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Cooley Application for Employment: & May, 1953 JOHN KENT COOLEY Address: American Express Company, rue Scribe, Paris Draft classification: 4-A, LDB 10, Lincold Building, 100 Stevens Ave., Mount Vernon, NY. Born November25, 1927 Veteran, USArmy S/N 42276434, discharged 22 August 1947 Fuployment: Editor-writer,FSs-l0, $4325,July 1952 to May 1953,Office of High Cammissioner, Am. Enbassy, Vienna (Liason Group), "As editor of a weekly intelligence surrary, responsible for researching, writing, editing and reuriting of politcal, economic, and public affairs intelligence on developments in Austria. Supervision of a small clerical staff." 2 Am erican Embassy, Viema, Austria. uTranslation English-German and German-. English of a 'variety of docuents (press articles,policy papers, otc.). Prepar- aticn of weekly sunmaries of Austrian press coverage of specific topics. Checking of French-English and Russian-English translations .for style. Supervision of. Austrian secretary-translators.n (3) Chief Clerk, GS-4, $a875 to 2995, April 1950 to October 1950, Allied Secretariat, Hqs. UsrA, Vienna, "As chief clerk of ths US component of the quadripartite Allied Secretariat, responsible for forn and content of Allied Comission for Austria. documents produced by Us Elenent. Maintained clerical liason with British, French and Soviet counterparts, Austrian Gov." 4 Mimco-Distribution Clerk, GS-2, $2875, Jan,1950 to Apri1 50, same as above, "Operated a mimeograph machine and various other duplicatingdevices, distributed Allied Cozmission documents and correspondence within UsfA organizgtion, some. editorial duties." (5) Administrative Aide GS-4,$2850 to $2875October1949 to Jan,50 USACA, Hqs USFA, Vienna, "Routine office and administrative duties, including. supervision of drivers, maintenance of nessage center records, routing of corres- pondance, preparatian of rosters and reports, some routine intelligence research. See continuation sheet)(BOw) (6) Editor.ial Aido, GS-4, $2850, July l949 to October l949, USACA, Headquarters, UsFa, Vienna, "Editorial work on published wcekly and ronthly rcports of Civil Affairs Division, Headquarters, UsRA, involving pcoofreading, checking for accurat of facts, cntacts with local printers, collection and arrangaent of statistical. material, some reurite work. (7) Editorial Assistant, $25 weckly plus space fees, Sept-Oct s48, Pleasantpille uTownsman", Pleasantville, N.y. ' "reporter and man ofall wcrk on srall weekly newspaper for interim period before departure for study in Switzerland. Con- tributed column fron abred. 8 Independent publications. Contributor of awut 30 articles to editorial page of New York Herald-Tribute between March 1952 ami May l953 ("political, travel,. literary subjects.) Several literary articles in Gernan-language "wort- und Wahrheit, /'vienna monthly. Radio scripts (free-lance basis) for Red-white-Red, Us-controlled radio network in.Austria.. (9) nmploymsnt periods as decribed above and on form were broken up by time out for college (attended Dartnouth 45-46, 47-48 and 51-52; U. of Zurich 48-49.) File wontains envelope addressed to Cooley, Scheibenbergstrasse 65, Vienna, Xviil, returned, date-stamped in at Atlas 15 Septerber 1953, marked "Abgereist-Parti" and "Zuruch-retour, which evidently contained copy of cablegram .referred to above.