MEMORANDUM FOR MR. S. EVERETT GLEASON FROM LAWRENCE R. HOUSTON

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• Publication Date: March 16, 1970
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. g:' Everett GJ eason
Ev:
I am enclosing a formal letter of
clearance on the documents we discussed
earlier. The Director wanted me to make
crystal clear that no precedent was involved
and that he reserved the right to withhold
publication of intelligence material. From
our conversation, I understand you dog not
expect this to be much of a problem any way
and that our conditions are acceptablel.
Please call me if you have any questions.
Lawrence R. Houston
DATA
16 March 1970
FORM NO. 101 REPLACES FORM 10-101
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
16 March 1970
Mr. S. Everett Gleason
Chief, Foreign Relations Division
Historical Office
Bureau of Public Affairs
Department of State
Washington, D. C. 20520
On 3 November 1969 you wrote Dr. Hewlett, Chief
Historian, Atomic Energy Commission, requesting his review
of and clearance to print certain articles, which you forwarded
in galley proof, in Foreign Relations, 1947, Volume I, General.
At the end of 1969 your letter and the articles were referred to
this Agency by the Director of Intelligence for the Atomic Energy
Commission, as both articles involved intelligence matters with-
in the area of responsibility of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Specifically, the articles are a 15 December 1947 Memo-
randum by the Director of Central :[ntelligence on the subject of,
"Status of Russian Atomic Energy Project" and a 24 July 1947
Memorandum by the Chairman of the United States Atomic
Energy' Commission to the Director of the Central Intelligence
Group on the subject of, "Long Range Detection of Atomic
Explosions. " Both of the documents were highly classified at
the time they were issued.
Since this is the first request for permission to publish
documents relating to intelligence responsibilities of this Agency,
we have reviewed the matter carefully from the standpoint of
policy as well as security. While in general we wish to permit
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publication when it would serve a public purpose, intelligence
information has certain unique implications which require the
most careful attention when contemplating public revelation.
Aside from the content, which may have international or policy
repercussions, there is, as you know, a continuing problem of
intelligence sources and methods, the protection of which is
the responsibility of the Director of Central Intelligence, which
may go on long after the content itself is no longer sensitive.
These, therefore, add considerations which may be over and
above the criteria listed in your guidelines for editorial prepara-
tion in section 1352 of the regulations. you provided with your
letter. For this reason, any document considered for publication
which contains intelligence information of a classified nature
should be most carefully reviewed by the various departments
concerned, including the Central Intelligence Agency, and the
final determination as to publication must be reserved to the
Director of Central Intelligence or his designated representative.
With this condition in mind, there is no objection to your
use of the two above-mentioned documents in Foreign Relations,
1947, Volume I, General, but this is in no way considered a
precedent for permission to publish other documents containing
classified intelligence information,
Lawrence R. Houston
General Counsel
cc: Dr. Charles H. Reichardt
Director
Division of Intelligence
Atomic Energy Commission
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