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MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Birch D. O'Neal

THROUGH: Head of D Career Service

SUBJECT: Notification of Approval of Request for Voluntary Retirement

1. I am pleased to inform you that your request for voluntary retirement under the CIA Retirement and Disability System has been approved by the Director of Central Intelligence.

2. Your retirement will become effective 28 February 1970. Your annuity will commence as of 1 March 1970 and is payable 1 April 1970. You may be assured that every effort will be made to expedite delivery of your first check following completion of the administrative processing required to effect your retirement.

3. You will receive a lump-sum payment for your accrued annual leave up to 30 days or for whatever amount of leave credit you carried over from the last calendar year if that amount is more than 30 days.

Robert S. Wattles
Director of Personnel

Distribution:
0 - Addressee
1 - D/Pers
1 - OP Files
1 - ROB Soft File
1 - ROB Reader

OP/RAD/ROB/PS/Seidel:jat/3257 (26 February 1970)

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