MEMORANDUM FOR: EXECUTIVE FOR A & M, EXECUTIVE FOR I & S R. H. HILLENKOETTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R001300030041-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 15, 2007
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: June 28, 1948
• Content Type: MF

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28 dune 1948
over the ass that there is some
I notieed in rea$ing $ ugly head.
evidsnae that undu? favoritism is-rear ng
25X1 a circular for my signa-
1ii11 lease make up ~ployses,
tw~- gor distrib~ on all Central Intsliigenae Agency
explaining that no promotions,
conde-nning such practices, lean?, eta., are made an
assignments to duty, allocatioaa of Mork,
that of mer t, ~rhiah is to be aonaidered as
any other basis than ----~- industry, integrity,
inclusive of the aharaaterisiti?s ~nsaeisstwell as those other.
loyalty, length of service, PT~p ood ~pioyee.
unnamed characteristics that constitute .a 8
undue favoritism in promotions, eta?, mqy
~? exeraiae of any
make the supervisory official sub~eet to dismissal.
Will Colonel Edwards make a discreet, not formal, investiga-
tion to look into axCr oases off~.voritsm that may have already
occurred. ~ -,~
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R, H. HILLENRORT'T~
Rear Adcairal~ tlSg Intelligence
Director of Central
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~~~JF~t+ND~ FORS ~acaoutivs for
25X1 R?aecutive for I?~S
ffi'JBJ~T: Alleged security Yriolation by
1< the Director of Central Intelligence has pvrs~-na~3-lY :~
earefullY reviewed thc~ proceedings and statesents, submitted in
thg sub3e~ct ease, and has arrived at the fol].o~dng find3xags:
a. A breech of sec?:zrity did, in fact, occur in that twr~
persons were pl.ace~1. in positions requiring the handling of
classif3,ed Tcaterial before being completely cleared.
b, assiCr~ed the tiro uncleared persons
without e;:prr~ss?d official authority.
c. T~~ere is no evidence of deleterious motives on the
~~ of ~procrspptixig such action.
d. The present organization for effecting clearances
of nt-z'sonnel and the ad~inistrat3.on for carrying out notifi-
cations of cl8arance are badly defined Frith no clear-eezt
delineations of either ~mcedure or resgozu;ibility.
e. Tt~e present secuz~.ty e~rganizatlon is lacking iti
reepons~,ve controlsi in that open breaches of security
existed for approxi-nately a .meek before being discovered.
2. it is, therefore, directed:
a. That continued on duty status in
his current grade, but that a written reprimand shall be
administered and aa-de a part of his official record.
b. That the gxecutive for P.2~ prepar? and submit to the
Director of Central Intelligence for approval a procedure
far effectin notification of clearances which will bs clear,
fo?1-proof, and narrow reapoz~ibility to cb~terminable person-
nsl. ept in extraordinaxrty cases, all notifications of
clearances will be written.
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c. That tY~e executive for I&S prepare and submit to the
Director of Central Intelli~ance for approval a procedure ~
developed that analogous v3.olatians of security ui]1 be c~-
tected in ttte minims arac~ticable time after oceurreace.
d. That the ~ nersoz~s rx~ar xrorking tinder prc+viaional
clearance e~secute :sc~creCY' anree~r~ts forthwith and that
their final investiTation.~ far clearance be expedited #.o
cx>mpletion.
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As i{ ? ~1~?:aJ\~V Sri 1Wii
Rear ~idm3.ral, t~W
1}i.rector of Central Intelligenc+~
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