LETTER TO THE HONORABLE SPIRO T. AGNEW FROM RICHARD HELMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00337R000100150006-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 23, 1969
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
2 3 OCT 1969
The Honorable Spiro T. Agnew
President of the Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
My dear Mr. President:
This letter transmits for the consideration of the Congress a
proposed draft bill to amend the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement
Act of 1964 for Certain Employees, as amended. The proposed bill
brings the CIA Retirement Act into consonance with certain provisions
of the Civil Service retirement system.
Public Law 91-93, approved October 20, 1969, made significant
improvements in the benefits of the Civil Service retirement system.
Contribution rates were increased also. The improvement in benefits
includes using "high three" instead of "high five" for computing annuities,
permitting accumulated sick leave to be added in the computation of
annuities, adding 1 percent to cost-of-living adjustment for annuitants,
making the remarriage provisions partially retroactive, and improving
survivor benefits.
A number of key features in the CIA Retirement Act, as passed in
1964, were adopted from provisions of law then applicable to Civil Service
retirees. These features included the provisions amended by P. L. 91-93.
The reasons for changing these benefits under the Civil Service
retirement system apply with equal force to the CIA system. This CIA
retirement system would be completely undermined if it did not keep
pace with the improved benefits and effective dates of P. L. 91-93. On
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th `at er and, eimetment of tie proposed bill will s ux that appropriate
provision of the CIA r tire nt system remain in line with those of the
C l e w ce Item..
We'woald ppra t early an4 favorable consideration oft -
proposed bill. The huge of t Budget has advised that there is no
objection to p r entire the proposed bill to the Congress from the
s t a n d p o i n t of the A i trationrs program.
Mueorely.
,Enclosers
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