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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01013R000100040010-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 29, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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OEXA 82-0227
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1. Action Requested: Approval of changes in Agency Regulations
(Public Affairs: Release of Agency Information to Representatives of the
Public Information Media) and_(Media Briefings).
2. Background: President Reagan has expressed his concern about
unauthorized leaks in National Security Decision Directive Number 19 dated
12 January 1982 (attached). On 15 January Judge Clark issued a memorandum
on implementation of NSDD-19 which directs Agency heads to forward draft
implementing instructions to the NSC no later than 15 February (attached).
In response to this directive, the two Agency regulations mentioned above
will be submitted along with other pertinent materials. The revisions
recommended take into account recent organizational changes in the public
affairs area and enunciate the existing requirement that the DDCI or the
Executive Director approve in advance all briefings and interviews with
media representatives.
3. Recommendation: Authorize revisions in.regulations as identified
in attachment.
OEXA/PAD/CEW/scn/27 Jan
Distribution:
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1 - D/OEXA
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1 - OEXA 82-0227
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 STAT PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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1. RELEASE OF AGENCY INFORMATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION
MEDIA
SYNOPSIS. This regulation sets forth policy and responsibilities that
concern contacts with and release of unclassified information to the
public information media.
a. POLICY
The Direeter-e? Public Affairs Division is the focal point for all
Agency contacts with public information media (hereinafter referred.
to as "media") representatives, except for media requests made to
the Agency under provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
(2) All inquiries, whether official or unofficial, from representatives
of the media will be referred to the O##iee-e? Public Affairs
Division.
(3) All official responses to inquiries from media representatives
will be made by the-94reeter-e? Public Affairs or by individuals
authorized to do so by the-Bireeter-e? Public Affairs.
(4) In releasing Agency information to media representatives, the-9ff4ee
e? Public Affairs will not discriminate among members of the.media.
(5) Under no circumstances will classified information be revealed to
the public.
b. RESPONSIBILITIES
(1) The Bireeter-e? Public Affairs Division will:
(a). Coordinate all inquiries to the Agency from the media.
(b) Advise and assist Agency employees concerning their contacts
with representatives of the media.
(c) Maintain a central record of all Agency contacts with representatives
of the media, both by the-Offiee-e? Public Affairs and other employees.
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(d) Provide the Office of Security with copies of all reports of
contacts with the media.
(2) Employees, except as authorized by the Director or the-B}eeeter-e?
Public Affairs, will:
(a) Refer all inquiries, whether official or unofficial, from
representatives of the media to the Offtee-e# Public Affairs
Division.
(b) Engage in no contact on behalf of CIA with representatives of
the media for the purpose of furnishing information for
publication.
(3) Chiefs of overseas and domestic. field installations will request
guidance and. instructions from the D reeter-e# Public Affairs
Division, if and as required, to carry out the principles of this
regulation.
(4) Operating Officials will periodically bring this regulation to the
tion as privileged, off the record, and not for publication. The
briefer will then report the disclosures promptly through appropriate
channels to the D4reetea-e? Public Affairs Division and the Director
of Security.
attention of all individuals under their supervision.
If classified information should be inadvertently disclosed, the
briefer will request the media representative to treat the informa-
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3. MEDIA BRIEFINGS
SYNOPSIS. This regulation prescribes the policy and specific conditions
that govern unclassified media briefings.
a. GENERAL. Representatives of the press and other public information media
(hereinafter referred to as "media") frequently request briefings, inter-
views, and visits to discuss general Agency policies and programs and/or
to obtain substantive facts concerning specific areas or activities of
topical interest. It is Agency policy to be as forthcoming as is rea-
sonably possible in the sharing of unclassified information with the
American public via the media. For security reasons and to minimize
interruptions to the Agency's normal operations, responses are carefully
monitored and controlled.
b. POLICY
(1) The 9$reeter-e? Public Affairs Division is responsible for responding
to requests for briefings, interviews,. and visits from the media and
for arranging and monitoring responses. Each such event will be
approved in advance by the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
or, in his absence, the Executive Director.
(2) Media requests will be considered beAered-as-a-geAera;-pol?es-but
only if consistent with security considerations and if an appropriate
briefer is available.
(3) 'Representatives of foreign media or foreign nationals representing
domestic media will not be provided briefings, interviews, or visits.
Exceptions must be approved by the Director of Central Intelligence.
