Notification to Contractors of Employees Clearances

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04007A000500030043-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 25, 1998
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: June 5, 1950
• Content Type: MEMO

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Chief, Inspection' Division,' WS
Acting Chief, Security. Divi'siorijt' I&SJ
Notification to Contractoro' bf , &o l ooe C)earancoo
References Memorandum from Chief,,, Inspection Divieionj' to Chief, Security
Division dated 2 ?may ,195O., subject as above. .. ~:
It is riot believed th t c~ontrnetors~ should. be furz fished with .
pre,-contract security islet; ou for the : puxpoce of discussing ;1<
classified contracts. If such were ' adopted `aa the practice, then
this Agency would be the recipient of many roquostu from private
contractors for such. cloaranaee. Of these 6ontraot;ors, porhape
only.,;- a few would be actually the recipients of a contract from
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this Agnncay. G '
'hex's can be no security,object .on to contractors d, sausaing . ny y
with CIA the products' and eorvicea' of their ooanpaniaa., If there
is any :quotation of security, cloarantie ' in connection with such die-
cuspions, then it, is believed that D/SS8 ; ohcrtal.d be informad that ;?
as a general principle there arO no rontrictions on our procurement
people roceiving information from any 'compaxW which offers i.t.
Concerni the question of what ,ta reply to'cont%raratara who
have submitted Pei sonnol 'Seeurtty 4ua:aationnaitee and with Whc6 it;
is 'not Intended a contract will bo'placed, it 3.a: beli evsd they oon> j,
tractor shouild elmply be told it?is the policy of. this Agency to
confine its interest try`. those :individuals only who rd! I aetu ly r
have. knowledge of a ' cl assif ied .'bontraot. tiY
:Sdith respect to the divulgence roi' c1aus 'led contract iriforma.-`
tLon. to reprosentativas of private contractors before the *, actual.
contract is placed,: the procurement people. should use as a guide
the security clearances which are nor furnished tc PSP/s56 through ., f
the Inspection Division. If ouch clearances are.,on file in the
Procun~mont. and Supply Div .lion,. then it in permissible' for our .,
iprocuroment people to disclose classified information as, necessary
' in connection with preliminary negotiations respecting a contra6t.
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