POLICY RE OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM CIVILIANS OR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAVELING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

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MILITARY INTELL. Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP84-00022R000300060016-8
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M.I.5-6
WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF
WASHINGTON
July 27, 1921.
CIRCULAR LETTER NO. 228 .
From: Director, Military Intelligence Division.
To: All Military Attaches.
Subject: Policy re obtaining information from civilians or
reserve officers traveling in foreign countries.
1. The following policy in regard to obtaining infor-
mation from civilians or reserve officers traveling in foreign
countries has been approved by the Director for the guidance of
the Military Intelligence Division and the military attaches:
Information shall not be secured in such a way as to
lead to a presumption that the United States is using agents
in a friendly foreign country. Therefore civilian travelers
will not be asked to submit written reports from a foreign
country, either to the military attache or to M.I.B. If the
civilian is to be in the capital of the country visited, he
will be asked to call upon the military attache to discuss
the current situation with him, he having been given a letter
of introduction to that military attache.
If the civilian does not plan to visit the foreign capital,
he will be requested to notify M.I.D. of his return to the
United States and, if passing through Washington, to call at
M.I.D. After the traveler returns to the United States, the
policy already adopted in connection with the use of question-
naires becomes effective, The military attache, if he sees the
traveler, shall be able to inform M.I.D. as to the probable
value of the informationibich might be secured from the in-
dividual upon his return to the United States.
This does not preclude the use of resident Americans in
foreign countries for securing information for the military
attaches.
For the Director, Military Intelligence Division:
W. A. COPTHORNE,
Major, C. A. C.,
Acting Chief of M.I.5.
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DIA review(s) completed.
Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP84-00022R000300060016-8