STATE-WAR-NAVY COORDINATING COMMITTEE SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04007A001000020022-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2001
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: December 20, 1946
• Content Type: MF

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STATE-WAR-NAVY rOORDiNE'.TJNG CO,1,PT,"_ITT ,,E
SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD
20 December l946
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IEMORAND'J` FOR SECURITY OFFICERS
Nonmilitary Federal Departments and
Agencies ~
1. The Security Advisory Board is presently considering
the formulation of a Top )Pc.ret Control. Procedure for
nonmilitary federal departments and agencies. In
confcrxnar~c~
with its usual policy of consulting with Security Officers
before issuing security regulations which are al plicable to
all federal agencies and departments, and keeping in mind
ti:e varying conditions existing in those agencies; and
departments, the Board will appreciate your cooperation in
submitting answers to the following questions by January If.,
1947 , if pos, _,ible:
a. Approximately what volume of Top Secret material
is originated in or received by your alter:::y?
D, If Top Secret material originates in your
agency, what outside. distribution is made:
c. What officials or offices in your agency
receive Top Secret material and from what sources?
d. Does any cne official or office trc
the distribution of Top. Secret material within
your agency?
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If any Top Secret control procedure is in
effect in your agency, what procedure and forms
are used to control intra-agency distribution of
Top Secret materials
f. Do you agree that a procedure whereby certain
individuals would be des i gnated within your aCer,c-y
to receive Top Secret material and account for its
inter-agency and intra-agency distribution would
be, preferable to one in which Top Secret documents
are received by addressees with rio central accounting
for or recording of the documents:-
2. If no Top Secret material is received by or
originated by your agency, the above-listed questions should
be disregarded and a statement to that effect forwarded to
the Board.
3. Replies to the above questions r_ould be returned
to the Security Advisory Board, State-War-Navy Coordinating
Cem;,ittee, Room 711, 1,;15 22nd Street, Washington,25,D.C.
For the Security Advisory Board:
Ruth Catlett Barton
Secretary
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