CLANDESTINE SERVICE SUPPORT OFFICERS' MEETING DDS CONFERENCE ROOM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04722A000200010002-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 23, 1970
• Content Type: MIN

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CLANDESTINE SERVICE SUPPORT OFFICERS' MEETING
DDS Conference Room
23 December 1970
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As a first order of business, Mr. Bannerman joined the group and
expressed his appreciation for their support over the years,
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2. No DDP Staff Meeting.
3. Items of interest at the DDS Staff Meeting:
a. Christmas Gifts and Food Program reports that
as of Friday, 18 December, Agency employees had contributed 325 gifts
and 360 lbs. of canned and dried food. Additionally, he has received $18
cash. Contributions on Monday and Tuesday were also heavy. We'll give
you a final report.
b. Amendments to CIARDS On 21 December the House passed our
requested amendments to CIARDS and Presidential signature is assured. We
will now have the following:
(1) Increase in the limit of retirees during the 5-year
period ending 1974 from 400 to 800.
(2) Ability to count as creditable service any period during
which retirement deductions were not taken with annuity reduced
by 10% per year.
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(3) Transfer to CIARDS fund some $33 million in government
contribution naw held by the Civil Service Retirement Fund covering
service by people who have transferred from Civil Service System to
CLARDS.
(4) Raising from 21 to 22 years of age the entitlements to a
child survivor annuity.
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a. Practice of Office Security On 17 December 1970, Mr. Karamessines
himself observed a number of offices where classified material was lying on
desks and tables without anyone being present in the room to prevent un-
authorized access. He immediately directed SSU/DDP to survey all offices
in CS space and to observe the number of instances where unauthorized access
to classified material would be possible. survey has been dis-
tributed to you and you will note that Bob found 24 instances where he could
have apparently removed classified material without detection. Bob has pro-
duced adraft of a CS notice on the subject of Security in Office Routine and
we have made copies for each of you. Please review this draft and telephone
me with any comments or suggestions you have by noon tomorrow. We will
then present a draft to Mr. Karamessines for his approval.
b. Subpoenaing of CIA Employees You may have seen in the Post
this moaning that the attorney for one of the defendants in the Mylai case
has gotten agreement to subpoena three CIA, employees. General Counsel
says that only one of the three ever had any connection with the Agency and
that as a contract employee engaged in the pacification program. One of the
three is a regular State Department officer and the other is a military officer
who was stationed in Vietnam but not detailed to the Agency. The contract
employee, who is no longer with us, didn't know anything about Mylai until
he read it in the newspaper. His appearance would be of no real value to
the defense.
c. National Interdepartmental Seminar At our meeting on
16 December, it was reported that nominations are to be sent to OTR by
1 January for each of the first three sessions of the 1971 NIS. Col. White's
directive on this subject went on to say that nominations should also be sent
to OTR by 1 June for the three remaining sessions of 1971 which begin on
12 July, 13 September and 1 November.
d. Holiday Coverage Thursday, 24 December is a true holiday so
it is not necessary to maintain a skelton force. DDP people may leave at
12:30. Persons required to work past 4 hours on this day, if otherwise
eligible, are entitled to holiday pay. People already on leave or with pre-
viously planned leave will be charged only 4 hours for 24 December.
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Far Saturday, 26 December and 2 January, wants only the
Division Chief or his Deputy on duty from 9 to 1 and only enough other
people necessary to meet emergency situations.
e. Credit Union - 24 December The Credit Union will close at
12 noon tomorrow.
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f. Profits from Sale of POWs Abroad The U. S. Court of Claims
(No. 151-66, 11 December 1970) has rendered a 54 page opinion in the
case of Arpod J. Artwohl and 14 others. This case is the one where
several members of the U. S. Armed Forces were assigned to Brazil
with JBUSMC and sold their POWs, which had been imported duty-free,
on the open market. They were required to turn in their profits from the
sale, being permitted to retain only their original costs plus expenses.
The procedures followed were in accordance with FAM Circular No. 281,
4 February 1965. The Court held that the Department did not have to
return the profits (ranging from $l, 800 to $6, 500) to the plaintiffs, con-
cluding that the FAMC 281 was in pursuance of legitimate foreign policy
goals (controlling profiteering) and appeared reasonable under the
circumstances. The Court observed that rather than enforce his right
to require exportation of a POV at end of tour, the Ambassador offered
to allow plaintiffs to sell their cars in Brazil at a reduced profit. Plaintiffs
accepted this offer and now are bound by it.
g. Security Violations -November 1970 The CS had a total of 20;
NE - 5; EUR and FE - 3; CI and WH - 2; AF, CA, 12I, SB and TSD - 1
each. (FYI, during November the total Support Directorate had only 2}.
h. Court .Leave On 22 December 1970 the President signed into
law HR 12979 which will permit employees to be granted court leave when
appearing as a witness in a judicial proceeding on behalf of a State or
local government. The new law will also permit authorization of travel
expenses for an employee summoned to testify or to produce official
records on behalf of the U. S. , or when he is summoned to testify in his
official capacity or to produce official records on behalf of a party other
than the U. S.
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