RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE DD/I AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R003100260001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 24, 1962
• Content Type: MF

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1. This errmoraandu contains a recorrunaendation in p
grail d f ,r ? as t_ r it proposes dtsapprovaL of recommendka-
tl n in reference and suggests an alternative .
in roference, ; he /I recornmenes a oroscfer diss*fn-
T to the outside world. tie fdentiti*s three
i audiences which would 00 appreciative jai* larger volume j
tion: tho Oroduction elements
1 contacts Britain the acadae.:akic
learned societies of the kind encountered in true recently
executed " 13 Universities" program; anti t e press torouga tao in-
vcaivet-nont of tae now Assistant to the iir*etor, Mr. taraetian.
3. T aroug t tue years, the Agency .ads : ld fast to tae
t eentation and strict adherence to the mead-to-# OW
rmstion about the U/I area and possibly Certatn corn-
"y last year thlie policy was firmly reinforced b
issuance of subject: `=Personal
and can continue to do so in the future. The underlying rationale
urity; ompartmentation'. This policy as ssrrred the Agency
&s always been to avoid Publicity pertaining to intelligence, either
factual or fictional, or related to programs sad functions of this
ency or any intelligence agency. The Agency's body of relevant
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3R.ael+easo of Information About tie UL-4 I Area
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reaul*tory suanceee was carefully c natructeed wit
n B ind . -tAa area of feref n releases is covered by
affords considerable latitude to the Deputy i)irect
oalculating the "not advantage'; of *&c release. ee
i disclosures by employees in their private capacittiev
of official data, *Ad others deal vrith the broad
releases to public Information media care
4. The deputy rector for latelligence, in reference,
pro mating an increased flew of information under the existing
regulations. 'W'hile undoubtedly there are receptive. If not down-
rig:;zt eager, audiences for more Information, the need and advantage
of such an increment of flow is diff`icult to grasp from the ar
presented. Issuing a blank check of this kind seeemee unnecees-
ary and dangerous . :ach specific information release from CIA
:ould be meaningful and have a specific goal. Lach release should
not advantage to CIA v ch is concrete and, if not act fly'
y prospectivees. The composite of
provides a workable and fleejdble syetom, wbic
eleeases of thee proper .kind.
certainly beyond debate .
The effectiv n *i of this Pr*04-at system is that it Pro-
vides checks and balances and makes releases an organizational
matter rather than an individual concern. This is important be-
cause each Item released pertaining to the operations of G:IA adds
to the fund of such knowledge in the public domain. The article
taut 1'antaitic Eye in, the sky" by Howard Simons (waashi on Post,
ustratees how an amalgam of many overt and
y innocuous items can be blended into a very
nothing operating in the Agency today to pre-
vent or even discourage operating cornp easta from develo
wile special programs with information release implications and
working out a satisfactory and secure approach to the potential re-
leasees. 3uctz pro ran=s have been handled on a case-by-case basis
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in the past with the c 'a% on of. tip Office of Security. This
was done in the 11iOO n e i eevr~ rograrn with apparently good
results.
7. In regard to relations with the public information
media, this office is not opposed to progress nor in it resolutely
against change. What is felt is that any new approach that is. con-
sidered regarding publicity and public relations should be carefully
plotted and shaped through the interaction of the Assistant to the
Director and the Office of Security.
8. It is recommended that: (1) no change in Agency pphiios-
ophy or practices regarding information releases be sanctioned at
this time; (2) a greater information outflow from. CIA be discouraged;
(3) a very strict net advantage criteria for information release be
reaffirm'd at the highest level in the Agency.
It. L. Bannerman
Director of Security
The recommendation in paragraph 8. is approved.
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Mar shall S. Carter
Lieutenant General, USA
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
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27 November 198
FOR: Deputy Director of Central. Intelligence
Release of information about the DD/1 Area
1. paragraph 5 below contains a recommendation for your
approval
2. A number of recent incidents have brought me to
believe that it would be wise to reexamine the security
atmosphere in which we have been regarding outside discus-
sion of and publicity with respect to the DD/I side of CIA.
There has of course been a certain amount of information
in the public press about DD/I functions, the estimating
responsibilities for instance, but it has been spotty and
stems from no co on understanding as to what we should any
and what we should not.
3./
a con, unction with the recent 1 0 Universities"
recruitment effort I spoke to a dinner group at Harvard
and was impressed with the lack of information these senior
academic officials had about the overt side of our business
and how grateful they were to hear about our general functions
and personnel needs. A similar reaction was received by
almost all the other participants in the "100 Universities"
program, I understand.
4. Incidents such as the above lead me to believe that
there is a useful result to be obtained from wider discussion
with selected outsiders about my side of the Agency. It is
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good public relations and doe. t in general
terms, violate any necessary security stssd. Such
discussion May, in fact, be helpful in that it remove
from people's minds the obviously wide-spread belief that
CIA is principally in the clandestine operations business
and does little else.
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5. 1 have discussed the above thoughts generally with
that he is in agreement. I would like,
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then, with your approval to be able to authorize broader
dissemination of information +about`the4DD/i arreaa (aandd also
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to be helpful to the Agency, such as in CO-B
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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
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