MINUTES OF THE CIA CAREER SERVICE BOARD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000500060003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 13, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 10, 1953
• Content Type: MIN

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CIA CAREER SERVICE BOARD
5th Meeting, Tuesday, 10 March 1953, 4:00 PuM?
DCI6s Conference Room, Administration Building
Presents Walter Reid Wolf, DD/A, Chairman
25X1A9A Robert Amory, Jr., ADD/I,.alternate for the DD/I
Matthew Baird, D/TR
25X1 A9A Act. Ch/Operations, alternate for the DD/P
alternate for the AD/NE
a, AD/P
AD/Commo
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Executive Secretary
Reporter
to The minutes of the lath meeting of the CIA Career Service Board,
held 15 January 1953, were approved.
2. The Board agreed to recommend to the Director that Mr. Frank Wisner,
Deputy Director (Plane), be appointed Chairman of the Board for the term
1 March 1953 through 30 June 1953? The present charter of the CIA Career
Service Board requires that the Chairmanship rotate among the three Deputy
Directors, each of whom shall serve successively for four monthso
t\ 3. The Hazardous Duty Pay Program, held over from the previous meet-
ing, was discussed again. Consideration was given to the recommendations
of the DD/P Career Service Boards and to the recommendations that it was
anticipated the Strauss Commission would make. The Board agreed that it
was not prepared to ' recommend to the Director at this time the program for
Hazardous Duty Pay which had been presented. The Board agreed that if the
findings of the Strauss Commission and its final recommendations should
introduce any new elements that had not been considered, it was prepared
to reconsi der the above decision,, It was further agreed that as quickly
as possible a very thorough study would be instituted to determine whether
4. The proposed Regulation covering the CIA Career Service Program
was discussed and approved subject to the necessity for making technical
and editorial changes affecting the format but not the substance of the
Regulation. While it was recognized that there were marxr questions of
procedure which could not be answered respecting the workings of the Career
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Service Program, it was the final concensus that it was desirable to
formalize in aRegulation at this time the principles involved and the
organizational structure through which they would be carried out, Itr
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5e The report of the Professional Selection Panel was tabled. On
the recommendation of the Deputy Director (Plans) and the Chief of Operatibns,
the principle was established that notification of the Panells reconnendations
would go to the Office concerned through the appropriate Deputy Director
simultaneously with the notification to the Assistant Director (Personnel).
6, The Staff Study, "Oral F.~camination of Applicants"., was'discussed
together with the comments from the five principal components of the Agency,
The Board agreed to refer these comments to the Professional Selection Panel
with the request that the Panel reconcile the various contents on the Staff
Study and make specific recommendations to the Board at its next meeting
with respect to the process of selecting new employees.
7o The Staff Study, "Responsibility for Career Planning", which pro.
vides for the assignment of a career designation to each career employee
of the Agency was approved subject to the ratification of an amendment.
This amendment concerns the principles which were to be followed In assigning
career designations, particularly the principle which related to the right
of the individual to express his desires respecting the career designation
assigned to'him, The Executive Secretary was directed to prepare a suitable
amendment to the Staff Study and secure the individual concurrences to the
statement of principles from each member of the Board. Phis was done; see
memorandum, dated 31 March 1953, attache
8, The Staff Study, "Ten Year Commendatory Letter", dated 13 February
1953, was considered., The Executive Secretary was directed to work out the
criteria to insure that there would be a uniform practice throughout the
Agency in determining what service in the field of U S. intelligence would
be considered creditable for the purpose of computing eligibility to receive
a letter signed by the Director recognizing the individual for ten yearsU
service in the field of U. So' intelligence.
9o The Staff Study, "Categories of CIA Personnel", was removed from
the agendas
100 The meeting was adjourned at 1805 to reconvene at the call c the
Chairman,
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Executive tary
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