SECRET SECHET/RYBAT _ PRIORITY MEXICO CITY PAGE 3 B. I¥ REPORTS FOR PREVIOUS YEARS NOT READILY AVAILABLE, REQUEST BENADUM PREPARE AND PROVIDE STATION YOR TRANSHITTAL HQs ie SS WITHIN REASONABLE PERIOD. — i 5. REQUEST ADVISE BEHADUH: &. ALTUOQUGH AGREE THAT SHOULD HE #ANT TO RETIRE, THE ONLY . METHOD I8 THROUGH "DISCONTINUED SERVICE" ROUTE CONSIDERING HE MAY PREVER RETIREMENT TO REASSIGNMENT, REQUEST HIS COMHERTS AND, IN ANY EVENT, COMPLETE SF-144 “STATEMENT OF PRIOR FEDERAL SERVICE” FOR Meee eee jeee meen cnet TRANSMITTAL HQS ASAP, B. ACCRUED ANXUAL LEAVE NOT A PACTGR IN COMPUTING RETIREMENT 4S IKDIVIDUAL RECEIVES LUMP SUM PAYHEHT FoR CURRENT BALAHCE OR CARRYOVER AT BEGINNING OF LEAVE YEAR WHICHEVER LESSER. AVAILARLE 2ECORDS ; (CONTINUED)
SECRET SECRET/RYBAT PRIORITY MEXICO CITY PAGE 4 INDICATE BENADUM HAD CARRYOVSR OF 560 HOURS. END OF MESSACS WH COMMENTS: A, Attached B.. Submitted Project Ronowal CooRD: CALL” CSAP 1177/0) c/ei/sa SILLIAH Y. BROE WILLIAN 3. RENEHMAN ' C/PHD C/MH/CONTRACTS |
FEKES NG ACE ON BORED FOE DEDEXING ISPATCH | seers _-. Chief, Wl Division-= ALK ISA emo eau 7 i i WAL (Oe. QUALIFIED DESH ee TEAR RIDGE INDEXING - rer cemmer a as oe earn ie . ; Chict of Station, Mexico City (~“~— ereTy 1. | SSRT _ > — ~~ — eee __Jeveny Ke “BENADUM/Retivement ee ACTAAN BAQUIEED - BUPLRENCES ACTION REQUIRED: For Your Information REFERENCE > MEXICO CITY-0023, 29 April 1969 Forwarded herewith in original and a signed carbon is the 24 April 1969 memorandum written by Jeremy K. BENADUM and mentioned in Reference. y (a Ue inf MOA can) WAS vorris Attachment: As stated, h/w Distributioa Orig ang’ 2, Chier, WHD, w/att an SRS een Ease Gran ag degen Ep Te nn : ont i IMMP- 96R6 / 30 April 1969 ee _ ata nce a Hp Bane FO mn i son CARE + jt see. . | RYRAT : ole Ce May I ieetieentaietiligneseeteats tnadieeeeiaesd. teeta ee SE et oe ea Pe
74-90000 . Méxloo, DePe 2h April, 1969 SUBIECT 3 ‘Involuntary Retirement ; le A desk offioer from Headquarters visited the N8x loo "City Stetion during midelovembar, 1968, While here, the visiting officer talked with the writer for approximably one hour regarding the operation of the Litempo project and writer's plana for the ‘futures The following points were discussed: /(a) The fact that the project was considered to be an important and successfub one, ; ; (ob) Writer was specifically asked if he had any plans for an early retirement, Writer replied in the negative, The _ ted complete satisfaotion with writer's visiting offiner indios desire to gontinue in the service, and dd (oe) When the visiting officer asked whether the writer hed ever visited Headquarters during his eareer with the service, and found that he had not done S0, the officer asked whether writer could arrange to visit. Yeadquarters for a week or ten days ; during his next home leave, whioh would take place in 119696 Writer indfosted that he would be most Pleased to do s6- ' 2e Based on the foregoing, writer made plans to proveead to the United states on home leave in| 1969, to return in 11969. Sines such WAtters cannot be handled on snort notice, writer has already ranted @ house in San Franalsaoo, California for the period in quastion, , 3e This ts where mttera stood, when, on 7 April, last, writer was advised that he would be retired, effeative 30 June, 1969, in accordanne with vartous shanges of polley.,. He was also asked to confira in writing that he is in aosord with the plan. to place him on retired status as of 3G June, next, le While the reasoning behind what appears to be a oomnlete reversal of poliey, vigeaevis the writer, may be orystal elear te he responaible offiolals at Headquarters, writer ia at a coaplete loaa to understand,
