SECURITY ASPECTS OF TALENT/AQUATONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00750A000200090055-9
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 30, 1999
• Sequence Number: 55
• Publication Date: February 25, 1958
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25 February 1938
MEMORANDUMt Project Director
SUBJECT z Security Aspects of T NT/AQUATONE
? to time confusion has art..** those cleared
and br eed for TALENT and AQUATONE with regard to the end of one
clearance and the beginning of the other. The proposals set forth below
it is believed will, when carried out, clarify n.cs.ury distinctions
between the two clearances and strengthen of rts to protect the source
by virtue of more exact control of operational info *don.
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That introductory paragraph in the existing security
briefing and eecurity agreement for the TALENT Control System be
changed so that the follovring s tomcat be substituted for the existing
first s terAce and the third existing sentence be etrickent
The TALENT Control System has been established by the
Director of Central intelligence in cooperation with the intellt.
wince representatives of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and NSA
for the purpose of controlling the intelligence products of extremely
sensitive intelligence sources each of which may require special
operational cloarance."
Com t4 The effect of the change proposed above is to
inform the reader of the locus of the responsibility for the control of
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intelligence products acquired from neitive projects but does not identify
who is responsible for the sensitive projects. It should be noted, further-
that no reference is made even by implication to AQUATONE nor
to thtypes of material which may be collected and c der the
TALENT Control System.
That a new paxagraph 3 be inserted to read as foilow
"I further understand that by reaeon of my TALENT clear
I do not have access to aU T.ALENT information or materials but
only those required on a MUST KNOW basis and that it is my
responsibility before divulging information or giving materials
to TALENT.cleared personnel that they in fact have a MUST
KNOW requirement to receive earne."
Comment: It is recognised that TALENT Security f rs
in the various agencies when conducting security briefings will have to
emphasise the above point orally which is already incorporated into the
TALENT manual but needs to be high-lighted.
Proposal
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for AU Sub.tanttv. Briefinss
4, That the following statement be made available through the
participsting *sauciest TALENT Control Officers at all briefings as
distinct from substantive analysis under their control where TALENT
material is used:
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"Photographic or electronic materials or information
presented in the following briefing snd identified as being in
the TALENT Control System have been collected through
highly seneitive collection operations which in themselves
may not become the subject of discussiori by those cleared
for TALENT, Disc:lei:ion of any collection operation or
operational details may take place only after those responsible
for the discussion at hand have ascertained that all parties have
proper operational clearances and security briefing',"
Comment: The foregoing will have the effect of eliminating
data on the following subjects in TALENT substantive briefings:
a, Calmer* or electronic configurations
b Exact date of collection
Track (plot)
d, Altitude
e, Map showing comprehensive photo coversge
The foregoing will not restrict from discussion procedures and apparatus
for exploitation of photographic or electronic matertat.Q
Proyosia Wour m ,-.4$41111tional information
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5 That documents or materials in the TALENT system which
inc ude operational information shall be identified by the code word
AQUATONE in addition to HANDLE VIA TALENT CONTROL SYSTEM
and shall be made availsblio only to th es who have an AQUA.TONE
clearance on a MUST KNOW basis Such clearance does not auto atically
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afford those personnel cleared for AQUATONE right of access to AQUATONE
Headquarters Documents and materiels and recipientsthereof are listed
below%
Maps showing comprehensive completed coverage
Ad Hoc Requirements Committee members,
b Maps and documents showing highest priority targets ..
Ad Hoc Requirements Committee members and their staff. as
required,
NSA reports including Spot, Completed Mission* and
System Three readout 1?14, dissemination as approved by Director,
NSA, in the cases of Spot and Completed Mission Reports; dis.
sernination of System Three read...mit report. by agreement
CIA TALENT Control Officer with other agency TALENT Control
Officers,
sal Five Rsi*doctriution
6, That each agency participating in the TALENT Control System
institute in the month of May a reindoctrination of its personnel now in
the TALENT Control System for the purpose of reminder and reeducation
in keeping with the TALENT Control System as amended by the foregoing
such reindoctrination to be conducted in groups having similar limits of
MUST KNOW
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Comenti This proposal is based on the belief that unless
periodicallywe call to mind those cleared into the system the essential
guidelines of the system we are in danger of allowing a "take it for
granted" attitude to develop.
JAMES Q4 REBER
CIA TALENT Control Officer
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