Eighth Annual Report of the Security Committee

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04007A000900110002-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 15, 1967
• Content Type: MF

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1.3 August 1967
UN:^?ED SIT.-.T S S mE M -ryENC 0
MEMORANDUM FOR: .Executive ~: c. etary
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activities of tre Security Co._a.lr.t;ee ro~,J . ,;uiy 196o to 30 ;une 1967.
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The Committee al- -o initiated new studies during this .per"iod.,
inc u ing a Beta:Lled examination of the Personai History Statement
~P- iS), a review of security training films, and an examination of
the community's procedures for the security review of books and
articles prepared by employees and consultants.
The problem of unauthorized disclosures of intelligence
in the Dress has continued to be a mu.4or concern Of the Committee.
One special meeting was devoted exclusively to the problem as it
affects the Special Intelligence field, with the resulting difficulties
created for the U. S. collection effort. There are simply no ready
solutions to some of these problems and only continual alertness
and constant security consciousness can help stop the trickle of
leaks which frustrate our security procedures, lessen the effective-
ness of our collection efforts and strengthen the hands of opposition
services.
IV. ACTIVITIES
A. Annual Report of the Measures Taken by Members of the
Intelligence Community to Enhance the Nation's Counter-
intelligence Posture
This annual report, covering calendar 1966, was submitted
to the USIB Chairman on 30 December 1966, and was forwarded to
the White House and to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory
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Board (PFIAB) or. 1.2 January 1967. -11-.e report noted the p _ysical,
tec-. nical and personnel ccurity measures taken by the inteilige nce
community with special emphasis o: overseas activity.
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C. Uniform Personnel Security Standards and Practices
Governing Access to Sensitive Compartmented information
One of the recommendations made by PF.AB in its analysis
case was the establishment of uniform personnel
security criteria for all personnel having access to sensitive infor-
mation. A working group of the Security Committee formulated a
first draft of the standards which were then reviewed in depth by
the full Committee. The approved d .- ft was then considered by
both the SIGINT and COMOR Committees and further changes were
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made. The finished document received USIB app royal and was
issued as DCID 1/14 on 23 June 1967. L xis represented a major
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breakthrough for the Security Committee's efforts to standardize
personnel security criteria and should serve as a springboard
for simiar-uniform practices in other areas of security concern.
E. A Study of Provocations and Harassments against Attaches
and other U. S. Officials in Sov Bloc Areas
For some time the Committee has been receiving from its
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Members reports of harassments and provocations directed
against military attaches, U. S. civilian employees and pri-
vate citizens in the Soviet Bloc. After detailed analysis, a
study of this problem. has been completed and approved by the
Committee. The finished paper will soon be forwarded to
USIB for approval of its dissemination to the intelligence
community for use as a brief ng ail for all travelers to denied
areas.
F. The Use of the Personal History Statement (P.-,-~S) in
the Intelligence Community
The Committee has esta_,lished a working group con-
sisting of senior investigative specialists from each Member
agency to consider the variety of P LS' now in use in the corn-.
munity, and whether a uniform. P1-iS is desirable or feasible.
The working group will deal with the PI-IS in all its aspects,
as a personnel application - a basis for investigation and a
counterintelligence record.
G. Establishment of Uniform Criteria for the Release,
Control and Dissemination of Personal Protection
Methods to Foreign Governments
At the request of the Secret Service, the Committee
reviewed the practices of those Member agencies involved in
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training forei n17roactive SC viceu ci urged with the safe' jr 01
CI-14e.' + Ti d that certain
Of state. C- Secrei: Service wu s co.CE z n?
protective measures they employ to sale?uard the .ulcent not
be disseminated. A wording group of those Members mvoived
in such training developed a list of subjects which will not be
disseminated to any foreign service.
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