RETIREMENT, MICROFILMING AND SHIPPING SECTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01139A000200120016-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: July 30, 1962
• Content Type: REGULATION

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JSAREUR CEIRAL REGISTRY(PROV)
513TF IITi'FLLIGTFITCs CORPS GROUP
APO 154 U S I''ORCES
AEUT.:O-CR( 'C) 30 July 1962
M'1Irr x "J" TO USARFI.TR CFI TR,1L R1`GISTRY
S`^AI,'7)I G OPERATING PROCEDURES P7tt1;J3' 1 (U)
(SHORT TITLE CR-SOP-].(U))
Rf'TRE1 EITT, P:iICROT'ILI: NG 1fl) _SNIPPMC SECTION
l . PROC^SSTIIG DOSSID:RS FOR. RETIRE1 Il`l' TO CE] TR.AL RI CO310S I;1ACILT` Y CIi::1'
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a. Initial Screening: files considered for retirement are initially
screened to a.scortein whether dossiers are present (or accounted. for) and are
in proper numerical sequence. Case Of'icers who have placed restrictive
limita:tion5 on dossiers, i.e., dossiers bearing markings "1)0 NOT 1,1ICRO21L11`",
are contacted to determine whether limitations may be removed.
Screening:
(1) .Contents of dossiers are arranged. in chronological, order witn
the earliest document on the bottom; however, documents constituting one trans-
action are not separated. Uncloted documents are placed in their logical
sequence with dated materiel. Eorrially the contents will. be arra.n,;ed from
bottom to top in the following order:
(a)
Rea-con for investic;etion tomet-.her with Personal history
( sDenbo ?ens), pertonelity questionnaires) statements of personal
ir. to rV c :'s, or :,mitten life hi.storiec (le'censlo.u.f)
(b) Recu'ts o~ Department o' the Arrly investigations,
inoJ~ diT g interror, .t e?1e, interviews, end stater?ents in chronologic.1 ordeer,
e1lo.'ted by reports Prom other Government s encies end civilian investigative
(c)
The Letter Report or '_'eport of Tnvesti,,I-tion closing t1,('
"J" IY() 011-SOP-1(u)
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investigation or evidence o' the fact and reason for cancellation or su.spenaion
of investi;a.tion.
(d) Adjudicative decisions of the command, Department of
the trrmj or himher level.
(e) Documents evidencing the final action taken on the caoe.
(f) Documents from subsequent investigations and adjudication
in sequence paxagraphe a through e above.
(g) Other documents required to be filed by current Army
Rogi ?a.tions.
(2) Duplicate copies of documents will be removed, COT P'It)flN`IA.L
and unclassified- documents will be placed with classified. waste, SECRFpm documents
requiring destruction will be referred to the SECl.F,T Control Section. Convenience
copies of investigative reports and correspondence, documents of a, general admin-
istrative nature pertaining to personnel or logistical menag ement, rough draft
notes, or documents for which another Department of the LrnW agency is the primary
office of record unless such documents directly pertain to a counterintelligence.
inve^ti.P-ration or security/loyalty adjudication, will be removed. "rom the dossier.
(3) The follov:ing categories are designated to facilitate, procescin ;:
(a.) Category "I" - Cases desiuiated a..: "I" Category will be
,,roc'.er=rrd for intergra.tion into CRF files. Only personality type c~so are
..or this cote gory as io7.l.owe
1. I.~Jjli t.-ry personnel of the Army in fttive, he:'orve,
2. lrnited. St,,..tes citizens ',',ho axe or ere er--:nlcrrecl b %y
1 i stl~trl."l ecuri t,'.' CC ! tr C' Qr personnel.
3. ..liens .'"r.,nte6 limito'C, a.ccecs ;']vZn~.iZ?ti-oil to
.: x . FFICI
(H)
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A 'iTf,, O-CR (i~'G) -.P, 30 July 1962
SUMJECT,c Retirement, Microfilming and Shipping Section
Army personnel,, investigated for U. S. visa purposes, whether or not they actually
immigrated, to the U. S. and whether or not the investigation was favorable or
unfavorable.
Aliens granted limited access authorization to U. S.
de Cense information.
Persons wherever located and of whatever nationality
con.eidered to constitute a threat to the security of the Army in the continental
U. S., its territories, or possessions, such, as lciown or suspected espionage
,-a, Yen.ts or key personnel. of subversive organizations operating on an international
6. Aliens who are the subject.of complaint type
in.vestiga:tive cases reflecting situations adverse to the security of defense
interests of the commend.
Aliens of sufficient importance to be included in
DAIR's or`other command intelligence reports.
(b) Category "X" - Cases involving impersonal subjects which
are to be retired to 0111,F-0 The following type cases will. normally fa.1.l. into this
C rtc?S"ory :
1. Subversive organizations in tae continents.1 TT.
?.r ri. ferie~ , or possesri ens
2. Incident investigations v=bich involve military
r= . ~ ? < l or: the Army in .`_cti.-' , ` M-e ve or "-tired ets't s .
:forei al
3. Cases corta..ini.nr" extensive current datna on,
3';' 171"t?lll^ence ~~tEn lad 2ther~d rron in forr?.nl;s or int~rro '-tinny.
(C') Cs?t.nc'nrv Cape-, of no l^ ' ;i . 1nte] ii.t`^?"YCO v" 111e.
cif
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into this category are :
1. Criminal offenses such as black market activities,
illegal border crossings, prostitution and various other civil offenses.
2. Cases containing only background data on personalities
and which do not reflect the results of investigative action.
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Dossiers that contain only papers pert~a.inin'- to censor-
chip (mail, telephone or surveillance coverage) of an individual or his activities.
4. Dossiers that contain only index carcds, work sheets
and other non-investigative administrative material.
Labor Service file-, unless investigations fall into
category I.
cI
6. Prospective Asources which were never recruited.. A
source is defined as any individual dispatched on a mission and/or given funds.
(d) Category "A" (Active) - Cases wh:Lch are active at time
oe screening. Examples of cases which fall intc this category are:
1. Currently in. use by a case officer.
2. Case has outstanding leads.
3. Cases pertaining to alien em:?loyees of the 66th or
517,th Ii;''C Groups, until such time e_c employment of the individual lids been
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