LETTER TO THE HONORABLE ROBERT S. MCNAMARA FROM JOHN A. MCCONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00134R000200040051-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 13, 2004
• Sequence Number: 51
• Content Type: LETTER

Approved For Relje 2004/10/27 : CIA-RDP67-00134R0 000040051-8
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
The Honorable Robert S. McNamara
The Secretary of Defense
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Bob :
The Central Intelligence Agency now conducts a polygraph Interview
with all personnel, civilian and military, who enter on duty with the Agency
as permanent employees or for a specific tour of duty.
There are significant numbers of people from the Department of
Defense, however, who work full time with Agency people on Agency pre-
mises, but who do not process through our entrance on duty procedures
Responsibility for the total security processing of these people remains
with the parent service, and does not normally include a polygraph inter-
view.
In view of the extremely sensitive nature of many of our joint acti-
vities, particularly those at the National Photographic Interpretation Center,
I believe our mutual interests would be better served if polygraph interviews
were made a part of the normal selection process. I recommend, therefore,
that the Armed Services, including the Defense Intelligence Agency, conduct
a polygraph interview as a routine part of the process of selecting military
and civilian personnel for assignment to these joint activities. The inter-
views can be conducted by the Services themselves or we can make our faci-
lities available for the purpose.
Sincerely,
Approved For Release 2004/10/27
John A. McCone
Director