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Richard B. Cheney Files
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Department of State. Agency for International Development. Bureau for Private and Development Cooperation. Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. (1978 - 10/1/1979)
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The original documents are located in Box 1, folder "Agency for International
Development" of the Richard B. Cheney Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 1 of the Richard B. Cheney Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
REMINDER
RBC DR is to ask Doug Bennett to
call Scott.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 8, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DONALD RUMSFELD
FROM:
DOUGLAS P. BENNETT
DPB
SUBJECT:
Director for Disaster Relief,
Agency for International Development
(AD-18)
The attached information sheets outline the responsibilities and
scope of the position of Director of Disaster Relief at the Agency
for International Development.
The current job, GSA Administrator, is a Level III paying $40,000
per year.
Titles
Coordinator of Office for International Disaster Relief
plus Assistant for U. S. Foreign Disaster Relief
Coordination.
Level of
AD 18 ("Administratively Determined" positions are
Position
available to a few agencies such as AID and NASA under
special legislation.)
Compensation
$36,000
Staff
Total will be about 40 people. The Coordinator will
have a Deputy and about six other super grades. The
office is not yet organized.
Responsibilities Coordination of all U. S. public and private support in the
case of a foreign disaster, e.g. earthquake abroad. The
Coordinator will probably go to the site to do the
coordination for a particular disaster. See letter to
Dan Parker from the President at Tab A. The
responsibilities set forth there are essentially those
of the Coordinator.
Reporting Line The Coordinator will be directly responsible to the AID
Administrator and will work closely with him when there
is a disaster. However, on most day-to-day matters he
will report to the Assistant Administrator for Population
and Humanitarian Assistance. See Tab B for chart.
Clearance
Top Secret Clearance, i.e. full field, will be required.
Normally such a clearance takes six weeks or more.
Based on the need to make the move quickly, there are
three alternatives which might be followed:
1) A full field can be done within two or three days if
Parker so orders, according to Mr. Milton Mileski,
Director of Security for AID. This assumes that no major
problems come up. The work would be done by AID staff.
Ordinarily the work is done by the Civil Service Commission
in coordination with AID.
2) The man could be detailed immediately to AID and could
assume most of the functions of the Coordinator's position
but he could not have the title until a full field is completed.
I assume that a slot at his current agency could be made
available to him for these purposes.
- 2 -
3) AID could temporarily waive the full field. In other
words, the man could start as Coordinator immediately and the
full field would be done after he is already on the job. Note
that certain standards usually need to be met in order for
AID to grant such a waiver, and very few are granted.
*
I recommend that the man involved be told that the move should
be made immediately, discuss clearance options #1 and 2
and leave the matter to be worked out later.
WASHINGTON
Dear Dan:
You are hereby designated The President's Special
Coordinator for International Disaster Assistance
in addition to your responsibilities as Administrator
of the Agency for International Development.
In this capacity, you will serve as my personal
representative in reviewing the actual impact of
international disasters and coordinating the timely
response of the United States Government in meeting
the needs of the disaster victims for food, shelter,
and medical care.
This will require close coordination with international
organizations, other donors, and private and voluntary
agencies, and I. expect all Federal Agencies to cooperate
with you in this effort. I further look to you to integrate
United States short-term emergency relief efforts with
rehabilitation and reconstruction programs, and the
long-term development assistance programs at A.I.D.
Sincerely,
The Honorable Daniel S. Parker
Administrator
Agency for International Development
Washington, D. C.
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Food For Peace
General Counsel
ADMINISTRATOR
Labor Affairs
Auditor General
DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR
Public Safety
Legislative Affairs
Public Affairs
Equal Opportunity Programs
Coundinators
International of office for
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
Digaster
ass.
Program and Policy
Program and
Coordination
Management Services
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
Population &
Technical Assistance
Humanitarian Assistance
REGIONAL
BUREAUS
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Supporting Assistance
7-73