ENTERTAINMENT OF UNITED STATES OFFICIALS
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Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP81-00755R000100080007-9
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RIPPUB
Original Classification:
S
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
December 9, 2016
Document Release Date:
July 12, 2000
Sequence Number:
7
Case Number:
Publication Date:
November 13, 1951
Content Type:
MEMO
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STANOMD FORM Approved For Rele ( NIN: W_WKVr151-00755R0001
Office Memordum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO
FROM
SUBJECT:
Chief - Finance Division DATE: 13 November 1951
Deputy Comptroller
Entertainment of United States Officials
REF: Memo of 24 Sept Si, to Deputy Comptroller, on above subject, with
an attached memo from the Chief, Plans Division (OPC), in which is
requested an interpretation or modification of Agency regulations
to permit the entertainment of US government officials by the Chief,
Plans Division, in the performance of his official duties.
1. The problems presented in referenced memorandum and
attachment were discussed with the Comptroller and the Deputy
Director (Administration). It was the opinion of the DD(A) that
Section 7.2 of the Confidential Funds Regulations cannot be in-
terpreted as a general authority for the entertainment of US
officials under circumstances contemplated in the request of the
Chief, Plans Division. It was agreed that isolated and rare in-
stances of such entertainment, if deemed operationally essential,
could be allowed under Section 7.2 if specifically approved by
the Assistant Director concerned.
2. The DD(A), however, also expressed the opinion if an
individual were assigned specific duties which necessarily re-
quired him to undertake extensive entertainment of US government
officials, that special authorization for such entertainment would
have to be secured from the Director of Central Intelligence, and
that actual entertainment performed pursuant to such authorization
would have to be approved by the Assistant Director concerned.
3. In reviewing this interpretation in terms of Section
7.2, as written, it appears that the regulation is far more per-
missive than intended. This obviously places the Finance Division
and its Certifying Officers in an awkward position vis-a-vis the
individuals and the officials who are claiming reimbursement for
entertainment of US officials. It is therefore suggested that
your office draft such revision of this regulation as will clarify
and establish the procedural requirements under which reimburse-
ment can be made for such entertainment.
25X1A9a
Deputy Comptroller
EDE:mes
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