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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP10T01930R000500160027-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: September 17, 1968
• Content Type: MEMO

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17 September 1968
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of CIA. At present he is concentrating on the DDI side an
the Office of the Director. One must familiarize himself with the filing
system being used and then trace down the documents. He is in the
initial stages of this process. He is temporarily filling the function
of overall Historical Officer. He feels there should be a permanent
chief, a deputy, and historical officer in each one of the Directorates,
assisted by the Historical Board. With this set up there should also be
an archiveand archivist. At present there is no such organization and it
is something which should be encouraged at this time. The DCI must be
persuaded that there is a need for physically keeping documents of his-
brical value in an archives where they would not be subject to periodic
purges.
~ Chas made a cursory survey of several offices - FBIS, Domestic
Contacts, etc? and looked at their files and at their retention rules.
There seems to be agreement between the system by which documents are
filed and the retention rules so that they can be easily retrieved
It was agreed that reports of CIA operations should be kept for
internal use only as long as necessary but not made permanent part of
the records either for retention or eventual release to the public.
It was agreed that there should be included in the Library some.
paper describing CIA's historical program to let the academic world
know that we are making a consciencious effort to keep this record - 25X1
even if it may not be made available to the public for many years.
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stated that he had reviewed several of the
histories being prepared. Examples were history of
Communications, OCI's
history of CIB, a 50-page history of the Defector Program. Most
of the histories are satisfactory but none are outstanding. It was
agreed that several of these histories which were being written for
.internal CIA use, might at a later time become appropriate to
.reveal to the public, without danger to CIA operations.
said that he would eventually be writing a
final report on his efforts on the Historical Board and it was agreed
,that-this might be appropriate for the Library. The Clandestine
Services may have some guidance a ers for the historical program.
said he thought the report was highly appropriate
four inclusion.
.The NIE and NIS papers appear to lend themselves to release to
the public in a relatively short time. '-
The use of bland general essays for inclusion in the Library was
discussed and it was agreed that these will always be viewed with
suspicion by scholars of the future as self-serving and incomplete.
They might serve as bibliographical sign-posts which would lead to
the .original documents in CIA custody.
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