ICIS SUBCOMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED GOVERNMENT DATA MINUTES OF MEETING OCTOBER 17, 1951

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04007A001100040061-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: October 17, 1951
• Content Type: MIN

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OCTOTA IT, 1951
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The IOn Subcommittee on Protection or Clesstried Cowernment Data
met 04 Vednesda:6 October 17) 19510 at 2:00 p.m., in room 521# Department
of Justice tolloyina members veto pretlentz
Department or Justicet
Department of Defense;
'Department of Ztatel
Department or Coumercet
. Bureau or the tudest Observer:
CIA Ad Eoo Pepresontative:
APC Ad Voo Peptesentative:
Treasury Ad Roo Peptesenta iv*:
Secretary,ZCI
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Csoar Cmith). Al e
Actinz Chairman
Col. Sidney 3. Pubenstein
Mr. Chatlea Dain, Alternate
Xt. Norman V. Towson
Mr. James L. Grahl
Mr. 'William Piley
? Mr. William V. tarrison
Mr. Leonard P. Bienvenu
. ASA Velma E. McBee
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Imelemeeition of executive Order 10.2)0
41nleue eeindarde on eenelioe eve erenenieeion
ef Cleeeieiee teee
The teAbccemittee cee nued ite conaideratien of ctaps which ICIS mieht
tele* it Leplementatien. of the freeldent'u directive to ICI$ in regard to the
executive; Order.
The Mate repreeeetetive *ea of the opinion that the problem coaaists
of
to parts, the first or which require-a that the Ic1a deterelne sem*
neer! to. fureleh edviee arei guideact to ell the eeenclea. This la 44
Immediate problem- *bleb meet be razolvel ea soon. ee possible and prior to
th0 effective 46to or- the lexecetive Order on Oeteeer 261 191.
The secoe4 pert or the preblee reletes to the "policinen or review
of the administration or the. Leccetive erder. The btate c':preseetative
believes this pert wili. require 4 aroa dl of careful coneideratiee. Ke
else was of the .opiniou that it the it rnrt of the protlea can be eccceplieb d
before the effectivedete at the order theeubcemeitteet can then afford to
tehe the time neeessere to. 4:Ave adeeeete constderatioa to the aecond pert,
ie suegeoted thet the. ICIe blre 4 full tiev security officer or coneulteat
to whom all aeencles could. br/ng their probleme.
The eecretere pointed oet to the subcoeeittee that the ICL 5 is eponseriee
te joint mcetite of information read eecerite offitere et- *11 seenclee of the
eoverement on October 260 15310 eel that it yould.be belpfUl if the meetine
could he ieformed of definite propozale. The seticemmittee decided Viet the
ICIS should receive any recemeenletiou es aeon de aereeeera la reaceed thereen.
In View of the ICI5 eeetlue for the toet day, the aubeomaittee leetructed the
eacretere to before the ICL S or the folloeine prelielaary recoemeadations which
it bee aereed to mete in reeerd to the flret peat of the preblee as cutlined
ahoy-et -
1. IC18 should have fell tine SWA4t0=0 leeorder to provide the
advice and eetaetenee to the verlous eeenclee eta called fer in
the 7r tat directivei
2. Thin easletence to thoeld be provided In the fore of a
security advisory coemittee with a full tittle execative accretsr
The coeelttee will le cowpoeed of eet less ttan five meelbers
atd wilI function on a part tit* beats.
The sueecmelttee diezuseed whether or not it ehould futetioa es the
security advisor, cozeittee hut was of the oeinioa that a new cceeittee
should be establiehed for the follewite reueonee (1) The eubcoeeittee will
have additional problees referred to it. be ICI d it fiA4f not be able to
devote sufficient time to these new prohlees et eell as act as the advisery
coemitteej &Lid (2) ueeeeevertmeet eeople, especially the press' would probably-
zot be scalene& with b. dealsioe that an. Ie./6 webcoemittee, which was set up
for the eeecific purpoee of protectine cleasified date, be agreed with the
responeibilite of furelehine advice and eesietunee.
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Tbe Bureau of the :Budget Pepre entative brought up the question of
a central place for tbepre as to go to present complaint* or inquiries
concerning either general, or- particular matters.
, In regard to the committee's eecision to we 4 security advisory
committee vith a full time executive secretary, the Department of Commerce
representative voted, in the negative.
The subcommittee held a lengthy discussion eoncerning the composition
of the security advisory comatittee but were not able to reach an a!rreement.
It-vas therefore earned that the members- would taXe this question back to their
respective agencies ard would. meet 4.taa1n on October 22,19511 at which time
it hopes to reach azreemont in reaard to the exact composition of the committee.
It vas agreed that the. subcommittee vould mcet on Monday, October 220
1951, at 2:00 p.m., for a further discuasion or the list of emzgestions
dated October 10 19511 furnished by Ian end other matters noted above.
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