Por the writer to indicate his agresaent with 4 plan wnlch appears.to him to be arbitrary, short-sighted end irraticral, would ~~ bo oompletely out of charaoter-for a@ pergon.-who has spent. almost _ thirty years in the intelligenoe field, and has a justifisble pride in his status asa professional intelligence officer, As & professional, writer also realizes when the handwriting, however illegible.it might be, is on the wall, and, that if the desigion . has already been made to retire him involuntarily, then retired he will be e-< involuntarily, Little as it may matter, writer desires . to emphasize thot nothing in thie memorandum should be construed to indicate writer's personal accord or approvals 5. According to writer's records, as of 30 June, next, he will have completed the following government eervioe: W Yra, Woa, Daya (a) Military: 2nd. Lt., 30th Uede infantry; Presidio, San Frane -aisoo, 26 Oot., 1939 to 32 July, LWpOeccccccesarsescesce 9 & (od) | Speetal Agent, 12 Auge, 1940 to 31 October, 1960,.... 20 2 18 (oe) Career Agant, 1 Nove; 1960 to 30 June, 1969 eccosece 8 8 (4) Aecusulated A/L as. of 30 June, 1969, - 656 APs sessreseeeee. 4 22 Total Service we... 29 IL 216 riter desires to complete thirty yeara’ aervice, and requsats thet the effeative dete for his involuntary ratirement be set fe & nh ad t h coordinglyas - &. Home Laave: @hile writer readily understanda the ationale oP @ rulfng preventing the taking of home lexve at averpnmant expengea within two yeara of voluntary retiruaent, 9 does not see that the interrats of falrnaso, Juetise er eoanay are being served in attempting to apply the ase ruling o spitertsa involuntary retirement, As a Batter of posalble tatortanl interest, eriter deotres to point aut that, shea he oined the essrvica im 1966, he voluntarily gave up the hoses eave ehies he hed eerned e1th the (} yeara). Sriter hes
14-00000 a . taken home leave in 1982, 1964 and 1966, in accordanos with regulationga, In lina wito what appeared to be Agensay polley as . of November, 1963, writer has made plans for home leave from | 1969.: Writer feels moat Btrongly that ==> sa ST “BROTGnd his fanily sseuld be Allowed to taxe this leave at > government expense, ; 8, In gonclusion, writar wishes to state that he has “thoroughly enjoyed his assoolation with the Agenay curing the past nine years, and i ad of his part In the acecsolishmenta of Owing to the nature of eriter't, 5 ‘position, his personal contacts have baen lsrgely lizited to the personnel IThe writer haa tha highest professional and personal regard for the Chief of Station, with whom he has been privileged to serve, a3 wall as the highly eompetent ease officers who have worked with writer on tne projoat, ' It i@ a scures of great satisfaction and pride to the writer to have known and worked with a truly great American, Br. Allon W. Dulles, whom the "san Frane isco Chronicle” (generally a hostile eritie of the Agenoy) deacribed posthumously ag “,0.The most creative, powerful and eminent U.S, intelligence (officer of modern times", And, aa one's career comes to a clogs, the words of Prasident Nixon, in desoribing wr, Dulles! reat. eontribution to his country, have @ very rarticular Significance: “soln the nature of his task, his achievements were knosn to only a fow,. But, because of-nin, the world ie a safer place teday",
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