DISSEMINATION OUTSIDE OF CIA OF INTERNAL MEMORANDUM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89T01156R000100200016-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2011
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: October 19, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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CONFIDITIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR: All Office Directors
All Staff Chiefs
FROM Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT Dissemination Outside of CIA of Internal
Memorandum (C)
1. With the attached memorandum, the DCI notes that while
he strongly encourages individuals to express their unvarnished
views on both substantive and bureaucratic issues, special care
must be taken to ensure that such individual memoranda are both
properly controlled and are not circulated outside of CIA without
prior approval. He asks each of the Deputy Directors and the
Chairman of the NIC to develop procedures to ensure proper
approval at a senior level of any circulation of such memos
outside CIA. (C)
2. The Director's concerns relate strictly to individual
thinkpieces and not to typescript memoranda that are approved by
Office or Directorate level supervisors. Accordingly, should an
analyst or manager wish to circulate a personal memorandum
outside CIA to addressees below the level of Deputy Assistant
Secretary, such dissemination should be approved by the Office
Director or Staff Chief. Such memos intended for addressees at
the Deputy Assistant Secretary level or above should be approved
by the Directorate front office. (C)
Attachment:
As Stated
DISTRIBUTION:
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CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR: All National Intelligence Officers
NIC Analytic Group
FROM Chairman, National Intelligence Council
SUBJECT Dissemination Outside of CIA of Internal
Memorandum (C)
1. With the attached memorandum, the DCI notes that while
he strongly encourages individuals to express their unvarnished
views on both substantive and bureaucratic issues, special care
must be taken to ensure that such individual memoranda are both
properly controlled and are not circulated outside of CIA without
prior approval. He asks each of the Deputy Directors and the
Chairman of the NIC to develop procedures to ensure proper
approval at a senior level of any circulation of such memos
outside CIA. (C)
2. Should an NIO or member of the AG have an interest in
circulating an individual thinkpiece outside of CIA or the NIC,
it should be submitted to me -- accompanied by a list of the
intended addressees -- for prior approval. (C)
Attachment:
As Stated
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1Executive Registry
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Deputy Director for Operations
Chairman, National Intelligence Council
FROM Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT Dissemination Outside of CIA of Internal
Memoranda (C)
1. One of the great strengths of CIA and the National
Intelligence Council is that the unvarnished views of individual
professionals on a wide range of issues, both substantive and
bureaucratic, are strongly encouraged by senior management. Such
think pieces" are often the source of valuable suggestions or
insights which are all the more useful because they are not a
product of a bureaucratic process or coordination but instead
present candid, personal views. As part of our effort to
encourage excellence, I have several times reaffirmed my interest
in encouraging such memoranda. (C)
2. At the same time, as recent experience as shown, we must
take special care to ensure that such individual memos are
properly controlled and are not circulated outside CIA without
prior approval. While I want internal circulation to continue
unfettered, each of you should develop procedures appropriate to
your organization to ensure proper approval at a senior level of
any circulation of such memorandum outside CIA = no matter how
restricted the dissemination. (C)
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