CHARAC METTING OF 8 OCTOBER 1996

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06930993
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• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2022
• Case Number: F-2021-01449
• Publication Date: October 16, 1996

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16 October 1996
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: CHRAC Meeting of 8 October 1996
� 1. The Community Historical Review Advisory Committee
(CHRAC) met on 8 October 1996 in the Ames Building in Rosslyn.
The meeting began with a series of presentations. First, Kay
Oliver, Chief of CSI's History Staff, updated the Community on
the status of DCI's Historical Review Panel. The Panel advises
on_a variety of issues, including historical research topics, but
recently has focused almost exclusively on declassification
issues.
2. At its meeting in August, the Panel endorsed a
"comprehensive review" approach to declassification as opposed to
a "targeted" approach and asked that a master plan for
declassification be developed State reported that its panel also
opposes a targeted approach. DoD reported its panel recently
completed its recommendations and that they have been published.
3. One of the duties of the Panel is to advise the CHRAC on
topics for historical declassification. CSI plans to fully brief
the Panel at its next meeting on the Community's historical
declassification program.
4. Mike Warner from the CSI's History Staff then led a
discussion of archival integrity. Next, Scott Koch from the
CSI's History Staff and discussed the role
of historians in the declassification review process.
5. The meeting then focused on ongoing business related to
the Community's declassification effort:
� The DCID on "The Intelligence Community's Historical
Review Program" still has not been promulgated. The
Director of CSI will be meeting with the Associate
Executive Director for Intelligence Community Affairs
this month to resolve any problems and get the DCID
finalized.
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The conference on "The State of the Intelligence
Community's Historical Declassification Program", held at
the National War College on 13 September, went well.
About 100 people attended and the post-conference remarks
were quite positive. Copies of Mr Podesta's speech,
delivered at the conference luncheon, were passed out to
interested Community representatives.
� A House and Senate Conference Committee recently approved
funding for the Intelligence Community's automatic
declassification programs for FY97
This funding is for CIA, DIA, NRO, and NSA..
Funding levels were put into individual Agency budgets,
rather than amalgamated as a line item in the
Intelligence Community's budget.
6. Finally, a long discussion was held about developing a
coordinated Community plan for historical declassification. It
was decided that the IC should proceed with a plan that
incorporates both the "comprehensive review" approach, advocated
by the HRP, and some "targeted" subjects. Specifically, the
Community decided to consider reviewing the following records for
declassification:
� Front office files of the Directors as suggested by the
HRP.
� Finished intelligence on the former Soviet Union as
suggested by the HRP.
� Bay of Pigs.
� and, the Korean War.
A special meeting will be held at CSI on 21 October at 1430 to
coordinate and discuss these possible projects. Please call
if you plan to attend . In addition, the
Community will consider dratting a proposal at some later date to
request special funding and staffing for a large effort on
reviewing materials for declassification on the Viet Nam war.
7. A second meeting will be held at CSI on Wednesday, 23
October at 1000 to discuss issues related to the declassification
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of satellite and airborne imagery-related materials--includin
declassifiying follow-on systems to CORONA. Please call
if you plan to attend.
8. The next meeting of the CHRAC is tentatively set for
mid-November. Please call if you have items you wish placed on
the agenda.
Chairman
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