MEMO FOR ALLEN DULLES FROM BERNARD SHAPLEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00269R000100130132-0
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 132
• Publication Date: February 7, 1955
• Content Type: MF

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SECRET February 7, 1955
MEMORANDUM FOR
The Honorable Allen W. Dulles
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
In connection with our discussion, attached
is copy of letter from J. Lee Rankin dated
February 4 advising, subject to the condition
hereafter noted, that he finds no legal objec-
tion to the transmittal of your proposed letter
of January 27 to Major General J. G. Christian-
sen or to transmittal of the memorandum referred
to in the latter letter. Attached also are your
proposed letter of January 27 to Major General
J. G. Christiansen and memorandum from
Sheffield Edwards, Director of Security, to
Colonel Miller, Colonel Lane and Mr. McGruder
on the subject of security office data together
with attachments A through G referred to therein.
As you will note, Mr. Rankin's opinion is sub-
ject to compliance with the provisions of para-
graph 5 (i) of Executive Order No. 10501. A
notation calling attention to the espionage laws
in addition to the assigned classification should,
therefore, be printed on each page of your trans-
Attachments
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Mr. J. William Barba
Assistant to the Counsel to the President
The White House
Attached to this letter is the proposed letter from Allen W.
ihalles to Major General J. T. Christiansen dated January 27, 1955,
together with a memorandum classified secret giving certain security
data about personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency. You requested
that I advise you of the legality of furnishing the data contained in the
memorandum to the Task Force on Intelligence Activities, Commission
on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, and certain
named individuals.
The Commission is not exclusively within the Executive
Branch of the Government, therefore, the provisions of Section 7b)
of Executive Order No. 10501 relating to safeguarding defense Informa-
tion are applicable to a document classified secret which is to be sent
to it. This section provides that classified defense information shall
not be disseminated outside the Executive Branch except under conditions
and through channels authorized by the head of the disseminating depart-
ment or agency. The proposed letter does not violate this section because
Mr. Dulles is the head of the agency originating the information to be
transmitted. It does not Appear that the information or the letter violates
the provisions of Section c) of Executive Order No. 10450 entitled
Security Requirements for Government Employment, the directive of
former President Truman dated March 13, 1948, 13 E .R . 1359, relating
to the release of information concerning loyalty cases, the letter of the
President to, Secretary of Defense Wilson dated May 17, 1954, or any
other directive.
Paragraph 5(i) of Executive Order No. 10501 provides that
material furnished persons not in the Executive Branch of the Government
shall bear a notation calling attention to the espionage laws in addition
to the assigned classification. Upon compliance with this provision., I
find no legal objection to the transmittal of the proposed letter and
memorandum.
Very truly yours,
J. Lee Rankin
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General J. G. Christiansen
Staff Director
Task Force on Intelligence Activities
Commission on Organization of the
Executive Branch of the Government
Washington, D. C.
Dear General Christiansen:
I enclose herewith a memorandum classified secret, giving
certain security data which you had requested from Colonel Sheffield
Edwards, Director of Security.
As I mentioned to you, -.ham, the Civil Service
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Commission
t data of this nature with respect to the CIA.wo lci,not,
if "
-tae published in their periodic reports. Accordingly, and for the
further reasons which I mentioned to you, I am transmitting this
information on the understanding that it will be for the confidential
information of yourself, Colonel Lane, Mr, Miller, and Mr.
McGruder, and of course for the members of the Task Force, but
that it would not be included in any report which might be made public,
or which had a lower classification than secret.
It is my understanding of our conversation that you are in
agreement with the foregoing.
Faithfully yours,
Encl.
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Requests of the Clark Committee
1. The Clark Committee has requested the attached
information as a result of its recent inspection of this
office.
2. The members of the Committee have assured me that
the statistics will be appropriately protected and classified
in the event these statistics are used in their report.
They have also verbally assured me that they will not disclose
the number of homosexuals that have been separated from the
Agency.
Direc r of Security
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