RESERVE STATUS OF CIA PERSONNEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-01129R000100110019-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: April 8, 1948
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Executive Director
FROM : Executive for A&M
SUBJECT: Reserve Status of CIA Personnel
DATE: 8 April 191L8
1. The following problems directly related to the assignment of
reserve personnel to CIA in their reserve status will require solution:
a. Provision for inactive duty credits.
b. Provision for attendance at training sessions for which pay
has been authorized on the same general basis as for drill nights
for the National Guard.
c. Active duty training.
2. Each of the Services presents somewhat of a different problem,
the details of which are not yet completely known. However, the overall
problem will be generally as indicated below.
a. Reserve personnel normally are required to obtain a certain
number of inactive duty training credits through attendance at reserve
schools, taking correspondence courses, etc., during a specific period
in order to qualify both for retention of commissions and for promotion.
Training is normally :provided for them through reserve units to whicn
they are assigned. By assignment to CIA this supervision will not be
available.
b. Congress has :recently enacted a law providing payment of 1/30
of one months pay and allowances for attendance at one training
session per month with some reserve unit or activity. Maximum pay-
ment can be made for two training sessions per month. Assignment to
CIA of our reserve personnel will complicate this problem.
c. Reserve personnel are normally called to active duty training
for two-week periods with units or staff activities to which assigned.
Active duty training requirements for retention of reserve status and
for promotion will vary between the Services, but all have some require-
ments. Government civilian employees have the added advantage of being
able to draw both military and civilian pay during two-week periods of
active duty by taking advantage of military leave authorized by law.
Our policy of not permitting CIA civilian employees who have reserve
status to take their active. duty training with CIA creates a further
problem and the possibility of discrimination.
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d. Requirements for promotion in the reserve for Army reserve
officers include position vacancies in the units to which such indi-
#iduals are assigned. We have not yet been able to determine what
Air Force and Navy requirements will be. Assignment to CIA puts
Army reserve officers in the position where they cannot qualify for
promotion as no CIA reserve unit exists.
3. Contact is being made with each of the armed services to attempt
to work out these problems. Our first approach will be made on the basis
indicated below:
a. Civilian ei loyment with CIA to be considered as appropriate
to meet all requirements for inactive duty training in view of the
fact that mobilization assignments involve the continuation of such
duties. No other type of training could be provided to increase
efficiency on CIA jobs.
b. Authorization for attendance at military reserve school
sessions to qualify for special pay provisions recently authorized.
c. Active duty training for CIA reserve personnel to be per-
formed in the intelligence agencies of the services concerned.
d. The possible creation of a CIA intelligence reserve unit
for each of the services for the purpose of establishing grades to
meet promotion requirements of individuals who can appropriately
qualify therefor. In such cases promotions would be subject to all
basic requirements of the services concerned and the recommendation
of the Director of Central Intelligence covering the existence of
vacancies and qualifications of the individuals recommended insofar
as service with CIA is concerned.
LL. It may be necessary to change our approach on any one or all of
these problems. However, this will give us the basis for initial nego-
tiation. In the meantime, if the Director is not in accord with the 25X1A
approach we have undertaken, information as to his desires is requested.
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