UNIQUE EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH DCI TRAVEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M00165A002700100182-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2006
• Sequence Number: 182
• Publication Date: July 14, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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14 July 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
Administrative Officer, DCI
SUBJECT Unique Expenditures Associated
with DCI Travel
1. For a number of years it has been the practice
to authorize official travel (at government expense) for
a security aide to accompany a Director or Deputy Director
when either of these individuals is traveling for personal
reasons as distinct from traveling for the purposes of con-
ducting the government's business.
2. Under precedents established before my assignment
to this position, approval. for the expenditure of govern-
ment funds to provide for the protection of the persons of
the DCI and DDCI while on personal business has included
approval to expend funds for payment of the difference in
cost between First Class and Economy Class airfares on the
premise that it is in the interests of the national security
of the United States to afford the best possible protection
for the DCI and that travel in First Class accommodations
affords a substantially more amenable environment for
carrying out this responsibility than does Economy Class
travel. In other words, DCI/DDCI personal travel must be
First Class to afford maximum feasible protection for the
persons and therefore it is in the interests of the Federal
Government to authorize reimbursement of the cost differ-ential.
3. Similarly it has been the practice to authorize
reimbursement to the DCI and the DDCI for the difference
in cost between First Class and Economy Class travel for
the travel of the wives of these individuals when accom-
panying these officials either on official or personal
business. The same justifications pertain, i.e., to afford
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protection to the DCI (or DDCI) for travel at First Class
fare rates is necessary and beyond the control of the DCI
or DDCI and when the wife travels with either one, she is
compelled to travel at First Class rates.
4. The question has been raised concerning the
authorization under which the government assumes costs
associated with personal travel of the DCI, DDCI and their
wifes. No specific authorization for this type of expen-
di located. Therefore, under the provisions
of it is requested that approval be granted
an recorded or the expenditure of government funds for
the following purposes:
a) Full travel and subsistence costs asso-
ciated with the travel of a security aide to
accompany the DCI or DDCI when traveling for
personal as distinct from official purposes (e.g.
vacations, to conduct personal business, etc.).
b) The payment of the difference between First
Class and Economy Class travel for DCI/DDCI personal
travel on the premise that notwithstanding the
personal nature of the travel, maximum feasible
protection must be provided these individuals and
that First Class air accommodations are required
to achieve a reasonable level of protection.
c) The payment of the difference in costs
between First Class and Economy Class fare for
travel by the wives of the DCI or DDCI when
accompanying these officials on either an offi-
cial or personal basis on the premise that when
traveling together it is not possible to disasso-
ciate and separate the protection of the official
person from that of his wife. -
S. Pending your action on this memorandum or other
notification from you, I will continue to approve expendi-
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tures for the purposes set forth in para 4a, b and c above
based on the established precedents authorizing such costs.
Administrative Officer, DCI
Expenditures of government funds for the purposes
set forth in para 4a, b and c above are APPROVED:
AO/DCI 14 July 1977)
Distribution:
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I - DDA REgistry
1 - AO/DCI/B~F
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