SECURITY APPROVAL CRITERIA FOR CONTRACT PERSONNEL OF THE CLANDESTINE SERVICES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83B00823R000900110002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 18, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 11, 1968
• Content Type: MF

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MEN;ORA DUM FOR., Chiefs of CS Divisions and Staffs
Security Approval Criteria for Contract Personnel
of the Clandestine Services
Memo to.DDP from Director of Security, dated;
1. 1 have
Security,
approved the attached proposal of the Director of
2. The provisions of FR_ill govern the security approvals
of all persons who are to have.staff-like access to official Agency
installations or information.
3. No individual will continue to have such access without
a favorable determination under
l+. All persons with such access who now hold only Contract
Type B security approvals should be brought to my attention as soon
as possible via Chief, CI Staff, so that they may be re-evaluated.
Thomas H. Karamessines
Deputy Director for Plans
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1ORA rn FOR'S Deputy Director for Plans
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SUBJECT security Approval Criteria for Contract
Personnel of the Clandestine services
3. This Office views the total group of contract
personnel, from an approval criteria standpoint, as fall-
ing, Into throe categories:
1. This memorandum contains a recor endation for
your approval; such recommendation Is contained in para-
graph 8.
2. This Office has examined the criteria applied in
the post to grant security approvals for the use of the
various types of contract employces and the independent
contrs otora for whom the Office of Socurity has approval
re ponsibIlity. This has been done with due considoratlon
to current Agency regulations and Clandestine Services
a r t they wi~ projected proposals of the
new 1;1 ~nd I- !B
a. Those contract. employees and independent
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contractors whose occecs to inforcict;.on, Asency
staff personnel and oi'ficial ASency installat .one
Is atn"'f-like in character and whose security
approvals, consequently, ahou d be based on criteri+~
identical to those used In granting clearances to
staff eraonn o 1, namely, the criteria enumerated
in 1',
b. Those contract employees and independent
contractors whose access to informntlon, Agency
staff personnel and official agency instsllntionc
is not staff-li.kc in character and whose security
approvals, consequently need not necessarily be
based on the same exacting. criteria as those used
in granting cloarnnces for. use or staff personnel;
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