NON-FRATERNIZATION/CONTACT REPORTING POLICY-REVISED DRAFT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B01356R000300500007-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 19, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
United States Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
Overseas Security Policy Group
Louis Schwartz --EA
Chairman, OSPG
August 19, 1987
SUBJECT: Non-Fraternization/Contact Reporting
Policy-Revised Draft
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Attached is a copy of the combined non-fraternization/contact
reporting policy, to include appendices which list the
countries and organizations for which each respective policy
applies.
Action Requested: Please review the draft and return it with
your comments to the Counterintelligence Staff, Diplomatic
Security Service, U. S. Department of State. We will then
circulate a final draft for your review.
The Counterintelligence Staff is located in Room 1656, Main
State, telephone [phone] or 5236 (KY-3). We would appreciate
receiving your comments by noon, Friday, September 4. Thank
you.
Attachment: as stated
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SUBJECT: PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS W1TIT FOREIGN NATIONALS AND
CONTACT REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES
I. INTRODUCTION:
Establishing and maintaining effective business and social
relationships with the officials and citizens of other
countries are necessary to accomplish the mission of the
Foreign Service. These contacts are authorized when in the
furtherance of U.S. foreign policy objectives.
Business and social relationships with the officials and.
citizens of the designated countries are limited to those whose
performance of official duties require such contacts. The
extent of such contacts is established by the Chief of Mission
and the Department.
It is an unfortunate fact of life that targeting and
exploitation by foreign intelligence services are occupational
hazards for the employees of all foreign affairs agencies
because of their job functions and access to classified
information. The Department does not wish to intrude into the
private lives of its employees. Nonetheless, all associations
with foreign nationals must be considered in the context of
your position as an official representative of the U.S.
Government, not as a private citizen --that is how the foreign
national will perceive you.
The Department has developed criteria governing its
employees' contacts and relationships with all foreign
nationals, particularly with those of countries or
organizations which pose an intelligence threat to American
interests.
II. SCOPE:
This instruction applies to all U.S. Government employees
and their dependents assigned 1) to our diplomatic and consular
posts abroad and 2) to the foreign affairs agencies in the
U.S. It is also applicable to American contractors and their
dependents, and to Foreign Service National employees assigned
to the missions not included in Appendices I and II.
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III. POLICY REGARDING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATIONALS OF
HIGH INTELLIGENCE THREAT COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS:
This non-fraternization policy defines high intelligence
threat countries and organizations as those which are Communist
or whose interests are inimical to our national security. The
list of countries and organizations in this category is in
Appendix I.
We know from experience that foreign intelligence services
have exploited close personal relationships which have led to
emotional and intimate involvement. Intimate social
relationships and emotional or sexual involvement with the
nationals of the designated countries are prohibited. These
relationships could include: dating, sexual encounters, and/or
close personal friendships. Group social contacts with Foreign
Service National employees or other nationals of the countries
in Appendix I may be permitted on a case-by-case basis under
procedures established by the Chief of Mission.
The Regional Security Officer (RSO) must be advised when
1) a close personal (or intimate) social relationship with a
foreign national of a designated country is deemed unavoidable
or, for official reasons, desirable; 2) questions arise
concerning the extent of any social relationship with a
national of a designated country. The RSO will be responsible
for reporting to appropriate post officials through procedures
established by the Chief of Mission.
Failure to comply with this policy will be treated with
the utmost seriousness. Consequences may include curtailment
of assignment, reprimand, suspension, or even separation for
cause.
The Department understands that employees may be
apprehensive about reporting their own transgressions. To
lessen these concerns, mitigating consideration will be given -
to those employees who do so. All such reports will be treated
with discretion and understanding.
IV. CONTACT REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES:
NSDD 197 requires that certain conversations and contacts
with all nationals must be reported. In particular,
conversations and contacts between employees and nationals of
the high intelligence threat countries and organizations listed
in Appendix II are of national security interest and must be
reported.
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A. Conversations and Contacts with All Nationals:
1. Employees must immediately report conversations and
contacts with individuals of any nationality in which:
a. illegal or unauthorized access is sought to
classified or otherwise sensitive information; or
b. the employee is concerned that he or she may be the
target of an attempted exploitation by a foreign
entity.
