CIA RETIREMENT BOARD MEETING 2:00 P.M., 18 FEBRUARY 1971

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• Publication Date: February 18, 1971
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2:00 p. m., 18 February 1971
PRESENT: Mr. Harry B. Fisher
- Chairman
- DDS&T Member
- DDI Member
- DDP Member
- DDS Member
- Alternate Legal Advisor
- Technical Advisor
- Recording Secretary
- Executive Secretary
1. The Board reviewed the minutes of the meeting of 7 January 1971
and approved them as presented.
2. The Board considered the cases of 9 employees who had been nomi-
nated for designation as participants in the System, 6 requests for voluntary
retirement and one recommendation for involuntary retirement. The Board took
action as follows:
a. Recommended designation as a participant of the following
named employee who has completed more than 15 years of
Agency service:
b. Recommended designation as participants of the following
named employees who have completed more than 5 years of
Agency service:
c. Recommended approval of the requests for voluntary retire-
ment, on the dates shown below, received from the following
participants:
- 2 April 1971
-31 March 1971
-30 April 1971
-29 May 1971
-31 May 1971
-31 July 1971
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d. Recommended approval of the recommendation for involuntary
retirement, on the date shown below, for the following
participant:
4. The next case was the nomination of
for participa-
tion in the CIARDS based partially on domestic qualifying service.
has completed 36 months and 9 days of verified overseas service.
stated that, if approved for participation, he would retire effective
30 April 1971. (stated that from June 1954 uitil January 1957 he
In discussing this case the Board noted that) needed approximately
24 months of domestic qualifying service and that the entire time involved in
the period for which he was claiming domestic service was only 32 months, of
which he stated he was involved in covert training about one-half of the time.
Based on information contained in fitness reports for this period,
his memoranda and the information given to the Board by the Chief, Technical
Services Division at an earlier meeting, the Board concluded that 25X1
had not performed the required 24 months of domestic qualifying service.
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In arriving at this conclusion the Board noted that even if he were given
credit for qualifying service for 50 per cent of this time it would not
give him the required time. Prior to arriving at a final decision in this
case the Board requested that C/TSD be asked if he could give any further
details which would have any bearing on the case. The Support Officer for
TSD, was asked by the Board Secretary if there was any further information
25X1 to be provided by TSD or if memorandum was to stand on its own.
The response confirmed that nothing further would be forthcoming on the
25X1 coming, they concluded that had not performed sufficient periods
of domestic service, which were creditable under any of the provisions of
HR 20-50 b.(11), which when added to his overseas service would total 60
months. The Board recommended that, under these circumstances, 0 25X1
NOT be approved for participation in the CIARDS based partially on domestic
qualifying service.
25X1
5. The Board next considered the nomination of
25X1 for participation in the CIARDS based partially on domestic qualifying
service. has completed 32 months and 29 days of verified over-
seas service. From March 1951 until January 1952 served as 25X1
Chief, Operations Division, OPC, and was responsible for much of the con-
ception and direction of some of the most sensitive
25X1 carried on by the CS.
conditions involving
25X1
under
From
January 1952 until December 1954 he was assigned as DC/SR Division and actively
participated in and was responsible for extremely sensitive operations, both
FI and CS. This included the supervision of and active participation in the
operation of , and participation in the
handling and exploitation o He stated that these
activities required extensive use of
clandestine operations.
in direct support of overseas
stated that for the past 7 years his responsibilities have
involved intimate knowledge and overview of highly sensitive and compartmented
intelligence operations of the various member organizations of the intelligence
community. He concluded that as a consequence it would be entirely impossible
for him to reveal to a prospective employer any details of his activities during
this period.
appeared before the Board and further explained his involvement
and the involvement of employees working under him in the local training of
25X1 He stated that as
Deputy Division Chiet he visited the houses used or this purpose a couple of
times a week during the period from January 1952 to December 1954
He also
.
25X1
mentioned that he spent 2 or 3 months when he was involved, with other em-
ployees, The Board concluded that
25X1 the service performed by while assigned to NIPE was not qualifying.
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The Board further concluded that while certain of his service with SB
Division was qualifying, he had not performed sufficient periods which
were qualifying under HR 20-50 b.(11) to give him the 27 months of
qualifying service he needs. The Board, therefore, recommended that
partially on domestic qualifying service.
