PROCEDURES ON AQUATONE AND TALENT CLEARANCES FROM THE CONSUMER COMMUNITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00750A000200080124-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 13, 1999
• Sequence Number: 124
• Publication Date: June 27, 1957
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: TALENT Security Officer, PCS/DCI
SUBJECT: Procedure on AQUATONE and TALENT
Clearances from the Consumer Community
1. Under current procedure all requests for AQUATONE clearances
from the consumer element in the community coma to me. It is my
responsibility to recommend that the clearance be awarded by the Project.
It is also my understanding that when the clearances are accomplished
you inform me and I inform the requester.
2. We have both taken note of the sentence which your office
occasionally uses requesting that there be a notification of when and by
whoa the AQUATONE briefing is accomplished.
3. In the case of personnel for the -centers, I believe we
both understand that existing procedure requires that the AQUATONE
briefing be accomplished by your security men at the pertinent location.
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4. However, in the ZI it is my feeling, and I think from our
discussion the other day you would concur, that the sentence referred to
in paragraph 2 above ought not be included and that rather the AQUATONE
briefing should be accomplished by your office As a convenience, it
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to do this for the Project.
5. Would you make a decision as to how you want this done and
lot me know so that in our reply to the requester we can use standard
ion and so that they might learn the ropes to minimize confusion.
6. On a- related matter, I would suggest that when the Project
wishes approval of slots for TALENT clearances we can expedite
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matters if you can send a copy to the TALENT Security Officer at the
same time that you send it to me. Thus we can coordinate by phone.
You may, if you wish, include with the memorandum the names of the
individuals to be cleared so that upon approval can proceed
promptly with the clearance procedure.
7. 1 realize there are occasions in the interest of either the
Project or those of as working with consumers when securing approval
by phone must be accomplished. Can we agree that each of us will promptly
confirm by memorandum such telephonic arrangements. We will certainly
do our beat to follow this procedure.
JAMES 0. R EBER
CIA TALENT Control Officer
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