(EST PUB DATE) TERMINATION OF ( ) CHAOS PROGRAM

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01481992
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: January 1, 1974

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] CHAOS
FROM COLBY
SUBJECT: TERMINATION OF [ ] CHAOS PROGRAM
1. THIS MESSAGE IS TO NOTIFY YOU OF THE TERMINATION OF THE
[ ] CHAOS PROGRAM AND TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES UNDER WHICH HQS HAS BEEN
OPERATING FOR SOME TIME ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FORMERLY INCLUDED
IN [ ] CHAOS .
2. GUIDELINES
ALL COLLECTION TAKES PLACE ABROAD. COLLECTION IS RESTRICTED
TO INFORMATION ON FOREIGN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO DOMESTIC MATTERS.
CIA WILL FOCUS CLEARLY ON THE FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
INVOLVED AND ONLY INCIDENTALLY ON THEIR AMERICAN CONTACTS. IN
DOING THIS, FOLLOWING WILL APPLY:
A. WHENEVER INFORMATION IS UNCOVERED AS A BYPRODUCT
RESULT OF CIA FOREIGN-TARGETED INTELLIGENCE OR COUNTER-
INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS ABROAD WHICH MAKES AMERICANS
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appropriate within CIA's charter. Similarly, each activity is placed on a
separate page so that the Deputy Director concerned may most easily forward
it to the office or offices directly concerned without distributing it more
broadly.
3. In the event that these instructions raise substantial difficulties
of implementation or compliance, I would appreciate your raising such cases
with me directly, with whatever recommendations you may have for modifica-
tion to carry out the spirit of the action undertaken here but to avoid undue
disruption of legitimate activities. In the absence of such notice, I will
expect full compliance with the instructions outlined herein.
4. Each addressee Deputy Director is instructed to recommend to the
DDM&S modification or addition to Agency regulations of appropriate language
to reflect the direction included in this memorandum and attachments addressed
to him. DDM&S will be responsible for consolidating such recommendations
and making an overall report to the Director through the IG, coordinating
with General Counsel.
/signed/
W. E. Colby
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