SAFEGUARDING INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS (RECOMMENDATION NO. 20 OF THE OCTOBER 4, 1961 REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT BY THE PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD)

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• Document Release Date: January 10, 2005
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: October 11, 1961
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington
October 11, 1961
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
SUBJECT: Safeguarding Intelligence and Intelligence Sources
and Methods (Recommendation No. 20 of the
October 4, 1961 Report to the President by the
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board)
In its October 4, 1961 report to the President the President's
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board recommended that the Director
of Central Intelligence be requested to submit a detailed report on
the implementation of (1) Section 102 (d) (3) of the National Security
Act, which provides that"the Director of Central Intelligence shall
be responsible for protecting intelligence sources and methods from
unauthorized disclosure", and (2) Section 5 of National Security
Council Intelligence Directive No. 1, which prescribes the methods
by which the Director of Central Intelligence "shall ensure the develop-
ment of policies and procedures for the protection of intelligence and
of intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure. "
The President has approved the above recommendation. Accord-
ingly, it is requested that a report thereon be submitted to the Board
by November 1, 1961.
Enclosed herewith for your information is an excerpt from the
Board's report pertaining to the recommendation.
s/
McGeorge Bundy
cc: The President's Foreign Intelligence
Advisory Board
(Attention: Mr. J. Patrick Coyne)
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"SAFEGUARDING INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE SOURCES
AND METHODS
At the Board's most recent meeting the Director of Central
Intelligence expressed concern over the present state of security
STAT of U. S. classified data,
The Boar d
concurs in the concern expressed and it expects at an early date to
review the problem further, particularly as it relates to the protec-
tion of U. S. classified intelligence and of U. S. classified intelli-
gence sources and methods. Preparatory to such review the Board
recommends that the Director of Central Intelligence be requested
to submit a detailed report to the Board on the implementation of
(1) Section 102 (d) (3) of the National Security Act, which provides
that "The Director of Central Intelligence shall be responsible for
protecting intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized dis-
closure", and (2) Section 5 of National Security Council Intelligence
Directive No. 1, which prescribes the methods by which the Director
of Central Intelligence "shall ensure the development of policies and
procedures for the protection of intelligence and of intelligence sources
and methods from unauthorized disclosure. "
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