QUESTION REGARDING RELEASE TO CONGRESS OF DCID NO. 1/7 'CONTROLS FOR DISSEMINATION AND USE OF INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE INFORM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000300250031-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: July 12, 1971
• Content Type: MFR

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TRANSMITTAL SLIP 13 July 1971
TO:
John M. Maury (OLC)
ROOM NO.
7D43
BUILDING
H rs
For your information regarding
our conversation on this subject
yesterday.
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ROOM W.
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USIB
BUILDING EXTENSION
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FORM RFEB M 55 24 I REPLACES FORM 36-8
WHICH MAY BE USED.
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i:.' July
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT Question Regarding Release to Congress of DCID No. 1/7,
"Controls for Dissemination and Use o." IntelLence and
Intelligence Information"
from DIA called this a. m. rtlaying a request from
people in OSD Security regarding, the questio, "Who authorizes the
passing of DCID No. 1/7 to Congress, CIA or the NS(? ,.
I calle land determined that thiA DC[D had corns p
in the course of testimony by the Acting Secrera y of Defense (A-_minis-
tra:ion), David O. Cooke, in his testimony before the Foreign Operations
andi Government Subcommittee of the House of Repre6entativ,:6
Committee for Government Operations. The Hearing b were S. 25X1
Goiernment .:reformation Policies and Practices. wa. rot sure
as }o whether any member of this Congressional Committee ac ally
as.ced for this directive or whether the people inquiring of Pat clod iz,
OSD only felt A should be passed as a result of the interest s_'own during
the Hearings. 25X1
I briefed on this subject and then consiJlre i _th
Mr. Law: ence Houston and Mr. John Maury. Follos;;.. ng : or c. conve_
sation, F lus consultation with John Wai s ier, Mr. Houston a.-ia Mr. Maury
concluded that release of this directive to Congress .. ould be unprecedented
and that it was not clear who was authorized to release such a document
to Congress. Among other things the problem involves wheche:e the _iCID
belongs exclusively to the DCI, in which case he cc id maze th.. release,
or whether it is simply implementing NSCII) No. a.nd therefore woula
require White House concurrence. Mr. Maury and Mr. Houston agrees
that a concrete proposal with more details, presumably from Mr. Cooke s
office, would have to be made before any decision could be taken. One
thing that was clear was that authority for the release for this DCLD does
not rest in DOD.
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Messrs. Houston and Maury advised that the gist of the
paragraph above be relayed back through the same channels by
telephone with the word that no decision could be made in the
absence of a clearcut request from the people involved in the
request presumably in Mr. Cooke's office. In the absence of
clearcut information as to who actually originated this request
suggested that =advise those involved to avoid
stirring up the Congressional Committee insofar as possible.
25X1
Executive Secretary, USIB
late on the 12th,
following the above conversations.
Yk(O r ~ ce
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