NOTE A. FOREIGN SERVICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000800040030-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: January 1, 1957
• Content Type: REGULATION

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gl./.M A. FOF2X011 tIERVICE
1. Retirement in the Foreign. Service is by pa mission of the Secretary
of State.
a. Foreign Service Officers deposit in the retirement fund 5% of their
salary.
e2. The Secretary of State is authorized to declare certain posts un-
healthful (not hardship) (see attached list). A Foreign Service
Officer may receive, for each year of service at en urthealthful
post., one belt year extra credit (or one percentage point) towards
his eventual annuity. The annuity of a $10,000-a-year r50 retiring
ulth 4 years at an unhealthful post is thus angmented by 000 a yesr.
TO receive this, however: he must have waived at,thebeqinning of
his tour the -post differential.) if any.
4. The Secretary of State is enthorized to establish post differentials
at certain posts to compensate for remoteness, living conditions,
etc., by which base salaries are augmented by 5p 101 15, 20 or 25%.
Thus 4 years of service at a 25% differential post is equal to one
extra year's base salary.
5. A *10,000-a-year FSO, in contemplating 4 years service at unhealthful
posts which have 25% post differentials, has to choose between $400 a
year extra annuity when he retires,or $10,000 cash within the next 4
years. In practice he most often chooses the latter presumably on the
theory that $100000 cash in hand is more desirable than Ow a year
additional imam many years in the future.
6. For this reason the unhealthful post provision of the Foreign Service
Act Is largely ineffective.
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Wote B CIVIL anHVICE RETIREMIT (Pal,. 854 eff, 1 Oct. 1956)
la Agency employees deposit in the retirement fond 61% of
salary,
2, Retirement is mandatory only at age 70 if individual has com-
pleted 15 years of service (5 of shich are civilian).
Voluntary retirement can occur at age 55 and after as follollu:
Age 62 vith 5 years civilian service; Age 55 to 60 with 30 yeaxs
service (5 civilian) on a reduced annuity (see paragraph 5).
4. An individual may receive an immediate aunity if he is in-
voluntarily separated at age 50 after 20 years service (5 of which
must be civilian) To be eligible for the immediate anntlity, the
involuntary separation may not be effected on charges of mis-
conduct or delinquency but may be effected A3 a resat of such
conditions as redaction in force: lads of funds, inefficiency:
disability: failure to qualify during probation, etc.
o. in the case of voluntary retirement prior to age 60 or involun-
ttovy rotirmaent: the Lzaediate annuity is reduced by 1% for each
:psw:re -under 60 between 60 end 55 and 2% for each year under 55.
Thuv a person involuntarily separated at age 50 pould be entitled
to an immediate annuity reduced by 15%.
A special provision: very similar to the basic formula for the
Yoreign Service, is available for law.icnforcament enployees aa
rellawas
a, Age 50 or over
ba 20 or in law..enforcementwork
oa At least I year immediately preceding retirement in a
position whose duties entail primrally the investigation,
apprdhension or detection of persons suspected or con-
victed of offenses against the criminal lam of the U.S,
d. Recommendation by Agency Reed.
e. Indtvidual statement of hazard by Agency head.
f. Approval by Civil Service Commission..
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