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This Central Intelligence Agency file, dated April 1963, contains financial and travel records for Project MOSES, run by CIA General Counsel Lawrence R. Houston. It includes requests for advances of funds for a Project MOSES agent, along with domestic travel vouchers for trips from Washington, D.C. to New York City, West Palm Beach and Miami in March and April 1963. The records cover airfare for Houston and two agents, per diem and operational expenses. Receipts for the operational expenses were not obtained, for security reasons.
“The Advance”26 pages
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INSTRUCTIONS VOUCHER NO. 1. PREPARE IN ORIGINAL AND ONLY THOSE COPIES REQUIRED BELOW. (WHEN TRAVEL IS TO BE PERFORMED WITH VOUCHERED FUNDS, THE TRAVEL ORDER NUMBER WILL INCLUDE AN "XG" SUFFIX) ORIGINAL · (A) IF AN ADVANCE IS AUTHORIZED AND REQUIRED, THE ORIGINAL WILL BE USED TO DRAW THE ADVANCE FROM FINANCE OR FISCAL DIVISION, AS APPROPRIATE. (B) IF NO ADVANCE IS REQUIRED, THE ORIGINAL WILL BE USED TO CLAIM REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES. FIRST COPY · ORIGINATING OFFICE'S RECORD COPY. SECOND COPY · TO FINANCE OR FISCAL DIVISION, AS APPROPRIATE, FOR RECORD PURPOSES. IF THE ORIGINAL WAS USED TO DRAW AN ADVANCE, THE THIRD COPY WILL BE USED AS THE TRAVEL ACCOUNTING FOR THE ADVANCE. 2. A. FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS ON COMMON CARRIERS OR USE OF POA NOT TO EXCEED COST BY COMMON CARRIER INCLUDING PER DIEM AND ALL EXPENSES ALLOWABLE UNDER AGENCY TRAVEL REGULATIONS WHEN NECESSARILY INCURRED IN PERFORMANCE OF TRAVEL ARE AUTHORIZED. B. AUTHORIZATION, OR POST APPROVAL ON A SEPARATE SHEET ATTACHED. IS REQUIRED FROM INCURRING EXPENSES OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) EXTRA FARE PLANES AND TRAINS. (2) USE OF POA NOT TO EXCEED 12 CENTS PER MILE. (3) HIRE OF SPECIAL CONVEYANCES. (4) HIRE OF ROOM FOR OFFICIAL USE. (5) CHARGES FOR EXCESS BAGGAGE. (6) DOMESTIC TRAVEL ON ACTUAL EXPENSE BASIS NOT TO EXCEED $30 PER DAY. (7) USE OF CONVEYANCE ON ACTUAL EXPENSE BASIS. (8) OTHER EXPENSES NOT NORMALLY RELATED TO TRAVEL NECESSARILY INCURRED FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES. 3. WHEN TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS ARE USED, RECORD THE NUMBER OF EACH AND THE AGENT'S VALUATION OF THE TICKET IN THE COLUMNS PROVIDED, WITH NO AMOUNT ENTERED IN THE COLUMN HEADED "CASH PAID BY TRAVELER." USE THE LATTER COLUMN ONLY WHEN TRANSPORTATION IS PURCHASED WITH CASH, IN WHICH CASE THE COLUMNS HEADED "TRANSPORTATION REQUEST NUMBER" AND "AGENT'S VALUATION OF TICKET" WILL NOT BE USED.) 4. ATTACH COPIES OF EACH TRANSPORTATION REQUEST ISSUED. IF ANY, RECEIPTS, AND ANY UNUSED TICKETS. 5. PAYMENT OF ANY BALANCE DUE TRAVELER SHALL BE MADE BY U. S. TREASURY CHECK UNLESS WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ARE ISD TO THE CONTRARY. 6. ANY UNUSED BALANCE OF AN ADVANCE SHALL BE REFUNDED BY ATTACHING THE TRAVELER'S PERSONAL CHECK OR A COPY OF A RECEIPT ISSUED BY THE DISBURSING OFFICE IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF A REFUND IN CASH. FOR COMPTROLLER USE ONLY TOTAL CLAIMED $ CERTIFIED FOR PAYMENT OR CREDIT LESS ADJUSTMENTS DATE AUTHORIZED CERTIFYING OFFICER DATE PAID CHECK NUMBER NET APPROVED CREDIT TO ADVANCE AMT. OF CASH SIGNATURE OF PAYEE (Cash payment only) NET TO PAYEE DESCRIPTION 13-33 40-42 EXPEND CODE 43 FUNDS 47-52 OBLIG. REF. NO. ADVANCE ACCT. NO. 54-57 GENERAL LEDGER ACCT. NO. 58-67 ALLOC. OR COST ACCT. NO. 68-70 DUE DATE OBJECT CLASS 71-80 AMOUNT 62-67 CR. NO. X REF. NO. DEBIT CREDIT TOY ALV 3/30-4/1/63 59896 1441 3043 5000
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 44 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.