125.0040/22a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy)
Washington, October
23, 1939—6 p.m.
1278. Your 2022, October 13.51 Repeat following to Bern for distribution.52
- 1.
- Pending revised regulations to meet new conditions, the following amendments to paragraphs 13, 15, 16, and 17, of the circular instruction of March 21, 1939, will be effective from November 1, 1939 until further notice.
- 2.
- Per diem allowances will not be granted (except in those
individual cases where Department has given specific prior approval)
to the following:
- A.
- Alien employees and their dependents. Per diem allowances now drawn without Department’s specific approval by alien employees or their dependents will be terminated not later than October 31, when such alien employees should be instructed to return to duty or resign.
- B.
- American employees. Those now receiving per diem allowance should be instructed to return to duty or, if their services are not required, [Page 631] you should report their names to the Department for assignment elsewhere or recall to the United States.
- 3.
- Under no circumstances may per diem be paid to families of officers or American employees in cases where officer or employee resides with family at place of safety.
- 4.
- The rates of per diem specified in paragraph 13 are canceled and
the following are established:
- A.
- For wives of officers and American employees: $3.
- B.
- For minor children of officers and American employees: $1.50.
- In no case shall the per diem allowance to dependents exceed $150 a month for any family and in no case shall it exceed 50 percent of the official compensation (defined as basic salary, rent allowance and cost of living allowance) of the officer or employee.
- 5.
- Under no circumstances shall travel expenses or per diem be paid to temporary employees or their dependents.
- 6.
- The instruction of March 21 as amended by the foregoing paragraphs applies equally to the personnel and families of other Departments, except that the repatriation of such personnel and families is not chargeable to State Department funds.
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