NOTE FOR: MR. COFFEY FROM LDP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00780R004700020007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 2, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 31, 1972
• Content Type: NOTES

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NOTE FOR: Mr. Coffey
The attached material is for your use in preparing
for the 2 November Deputies meeting. It pertains to
agenda item f. concerning the MAG suggestion about dis-
semination of information. STAT
Paragraph 2d of the MAG memorandum suggests that
"information should be presented in as straightforward a
fashion as possible (somewhat like the CIB)."
tells me that this remark was aimed particularly
at the 30 March 1972 "FYI- -Allegations and Answers"
issue abo Apparently MAG really felt
that senior management was avoiding the issue. STAT
MAG considers all of the Marchetti bVllotins quite
appropriate and well done.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director/Comptroller
SUBJECT - Dissemination of Information
1. As MAG made clear in an earlier memorandum on the
Allegations and Answers series, we believe that continued
experimentation in internal communications is worthwhile.
In general, MAG believes that the various efforts to pass
information down from the top are worthwhile and have been
well-received, particularly by offices and staffs somewhat
isolated from the mainstream. There is an articulate minor-
ity, however, which views many of the notices and bulletins
with a degree of skepticism and sees them as vehicles to
propagate an Agency "line." This adverse reaction by some
of our professionals,_coupled with a certain uneasiness on
our part about some of the recent releases, prompted MAG to
re-examine the whole issue. We recognize that any single
information vehicle, no matter how carefully designed, would
probably be criticized by some. Nonetheless, MAG feels that
a compromise can be achieved which could make such communi-
cations acceptable and useful to a larger number in theILLEGIB
Agency.
2. Toward this end, MAG recommends:
should be issued from one central point regardless of which
office originates and drafts them. The same format, whether
a notice or bulletin or whatever, should be used in all cases.
A. That all information efforts (employee bulletins,
notices, "Allegations and Answers," and the like) which con-
tain factual information on controversial issues (drugs,
assassinations, ITT and Chile, the Marchetti case and so forth).
publication. The Executive Director should sign off on a
B. That one central coordinating point should be
established (preferably the Office of the Executive Director/
Comptroller) where all drafts are examined and. reviewed before
notices to give a sense of continuity.
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C. That a statement of purpose should in every case
be included under the title. The statement would make clear
whether the information was intended for internal use only,
for selective use outside the Agency, or for any other purpose.
D. That the information should be presented in as
straightforward a fashion as possible (somewhat like the CIB).
The notices should contain as much background and current
factual material as security considerations permit and, when
possible, should delve more deeply into a subject. Of the
notices issued thus far, the ones on the Marchetti case best
met the above criteria. If only superficial and ambiguous
treatment can be given a topic, then it should not be issued.
3. MAG again offers its services, if time permits, to
serve as a sounding board for further issuances prior to
distribution.
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