RETIREMENT OF THE SENSINT CONTROL SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05707A000500010001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2014
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 16, 1962
• Content Type: MEMO

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16 October 1962
MEMORANDUM FOR: ;Chief,Data.Management.ilivision
:Chief, Technical Intelligence .Division
Chief, Publications Division
Chief, Administrative Staff
:Chief, Requirements -Staff
Chief, Photographic Analysis Staff
.SIO, Army Detachment, NPIC
.SIO, Navy Detachment, NPIC
-SIO, Air -Force Element, NPIC
.SIO, CIA Detachment, NPIC
Liaison Officer, DIA
'Liaison Officer, NSA
SUBJECT :Retirement Of the .SEI\iSINT.Control System-
The atthched information extracted from Department of the
Air-Force (AFCIN) letter dated 12 -September 1962 -(TH 3121-62),
dealing vith the retirement of the SENSINT Control System; is
furnished for your guidance and information.
Operations Officer, NPIC
Attachment:
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Distribution;
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1. Reference is made to Headquarters USAF message Cite AFCIN-
0152, DTG 142012Z February 1962.
2. The following procedures will apply to the release and/or
retirement of all SENSINT materials:
A. Photo-Intelligence Reports:
(1) SENSINT Produced P-I Reports (Immediate, Mission
Review, Detailed, Special) will be sanitized and/or downgraded in
such a manner as to preclude determination that a special control
system did exist, i.e., the "HANDLE VIA SENSINT CONTROL SYSTEM
ONLY" markings will be obliterated. Thisapplies to those materials?
derived from SENSINT sources only. Dual Codeword materials are
described in paragraph 2B.
(2) The nickname "WIND FALL" need not b( obliterated;
however, it will be crossed out wherever it appears.
(3) All sanitized/downgraded reports will be classified
"SECRET (NOFORN) EXCEPT", based on current regulations and direc-
tives for release of materials to foreign governments.
(4) IBID numbers will be assigned to all print references
in each report.
(5) Mission plots associated with a report (MPPIR) will
also be sanitized/downgraded. The plots will bereleased only
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when it can be ascertained that the points of departure and return
are not readily apparent.
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B. Dual Codeword Reports:
(1) Reports produced from materials derived from both
the SENSINT and TALENT Control System will automatically be placed
in the TALENT system. The requirementto sanitize/downgrade the
SENSINT information does not apply; however if the TALENT infor-
mation has previously been sanitized/downgraded, the report may
be sanitized/downgraded in accordance with the TALENT Sanitization
Manual, dated 19 February 1962.
(2) Reports bearing reference to SENSINT and COMINT infor-
mation will either (1), have the SENSINT information sanitized/
downgraded as in paragraph 2A above and be placed under COMINT
control, or (2) have the COMINT information be deleted or sanitized
and the reports be released as "SECRET (NOFORN) EXCEPT" in accor-
dance with the procedures outlined in paragraph 2A above.
(3) Reports utilizing TOP SECRET references will be sani-
tized/downgraded in accordance with paragraph 2A above, classified
TOP SECRET, and released to the Headquarters TOP SECRET Control
Officer (TSCO) for disposition. If it can be reasonably ascertained
that the TOP SECRET references have been downgraded, the report
may be released on a "SECRET (NOFORN) EXCEPT" basis.
(4) Reports bearing references to SENSINT, TALENT, AND
COMINT information will be placed automatically in the TALENT
Control System.
C. Film, Mission Plots, and Select Prints:
(1) Original, duplicate positive, and duplicate negative
film, in roll fbrm or otherwise, will be sanitized/downgraded to
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"SECRET (NOFORN) EXCEPT" utilizing the current IBID release method.
In this instance, entire missions may be released to the DOD Film
Library as long as the points of departure and return are not readily
determined.
(2) Acetate mission plots and related maps and charts will
be sanitized/downgraded to "SECRET (NOFORN) EXCEPT" as long as the
points of departure and return arenot readily determined. It is
essential that this be strictly adhered to due to the political
implications involved.
(3) Select prints will be sanitized/downgraded in accor-
dance with current IBID procedures.
D. Records Disposition:
(1) All control records pertaining to the control and dis-
position of SENSINT materials may be destroyed after it has been
determined that all materials listed therein have been sanitized/
downgraded or destroyed.
(2) All Certificates of Destruction will become a perma-
nent record and will be maintained by theheadquarters, service,
or agency responsible for the destruction of the materials.
(3) All receipts resulting from the tnansmission of SENSINT
materials will be retained for a period of two (2) years and.then
will be destroyed.
(4) All correspondence (letters, messages, me,....randa, etc.)
related to the SENSINT System may be destroyed when the headquarters,
service, or agency needs have been served.
(5) All briefing/debriefing statements are considered a
permanent record. These will be retired and will not be destroyed.
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E. Codewords, Nicknames, and Flagwords:
(1) The codeword "PULLMOTOR (SECRET)" has been declared
obsolete and will be afforded the protection required in accor-
dance with AFR 205-1, paragraph 115g, and appropriate Army, Navy,
and Agency security directives.
(2) The codeword "SENSINT (CONFIDENTIAL)" is hereby
inactive. Although this codeword had never been registered, it
will be afforded the protection required in accordance with AFR
205-1, paragraph 115g, the appropriate Army, Navy, and Agency
security directives.
(3) The UNCLASSIFIED flagword "MOTORCYCLE" is hereby
inactive and will not be used in conjunction with operational
electrical transmissions.
(4) The UNCLASSIFIED flagword "WINDFALL" is hereby inactive
and will not be used to designate results of photo reconnaissance
missions.
3. All sanitization and downgrading actions will be accomplished
in accordance with the TALENT Sanitization Manual, dated 19 Feb.
1962, as revised.
4. It will be the responsibility of the Senior Intelligence
Officer or his duly authorized representative of the service or
governmental agency concerned to insure that all necessary precau-
tions and security measures aretaken upon releasing SENSINT
derived materials. The release of these materials will be on a
timely basis and not in bulk form with the exception of rolled film.
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