should continue the policy that we have followed for the past
several years.
la. We hates chocked with th,s Ctsera]. Counsel;s Office and they
have confirmed that the Agency's. present practice of reimbursing on
a "constructive cost not to exceed tirst e>le-sfl basis is legal, in
accordance with Standardized Goverment Ton ,e1 Regulations, and has
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STATINTL
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have dt cusasd this r otter with er 13eWra w U19e on this sub oct.
tjon 4449 dtd 18
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STATINTL
been repeatedly uphold by C
ll
objections fro a r oY r a..,....~
A aubeot;, ire propose to rescsaecend to
the DD/S that the Agency contir the practice of reimbursing emplo
for the ""4141 Costa of indirect route travel at a rats not a ed e
the *o nptruct've cost" xhion w,ul,d have been incurred if they had used
first Class ac cos i ti rn ,%.A .~ ~ .. _.. ~_
"'O"anat17 do make A change in
eta ~ncY" Polite" on thi
re
p'eent Practice of reiaebureeaent for indi
gwncy rect route ter 1.i The
I)1)/S has Indicated inforia14 that he is in favor of continu the
Present practice, un eaa you feel that the" are considerations
which make it advisable to change our policy, to conf?t to that of
the Department of State.
Attaob ent, Cy of Dgpartr nt of State
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