MEMORANDUM TO THE HEADS OF ALL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FROM THOMAS KING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-01114R000100010116-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 13, 2002
• Sequence Number: 116
• Publication Date: April 10, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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April 10, 1963
MEMORANDUM TO THE
HEADS OF ALL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCI ES
I have today signed an Executive Order designed to encourage return-
ing volunteers who have satisfactorily completed their service under
the Peace Corps Act to enter the civilian career services of the Fed-
eral Government. Also, I have been pleased to learn that the major
agencies employing personnel under the Foreign Service Act already
have made arrangengents to facilitate the recruitment of returning
Peace Corps volunteers into the Foreign Service and Foreign Service
Reserve by giving examinations in the field and otherwise expediting
the examining process and by providing special examination options
which will permit testing and evaluation of the ability of.applicants to
live, act, and learn in a foreign environment.
The Director of the Peace Corps has stated that more than 3S percent
of the Peace Corps volunteers now serving overseas have expressed
an interest in making their careers in various agencies of the Federal
Government. ? As I have stated before, I am most anxious that the
valuable experience and the demonstrated capabilities of the men and
women who have volunteered to serve under the trying conditions which
confront Peace Corps volunteers should not be lost to the Federal serv-
ice. I anticipate that each of you will take advantage of the opportunity
to obtain the services of these dedicated people by making full use of
the procedures prescribed by today's Executive Order and the other ar-
rangements which have been provided for under the Foreign Service
Act, and I request that you keep me informed, through the Chairman
of tl)e Civil Service Commission, of the results of your efforts in this
regard.
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