B. Conversations and Contacts with Nationals of High
Intelligence Threat Countries and Organizations:
Conversations and contacts with nationals of high
intelligence threat countries and organizations must be
reported as follows. These instructions are not intended to
inhibit or discourage contact with employees or nationals of
Communist or other specified countries. Rather, these
procedures are to .insure that the contact - the nature of the
contact, as well as all relevant information developed as a
result of the contact - is appropriately documented and
properly disseminated.
when:
when:
1. Conversations and contacts must be reported promptly
a. a social or personal relationship is developing or
recurring contact is anticipated; or
b. the national of the designated country appears to
be making efforts to develop a relationship or expand
an existing contact or introduce another party into
the relationship.
2. Emp]oyees must also report conversations and contacts
a. substantive data pertaining to political, economic,
and other official matters is developed; or
b. useful biographic information is obtained.
3. Suspicions that a Communist country official or other
designated country official might be expressing defector
intentions must be immediately reported.
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4. Employees who, by virtue of their positions, are
primarily responsible for maintaining regular professional
contact with Communist or other specified nationals on a
reaurring basis may report a number of contacts collectively.
For example, desk officers for Communist or other
specified countries and officers assigned to our
missions in these countries who are in daily contact
with their professional counterparts need not report
every contact individually.
a. However, for the protection of the officer, the
date/place/participants of each contact must be recorded
in the body of a report which may cover a 30 day period.
The report must be filed within 30 days of the last
contact and may not exceed a 30 day period. Employees
serving in these positions must submit a detailed report
of contact if any of the criteria enumerated above are met.
5. Casual encounters such as a chance meeting at a large
social function or other such incidental encounters are to be
reported when information meeting the above criteria is
developed.
6. All reports of contact should contain at. a minimum:
biographic information on the individual net, the circumstances
of the contact (casual, planned, who initiated the Contact),
any particular interest expressed by the contact, and any plans
to continue contact.
7. Failure to appropriately report contacts as described
above will be treated seriously. Consequences may include
reprimand or suspension.
C. Dissemination of Contact Reports:
1. Normally, all conversations and contacts with
nationals of countries and organizations listed in Appendices I
and II are reported by memorandum.
2. Contacts of the nature described in Section IV, A and
B, are to be reported to the RSO at post who will be
responsible for reporting to the parent agency in accordance
with their procedures.
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3. Political, economic, .and other substantive reporting
of contacts with nationals of high intelligence threat
countries and organizations will be distributed per appropriate
reporting instructions. A copy must also be provided to the
RSO at post and to the appropriate parent agency security
office in Washington.
4. All other contacts with nationals of high intelligence
threat countries and organizations must be reported directly to
the RSO at post and to the appropriate parent agency security
office in Washington.
5. RSO's will forward copies of all contact reports they
receive to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security,
Counterintelligence Staff (DS/CI) for action or distribution to
other agencies as necessary.
V. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY:
Chiefs of Mission may desire to issue their own
instructions augmenting or modifying this policy. Proposed
changes with an account of the relevant circumstances must be
submitted to the Department of State for the attention of the
appropriate agency or bureau, and to DS/CI.
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APPENDIX I
List of Countries and Organizations for Which
the Non-Fraternization Policy Applies
Afghanistan Albania Bulgaria
Cambodia Cuba Czechoslovakia
East Germany Ethiopia Hungary
Iran Iraq . Laos
Libya Mongolia Nicaragua
North Korea PLO Poland
PRC Romania South Yemen
Soviet Union Syria Vietnam
Yugoslavia
This list will be revised as necessary, Foreign Service posts
will be notified of revisions via telegram.
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APPENDIX II
List of Countries and Political Organizations
Requiring Reporting of Contacts
Employees are to report those contacts and conversations as
described above with nationals from:
Afghanistan
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Laos
Nicaragua
Poland
South Africa
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Albania
Cambodia
East Germany
Iran
Libya
North Korea
PRC
South Yemen
Syria
Angola
Cuba
Ethiopia
Iraq
Mongolia
PLO
Romania
Taiwan
Vietnam
This list will he revised as necessary. Foreign Service posts
will be notified of revisions via telegram.
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