Commission on Government Security Questionnaire Relating to executive Order 10501

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04007A000600110002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 15, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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Legislative Counsel
t Security Queetionnal
Ordr 10501
Oct 56 -
ve Counsel, Central
25X1A9a
In aecordance with rqueet from gislative Counsel
enclosed herewith is a proposed may to the questionnaire
attached to reference which is keyed to its nuabers.
clo
'iropoaed Answers to Questionnaire
}et,rence Letter
Distribu ions
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2. lee, since they are co
has not use}d the term"security
3 It is roughly estimated
ginated in this Agency are claseified undar
There is no other authority for the ca.et5iflca
defense information or recur-it inforeation.
o be
tonK B
4 and 5. Because of compartmentstion of the An
expensive and time consuming to arrive at even 4 rough
percentages of the three classifications of documents
received by this Agenal?
6. only to the extent of 1ntrprting the definition to include
lel to the intelligence activities of the nationo
7. It ahead be retained. There are various categories of,inZo
tion which are not sensitive enough to meet a MEET classification but
which would, if revealed to unauthorised source, be prejudicial to our
intelligence activities.
t woad be very
imete of tbs
ginating in or
It should not be abo imbed.
Pre
9. If the classification of CONY An would
necetritate an enlargement of the definition o tend
to weaken the degree of protection now given to E1.CI t?ria becaui.
oC the increase in volume.
trenendoue burden from the standpoint of personnel and
would be expended since all material now classified as
(EftThL would have to be reviewed end removed from the
00TIDNNTIAL category.
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deleea
work cons
tant Claesificat
13. A :i2y 15% of the total number ofazs au
horited to apply original classifieations.
114 Thera ia no avereciable dUference in the percentage iati-
cated for the field as against departmental.
1. !e cnritclaesefication as the enclosure vith an
matie downgrading,' to unclaseified if the transmittal letter contsina no
classified infbewation.
16, 17, 18, .id 1, kgroend1xioxtian on
some of the problems the Central Intelligence Agency has encountered in
downgradine and declassifying material might to heliatal. Daring the
latter part of 1955a survey was conducted of those Wor components pro-
ducing completed intelligence reporte to determine what would be gained
by reviewing these reports for the purpose of downgrading or declaesification.
The survey disclosed that in practically every inetance completed intelli-
pence reports cited classified individual document seeress. To review com-
pleted intelligence report*, therefore, would first require a review of the
cited individual documents.
The problem is further complicated by the tact thst in such a
controlling factor in most instances is the protection of
soarcee and methods rather than the substantive content. in this COW"
nection there were many intelligence reports originated during World War 11
that are utill held in a claesified statue because of the necessity of pro-
4.ecth9 the sources.
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forma.
of els
deuce, general
types of Periodic
Automatic downgrading
missive instances. The
tahliehed to control the
perfors the functions of rev tow
downgrading or declassification.
nished to the control network by the C
and also through the eedimm of Agency
20. No additional storage problmee have resalted fro rading
or declassification activities No 'orlon* administrative problem* hsve
been encountered.
21. No eeourity problems
downgruding or declaesification
22. Recipients of classified
regraded. The Ageney reguletione
nee smerychanges on the documents. Tb*;
marked to reflect the change in classification.
a?
23. This Agency does not maintain a month by mon
&dad GT declassified; however, from December 1953
1,900 CIA documents have been downgraded end &PP
te hove been declaseified.
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as a rEuit of OOr
ch documents with other elan
classification to be applied to the new
26. If the document is obviously underclassified, the matter
be brought to the attention of the originator with suitable recommends ion.
27. Percentages not available, however, the number wouid be verr
smell.
2b. No. T
mealy respected.,
29. fzecutive 0
30
31
caved
and no c
ParagraPh
0
32. Ar di rts in the olaseifics ion o
tads this Agen0Y would be handled on ',working
cord of such disagreements if any would be maintained.
t possible to give the number of clameification changes,
t our records do indicate that from the period 15 Dagen--
41y 1956, approximately 800 iteme ware upgraded, *weal
were downgraded and approximately 450 it were cam
-
and on which
notified.
35. This
36 'RAMO
eapered in their
of Executive Order
of class iod a*t.rlsl o
tion hae boon changed or
37. 9ee paragraphs
V 1.
of classification changes.
not been
thepruvieio
y'e contrac
/4.
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39. Classified information is diecloe
ind rho recielre the information in the
official duties.
40. Section 3.02.( ) (3) of the National recur
emended provides inter alio *That the Director of Cent
no ehall be responsible-TR protecting intelligence source
thods from unaethorized disclosure**
.7:
41. This Agency, in addition t Exontt
by Fection 102.? (6) (3) of the National feottritv Aot of 1
L2. Intarna1 end external courier vervice for TOP =UT and data
ollwatiod SFCPFT and below ia performed bv ?Walla* organised courier
unit. However, !Special couriers are dmignated as operational require-
ments demand.
3. Appropriate aelcounte ility
tained as required by Executive order
Prior to the time nom employees cemmence
this erey, they receive an intensive security indoctrination which
tncludee a briefing of their respoesibilities ander Fxecutive Order 10501
45, 146 and 47. The Department of Justice was infoziaaUy approached
concerning problems which probably are umique to an intent.
time. Certain 4ocume)ts previously ClaerifiedwaTTRICTTDP
nature that they could not be properly classified *CONFIDENTIAL*
but in tbdr totality woad represent information regarding coverage which
should not iely available. In addition other documents though
unclasoified should give warning to their users of the problem or copyright
and libel inherent in such pdblicatione. This Agency tees leformaly- advised
that Rxecutive order 10501 was not to be construed as a limitation which
weuld hamper its operations or the integrity of its files. This WNW
thereupon adopted the use of the phrase "FOP OFFICIAL Uf ONLYT1 for the
protection of these VY01, of informiltima
tion
(b).
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6.
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