The State Department is offering monetary bonuses to diplomats who demonstrate fidelity to the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to a diplomatic cable I obtained.

The previously unreported cable, dated August 15, invites supervisors to nominate diplomats and support personnel for cash bonuses when they have “demonstrated fidelity to the Secretary” under the “Meritorious Service Increase” (MSI) program.

The department’s official manual describing the MSI program makes no mention of “fidelity to the Secretary.” The Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “It’s completely novel,” one diplomat told me, that sucking up to Rubio and Trump is what will be officially rewarded.