HEAD RECRUITER SAYS: CIA NEEDS 'EM YOUNG, BRAINY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300240011-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: July 19, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

STAT
THE GONDOLLER
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(Venice, Flcrida
JULY 19, 1965
MEAD RECRUITER SAYS:
CIA deeds 'Em Young,
There's one part of the na-
tion's C e n t ra 1 Intelligence
Agency (CIA) operation that's
not secret-it wants to recruit
well-educated, alert people
who will help to keep the CIA
on its toes throughout the
world.
That's the word from a Ven-
ice visitpr, Rex E. Greaves,
chief ofrecruitment and re-
tiree ' lacement f o r t h e
agency.
Greaves and his wife and
three children, Amy, Holly
and Peter, spent a short va-
cation last week with Mrs.
Greaves' mother, Mrs. Helen
Eggebrecht of 821 Madrid,
and devoted the time visiting
and swimming in the Gulf.
Ex-State Man
A veteran of 31 years of
government servtee, 13 of it
with the CIA, Greaves' ca-
reer included State Depart-
ment work when he was exec-
utive assistant to the assis-
tant secretary of state in
charge of congressional rela-
tions during the turbulent
days when the late Sen. Joe
McCarthy was driving gov-
ernment officials to distrac-
tion with his charges of com-
munism in high places..
Graa4'es ;went two" CIA for-
eign, tours of ,duty-in Japan
and in Frankf i."t Germany-
before settling down to his
present assignment in Wash-
ingto, D.C.
~Congress passed legislation
last, year requiring CIA em-
ployes with five years serv-
ice to retire at age 62 and
those with 30 years to quit
at 60. The law became effec-
tive this spring. Agents also
can retire at 50 with 20 years
of government service, in-
cluding 10 years with CIA and
five years overseas.
Recruiting
That's why Greaves and his
staff of 14 have been cover-
ing the country's universities
to try to find likely new CIA
agents and contacting schools
and industries to place the
people. who have skills and
educations which they don't
want to waste on early retire-
ment.
"We've had outstanding suc-
cess on placement of people
in their sixties in education,"
Greaves reported, adding that
many of them have Ph.D. de-
grees in various fields and
also are skilled in languages.
Brainy
agents live anonymous and
sometimes hazardous lives,
especially for their families.
who usually accompany them
on overseas assignments.
fiat's one reason why they
c a n establish themselves
after retirement in positions
in education or industry
where they can drop their
anonymity and live more nor-
mal lives, he said.
He told of one CIA veteran
who had published three his-
torical books during his serv-
ice who now at 53 years of
age has been placed as a pro-
fessor in a South Carolina uni-
versity.
Good Field
The southeast section of the
country, including Florida, is
a likely field to find CIA re-
cruits, Greaves said. Colleges
in the area have not contrib-
uted their share of CIA
agents in the past, he re-
ported.
He's looking especially for
bright young college gradu-
ates, both men and women,
with training in languages,
international relations and es-
pecially economics.
The CIA needs continuous
influx of y o u n g people,
Greaves said, addl.; g that
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