COMMUNICATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01554R003300300069-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2005
• Sequence Number: 69
• Publication Date: January 2, 1979
• Content Type: NOTES

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Item for "Notes from The Director":
COMMUNICATIONS
I have made a special effort to improve and increase the communica-
tion all up and down our chain of command. My meetings with various
groups of employees confirm that we've had some success. I hope we can
continue to improve the flow.
A recent incident suggests there can be chilling effects on the
freedom and completeness of that flow, however. An anonymous letter
reported to me that Agency managers had briefed a group I was to meet
on what they should and should not discuss at our meeting. This certainly
violates the spirit of our efforts to improve communications. Based
upon an investigation by the Inspector General, no deliberate attempt
to conceal facts from me was established, but the possible seriousness
of this situation makes me want to mention it to you.
Issues and problems must be discussed openly and candidly between
and among all levels of the Agency to assure that they are clearly defined
and are brought to the attention of our managers. Employees are expected
to bring problems to the attention of their supervisors, and every super-
visor needs to solicit such information in order to make proper decisions.
Only in this way can we maintain and improve on the high standards of
our Agency.
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 2 January 1979
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Item for "Notes from The Director".
SECURITY
I regret that I find it necessary to continue to harp on the
subject of security. There is probably no single ingredient to
intelligence that is more vital. In recent weeks, I have been required
to exercise disciplinary authority in two cases where employees of the
Agency have taken classified material out of our buildings and to their
homes or other unauthorized places. One individual I suspended for
20 days without pay, equivalent to a loss of in excess of $3500, and
put on probation for one year; the other had already been disciplined
but I also imposed probation for one year.
In both of these instances, the purpose was to accomplish work on
off-duty hours. As commendable as these motives are, we cannot tolerate-
the risks that this practice presents to us. Let me emphasize that the
risk is not only a physical compromise, but it is a risk of developing
a general laxity in our security procedures. It is difficult to get
individuals to be serious about the necessary control procedures within
our very secure building if they recognize that their colleagues are
knowingly taking sensitive documents to very insecure places. I must
emphasize that such blatant disregard for sound security principles is simply
not acceptable. Substantial financial penalties will be assessed as
appropriate and as a minimum.
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