LETTER TO(Sanitized). FROM MARSHALL S. CARTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R003000140007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 19, 2003
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 25, 1962
• Content Type: LETTER

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you for your letter of 12 October and for including the
however, they do permit the employment of an officer retired for
serviice. connected or combat disability. Dual compensation statutes
limit the officer retired for service connected disability to receiving
both retired and civilian pay only up to $10, 000; however. if either his
retired pay or civilian salary exceed $10, 000, he may elect which he
wants to draw. Dual compensation statutes do not apply to the officer
retired for combat disability. Such an officer may receive both his
retired pay and his civilian salary without limitation. The interpreta-
.)t permit the, employment of a regular officer retired for longevity;
in building a career service through hiring bright young people and
training and promoting them on a competitive basis. As a result, jobs
in the; higher grades are usually filled by careerists already with us.
Second, there are restrictions on the civilian employment and
compensation of retired regular officers. Reduced to the simplest
terms, the general rules are as follows: Dual employment. statute a do
]on the Operation Understanding trip.
With regard to a job for you that would involve dual compensation
re the facts.
In the first place,. we are doing no recruitment in the higner grades,
except tinder most unusual circa nstances Where we are looking for a
"rare bird" whose qualifications are intimately connected with intelligence
work and where the need is most compelling. iesb?are mainly interested
f"service connected" disability is generally liberal. It is always
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necessary to have the experts here at the Agency check the language
of retirement orders against our rule book before making any sort
of ct' mitment in this regard.
r-)twithstanding the general prohibition against employing
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if?icers retired for longevity, CIA has special authority to am
a few such officers. As you can well imagine, this authorization is
usually committed and we have to limit its use to enable us to employ
men who are exceptionally well qualified for a particular job. )iow
aver, there is enough turnover among this group that there are ava!
paces from time to time.
I have gone into some detail on this but wanted you to have
all the facts.
Hope all goes well with
are in town.
know the next time you
Faithfully yours,
I ;S ~ eal-
Marshall S. Carter
Lieutenant General, USA
Deputy Director
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