POLICY ON CLEARANCE OF PERSONNEL FOR DUTIES WITH CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04007A000300040004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 1998
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 24, 1946
• Content Type: REGULATION

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
POLICY ON CLEARANCFI OF PERSONNEL
FOR DUTIES WITH CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
Memorandum by the Director of Central Intelligence
1. The President's letter of 22 January 192 16 charges the
Nat _onal. Intelligence Authority and the Director of Central
lntolla_tenao with responsibility for fully protecting intelli-
ge.nce sources and methods in connection with their activities.
2. The Central Intelligence Group should establish standards
and requiremexits with regard to clearance of personnel for
duties with the C.I.G. to assure the highest degree of security
to its operations.
3. .i'aragraph 3 of N.I.A. Directive No. 1 provides a procedure
by which the necessary directive can be published and carried
oi= by unanimous approval of the Director of Central.. I.ntell:j.--
Bence and the Intelligence Advisory Board, without action by the
National Intelligence Authority.
Enclosed is a draft directive, making necessary provisions
for establishing uniform clearance standards and procedures.
If all members of the Intelligence Advisory Board concur in the
draft without substantial change, a meeting will not be neces-
sa;ry. It Is recommended that the directive be approved, and.
that each member of the Intelligence Advisory Board arrange for
necessary implementation by his department.
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PROPOSED C.I.G. DIRECTIVE
POLICY ON CLEARANCE OF PERSONNEL FOR
DUTIES WITH CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
1. The President's letter of 22 January 1946, referring; to
fu.11c tio.ras of the National Intelligence Authority and the Dir. cc-
tor of Central Intelligence, stated: "In the conduct of their
activities the National Intelligence Authority and, the Director
of Central Intelligence shall be responsible for fully protect-
ing i.tclligcn.cc , oureos and methods."
2. The activities of the Central Intelligence Group require
constant handling of classified matter whose unauthorized di -
closurro would cause exceptionally grave damage to the ntion.
It is imperative that the highest degree of security be main-
tained to prevent either unauthorized disclosures of classified
M tter of any activity which would impede or impair the objec-
tives sought to be accomplished by the National Intelligence
Authority and the Director of Central Intelligence.
3. The accomplishment of the security objective requires that
personnel assigned to the Central Intelligence Group be
ind _vidual s
a. of excellent character who are native-born citizens of
the United States and who have. no member of the immediate
family or next of kin thereof subject to a foreign power;
b. whose loyalty, integrity, discretion and truetworthi--
.noss are unquestioned;
c. whose financial status and habits are such as to render
unlikely their succumbing to any temptation arising from
these sources.
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?l?. To assure the assignment to the Central Intelligence
Group of only those persons who meet the foregoing standards
the following policy will apply to investigations and clearance
of such individuals.'
!~ . All military and civilian personnel now performing duties
with the Central Intelligence Group, or who are to be assigned
thereto, will be investigated to determine their qualifications
with respect to the standards set forth in paragraph 3 above,
and individuals qualifying thereunder will be cleared to handle
`10i' SECRET :i_.nformation and be considered eligible for duties
with the Central Intelligence Group.
.6. It is the responsibility of each department required to
furnish personnel for duties with the Central Intelligence Grou,
. to investigate and effect proper clearance for each individual
furn_i shed by their service. Clearance shall include a certif:_-
cation to the Central Intelligence Group to the effect that the
individual has been investigated pursuant to provisions of
C.I.G. Directive No. ??_ and is eligiP le for duty assignment
thereto. Certification of clearance will be retained permanFent-
ly in the Central Intelligence Group file.
i. Reports of investigations will be subject to review in
each case by the Security Officer, C.I.G. , sad final decision
as to acceptability of an individual for assignment to the
Central Intelligence group will rest with the Director of Cen.?-
tral Intelligence.
8. Investigation will be conducted to the extent .necessary to
cn talc; a proper determination of ,in :ind:i viduval' s eligibility -L11
accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3. However, e, cep:
for those individuals covered by the provisions of paragraph C1,
the ininimum investigation of personnel as required under the
provisions of paragraph 6 will consist of:
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Records check of the appropriate office of each . of the
follow_i_n :
(1)
(3) Military Intelligence Division, War Department
(~~) Office of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department.
(5) Police Department in each city of employment and
Department of State.
(2) Federal Bureau of Investigation;{
rosa_de.nce.
(6) Credit agencies.
b. Verification of
with respect to:
(1) Birth.
individuals'
(2) Citizenship.
(3) Education.
(4) Employment for past
c. Character investigation
Personal History Statement
fifteen years.
by interviews with personal
references of the individual and with a minimum of three
other persons who have knowledge of his activities over a
Poxii.od of time sufficient to r:nablr: a dotcraiiin.ation as to
his character and integrity.
9. Whore there has been a previous satisfactory character and
loyalty investigation by the War or Navy Department, Department
of State, or other Government agency, or where there are other.
ava_i la bie
records of a minimum of ten years honorable Government
service and there is no subsequent information creating a sus-
picion of disloyalty or question as to I.ntof,rity, the inf'orima-
tion derived therefrom may, at the option of the Department con-
cerned, constitute the basis for clearance of an individual for
duties with the Central Intelligence Group. It is the responsl.-
b.lity of the Department executing the clearance certificate to
assure that the information adequately establishos the indi.-
v:_duc,l' s eligibility in accordance with the provisions of p ,x ~.-
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10. The irivo;~tigatioxi.s required by par, at r Kph 3 will be corn-
ol.otod by the respective Departments prior to the assignment of
the personnel to the Central Intelligence Group whenever pos-
sible. However, in cases of personnel already assigned or
whore the exigencies of the service are such that in the future
it, is necessary to assign personnel without prior complete.
'+.i v(: st_i. ta',tion, the Department responsible for the assigrncrit
will, c)n the hauls of n satisfactory Preliminary invr t 1. a.ta : n,
fur. n:L_sh an express authorization in writing permitting such
to have access to classified information pending
eeiii,?letion of the full investigation. The authorization will
state the reasons for such action and will be retained per-
ielanontly in the Central Intelligence Group file. The approval
of the Director of Central Intelligence oruthorized
re
,)-is a proroqu:Lsite to such rL individuo,lperforrn-
:.ng duties with. the Central Intelligence Group. The required
investigation will then be expedited and clearance effected
pursuant to provisions of paragraph 6.
11. All military and civilian personnel p?g-;
with the Central Intelligence Group will be required to execute
a declaration of secrecy which will be administered by the Di-
rector of Central Intelligence or his authorized representative.
12. Upon termination of duties with the Central Intell _ig ~.:
Gi~oui., all military and civilian personnel will be given an cx:i_i;
inter view designed to impress upon them their obligation with
r~ gard to maintaining the security of all matters pertaining~ to
Cc n ,r ,.l Intelligence Group activities and provisions of the law-
and stLtute which apply.
l3. Any exceptions to the foregoing provisions shall require
the unanimous concurrence of the Director of Central Intelligence
and all member Departments of the Central Intelligence GrouzT.
Such concurrence will be obtained through the Security Liaison!
Officers of the agencies concerned.
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