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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01240A000100140079-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 79
• Publication Date: March 22, 1960
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Release 2001/09/04: CIA-RDP80-0124OA000100140079-1
SECRET
March 22, 1960
x.t-altWUM TO THE IILI
A. T. Samuelson, Director, CHAD, and E. L. Fall, Supervisor,
CIA audit, met on March 21, 1960, in Mr. Samuelson's office to
discuss the GAO +it at CIA.
Dahl expressed the opinion based on our work to date under the
restrictions placed upon the audit by CIA it appears that only a
very limited comprehensive audit would be possible, and ti -at no
broad evaluations of CIA activities would be possible. To firmly
support such an opinion, however, Pahl suggested that it would be
necessary to perform (to the extent possible) at least one limited,
and one general evaluation of CIA activities.
The principal restrictions on the GAO audit of ::IA activities
are as follows.
1. The audit will have to remain outside the area
of sensitive security operations.
The Agency regulations setting forth the policies,
procedures, and practices under which CIA
activities are conducted are not available to GAO.
The first restriction means that the GAO will not be per-
mitted to review or audit the CIA clandestine activities or the
activity of an administrative organization where sa the activity
of such organization is in support of a clandestine activity.
Where such an administrative, or support, organization is involved
in the support of both clandestine and overt acti~ities. GAO will
be permitted to review or audit only the overt activities of such
an organization
The second restriction means that the regulations issued by
the Deputy Director for Support (DIES), or the Director of Central
Intelligence (DCI) and setting forth the policies and procedures
of the CIA are not available to 6AO. The only a eertion to this is
the general organizational material on the t?_ain CIA organizational
groups and on the intelligence and snort areas in particular.;
ument No. -, Za
Review Of this document by CIA bas
determined that
El CIA has no ,bjsctian to
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