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               COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED-STATES
                        WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548



B.- 19 58 9 3                       October 31, 1979




The Honorable Frank C. Carlucci        0,1
Deputy Director
Central Intelligence Agency

Dear Mr. Carlucci:

     This is in further response to your letter dated
August 23, 1979, concerning geview k-t-hre Ge-ner-a-A-co-un-tg
O-f-E4--e-of ,determinations of benefit payments made under the
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Syste§
(CIARDS).

     Specifically, you ask:

          1. Does Section 201 of the Central
     Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964
     for Certain Employees, as amended, 50 USC
     § 403, note (CIARDS Act), preclude your
     reviewing the otherwise final and conclusive
     -determinations of the Director of Central
     Intelligence with respect to the propriety
     of benefit payments?

          2. If you have jurisdiction to rule on
     this issue, is it appropriate, under the
     circumstances set forth below, for CIARDS to
     initiate payment of survivor annuity benefits
     on behalf of the claimant?

     The Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964
for Certain Employees, as amended, 50 U.S.C. 403 note (1976),
authorizes a special retirement system, CIARDS, for certain
officers and employees of the Agency whose duties are
hazardous or involve exceptional security requirements.
Section 201 of the Act specifies that the Director of
Central Intelligence shall administer that retirement
system, and provides in pertinent part as follows with
respect to his administrative determinations:

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