CIA SUPERGRADE INCREASES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00357R000300040009-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 20, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 17, 1962
• Content Type: MFR

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1. At the ref:meat of Er. Pebert Merv', Bureau of the Duclilet, re-,recenta-
tIves of the isajorYercy co:Tpcthents st with him on the ai",:ernoen of 9 -01..',tsber
0,1,5elN15 the, propec,e1leroarx..0 in the, ritsaber of supergrad.es in the A7eney.
Tile fol10-din:3 1170re. InetteTleallter
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C0.1 L. Y. '4111 e, I '-',utv D.' rector (uneort)
nr. R. Cate L1c.1, its t: is telt D--utv Director (support)
TI-nott D. 7.:chclz, Lire .tor of rerf.3onne1
1-Juntin'ton ,Istant Denuty Director (Intellipel?ce)
Sictarrt Thrrcuty Director (Plans)
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`41at...7,et Division, Office of the Ca?
utive Atcistant, Deputy Director (Re.f.:earch
2. !tr. Amor/ o7iened the distur_sion by explaininT that he vas Iri neiaL
syLlathetie with CIA's ne47A to Inc 'cc its mioerltrailer otructure andI tno
intentiei of ryin to tell !Ile A.--encv. -.that it could an could not d.Et2
v1-2e, to oiAlerve-, ho.,...ver, that the.- rtatistical ce,traricom l.ted by the
in the .1..resentation of it,r; ezase "cbvicusly selected Vitli care,"
pmeceded to cite vn.rions other szi;e7.1.cies, nrinarily
con:lunity such as IinA encl tho varimo other De7-,artt.x.Int of Defence int4e13.1.'_,',F...;,1ce
wiJorein the rrtt; of ru-orracies to total civilian rLs,-talm;ion jo Inca
..-fvorable than that now cxieIn vii 1n the CIA. (While not rentIono cri the
.rirk73;, ity be obsel.-ved that thcze figures in fact zlicra that the 'cntire intel-
ifeace camunity may be undergraCe.)
3. lir. Amory ex.eluined that, he vas not Oeslrous of attee:Ang the CIA rare
but that in the interest of -cerirsective ani balance? there 'ore
factors to be coni red. on the other side or the rmestion end in ertnc'Atin.-
ncs a7,reet that he felt CIA s'noulfi be in the forefront of the 7puratle-. tat felt,
-.1.:11-.1t: in CIA's ovn bc,?:;t. 7triteront it rheuld be etreful not to ,7et too fcr ahead
the over-all 71ersda.It.1-ns h1s 4:`uri;her senti.nt that CIA's
expansion IaLs conocive, and fie-,,elor.e.(1 at a tine *when salary rellofU net
In cur- other vev fuld at a time when no bac imProvemety-c in thc.?
g.17a4-le structure Lad been nrolonTed period. Einee. tEc,!. Ceve rt-
and. :,....ubtlission of the felt that 171any or the xo
?I?,r7,ency ray haves been Llat.lcf-i,..!e. t'ne recent C-:;p7reccienal ectl.on i:'r2rove
en
an tr...ricatliate. and co'n:;inuin- basin th calnry craes at the Crue.:les 3.4
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and 15 level. If so, eur jesetificatien for going zo extensively into the
cupergreele cateeory ma:- no lonenr be felly valid. Specifically, he felt that
the reserve rnola of euneraradas were particularly vulnerable and in hig first
ronalc ouested that these atexeld he ecratched from the plan. Upon Ierther
discuenion, however, he concluited that sunergradee for the non-executive
seceialist of outstanding ova)illeations Nan not without merit and that a
limited number may :ed be reeeroeriate/y utilized. He nade clear that he
felt thle number shoule, hovever, be snail and selected with extreme care.
4. 114.. teory's ecements indicated lesn concern for such positioes (reserve)
in the DD/P than in the DD/T. Ineorer an the DDil in concerned where these
reserve positions were intended., to recegnize expertness in the analytical and
professional fields, it vas his eeneral conviction that the salary saele of the
CS-15 unaer the new nay scalo vas oeite eoeretitive with universities, research
inetitutes and the eeneral run of private business and industry, iI.-e?.7o7;nized
the need for save astdittonal flexibility vithin the DD/P particularly 0,3 it
nlied to Chiefs of Stations cr other similar personnel assigned abreact in- the
nc.ny current troubles and hot snots around the world where a great dee' of eer-
eonal rezeonsibility is involved. Fe ureed, however, that care be tat-en not to
ateign Station Chiefs who are biAher in the grade structure than their ostenal.ble
yuneriors in the structure of the cover organization.
5. In a brief diseumsion of the salary problems as they relate to scien-
tific and technical poreonnel and the particular status and reouiramens of the
DD/11, Mr. Amory observed that thin was a different and more difficult r.:altry
area and it vas his irrlressin that the LD/R's repuests were entirely raxonatie,
'tha::, Le had no Questions or reservations concerning them at all. Pc r.:cc:!:7rized
the teeney's authority to fix saearies as needed and that in zeme such hare-to-
get categories this practice may Le necesnary. He also euggerted that it nieht
be ueefUl for the Agency to exercise its authority to bring hard-to-c7eL; cateecrien
at the tops of grades 14 or 15 ruther than at the bottom of the sunerprade levet.
6. With respect to the noyenal executive supergrade position, Nr. Amory
cueeested that the Aecney nay have eeuated the FSO-2 level too clese1e. with the
GS-I6 level. He pointed out that ure?.er the new nay bill the salary raeee at the
OC-15 level embraces at least eart of that of the FO-2 and inferred that a
review of our nee GS-16 aceitione It disclose some which more preperly thould
be at the CS-15 level.
T. In cummry, it seemed De-parent that the Bureau of the Dudeet enn in
melee hostile to the prennsed exeaneed seergrade structure of CL.nee intend
generally to endorse the plan. It was coually apparent, however, that the
Ysurcau was anxious that CIA not overi,00k the inmertant advances ef:ta417hed in
ths-: new pay bill and thRt not too httrty ex7Artzien into the sueergrades ee mao.
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It vas oleo relesrent that the substantial pools of unspecified superreile positions are the: least attreRtive feature of our eir7)errada plan insofar
aG the Bureau is concened. A redueti,A2 in the number of the 7oo1 perAtiene
and a cautious and thoutltrul itIpleTzentation of the plan vas the min objective
behind Mr. At,loryis admonitio 33 .
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