SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF NSCID NO. 12

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 17, 1953
• Content Type: MF

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17 December (1953
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director (Intelligence :
SUBJECT: Security Classification of
1SUID No. 1Z
1. The NSC Secretariat having approached ;IA (per
Mr. Bundy) on this problem, OIC has developed the attached
approach to the IAC and will carry through with it, if you
approve.
d Q. i{ ER
siatant Director
I elligence Coordination
Deputy Director (Intelligence)
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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
NSCIDs ON SECURITY OF INFORMATION AND
AVOIDANCE OF PUBLICITY
(NSCIDs 11 and 12)
1. The staff study attached as Tab A has been devel.pee
to achieve a DCI recommendation to the NSC respecting suor-
ject directives.
2. Subject directives were created with IAC concurrence-
In order that the IAC participate similarly in the present p obler:z,
it is requested that each agency designate a representative to
discuss Tab A at a meeting in
CIA, on
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NSCIDs ON SECURITY OF INFORMATION AND
AVOIDANCE OF PUBLICITY
(NSCIDs 11 and 12)
1. Problem: To recommend to the NSG what action it sloulc
take respecting NSCID No. 12, which is classified "Restricted,' noiv
an unauthorized classification under Executive Order 10501, eff~cti"e
15 December 1953.
2. Facts Bearing on the Problem:
a. NSCID-12 (and its accompanying letter to the Herds
of Executive Department and Establishments*) were level pe(
by the IAC pursuant to recommendation No. 7 of NSA,-50, as
was NSCID-11.
b. Proposed NSCID-12 was transmitted to the NSC by
DCI memorandum of 16 August 1949, -which stated in part
"It is further suggested., with the unanimous concurrence -xt
the IAC, that this NSCID if issued should be declassified to
"Restricted. "
*The January 6, 1950, letter from Executive Secretary, 4SC,
was originally classified "Restricted." In the book assembled or
the incoming administration as part of "Project Victor" it was
reprinted as unclassified. It thus now appears in the Cownpilatton
of Intelligence Directives as unclassified. Whether or not it h. s
ever officially been declassified, it now should be, regardless -)f
action taken respecting NSCID-1Z.
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3. Discussion: The NSC Secretariat, recognizing the cesira.
bility, in the light of E.O. 10501, of reexamining NSC intelligence
directives classified "Restricted" has asked CIA's recommendation
to NSCID-12, the only such directive so classified. CIA's cla? sifi-io
tion recommendations are limited to suggesting an upgrading to
"Confidential" or a downgrading to unclassified. The rescissi.-)n
of NSCID-12 and revision of NSCID-11 to include the material in
NSCID-12 is a possible alternative.
4. Conclusions:
a. The category "Confidential" by E.O. 10501, is
authorized "only for defense information or material, the
unauthorized disclosure of which could be prejudicial to
the defense interest of the nation." NSCID-12 is not such
defense information or material. It is rather instruction,d.l
matter of a general policy type, comparable to the introduc-
tory considerations in E.O. 10501. Therefore, if retain*-t,
NSCID-12 should be unclassified.
b. NSCIDs 11 and 12 were originally incorporated in
one draft proposed directive. Separate treatment of these
related matters was ultimately proposed because of a belief
that NSC-50 required separate directives on these subjecti.
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In fact NSCID-12 is but an extension of NSCID-11, as the Jar,uarv
6, 1950 letter to Department heads is an extension of NSCID -12.
Accordingly, it would be feasible to rescind NSCID-12 and currently revise NSCID-1 i (Secret) by adding, as paragraphs 5 e,n17-
paragraphs 1 and 3 of NSCID-12.
5, Recommendation: That the DCI recommend to th- NSC.
the rescission of NSCID-1;a and revision of NSCID-11.
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