NEXT DCI MEETING WITH SECRETARY CASPAR W. WEINBERBER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R000800170011-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: July 26, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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26 July 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Executive Director
FROM: Stanley Sporkin
General Counsel
SUBJECT: Next DCI Meeting with Secretary Caspar W.
Weinberger
1. As you know, I have on several occasions raised the
issue of foreign investment in certain United States commercial
concerns, particularly those which supply research or material
critical to the national security. This problem is receiving
great attention by the DDA and his staff and my office in order
to refine our basic policy regarding the treatment of such
contractors. The principal concern, of course, rests with the
adverse security implications which may be present when doing
business with a contractor where foreign ownership control or
influence is present.
2. In addition to our own reexamination of this issue, I
believe it might be an opportune moment to raise the matter
with Secretary.Weinberger. I believe it is important to ensure
that, to the extent possible, CIA and DoD policies are consistent
with one another. While inconsistency may be required in some
situations, I believe it is generally inappropriate for one of
our agencies. to grant or maintain a security clearance on a
contractor or individual where the other agency has for reason
denied or withdrawn such a clearance.
3. I am limiting my concern here to the different standards
that are apparently being-currently applied regarding the foreign
ownership standards that govern these issues. Compounding the
problem is the fact that under existing procedures there is no
central repository of cleared corporations or individuals
(except SCI clearances), and it falls on the agency withdrawing
or denying the clearance to notify other interested members of
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the Intelligence Community. If such notification is not
provided, one agency may find itself doing business with a
foreign-owned corporation, or an individual employed thereby,
which could not be cleared by another member of the Intelligence
Community.
4. It may be time for CIA and DoD to jointly look at
this matter of foreign ownership in greater detail and
provide a mechanism to ensure that inconsistent situations
only occur under those circumstances which demand such
treatment. I have attached a memorandum prepared by my
Office which explains our concerns about increased foreign
investment in greater detail.
Stanley Sporkin
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