BRIEFING(Sanitized)

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• Document Release Date: January 18, 2002
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• Publication Date: April 25, 1975
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
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I MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director
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The attached review cautions that the
Agency film, A Need to Know, will almost
certainly have a negative impact on most
audiences under present circumstances.- I urge
that we refrain from showing the film--either
to Agency or to outside groups. I have in-
structed CRS to put a hold on its copies of
the film, and I stron ly suggest that you ask
OTR and not to use it in their
programs. ere are ar better ways to get
our message across.
Ed Proctor
29 April 1975
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FORM NO. IoI REPLACES FORM 10.101
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25 April 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT : "A Need to Know"
1. You asked me to review the Agency film "A Need To Know"
because you were concerned that continuing to show it to non-Agency
audiences, especially during the period of the investi ations,
might be counterproductive. I have done so, as has
f OCI. We agree that the film should be s e ve , a' eas
unti t e hearings are concluded.
2. As you know, considerable portions are obsolete: ONE is
gone; the NIS is gone; and so are Messrs. Helms, Smith, Godfrey, etc.
And, of course, a great many other very significant changes that have
occurred in the past few years are not reflected.
3. Of greater concern are many scenes and statements that in
the current context are unfortunate (and in some cases patently un-
truthful). To mention a few:
-- The two sequences featuring former President
Nixon. These inevitably remind the viewer of alle-
gations that the Agency was involved in Watergate.
In one scene, President Nixon describes the Agency as
a necessary adjunct to the "presidency."
-- There is lavish praise for Allen Dulles. Not
to belittle his contributions, he may be remembered
by some as the fellow who allegedly said he would lie
to anyone but the President if the situation demanded
it.
-- References in one or more places to stopping
the export of Communist revolution to Latin America.
This cannot help but call attention to the Chile
controversy.
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--An unqualified statement by the narrator,
pointing to a map of the US for emphasis, that the
Agency's responsibilities stop at the water's edge,
and that the only counter-intelligence work that we
undertake is in foreign areas.
-- Another statement by the narrator that the
Agency neither confirms nor denies allegations made
against it, but that this policy poses no danger be-
cause Agency people are so trustworthy.
-- A statement that we are carefully controlled
by the executive (PFIAB) and legislative branches.
This might be greeted with considerable skepticism.
-- Concluding remarks by the narrator to the
effect that he hasn't told the audience everything,
but that if he told more he would diminish the Agency's
ability to support national security. This statement
is followed by assurances that officials who need to
know what the Agency is up to do know.
4. I understand a rough editing job has been done on one copy
of the film and that there is a version some 17 minutes long that ex-
cludes many of the items that are obsolete or untrue. I have not seen
this version. I am confident, however, that what would be left after
deleting all the hair-raising portions would be a film that rather
obviously avoids all mention of clandestinity --- particularly covert
action - and is deafeningly silent on the subject of domestic ac-
tivities. It would surely be taken as a feeble PR job by a beleaguered
Agency. The net impact on all but the most sympathetic audiences is
bound to be negative.
5. 'Finally, you may recall that one of recent STATINTL
sessions with high school students, featuring ' ee to Know , did
not go as well as a similar session without the film.
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