Minutes of the CIA Career Service Board

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-00699A000100040009-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 12, 1953
• Content Type: MIN

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CIA CAREER SERVICE BOARD
14th Meeting, Thursday, 12 November 1953, at 4 too P.M.
DCI Conference Room, Administration Building
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Deputy Chief, PP, Member
25X1 A9a Acting Personnel Director,
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Present: Messrs. Lyman B. Kirkpatrick, Inspector General, Chairman
cial Assistant to the Dr/A,
DD/A, Member
AD/Communications, Member
Huntington Sheldon, AD/CI, Member
25X1A9a Special Assistant, DD/T, Alternate
ember
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25X1 A9a Office of Inspector General
25X1A9a Executive Officer, ORR
nc ous , neral Counsel
25X1 A9 Special Assistant to AD/Communications
hief, Administrative Staff, DD/P
25X1 A9 ecutive Secretary
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ecretariat
, Reporter
1. Minutes of the lath meeting of the CIA Career Service Board,
held 5 November 1953, were approved without change.
2. The Career Development Slot Status Report (item 4 of the Agenda)
was approved, In the discussion that ensued concerning the Report it
was decided that any future allocations of new slots should be made only
after careful consideration of the length of time for which some of the
slots are encumbered.
Development' Slots from ORR (M
) were considered (item 5 of the
Agenda). The Executive Secretary read the requests and after discussion
the slots were approved with the understanding that ORR would guarantee
slots for the men when they returned.
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1. It was decided that the paper from the DDfA Career Cervice
Board, "Responsibility for the Assignment and Career Development
of General Administrative Personnel," dated 5 November 1953, would
be tabled for discussion at the next meeting in order to give members
of the Board more time for its study (item 6 of the Agenda).
5. The Chairman introduced the proposed letter to the Kaplan
Committee for the signature of the DD/A, and after discussion the
letter was approved with slight modification.
6. The Chairman announced that the Junior Officer Task Force
Report was ready and that it would be on the Agenda for the next
meeting. It would be distributed at the close of the meeting, He
said that the Director had met with the members of the Task Force at
their last meeting and had commented on the Report to them at that
time.
7. The Chairman then introduced Tab E, "Personnel Reserve for
the Central Intelligence Agency," of the Legislative Task Force Report.
25X1 A9a started the discussion by stating that this was a problem in
w c neral Cabell had become interested and had directed the Personnel
Office to do research on at the same time that the Legislative Task Force
was working on its proposal. A paper had been developed and was duly
transmitted to General Cabell through Col. White. In the general dis-
cussion which followed the need for contacting the Department of Defense
was brought out, The subject of the present system of CIA personnel who
have reserve status was discussed as well as what should happen to them
should war break out. Such a problem might be magnified by a wartime
situation with the intelligence services of the Defense Department wanting
to expand by gaining reserve status personnel who presently are employed
by CIA. There was some question of whether or not many employees now
with the Agency would be willin1 to lose 18 to 20 years of reserve status
they have with the armed forces to gain status with an Agency reserve,
The discussion showed the need for a reserve founded on statute which
would protect the Agency from personnel losses in the case of a national
emergency and allow for expanded operations. Even more important than
legislation, however, was the necessity for complete coordination with
the Department of Defense. The Tab was approved with the recommendation
that the Director discuss the matter with the Secretary of Defense
initially.
8. The Chairman introduced Tab H. "Legislative Provisions for the
Organization and Structure of Career Service in CIA," of the Legislative
Task Force Report. It was decided that the decision as to when and how
legislation would be presented to the Congress should be made in the
Director's Office. If there is to be "package" legislation, the prin-
ciple contained in this Tab would serve as the "wrapper." The Tab was
approved.
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9. The Chairman announced that the Director might be invited to
attend the Board meeting which was scheduled for 23 November 1953, and
that the Report of the Women's Task Force would be scheduled for some-
time in December. He also announced that next Thursday's meeting would
be devoted to the Report of the Junior Officer Task Force, the Selection
Board Report by the Professional Selection Panel, and a definition of
Career Service; the latter having been on the Agenda of the present
meeting for information only.
10. The meeting adjourned at 4:50
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