ORGANIZATION OF FORMER EMPLOYEES OF CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83B00823R000200120014-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: September 17, 1971
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM MR.- Deputy Director for Support
SUBJFCT : Orgasisatioa of Former Employees
of CIA
This memorandum is submitted for information only.
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2. This Office have reviewed the proposal of
to establish an organization of former employees of CIA.
if favorable consideration is given to the proposal, we believe
that it should be reworked to provide for the elimination of security
concern as distinguished from the selection of ways to handle
security problems. This could be accomplished as follows:
Eliminate all procedures for (and concerns over)
the screening of applicants for membership.
We cant visualize a screening program in the
association which would not require a check
with CIA itself or the use by one of the aseo-
ciatios: officials of information which he acquired
white in the service of CIA. This would be an
unfortunate and otherwise forbidden personal
use of officially acquired Information.
b. Require the agency to deal with the association
oat a completely unclassified basis. The agency
should not furnish classified information to the
association. The proposal includes the recorn-
mesdation that the "'SFCRFT" study itself be
furnished to the organizing committee).
c. Provide for the possibility that non-friendly or
unfriendly persons could obtain high positions
is the association. Attitudes of people change
over the years.
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d. Fliminate the hazard of circulating a list of
former employees.
3. If the organization is closely tied into Agency facilities,
records and support, there is a definite possibility the organiza-
tion will become known as a "company union" to the press and to
the public. The Agency may inherit problems when a policy clash
occurs that splits the organization's leadership and that of the
Agency.
4. From an overall policy standpoint, we question whether
the benefits to CIA outweigh the potential disadvantages of an
ox-employees organization.
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Howard J. 45svora
Director of`'ecurity
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