SECURITY CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURES: DRAFT REVISION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 10501--NSSM 113

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01022R000100040034-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 15, 2000
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: January 20, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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'Staff S!ucrctary
4tional "SecWrity Council
Uri;td t"'iaii'icgixaretczras
:. x ovl io of Iiceutiva order
1 1 1u" i 113
xn tin zi dr t 4 ' a Proposed x vizion of r'.,%Ctutave
10501 forwarded by your c s r+urin; r v. a r a 11
?o cu reviewed, T o following fi -resxr enks Ure
Order could be shortened by,doleting the list
.Ltrty-mine d a rtmentS rx-nd g gentles In Section
*,xceptiug only ACTION an-4
L'110 -ennesse Valley Utb-ariq, ASSUrxxi.ng that _0
heads of ACTlOO and tk.o TenazzvCe Valkk-.y authority
5,,t to n# + r1t far ciao u . scat orW of
r.~._
~ Max fi 1~, r~nby , --action Z(f)(Z) we ld b deleted
and S+rrc iort Z( )(3) o.icl be dawn-e to read "Offieia1s
d piggy at d i r1ti.zg by . aut prior in :h cernc
vertical chain of corr"and or cu rvislon who has
flop n, crett *r ;S ac retc classific.tion a-'athori,tyw"
In the pro ucU u of fi alahed Intelligence iterns, such
:~^ Aelcnt' zDaily ZzicC z the Central i t i1i,r e
l a.l,t tiz , t ere to no p ctic 4 way to breac. gat variou
clap lficatto s of a particular gruel beca:age the variety
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ces are wove toy ether into the whole. The
req? irem nt set forth in Section Z(g) would Gig Lift
cantiy incr azc the time reqaarccl to both produce
c rrcut i :t ili ;erc and xeport rxteIligc:nce Informa
tion and accrease the readability of the product.
" 'e, tt rzforo, recommend that Section Z(9), pa,1410
, commence nce with the phrase "To the extent
practicable.
c< Section Z(h), pages 6 and 7, # unworkable within
Central I atellig snce Agency In that its pro rtztons
would vlol,a the "need-to-know" principle amd the
stattxtory rezpon- ibility of the Director of C :atarat
Intelligenc ; to protect intelligence sources avid
the i in livid . 1 rbo Lave a TIneed-to-know"
..for the contents of #~~tc.ilience docurnct3 dt not
have the za-..jc 'tree d.-to-l:rtov '* ior the identity of
certain Central Intolllgcnce Agency ora, plo ycea,
particularly those engaged in operations broad.
co m icle>w riLble portion of CIA prod aced data is
originally clapozaf ed ovea:es:. c. It is recommended
that this aectioxa be elcl ;ted or that loco :;.cats cou-
tainixs.j ixtel,ligenee ixsfax ation exempted.
The last sent ace of Stection 2.(1), page S. ncedc
clarification. If it is me .a~~t to protect Information
which in the op;:ion of a contractor should he
c1asa:1fied, it would appear that -E c: ,on 14, page 59,
w,would apply and this aentenca would then be rcd?.?%,;Lx*t.
c. W have no particular preference bctwecm Alternative
I Aid ., .1ternative 11 of Section 4(a), pages 13-18. In
ctt'ri :r c 2o, scvbisitiv Ix~tei1i ,: and Information
relating to into lig;enc sources and rnethhod wwo 'id
bo proy-ected iomler the 11pcci.al Categories"' provisions
contained in Section $(b)(1).
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pfl.on., page 11), is recom-
ended.. The qual fyin adjective }'idgMy'air.
Itcrnative I Is consider :d unnecesnary became
the word "sentAtivet1 IIztli ettablis hes a need for
protection. Alternativo III In already included in
section 4(b)(1)' (i) and, aefd not repeated.
Vince lbetxa 4.iter-natives I and 11 of Section 4(b)(I)c(ii),
page 20, relate solely to foreign policy? we defer to
tbo DaznarL-rzent of State.
We prefer Alternative 1101 Sectio x 4(b)(3), page 22.
eve ', it is reco me ndcd that Section 4(b)(4) be
a led 4 to read as follows; "'Ail Worm .tion and
a ltrial claas,ifie4 .rswant to Section 4(b)(I)Sc of
this Ordcr shall be reviewed for deciasrxtication
after 30 y parr from the date of its original classi-
fication if It has not earlier lacen declassified. ,Ms cha sze Is ecevs:ary to protect those per oz z,
synte? -s, plans,; and project Which require nro-
tection even alter 30 years.
Since the pro,po d E ecattve Order will rescind
zecutive Order 10964. it is ,,u est tt that s 'a-
paragraph Suction 4(i)(1) page 20, be deleted.
To protect iiaforzna .on and material which rcpt :s
to i tellig nce sources and methods, we most strongly
urge that the foiioviing; vu.1oparagraph be adckd to the
"i c:troact.?iv* A j-,p iC: atil0U`', section of the 3::xecutlve
Order on page 28: The ezen'.Ption zpecificd in
cti:a a 4(b)(l), 4(b)(l)p and 4(b)(I)?x al all apply to
nforx do or material pertainia ta intelligence
aa~rces and, mothod or that cc ntax 3 . sensitive
i .tt:lfigenco. which was ciao -ifi,ed under the provisions
of previoulg; Executive Cede; rs.
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To avoid .nisinterlp otatlon, it is suggested that the
last stntcncc of Section 5(k)(3), Paso 35, read as
Poll viz "Fai3:hire to co ply with the fore oink co' ld
r S Lit in the rnpoattion of a fine and/or imprisoxsrment
and, ju addition, in the cisc of government personnel,
ais 'ciosal or othcr disciplinary action. '?
We prefer Alternative I pf ection S(b), page 46,
since the publication of Alternative 11 would cast
official doub on. t ,.e. offectivcness of the P.reSident's
-,nti-bijackin paegZaro.. In any Casco head'B of
depart cnt?s and. uo n.cica can regulate such travel
if and when they deem it advisable.
j %j. Mternative III of Section 10(d)- page 55, is preferred
bc:caaase the . girt itte?: envisioned under .1ternativeC
I and U. would be so large, az to be -unman a eab"le.
however, t?h re ora ib i y of the committee as act
forth in Alternative I appears to be more realistic
than in the other .Itarnativeri. We have no c::z.otce as
to whether the chairman of the corn-mitten be a mem-
ber of the executive branch or the President's staff.
at e tion i l a r .casing from the draft.
o. Section 15 le tbvla.asly in, error and not Intend rl to
b a part of the , u cutlve order.
Two vn to +r errors have been -noted. In the 1awt
zentenxce of the preamble the or(A thvested sit- lad
be ,everted. ` In ectjon I (b), line 3,, page ZA, between
the words "On- a rl ''impo tart there uld be added
the word =jeo ar a