LETTER TO THE HONORABLE DAVID A. STOCKMAN FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY RE PAY INCREASES FOR PERSONNEL SERVING OVERSEAS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R002400160035-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: June 10, 1981
• Content Type: LETTER

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she' Honorable (avid-Am Stockman
Director
Office of Management and Budget
Washington, D. C. 20503
jMV
As you know, the attractiveness of serving overseas has declined
significantly in recent years. Financial hardships associated with over-'.
seas inflation, the difficulty of finding employment for working spouses,
and the increasing physical risks of performing clandestine, intelligence
activities have made it more difficult to get officers to.ser:e repeated.
tours overseas.
The 9 percent pay increase recently granted under the Foreign Set-
vice Act of .1980 to members of the Foreign Serv_de--which did not apply
to CIA employees-has raised questions of 'equity and has created -morale
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Botli my predecessor and 1, after reviewing a probers of retention
of good people, overseas costs, and morale, have come to the conclusion
that additional compensation for our people ser.v=_s overseas necessary
to achieve our mission. -I have therefore decider to Irplerert in. July of
this year, under authority of the CIA Act of 1949, s -pam increase of be- -
tw,ween per year (limited by t -he ex sring federal pay 25X1
cap) for CIA personnel while they serve overseas. I believe the overseas
pay- adjustment will meet the intended purpose of prc.-iding sa !?able inceri
tives and-'-more importantly--less .disincentives for evsr?seas earvice than.-
the- current -compensation scales. The costs for the- renaiz der c` Fiscal
Year 1981 are estimated to be under =?ich CIA -absorb . 25X1
without the need for additional. appropriations- f 25X1
I and my staff are prepared to. provide You v_th further w_oraaation .
on this matter should you so desire. 25X1
Sincerely,
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William Jr. Casey
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