NOT be approved for participation in the CIARDS based
advancement. The DD/S concurred in the recommendation of D/Fin that
request be disapproved.
6. requested that his retirement under CIARDS,
scheduled for 31 October 1971, be deferred until 31 October 1973 for com-
passionate reasons, has four children, who range in age from 14
to 18, and at the time of his scheduled retirement two will be in college
and two in high school. He stated that during this period he will be at
the peak of his financial need, and a deferment would not only continue his
present income for these peak years but would also serve to increase his
retirement annuity. He further stated that in any event he will need to
continue to work and would hope to secure employment that would enable him
to supplement his retirement income to equal his present salary. He indicated
that based on feelers to local branches of American companies in 0 and 25X1
correspondence with companies advertising in international newspapers the
prospects of securing the type of the type of employment he is seeking do
not appear too promising. The Director of Finance stated that he cannot
recommend approval of this request. D/Fin concluded that he must take this
position in view of the reduction in personnel ceiling the office of Finance
will undergo this fiscal year and the need to provide incentive and opportunity
for professional growth for younger officers who deserve an opportunity for
25X1 In discussing this case the Board noted that financial
obligations for the education of his children will be present for another
six years and that he bases his request solely on this obligation. Since
the financial obligation for the education of an employee's children had
not in the past been accepted as a basis for granting a deferment, the
Board could find no other financial hardship in this case and, in view of
the fact that D/Fin has not concurred on the basis of a need for service,
recommended that the request not be approved. The Board did, however, re-
25X1 commend that be granted a deferment until 31 December 1971, which
will allow him a six-month period after his return from F____~ to secure 25X1
other employment.
7. The Director of Logistics requested that
be granted a deferment of retirement until 31 January 1972 based on a need
25X1 for his services, is currently scheduled to retire under the
25X1 CS Retirement System on 31 July 1971, at age 60. D/L stated that
is an exceptional employee with a unique and long knowledge of the Headquarters
Building utilities system, and this knowledge can be of significant importance
to the Office of Logistics during the forthcoming utilities study and expansion
25X1 of the powerhouse. Without the services of , barring the unlikely
prospect of obtaining a qualified heating, ventilating and air conditioning
engineer from another career service, OL will be forced to rely on outside
recruitment. D/L further stated that in recruiting any new engineer at this
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25X1
25X1
critical time the Agency will suffer a loss in expertise and familiarity
with the present equipment, and can be conveniently replaced
by an engineer returning from an overseas assignment in January 1972. The
DD/S concurred in this request. The Board recommended that 25X1
be granted a deferment of his retirement until 31 January 1972, for opera-
tional reasons.
8. The final case considered by the Board was the nomination of
for participation in the CIARDS based partially on domestic
qualifying service. has completed 28 months and 11 days of verified
overseas service. During the period from 1961 through 1965 , in 25X1
addition to functioning as a senior instructor responsible for conducting
training in for Career Trainees, was fully
engaged with the Program. His duties as instructor with this pro-
gram required strict attention to procedures and details to insure that
training exercises, the instructor was confronted with a language barrier
since all communications were accomplished through indigenous personnel who
generally were neither trained interpreters nor were then, in most cases,
familiar with the technical, tactical or mechanical aspects of subjects
being presented. During the periods of training conducted in the field, it
was essential that trainees be under continuous observation and control by
instructors, which required the instructor to spend considerable time in the
field where he was required, in many cases, to function as an actual team
member thus becoming exposed to
additional hazards.
The Director of Training and the DD/S agreed that these activities pre-
sented extreme personal hazards and exceptional stresses, and recommended
25X1 approval. who wa.s supervisor during most 025X1
this period, appeared before the Board and affirmed this period was25X1
engaged on a continual basis in the training and other duties involved with 25X1
25X1 the program. The Board concluded that had performed sufficient
periods of domestic service, which were qualifying under the provisions of
HR 20-50 b.(11)(a), which when added to his overseas service would total more
than the required 60 months of qualifying service. The Board recommended that
25X1 be approved for participation in CIARDS based partially on domestic
qualifying service.
9. The meeting adjourned at 3:30 p. m.
Exe? tive Secretary
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