COMMENTS ON 'POLICY GUIDE GOVERNING PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND OPEN PUBLICATION BY CIA EMPLOYEES'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001600250016-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2003
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: September 23, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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23 September 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director-Comptroller
SUBJECT: Comments on "Policy Guide Governing Public
Appearances and Open Publication by CIA
Employees"
Executive Regtnt,V I
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1. I would recommend the following changes in subject
a. Page 1. Change Paragraph 1 to read:
"The employee who is under cover will follow
the policies of his cover organization regarding
publishing and speaking."
b. Page 2. "The Subject Matter" Change first
paragraph to read "For those employees permitted to
speak, or write for publication, the following
policies apply to the material presented.
c. Page 3. Change paragraph 4 to read:
"Assistant to the Director." Last paragraph
change "chaired by special assistant to the
Director" to read "chaired by the Executive
Director."
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POLICY GUIDE GOVERNING
PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND OPEN
PUBLICATION BY CIA EMPLOYEES
Given the diversity of their cover problems, the many areas of
their professional and private interests and the variety of public media
in which they might appear, it is virtually impossible to net forth a simple
and all-encompassing rule governing the public appearance and open
publication of CIA employees. It is possible however, to set down certain
basic principles against which each cans may be judged on its own merits.
These principles will be considered as they apply to the employee, the
subject matter, and the procedural details.
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3. The overt Agency employee, with no history of cover, and
no likelihood of cover in the future, is free to speak and write, provided
other provisions of this policy guide are satisfied. Here it should be
noted that the employee should be free to identify himself as a CIA
employee. If the media in which he appears does not normally require
such identification (e. g. , a book review, a song) the usual procedure
for the media should be followed.
THE SUBJECT MATTER
For those Agency employees whose cover permits them to speak
or write for publication, the next considerations apply to the material
they will present.
1. Security. The material must be unclassified and drawn from
unclassified sources available to other researchers.
2. Policy. Publications or speeches on current intelligence
or intelligence operations, current foreign policy issues or other contro-
versial subjects, especially when such presentations could be construed
an a CIA opinion rather than the author's, must be avoided.
3. Equity. The preparation of the speech or article must be
accomplished on the employee's own time and must not interfere with
his normal duties.
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PROCEDURES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. The primary responsibility for adhering to the principles
heroin met forth lies with the employee, who knows his cover status and
his material.
2. Following the chain of command, the next authority will be
the office head of the employee, who will review the proposed publication
for compliance with policy.
3. The Office of Security will then conduct its own review, as
currently required by regulations.
4. The Special Assistant to the Director is the final approving
authority in routine cases.
In the event there should be a conflict or lack of agreement between
the office head of the employee, the Office of Security or the Special
Assistant to the Director, the case will be referred to a panel, consisting
of a representative from each Directorate and chaired by the Special
Assistant to the Director. Those cases which are not resolved by the
panel will be referred to the DDCI.
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Remarks :
Attached is a draft policy guide governing
public appearances and open publications by CIA
employees. Copies have been sent to all par-
ticipants at the meeting of 4 August. Colonel
White would like to have comments from you and
Mr. Goodwin by the close of business on Z3 Sep.
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