AUTHORIZATION TO REPRODUCE PHOTOGRAPH PRINTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92B01090R002600200072-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2005
• Sequence Number: 72
• Publication Date: December 21, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memorindum
UNITEDI STATES GOVERNMENT
TO Utilization Advisory Board
ATTN : G. M. Clifford, Capt., USN
FROM : TALENT Security Officer, CIA
SUBJECT: Authorization to Reproduce Photograph Prints
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DATE: 21 December,1956
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A +l 4eatjon is ca a tp an agre?miicnt reached by the Ad Hoc
Requirements Committee as set forth in the minuteo_of the
meeting November 23, 1956, under Item 8, at 25X1
which time it was agreed that titling or retitling as the
case might be, of all materials bearing other than a CHESS
or TALENT indicator resulting from AQUATONE Project, would
be carried out under the TALENT Control System as feasible.
B. On 15 November 1956, a policy guidance instruction
was directed to Operations, HTAUTOMAT, Members of the ARC for
transmittal to all field TALENT Control Officers which stated,
in effect, that as of 21 November 1956, all raw materials
produced as the result of AQUATONE operations over foreign
areas, namely photographs, ELINT and COMINT and all finished:
intelligence produced therefrom, will be labeled with the code
word "CHESS" instead of "TALENT" and will be subject to
handling under all of the provisions of the TALENT Control
System. The policy guidance was issued by the TCO/CIA with
the concurrence of the Director of Project AQUATONE and the
TSO/CIA.
C. As the result of this decision the TSO/CIA dispatched
instruction to HTAUTOMAT producing elements in the field
that all raw materials covering all foreign areas resulting
from the Project AQUATONE would be titled TOP SECRET CHESS
or SECRET CHESS as required.
II. RECOMMENDATION:
A. It is recommended that authorization be granted the Navy
request for the reproduction of the target prints outlined
in items 2 (A, B & C) also as outlined in items 3 (a, b & c)
provided that all materials are properly labeled TOP SECRET
CHESS and maintained under the provisions stipulated in the
TALENT Control System particularly with respect to accounta-
bility and safe storage,
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B. It is further recommended that any materials resulting from
the overseas o eratioar f AQUATONE if labeled TOP SECRET -
NO FOREIGN or be properly titled TOP SECRET CHESS
and handled within the TAlENT Control System.
Distribution:
Cy 1 - Secy UAB
2 - Capt. Clifford
3 - TCO/CIA.
4 - UAB File
5 - TCS Chrono
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