DECLASSIFICATION OF TESTIMONY GIVEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00498A000600090008-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 8, 1976
• Content Type: MF

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8 October 176
A DRANDWI FOR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
Legislative Counsel
Assistant to the DCI
SUBJECT: Declassification of Testimony Given im
Executive Session
1. I am aware that committees of the Congress rarely request the
u declassification of testimony given by Agency representatives in executive
session. In fact, it appears that the only committee which regularly asks
for such declassification is the Joint Economic Committee,-which was.
involved in this week's flap over the release of certain of our past
statements on Backfire. It is a normal procedure for this Committee to
request sanitization of testimony we provide to them on the state of the
Soviet and Chinese economies, but this testimony is normally given only
on an' annual basis.
2. Even though the problem of declassifying executive session
testimony may arise infrequently, I would like to establish certain
procedures for addressing it in the future. We must avoid a repetition
of this week's incident. Therefore, I want DDI to continue to conduct.
the original screening and sanitization of material, as it does now, to
ensure the protection of sources and methods information and other sensi-
tive data. DDI's findings will then be reviewed by the A/DCI, who will
advise me regarding ' the probable public impact of the testimony and what
other executive branch offices should be notified prior to its release.
I will be responsible for final release, in consultation with the DCI.
7 0 H
E. H. Knoche
Deputy Director. of Central_Intelligence
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to remind those in the Agency
involved in the new procedure
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