DO NOT CONCUR IN THE INFORMAL LIAISON PROCEDURE SSUBMITTED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03097A000200050223-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2008
• Sequence Number: 223
• Publication Date: January 18, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Ao not oonour in the intorae-1 liwison proo?dure submitised.
must bear in~d~ must besapprovsd by OOtbetorsritais ~ltran~l.tted to OCD.
and our memo
Z. Tt-e intent of pai?agrwph 1S of CI.b lldministrwtive Instruction 6~6
is to permit P'BIB to gertors a mere ?ffiaient cad twater urriee thwn
xould be possible if operational liaison wxy acnfined to gormwl ahaanels.
I believe it would bs much better to issue an wdministrative instruction
of our own, the sub~svt of which would be "Informal Operwtional Liaison,"
and .slioh would give as a retersnoe C L Administrative Instruction bO~6,
dated 17 Deoimbei would not have to refer toncS0~6ito know what hev could r
on the des
or could cot do.
g. Our opening paragraph should bs, "~`w~ elthsniatormal apsrationwl
the above refersncs and to olwrify3 ~e~ the following ~rooedures and
liwison, authorised in paragraph
channels wre prescribed. Na other channels are authorised.
4. Next, the purpose of this authorised informal liwison should be
explained.
b. Next, any person conducting operationwl liwison should be prohibited
from committing Ip'BI8 on policy.
g? New, I think the definitions of" liaison ws differentiwted troa~
contacts should bs made olsas.
7. The Liaison Officer should then be mwde responsible for FHIH
liaison in a similar manner to that in which the Assist-nt Dirsotor, OCD,
is responsible for CIl liaison.
8. Continuing operwtionwl liwison oeuld bs carried on without retersnoe
to the Liaison Officer Ott the responsibility must be s9uwrely placed on the
individual for identifying the authorised parson to ,rhos=he giros intormation,
and prwatioally roll of it should be on w orie-may sti"eet bwsis? Individual
editors should not call IdC agencies, ete?, unless ~eY have themselves
previously been owlled on the sacse sub~sot, or something ~o thwt elf ~ot?
would be different and may ~1~
g? activities
bs different.
p. I do not wpprove of psrponnel other than the Chief or ~putY Chief
maintaining liaison by correspondenos?
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10. I think that 'the d?legation would ~iv?ts sry indiTidw-1 is tho
?p?oifio. Paragraph 8. for instnnoe,
Editorial Uivi?lon a blank ohso8 to maintain liaison on their o~. This
is dsfinit?ly not what is want? ~w
11. mould bs glad to dieouss with y+ou. P1?a?? pr?par? n?zt 3~
in draft form.
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