STAFF STUDY ON THE THIRD AGENCY RULE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01087A000900120015-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2001
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: February 23, 1956
• Content Type: MF

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Staff Stud; ?yn the ~~i.3x~cZ Alcaury ~.ulQ
,~. ~;:.eir_"~ify ~.aatc3rnal 3~.C prractice :I.n the diasom~ation and reproductio~i
_?~~` rl~ssa.~'iod 3x~foxr.~a.t~.on by other than oriil;;inatin?; a~encie~s to as~~a'e
r; ~.:t'c:c?Uiv~ s.xpport of inte:Ll3.gence research and opera?~i.ons.
?z'!'"`~, B~A.~Z~1ICz OiI s'I~ I'r20.~3;~s~fs
a~a~cut~.ire t?x~dor ~1C~OY, Secto ?s par (c) L1r~3.ts rocoivzxz sL~Qncy
~:?Yoxo~lu,etion and disse~~tion of classified ~.nfor.:~a~tion aLo followss
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"Inforr~.tion Or:i.~inat~.n~ in another I3epa?~nt or A~encya
except as othex~.rise provided by section 102 of the 2latiana:L
Security Act of Jix1y 26, 19P~7s cv 3~,3s 61 State 1.989 as
sxnended, s0 U.S.C, sec. 1t43,~ classified defense informatio::~
ora.CinatinC 3n ,9atother department or tt~;ency shall. not bo
disseminated autsidc~ td~e receiving agency ~ri.tiloui, the cons~snt
of t1?u; oriCinmi:ir~" department ar a~encyn Docuulents and
i~ateriml containing defense inforzaatlan tahich ax^e: classifi~bd
fop Secret or Secret shall not be reproduced ~rithout the
consent of the ~ari~inatin~ depArtaaent or aCency.n
"~~:I~SCUSS~OT3 s
?~Consent of ?~he oriCii~.tin~ departrieut or agency" for -both disse~t3.on
and roproc~aaction is the Itey phrase in tI'ie ataovs order' and :fit seer~.s
3,i~ly that the crordin~ yams expz^essly designed ~~rith the ob;~ect of fo.~ci 1,.~
:t.it3rs~; - trhenever it should be desirak~le -the achi.everren~t of interagency
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Tt can provide, on rela.t3:vely short notice9 corsprehensive ].3.stni .~,s~aE
tt7~: titlQS of all documents dealing ~r1tl~ ,uU3ects specified as of in~F,erest
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the requestex?. 'I`lie CZi or other IArC ~rialyst who undc:rta~ses to ery~loy
this facility irnist first liiave proved his need to know and e:stablishe~i his
security accreditationo ~7nce tale product ir;
delivered, the CIA officer may request inspection or r~tentio t~f
every dacu~zLnt listed reCardless of source and accordinC tai his otm
deadline stipulations, The requester from another IAC Agency, howev~x9
r~,st return to his home d~~cument control system and requests access to
documents, as a rule, involving several or all of tree foLl.owinC measiues a
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request search of the system?s hard copy docw:~ent~files,
arranga for rect~.~. of copies of documents on loan. at the tjirle,
arrant far access to co;.lplete co ies (including all enclo~rures)
3.n action offices in tl;e case o rc tively current docu~~ents,
su z' ~iri~er ~..~>rary Loan requests for documents ;produced tn,~
other IAC agencies tahich have not been received., or, r,~or4:
ireque:ntly? not ~~. r~eser~red by his or~an3.zation,
arrtsnge to vis~`i; source aE encies to consult docur~nts of ~~k~ich
record co ori.J~ is available and for tirh` ch the atencies ta'i17.
nova o rex~roduction casts,
'fhe: not result of the nroc;css under these circu:.~tances is readily ps~edictedo
fihe ana],yst ? s deadline ~r3.71 have arrived long before the lass;
reference becoMes availaU3.e to hirin
f a The exchange of blanket authorizations to c?i.ssc:~iinatE: and reproduce ]AC
dc~cur~ents tirvuld not establish standards as to copy service or aliocat~.on
of cost, arton~; consumersa F'z?e~ur>>ably reciprocal service ar:ran~;erients~
1JCUld be practical tihere txaffic is heav,*, otheriaise tY:e requesting; agency
r.~.ght expect to beax? full. cost of servlcea
stn COIICLUSIQI?Ss
~-lodification of IAC pract3.ce re~;ard3.ng, the Third Agency ftul~~ is urgently
needed to insure reasonable access for intelligence officers to present
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FOR OFFTCIAI, USE C1NLY
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FC~;t C&'F'TCIAL USE OTJLY
and prospective IAC systems for cooperative indexir~9 storage and
retrieval of intelligence documentao
FiTC~I~~.TIDATI~td s
That the Ad ~ioc 5ubcoruniti~ee on Information Processing endorse an
a~reernent arwng the IA(~ agencies irhich tJil]. ,grant blanket consent to
authorized coraponenta of i;he intalli.gence agencies to disser.~inate and
reproduce IAC docurients to third (IAC) a~;enaies without the specific
approval of the originatir~ agenoyo
~m~ aFr,ICI.~ Use orazs
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