MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96B01172R000400030020-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2003
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: August 26, 1960
• Content Type: MF

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The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense*
The Attorney General**
The Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
The. Director of Central Intelligence
August 26, 1960
I hereby direct that the products of satellite reconnaissance and in-
formation of the fact of such reconnaissance revealed by the product,
shall be given strict security handling under the provisions of a special
security control system approved by me. I hereby approve the
TALENT-KEYHOLE Security Control System for this purpose.
Within your agency you shall be personally responsible for the selec-
tion of those personnel who will have access to the foregoing information
and for determining the scope of that access. Access is to be on a
"must know" basis related to major national security needs. A list of
those selected shall be furnished to the Director of Central Intelligence,
who will maintain and review the control. roster. When they are indoc-
trinated they shall be informed of my specific direction to them that
the provisions of the special Security Control System I have approved
be strictly complied with, including the prohibition upon them of
imparting any information within this system to any person not
specifically known to them to be on the list of those authorized to
receive this material. The responsibility for the selection of personnel
may be delegated only to the senior intelligence chief or chiefs within
the agencies serving as members of the U. S. Intelligence Board.
The Director of Central Intelligence, in consultation with the U. S.
Intelligence Board, will be responsible to me for determining all
questions involved in the continued protection and control of the
foregoing material and information, including the development of a
common understanding as to the meaning of the term "'must know' basis
related to major national security needs, " and a broad consensus as to
the numbers of personnel in each agency comprehended by this term.
*For Department of Defense
inclusing OSD, JCS, Army,
Navy, Air Force, and NSA
**For Director, FBI.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington .
signed Dwight D. Eisenhower
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This document contains Information affecting the national security of the United States within the meaning
of the espionage laws U. S. Code Title 18, Sections 793 and 794. The law prohibits its transmission or
the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person, as well as its use in any manner
prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the
detriment of the United States. It is to be seen only by personnel especially indoctrinated and authorized
to receive Information in the designated control channels. Its security must be maintained in accordance
with regulations pertaining toTALENT-KEYHOLE Control System.
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