LETTER TO THE HONORABLE EDWARD P. BOLAND FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92-00420R000300100026-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: July 14, 1981
• Content Type: LETTER

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I he ::o:;o__b?e Edard P. Boland
C aI -._an, Pe =anent Select
Com itt_` on Intelligence
--o-se of Representatives
I:as Z:5 ton, C. 20515
I deeply appreciate the support you and your colleagues on the Couiittee
have given CIA and the Intelligence Cow=unity over the years. And I want
to t:an'k you for the recent opportunity to personally explain the reasons
Why I -feel it necessary to acknowledge the unique duties, responsibilities,
and hazards of CIA eaplo-ees working overseas by providing them an interim
overseas differential. 25X1
I want to assure you that. I am confident that the differential - 9.6
parcent of an employee's base salary -- is fully justified by the special
circu=staaces and substance of intelligence' work overseas. We will be send-
irg the Ccr~it_ea next week additional material justifying and documenting
the overseas differential. In accordance with your suggestion, in the coming
oriths will complete a full-scale analysis' of our overseas compensation
situation. t.'e .ould hope to return to the Congress after this analysis is
complete :kith the purpose of adjusting the pay CIA and other civit;,r
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in the I:,tefligence Ccn uni .y Working overseas.
I ho-_e that, as a result of our conversation, the Committee undarstar.ds
our reason: for --akin-E.- this step. For some time senior managers in the Agencti*
have been a=a:ned over the increasing difficulty of retaining experienced
officers a:d getting then to serve overseas. In my earlier letter, I reEerred
to the ci_cu stn ces which have made service overseas increasingly onerous and.
less attract.i=e to our people:
-- The increased threat to official Americans', and especially CIA
officers, serving overseas. Since 1979, we have been forced to burn
station holdings on 16 occasions, vivid testimony to the growing
ir_sta_b-ility in the world. The threat to our people has also groan
because of the increased public awareness of CLk and the work of
twee and others to promote attacks. on US intelligence activities.
Concern over the well-being of one's family. is playing an increasing
part.in'the career decisions of our officers.
FECOR # PY
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-- CIA officer( overseas have duties thWareC .early different frog
those of the ave ovee or even a Foreign
Service officer.
It is testimony to the patriotism and dedication of our people that
-the cor t_ __ __ ion they r;_=:e to the country 's security has taken precedence
over the _._~...:e as:ec=s 7:~f serving overseas. We have managed, therefore,
to keep mos c=e=seas positions filled. But, in all candor, about a year
ago, it baca=e clear that the trends --particularly in the Operations
Directorate =.:. Cf icy of Communications -- were getting worse. Where
we once had cact or three candidates for an overseas post, we are down to
one, or in sae cases, none. It was obvious in the Operations Directorate's
career counseling- interviea5 that the burdens of overseas service as a CIA
officer -era getting heavier on our personnel. Many were actively looking
for positions that did :got entail going overseas even if that meant leaving
the Agency. Aiarned. by what these interviews portend for the future, the
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Office of?e_sonnal with the strong encourngeaent of Agency management in
the spr;so_. o` 1780 bemoan *;o=n on options to ac`no-wled~:e the extra duties and-.-_---
burdens f-posed on CIA personnel overseas 25x1
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The Agency felt it had no choice but to move ahead with additional
compensation for its people when Foreign Service officers got more pay this
past winter- Imagine, if you will, the impact on the morale of our officers
when their State Department colleagues, with whom they work on close terms,
received increases as high as 13 percent. The impact was all the greater
because:
In recognition of the unique duties and burdens of CIA officers over-
seas, my predecessor made the decision to grant pay increases for-our people.
while they are employed overseas. when I became the DCI, I reaffirmed ray
predecessor's decision in principle, and with the benefit of your advice,
I have decided to afford this compensation in the form of an interim overseas
differential effective in early July.F___1 25x1
1--realize that questions have been raised about whether we in CTIL ware
now ."ratchet_rg" up the pay scale. This is not our intent, and our interim
-overseas differential does not affect the pay scale under which we compensate
all C__. pee l:. T- all ca-.'or, I believe that an objective review of the
duties, respors_b`_?__ie= end burdens of CIA emolo ees overseas will demon-
I -trst and hope that the Committee, which has been most helpful in
the process of rebuilding American intelligence, will understand our reasons,
for proce~~---'---^----~~ with steps to meet a, pressing need. I would emphasize that
only, abou percent of our people will be affected by the Interim Overseas x1
Differen t_ia_. I fully understand and an sympathetic to the Committee's
oncerns. :or the ion',er term I have asked our Office of Personnel to
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undertake a r -h view: and analysis of CIA ay scales-and the compensa-
a.on of other- Intellige-ce Community civilians posted overseas. a zcve
that in.te_ igi4n_ce operations overseas are different in character from either
normal_ do estic federal service or from the Foreign Service, and this factor
may warrant :he creation of a separate pay scale fpr intelligence officers
serving overseas. This analysis will be finished on or about 1 February
1982, and I intend to make it available to the Committee with z mind to
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ra':ink ~:h;tt. er adjustments are necessary to prori'de proper coMpensatio= to
those in the difficult intelligence profession. lul 25X1
Once again, in this ratter as in others, I went to thank the Committee
for its ccnstructive support.F---] 25X1
Sincerely,
Villian J. Casey
Director of Central
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