(4) Agency employees contacted directly by a media representative will
refer the caller to the Of4ee-e? Public Affairs Division. Only the
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Director of.Central Intelligence (DCI), the Deputy Director of
Central Intelligence (DDCI), and the Director of External Publie
Affairs, or the Public Affairs Division are authorized to handle
press queries directly or to delegate this authority to other Agency
officials.
(5) Briefings on Agency policies and programs will be made by the DCI,
his principal deputies, or such senior official as the DCI may
personally direct.
(6) The decision to provide a briefing will not discriminate among
requesters but will be based on the merits of the request, the
sensitivity of the issue, and the availability of knowledgeable
Agency briefers.
(7) A specific decision to provide a briefing must be made on each
individual request. A prior approval may not be used as the basis
for honoring a subsequent request.
(8) The 94reetew-e? Public Affairs Division will maintain appropriate
materials and provide necessary guidance and advice to assist Agency
officials in dealing with the media.
c. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS. The following specific conditions will apply to
all briefings of the media:
(1) Briefings normally will be conducted in the offices of the Direeter
e? Public Affairs Division or in another specifically designated
area. It will be the responsibility of the Pireeter-e? Public
Affairs Division er-a-repeesentative to ensure that the briefer
and the representative of the media understand and agree to abide
by the guidelines established.
 (2) Under no circumstances will the Agency employee giving the briefings
divulge classified information or intelligence sources and methods.
The briefer must avoid analytical conclusions that may be source
revealing and/or are based on background data of a sensitive nature.
(3) When applicable, the 9+ceeter-e# Public Affairs Division OF-des4gnee
will advise media representatives that briefings are for background
purposes only and not for attribution to the Agency or the employee
giving the briefing.
(4) Individuals giving substantive briefings will confine themselves to
the subject of the request.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASH1w GTOH
NATIONAL SECU2ITY VEECISION
DIRECTIVE NUMBER 19
Projection of Classified National Security Council
and Intelligence Infortation
unauznorizea aisCLu~u:c -->t--~ _
.'jurisdiction of the National Security Council and of classified
liberties, including rreeaom oL speecu a.Lu ~_~~? ---
but it also requires that government functions be
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discharged efficiently and effectively, especially where the
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requirements, and I intend to do so in a balanced and careful
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manner.. I do not believe, however, that the Const
overnment employees, entrusted with confidential
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information critical to the functioning and effectiveness of
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the Government, to
::t. this is precisely the situation we have- It nusto^.At be--
allowed to continue- ?
To this end, I hereby. establish and direct implementation of
the following policies-. .
Contacts with the Nedia
All contacts with-any element of the news media in which
th
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intelligence information are discussed will require
advance approval.of a senior. official: An administrative
till be prepared as soon as possible.after the
menorandtsa
.
contacti recording the subjects discussed and all.infor-.ation
Access
The unauthorized disclosure of classified National Security
Council information, docu..tents, and deliberations requires
further control to limit access and to ensure an accurate
record of those who have had access- The number of officials
-with access to documents relating to NSC natters will be
kept to the minimtm essential to the orderly conduct of the
govern.~nent, a business_
FOR OF7IC7 USE ONLY
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4 Ste- --~.
InvestiaatiOns
overzLrent's lack of success in identifying the sources
The g
lassified National Security
c
of unauthorized disclosure of
council information and documents ofclassiiedsintelligynca
infor-ation must be remedied and appropriate authoorized
measures taken- .Henceforth, in the event of n twho
disclosure of such information, government employees
have had access to that information 'rill be subject to
investigation, to include the use of all legal rzthods_
AoplicabilitV and Irglementation
The provisions of this directive shall ~bePefffeentsvserithiediately
h
Kati
The Assistant to the Pressd_n o adures irsplevnt
is directed to establish the detailed p--oc
agencies participar?ng in t
e
system, including the Executive Office of the President
t f r National security Affairs
policies.
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%THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
TIlE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
THE SECR
T,3E DIRECTOR, OFFICE ..OF H NAGMT T
SUBJECT: Implementation,of NSDD-19 on pr tectiond Of
The President has signed NSDD-19 (attached) on protection of
sensitive information. and has directed that T_ establish PrOciz -r-es
to.imple ent its policy guidelines_ This nem0 r~ (1)_ estal3?iZi:=s
procedures for protection of classified National Security Council
information, (2) directs agency heads to issue irstructio,s in.
conformity with these procedures, and (3) directs the Director of
CONPID_'NTIAI.
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