NSCIDs ON SECURITY OF INFORMATION AND AVOIDANCE OF PUBLICITY (NSCIDs 11 and 12)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00750A000100120026-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: December 21, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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December 1953
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
NSCIDs ON SECURITY OF INFORMATION AND
AVOIDANCE OF PUBLICITY
(NSCIDs II and 12)
1. The staff study attached as Tab A has been developed
to achieve a DCI recommendation to the NSC respecting sub-
ject directives.
2. Subject directives were created with IAC concurrence.
In order that the IAC participate similarly in the present problem,
it is requested that each agency designate a representative to
discuss Tab A at a meeting in
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DRAFT , CONFIDENTIAL, 1"`-D~"
NSCIDs ON SECURITY OF INFORMATION AND
AVOIDANCE OF PUBLICITY
(NSCIDs 11 and 12)
1. Problem: To recommend to the NSC what action it should
take respecting NSCID No. 12, which is classified "Restricted," now
an unauthorized classification under Executive Order 10501, effective
15 December 1953.
2. Facts Bearing on the Problem:
a. NSCID-12 (and its accompanying letter to the Meads
of Executive Department and Establishments*) were developed
by the LAC pursuant to recommendation No. 7 of NSC-50. as
was NSCID-11.
b. Proposed NSCID-1 Z was transmitted to the NSC by
DCI memorandum of 16 August 1949. which stated in part:
"It is further suggested. with the unanimous concurrence of
the LAC. that this NSCID if issued should be declassified to
"Restricted. "
*The January 6, 1950. letter from Executive Secretary. NSC,
was originally classified "Restricted. " In the book assembled for
the incoming administration as part of "Project Victor" it was
reprinted as unclassified. It thus now appears in the Compilation
of Intelligence Directives as unclassified. Whether or not it has
ever officially been declassified, it now should be. regardless of
action taken respecting NSCID-12.
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3. Discussion: The NSC Secretariat, recognizing the desira-
bility, in the light of E.O. 10501, of reexamining NSC intelligence
directives classified "Restricted" has asked CIA's recommendation as
to NSCID-12, the only such directive so classified.`lassifica-
tion recommendations are limited to suggesting an upgrading to
''Confidential" or a downgrading to unclassified. The rescission
of NSCID-12 and revision of NSCID-11 to include the material in
NSCID-12 is a possible alternative.
4. Conclusions:
a. The category "Confidential" by E.O. 10501. is
authorized "only for defense information or material, the
unauthorized disclosure of which could be prejudicial to
the defense interest of the nation." NSCID-12 is not such
defense information or material. It is rather instructional
matter of a general policy type, comparable to the introduc-
tory considerations in E.O. 10501. Therefore, if retained.
NSCID-12 should be unclassified.
b. NSCIDs 11 and 12 were originally incorporated in
one draft proposed directive. Separate treatment of these
related matters was ultimately proposed because of a belief
that NSC-50 required separate directives on these subjects.
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In fact NSCID-12 is but an extension of NSCID-11, as the January
6, 1950 letter to Department heads is an extension of NSCID-12.
Accordingly, it would be feasible to rescind NSCID-12 and con-
currently revise NSCID-11 (Secret) by adding, as paragraphs 5 and 6,
paragraphs 1 and 3 of NSCID-12.
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5. Recommendation: That the DC recommend to the NSC
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the rescission of NSCID-12 and revision of NSCID-11
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