RAINBOW CONTROL SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP33-02415A000500320072-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 72
• Publication Date: July 16, 1957
• Content Type: MF

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74 July 1957
N(ORANTJM FOR Project Security Officer
SUBJECT
RAINBOW Control System
le It in recommended by the undersigned that it be generally conceded
that everybody in Project Headquarters is aware of Project RAINBOW and that
due to this general knowledge, control of RAINBOW documents be turned over
to RI for routine handling. To support the above statement. I would like
to submit the following.
2. First, it should be recognized that all Staff personnel have access
to the Staff Meeting Minutes and RAINBOW has been quite freely referred to
in these memoranda, which are not under RAINBOW SAPC control, nor distributed
to only RAINBOW cleared personnel.
3. Information obtained from the above referenced memoranda couplod
with conversation among the Staff makes the undersigned believe that the
complete Project fieadquarters Staff is witting to some degree if not entirely
witting of the purpose and use of RAINBCW.
4. Therefore, I do not believe that the present system of having
special SAPC control over RAINBOW documents is accomplishing what was expeAed.
Further, it is a time consuming job for our secretarial staff which could
readily be released to the RI Staff for maintenance and up-keep in their
own system.
5. I might point out, for exmnple, twocases which outline the uss-
lessness of the present system. A RAINBOW cleared staff member had a doi:u-
ment which needed typing at just five o'clock the other evening and requesAd
the assistance of M=MMEMIlla secretary on the Cammo Staff, who is
not RAINBOW cleared. Alis memo was typed in the usual SAPC style, and left;
0i1011111111111111desk for Mr. Bissell's signature that evening.
immediately brought the document to this office, questioning why till-
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was not under RAINBOW control. This was the first we heard of any such
document. The next morning1111111111 who was unaware of any special 333112
for RAINBOW documents until that time, came to this office to request
assistance in the proper contra.
6. Another such leler was written on RAINBOW matters, with an SAE;
procured from RI, with an 'Mu noted after the number. Tia letter
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was also dictated to an uncleared secretary, of
Contracts. Copies were sett to Finance (with being the only
member of that Staff Cleared for RAINBOW) and ens forwarded to
we is not cleared. This memorandum was brought to the attention of this
office by of the RI Staff as it passed through that office !lily.
mailing
7. Neither of the above documents revealed any pertinent RAINBOW
information, but are cited for examples of lack of control over such docu-
ments.
8.You may wish to have the undersigned.or take the
necessary action to accomplish the above recommendation.
mmoommowasb
16 July 1957
Distribution:
1- addressee
2 - RAINBCW Central
3 - Chrono
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