Career Service

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000500030010-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 27, 1953
• Content Type: MF

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MANDUU FOR s Deputtey' Dir'3ct r (Plans
SUBJECT a Career Service
1. It is essential that we establish at the, earl.ez'tt pc;
date the policies and pr nciples which will. C -arm cN er a. ~,,es
development within the DID/P organization
2* Basic policies determining initial career: ser rice
of our personnel should' logically be
a. Ass` : r.t to a Foreign Intel],i ene profeasiorr
of all individuals assigned to 0,90 on 1 .hi ,Z14.:t 1952 a,
after, except as indurated in m> ax? c^ , .; e and '
b. Assent. to < professional i~nI
Warfare Service of all individuals asti:igrec( to su,csa :.r> .. ,.,
within OPC on 1 : ug xst 1952 and thereafter, except as JIr41*z::~13%;
in sub=-paragrapha a and f bets.
c. As sig nt. 'tci a professional Parend.I-Attauy
Service of all individuals assigned to such sOU-ivitie yr t iJ
OPC on 1 August 1952 zmd thereafter, except 1.a indicata>c;f in
paragraphs e and f belowo
d. Assigrmxe it to a professional tachn .r 3. service.; r;
individuals perf?~ r: ant 'technical (oxclusirre Of adrtn .r-i = r
duties in the Off e of Technical Services,
e. Assigient to the appropriate profs ion l fir:
tive service (Personnc=l, Finance.4 :dica1,,
all individuals uho per=form specific tee h sic 7. dutie r F "t-a :;i
M/P organization which place them in the category of r..
CIA administrative service, except as
f. Assignrieaat of all professional car ; i native pc.. srr _..:-
who perform general administrative duties other the ).n sec -e ~ U , .ai
and clerical and no l of a single technical pec ifIf,,' re t : c err, a
the DD/P organization to a gen-oral, ac hi nl 3t,. gut;, ; v cis ~~ a~ c u~c ;m
service under DD/A oxc }pt as indicated. in
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g. In deciding the career service assignment of indkirldusis
covered by sub-paragraphs a and f above, the following shall be
determining factors:
(1) If the individual concerned has been assigned to
administrative duties from operational duties and desires
to and is acceptable for return to an operational assign
meat, he shall be assigned to the appropriate operational
service.
(2). If the individual concerned has not previously per-
formed operational duties but desires and is acceptable for
operational assignment, he shall be assigned to the appropri-
ate operational service,
(3) If the individual concerned has been assigned from
a professional administrative service or has not previously
performed operational duties and does not desire or is not
acceptable for an operational assignment, he shall be assigned
to the professional administrative service concerned.
he Assignments as indicated above should be primary assign
mats. Acwever, any individual who has demonstrated successful
experias in other lines should be given one or more secoridar,r
designations depending on the scope of such other gene.
i. No individual should be. transferred from a primary ser-
vice without the prior approval of the head of that service or
authorised higher authority.
J. Assignment and promotion responsibility should be cen-
tralized for each career service so that the service chief may
administer his career program on a world-wide basis. This would
an that every assignment, reassignment, promotion, or demotion
in each service must be considered by the c antral career service
board of the service concerned.
3. Career service boards are required to be established in each
senior operational staff. Their composition is indicated in the attach-
ment.
it. It will be necessary to establish a DD/' Career Service Board,
the reoo a ded composition of vhloh is also indicated in the attacI
anent, to consider and assist in monitoring the careers of DD/P person-
nel for positions not within any single career service and those
assigned to such -small units as the /P office, the Plans and Programs
Staff, the Inspection and Review Staff, and where a ropriate9
the Admi nistaration Staff s
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Basic to the above are the following steps:
An inventory of all currently assigned personnel by eerriae
e
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for resew by the service chiefs or career service boards eons ed
to establish the initial career service lists.
b. The acceptance of the above policies and principles by the
Agency Career Service Board.
cd The establishment of internal procedures to make the basic
plan effective.
d. Tho determination of some appropriate and secure method to
h=andle deep cover personnel on a career basis
6. Recommend you approve of the above basic approach to this pro-
b a and the transmission of this recommendation to the Agency Career
84rvicce Board for consideration,
/5/
Chief of Parmnilitary Operations
/a/
Acting Chief of Psychological
and Political Warfare
Approved
/s/ F. 0. Wisner
DDP
October 6 (day) 1952
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/e/
Acting Chief of Foreign Intslligenae
/s/
Chief of Administration
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