INTRA-AGENCY SECURITY COMMITTEE MINUTES OF FOURTH MEETING

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• Publication Date: September 3, 1971
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3 September 1971
Fourth Meeting
Room 4 E 64, CIA Headquarters Building
Friday, 3 September 1971, 1530 Hours
Acting Chairman
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT:
REPRESENTING:
Deputy Direci
,tor for Intelligence
Office of General Counsel
Deputy Director for Support
Office of Security
Secretary
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3 September 1971
The Intra-Agency Security Committee was convened by the Acting
Chairman, Mr.
at 1530 hours on 3 September 1971 in
the Office of Security conference room, 4 E 64.
Mr.I requested of the members their changes, comments,
and/or recommendations concerning the Agency's comments as set forth
in a draft memorandum to the Chairman, Security Review Committee
dated 2 September 1971 on that Committee's "Revised Draft of Executive
Order 10501, " which had previously been furnished the members for
their review, as well as a copy of the "Revised Draft of Executive
Order 10501. "
The Agency's comments provided in the draft of 2 September 1971
"1. We have reviewed your revised draft and pursuant to the
request contained in your covering memorandum of 31 August 1971
we offer the following comments. "
"2. In the preamble to the revised draft of EO 10501, reference
is made to "agents of foreign governments. " We recogni e that this is
a legal term and is meant to include all individuals who ro'present for-
eign governments. We feel, however, that friendly foreign governments
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may misconstrue its meaning and assume we are referring to espionage
agents and thus infer that they engage in espionage directed against the
United States. Therefore we recommend that "agents of" be deleted.
The phrase would then read "would necessarily reach foreign govern-
ments as well. "
"3. We would recommend that the title of Section I be changed
from "Classification Categories" to "Security Classification Categories. "
We do this because Section 5 makes repeated references to security
classification. "
"4. With reference to Section 3 (d) we would prefer that a
transmittal letter be classified in accordance with the present Executive
Order for physical security reasons. In making security checks classi-
fied documents bearing an unclassified transmittal letter might be over-
looked or used as an excuse for not securing classified documents. In
addition when documents are delivered to a central mailroom within an
agency a classified transmittal letter would readily indicate the need
for secure handling and delivery. Otherwise mail clerks would be
required either to read the transmittal letter or look at each attach-
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"5. We have no particular preference between Alternative I
and II in Section 4 (a). "
"6. The adverb "highly" should be deleted from 4 (b) (1) b (iii)
since the word "sensitive" itself establishes a need for special pro-
tection. "
"7. With reference to subparagraph (b) (4) of Section 4, there
appears to be an error in the reference to (4) (c). We do not agree
that material classified under the "Special Categories" provisions
should be automatically declassified without prior review.;
recommend that the wording be changed as follows :
"All information and material classified pursuant
to subsection 4 (c) of this Order shall be reviewed
for declassification after 30 years from the date of
its original classification if it has not earlier been
declassified. "
"This change becomes particularly important to us because of the pro-
vision of subparagraph (i) (2) a of Section 4. We cannot agree that our
Group I classified information can be declassified without
prior review. "
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"8. The reference in Section 5 (a) should be changed from "(a) (3)
of Section 4" to "(a) of Section 4. " In addition the reference to subpara-
graph "(a) (4) of Section 4" should be amended to "(b) of Section 4. "
Subparagraph (e) of Section 5 needs clarification. We would
suggest that subparagraphs (e) and (f) of the draft prepared by the DOD
Working Group be used. "
"10. Subparagraph (i) of Section 5 should be amended to include
a statement that the front and back covers of bound documents should
contain the new classification and reflect cancellation of the old."
"11. The control marking "WARNING NOTICE-SENSITIVE
SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED" in Section 5 (j) (5)'should be
amended to "WARNING NOTICE-SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES
AND METHODS INVOLVED. " Subparagraph (f) of Section'7 should be
likewise amended. "
"12. We have no choice between Alternate I and Alternate II of
Section 10 (d). "
The Office of General Counsel representative, Mr.
stated that due to the press of other business h did not have
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the opportunity to thoroughly review the Agency's position on the Rehnquist
Committee's "Revised Draft of Executive Order 10501. " Of substantive
note, he felt that the third sentence in paragraph 1 on page 1 was cumber-
some, as well as inaccurate.
The sentence read: "The reason for such protection is not that
sensitive information would be dangerous or embarrassing in the hands
of the country's citizens, but that any dissemination sufficiently wide to
reach even a major part of our citizenry would necessarily reach foreign
governments as well."
(pointed out that classified official information has,
on occasion, been dangerous in the hands of certain of the country's
citizens and suggested that the sentence would more appropriately
express its intent if it were to read as follows: "The reason for such
protection is that any dissemination sufficiently wide to reach even a
major portion of our citizenry would necessarily also reach foreign
governments as well. "
The Acting Chairman and all members present agreed with Mr.
suggestion.
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The Acting Chairman instructed the secretary to note that the
representative of the Deputy Director for Science and Technology,
representing the
Deputy Director for Plans, both in absentia, had previously con-
curred in the Agency's comments and recommendations pertaining to
the "Revised Draft of EO 10501" submitted by the Rehnquist Committee.
lso concurred in the request of the Office of General
Counsel representative for Mr. to further review the "Revised
Draft of EO 10501" at greater length and furnish the Acting Chairman
with additional comments and recommendations, where appropriate,
by Tuesday, 7 September 1971.
Adjournment: 1610 hours.
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