LEAKS OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-20-5-30-0
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: February 29, 1972
• Content Type: MEMO

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'February 18, 1972
MEMO FOR 1 'HENRY A. KISSINGER
FROM: AL HAIG
Attached is a memo from you to the
President forwarding a Helms memo
on leaks of classified information.
You concur in Helms' suggestion that
the President comment at a Cabinet
or NSC meeting on the danger of such
leaks.
rt EC OMMENDATION:
That you sign the attached memo to
the President.
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SECRET ACTION
FEB 2 9 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT
FROM: HENRY A. KISSINGER 15/
SUBJECT: Leaks of Classified Information
Director Helms has sent you a memorandum (Tab A) informing you
of actions taken by the members oi the United States Intelligence
Board in an etiort to better protect classified intelligence information
from unauthorized leaks. Director Helms believes that strengthened
controls and indoctrination procedures will reduce the risk of un-
classified disclosures.
He is very concerned, however, about continued deliberate leaks
of hi-4-1 sensitive information. One' of the most serious was a recent
Director Helms notes that there are only a handful of people
in government and industry who have enough knowledge about this
program to have leaked the details. He is also concerned that public
boasting through such leaks
will guarantee Soviet countermeasures which may well jeopardize
our capacity to verify any SALT treaties or agreements.
Director Helms suggests that a reference by you to this point at a
Cabinet or NSC meeting would be most helpful in curbing such leaks.
RECOlvIMENDATION:
I heartily concur in the Director's suggestion that you 'secure an
opportunity to comment at such a meeting on this matter.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20505
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
17 February 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
In my memorandum of 23 April 1971, I informed you that
I had taken certain actions with respect to providing guidance
in the field of protection of classified intelligence infor-
mation, including that bearing on intelligence sources and
methods, in response to your memorandum of 21 December 1970. I
noted that I had issued detailed gUidelines on this subject
through the United States Intelligence Board, and that these
had been concurred in by all the addressees of your December 21st
memorandum.
Each member of the USIB has now reported to me on his im-
plementing actions. These actions include strengthening exist-
ing controls on classified material, reviewing indoctrination
procedures, reducing the number of clearances, and similar con-
structive measures. Special attention has been given to estab-
lishing procedures whereby the appropriate intelligence chief is
consulted whenever it is proposed to issue public statements
which may reveal sensitive intelligence information. In these
cases, the intelligence chief is expected to assess the risks
involved and to devise methods to protect the source of such
information.
believe these strengthened controls and indoctrination
procedures will reduce the risk of unauthorized disclosure and
I will, of course, continue to monitor closely these actions by
the community on your behplf. I am very concerned, however, about
our ability to control the deliberate leaks of hiday sensitive
information that continue to occur. 1
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