INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT OF HEADQUARTERS COURIER SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00211R000800080030-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2005
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: April 6, 1962
• Content Type: MEMO

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Memorandum
6 APR 1
SUD) r: idspector General's Report of Headquarters Courier System
(a) Report to IG of Survey of Headquarters Cornier Systaes,
dtd 29 Nov 1960
TO ; CIA Ratordo Administration Officer
/SOM Chief, Administrative Staff, OL
(b) Keno to D/L fr CIA Records Administration Officer,
/ltd 11 Mar 1962, subject: "1G's Report of Read-
quarters Courier System"
1. As requested in reference "b", we are forwarding out
se is on various recommendations made in reference "a", as
fa l Laws:
a. R,ecc.ndatton: When bulk deliveries are made
sock as f11 pouches, the recipient usually 'signs the
Courier Receipt without inventory of the contents. To
provide better document control, it is recosssended that
a manifest-type receipt be prepared for the contents cf
RI pouches, and the courier insist on inventory and re-
ceipt at time of delivery.
Ommanti While we recognise the desirability of
emcb a system, it is considered to be impractical tress
the standpoint of time involved on the part. of personnel
to check the entire contents of each bulk delivery.
Likewise, we see no difference between the practice of
rocetpcing for a bag of mail as opposed. to the practice
of receipting for an envelope which in turn Contains
several different sail items. In each cases the addressee
to sat ears of the contents amttl tam- %!tSarimovelo a is
1 on t That as. A . be pro*
pared and published that would consal#dat* all elflilat.
dtreettvas on the subject, and iota :' few a
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SUBJW.T: inspector G nert ;'s kepurt i' F;es dgixartaro Courier
System
c. Reccem aarlatiesnx TYha- Chief, OCR Liaison, prepare
a .eaorandma for all agencies and departments with woes
driers bake contact, requesting their cooperation In
asking CIA couriers to identify themselves properly be-
fare turning classified materials over to thee. All
offices in CIA to be similarly notified and requested to
ask couriers to show their cavrier'sidentification cre-
dentials.
C o n m e n t s I t i s over enderst ant ing that this has
already been accowp: t vhsd b', OCR wit respect to the
Departments of Navy, Arov, Air Force, and State. All
couriers are equipped with apprrpriate identifications,
to be shown upon req;ae s t .
d. Recoseaapudatton: instruct all couriers to:
(1) Deliver classified. aaterial to the addressee or
authorized-nesmed representative onl . (2) Request
proper identification from all recipients prior to
delivery of classified material. (3) Under no circum-
stances deliver classified material to unauthorized
persons,
Cotment: Couriers are instructed to deliver
classified material to established.registriase the per-
sonnel of which are recognized by the couriers. Tracking
dozen individual addressees is an inefficient use of
couriers, but is done upon specific request of the origi-
nator of highly sensitive documents.
s. Reeomsendation: Provide courier-drivers with a
trip sanifest or similar card to.report tL s of arrival
and departure at all facilities visited. Require, super-
visors to take daily readings of spaesdCM1*te r. stileaga a:s
a check against the trip stsnifest
Ccesren i Being done.
tion: That the Office oaf Logistics sad
Recotesandel~
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:that' (.iaa of lecnrity' jointly investtgstes ' ia. ss btl
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and practicability of reducing this mitt'i of deLtvery,
points in this Pentagon (now numbering" 30) by xha establi*h-'
most of a special center at the Pcnntag n' to.?11 *60md
two i r sore Agency employees whose du~Ie; 441 inollide
Internal delivery and collectiOnit tb f cros'
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Lstapoctear Geneeri l?s Report of Headqucrters c ri,r
`ys? to
sssahsr of central receiving points new serviced (3$ poietat)I*
but merely shifts the delivery responsibility, 'Wile ty1.**
Up the cotsplete services of two seen. Part of the prebless.
In reducing the 38 delivery points is a lesser miser re-
It-es ero d the fact that many Pentagon receiving points
a receive only specific categories of classified decu.-
tmte. This rearInas a ror?oblen in which we are l oatly
interested and ssc~tivr..y -."ektnp so:tetions.
as the establishvwmt of such a center does not reduce tits
e time. No conclusion has as yet been rencked, issassundl
of requesting space at the Pentagon for SWA a . er few-,',
C eats We have been studying the sdviaability
:. k4c anx atiarr,: Wan a courier escort it not pro-
;~ ' hy re,; tern will be equipped Frith
I classified eatsirial while
in transit. 4dhei :acr fe'R.sibla, a two-way radio telephone
t ld be icsstallc tlr c('irier vehicles.
"n! t a f oncr
oars for sates an lrnger trips (to ASC, KSA, etc.)
using OCI radio-equipped vehicles on night rusts.
the use of radios in courier vehicles, and Sri actually
I a relatively short runs argent totes.
q e attraction of attention and tb;:cstnsw-
Aqeent slei oim in courier operations makes thin -
ddtica impractical. We are cwsrrently staking ?. atndy of
2. We understand from of yowr staff, that
,k tat pertaining to other recommendations cont*tned in
"a Viii be submitted by other its.*f tht
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