</s>104-10266-10283 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 Question 8 HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THE BUDGET FOR PAYMENT TO CONTRACT EMPLOYEES? SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD RELATIONSHIP TO THE CIA AND WHO WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE WATERGRATE BURGARY WERE SAID TO BE CONTRACT EMPLOYEEES. IS THIS BURGERY WERE SAD TO BE CONTACT EMPLEYERS. IS THE CASE? TO WHAT EXTENT ARE THE SAME CONTROLS PLACED ON YOUR CONTRACT EMPLEYES AS ARE PLACED ON REGULAR STAFF EMPLOES? Proposed Reply 24 The CIA budget for 1975 includes ($279.5 million) for the salaries and benefits (4,000) staff employees ($279, 5(end-of-year ceiling) and ($32,6 million)for the same expenses for (2,348 Contract employees. 24 24 With respect to the relationship to the CIA of the seven individuals involved in the Watergate burglary, one of them at the time of the break-in was a part-time contract employee (Martinez), one was a former full-time contractor (Barker), two were retired staff employees (Hunt and McCord). The remaining individuals (Liddy, Sturgis and Gonzales) were never connected with CIA in any capacity. (See attached sheet sheet for details on these seven individuals). These facts have been.set forth previously.in membership of. (These facts have not been. (and we believe. membership). significant developments in this area) Not all contract employees have the same type of contract. Some are subject to all the controls that are placed on regular staff. employees, Others, however, are employed for a specific purpose, generally limited in time, for the use of their talents and/or discipline, in meeting a particular need of the Agency, and are not all subject to all all the Controls which apply to full-timet staff employees. Both Barker and Martinez were in the later category of contract employees .. The obligations of such contract employees are as stated in their contracts. 4/10/1/1

John F. Kennedy: None mentioned in this document.

Assassination: None mentioned in this document.

Investigations:

* The CIA budget for 1975 includes $32.6 million for contract employees.
* Seven individuals involved in the Watergate burglary had connections to the CIA:
	+ One was a part-time contract employee (Martinez).
	+ One was a former full-time contractor (Barker).
	+ Two were retired staff employees (Hunt and McCord).
	+ The remaining individuals (Liddy, Sturgis, and Gonzales) were never connected with CIA in any capacity.
* Not all contract employees have the same type of contract; some are subject to controls placed on regular staff employees, while others are employed for a specific purpose.

Dates and locations:

* 1975: The year in which the CIA budget was allocated.
* Watergate burglary: A break-in that occurred at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington D.C. in 1972.

Significant events or activities:

* The Watergate burglary and subsequent cover-up.
* Requests for record searches and files by Senator Baker.
* Testimony of Agency personnel before the Senate Select Committee.
* Supplying documents and files to the Office of the Special Prosecutor and the Impeachment Committee.

Connections to JFK, the assassination, or related investigations: None mentioned in this document.

JFK Declassified Files

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