LETTER TO(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82M00591R000300070008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2002
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 20, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

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20 February 1975
AD/DCI/IC
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While my knowledge of the extent of sensitivity of many of
these items is limited - I think there is a difference in the degree
of sensitivity of many items covered. I have marked on the
attached copy a rough evaluation, using the following scale:
A. Not to be disclosed
B. Chairmen and Vice Chairmen only
C_ Committees Members only
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I am sure whoever prepared the list of sensitive intelligence.
matters could make a better evaluation. I don?t know if this was
what you wanted but hope it will serve as a starter.
I note on your list of annexes you have included "J. The Role
of Security in CIA and the Intelligence Community" and in the cover
letter it is described as prepared by he USIB Ad Floc Group. This
was purely a CIA preparation.
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THAT NEED STRINGENT PROTECTION
1. The names of agents, informants, covert liaison contacts and
operations or other identifying characteristics. of sensitive
clandestine sources
a. Agent or informant names or operational information - F1
revealing them.
b. Details which would reveal the effectiveness of sensitive
methods and techniques (1) employed overseas in human source
collection (2) employed by the FBI for internal security and counter--
intelligence purposes.
--The numbers, locations, times and other indications of -
recruitment or emplacement of personnel within target organiza-.
tions.
--Specific statements of the use of technical devices in
agent operations.
-The total extent of recruitment or investigative effectiveness
against any given. target organization or individual, or lack
thereof.
--Names of selected agency and/or ex-agency employees
if.revealed would endanger lives, operations or future utility.
--Foreign or US sources, official or, otherwai. who would
be embarrassed or endangered by disclosure of their role. '
II. Relationships with Other Intelligence Services
a. Identifying information on intelligence service=s in friendly
and neutral countries..
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b. Identifying collaborative operations between the United States
intelligence agencies and other foreign intelligence liaison services
against targets within the country extending the collaboration or within
a jointly targetted third country.
c. The nature of support provided or arrangements with foreign
intelligence services supporting US technical collection operations, -
d. Material and information provided to the US by a foreign service
under conditions of continued secrecy. -
III. Cryptologic and Communications Activities
a. Clandestine procurement of foreign cryptologic material,.
b. Operations against foreign cryptologic instaUations.
c. Activities taken with the manufacturers of cryptologic devices
in the U. S. and abroad.
d. Product of telephone taps or technical surveillance operations
of foreigners or foreign facilities (.U. S. and abroad)-
e. Success of cryptologic operations against both friendly and
unfriendly targets in the: U. S. and abroad.
f. Covert signals intelligence collection including (1) assistance
arrangements with commercial U. S. and foreign companies (2) taps
(3) and from US installations abroad.
g. Collaboration with foreign governments in signals intelligence
collection, particularly for arrangements which, if revealed, would be
politically embarrassing in the countries involved-
h. Protective communications security measures.
i.. Efforts to collect exotic signals and locate transmissions
especially critical to our work in ASW. -
IV. Technical Intelligence
a. Identification of technical intelligence operations of high technical
vulnerability and extremely high political sensitivity
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b. Details of specific covert communications systems, including
secret writing, special agent equipment,, etc. _
c. Specific identification of foreign technical collection installati.on.s
involving high political sensitivity in the host country. -
d. Identification of technical counter-measures techniques.
e. Characterization of emplacement of devices for technical
collection of foreign intelligence, including techniques of emplacement.
f. Details of secure U. S. communications systems..
V. Other
. a. Reference to, covert action operations that would embarrass
the U. S. Government or frustrate the purpose of the operation.
b. Details or disclosure of monetary arrangements with U.S. and .
foreign banks, investment houses, etc. ,. in support of foreign intelligence
operations.
c. Specific information on special relationships with private firms
established with the approval of top corporate officials. This includes
names of firms or industrial associations that provide privileged
customers or collaboration or cover for foreign intelligence operations-
d. Names of firms collaborating with U. S. intelligence agencies
in collection and assessment programs (especially those having large
foreign clienteles).
e. Details of covert contract techniques, covert contractors, and
covert tax arrangements.
L Nature of support to and from other agencies for operations
against foreign intelligence targets. -
g. The state of our intelligence on Soviet pr PRC diplomatic or
military intentions toward the United States or on the state of our
intelligence on military technologies of these nations. -
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