REQUIREMENT FOR COURIER AND DOCUMENT RECEIPTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP10T01930R000600030022-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: August 31, 1972
• Content Type: MEMO

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3 1 AUG 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Special Security Center
SUBJECT Requirement for Courier and Document
Receipts
REFERENCE : Uniform Procedures for Security Control
of Non-Compartmented TOP SECRET and
Sensitive Compartmented Information
I. The information in this memorandum is furnished in
response to your request for individual component comment on
a proposal to eliminate from reference the requirement for
courier and document receipts in the transmission of TOP SECRET
and compartmented material.
2. While it is recognized that the maintenance of receipts
on a permanent or semi-permanent basis is counter-productive
and of little actual value, it is felt that some form of receipting
procedures are necessary to insure that sensitive classified
documents reach their destination. Our view might then be de-
scribed as questioning the need for signed hard copy receipts, but
being convinced of the necessity for some form of receipting
process.
3. Based on this thinking, we would interpose no objec-
tion to the abolition of hard copy receipts, courier or document,
as a permanent record of the transmission of documents. Should
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such be eliminated, however, alternative methods must be
developed to satisfy the requirements of accountability for
such documents when passing from one person or compo-
nent to another. We envision that the maintenance of
proper logs among components, coupled with a less formal
procedure for acknowledging receipt of a document. would
satisfy this requirement. We also hope for the institution
of an automated system for overall Agency document
accountability which would embody procedures referent to
the transmission of docurrients within the Agency.
4. In line with the above thinking, we propose amend-
ment to Draft#3 of reference, to revise Paragraph 5 (TRANS-
MISSION OF DOCUMENTS) as follows:
S. TRANSMISSION OF DOCUMENTS
a. TOP SECRET or compartmented
intelligence documents may be delivered
by any CIA ,courier service or within the
Headquarters Building by any Agency em-
ployee accredited for access to the material;
this does not apply to summer employees
performing messenger duties;
b. Document and Courier Classified
Mail Receipts will be used when transmitt-
ing TOP SECRET or compartmented intelli-
gence documents outside the Agency. Other
accountability procedures may be substituted
for the use of such receipts within the Agency,
provided that they include acknowledgement
by the recipient to the sender of the receipt
of the material;
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c. If a document receipt is not returned
to the sender or other acknowledgement re-
ceived within seven days, a follow-up investiga-
tion will be initiated by the sender. A period
of fourteen days is allowable in this regard
when documents are sent outside of the Head-
quarters area.
Deputy Director of Security (PTO)
Distribution:
Orig & 1 - Addressee
1 - DD/PTOS
1 - 1PB File: Top Secret Control Function
1 - 1PB Chrono
OS/IPB/PhySD (30 August 1972)
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