NOTE TO: MR. J. J. HITCHCOCK(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R001700030107-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2004
• Sequence Number: 107
• Publication Date: April 12, 1978
• Content Type: FORM

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Office of Legislative Counsel
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Mr. J. J. Hitchcock
State Department
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Attached per your request
is a copy of the Memorandum of Understandin
negotiated with the Senate Foreign Relation
Subcommittee on International Operations.
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Acting Ch-1-ef
Coordination and Review Staff
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 Approved Forease 2004/12/22: CIA-R4p?81 MOO 17000301 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
1. The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and the Chairman of the
Subcommittee on International Operations of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee are prepared to cooperate fully in the investigation which is to be
conducted by the Subcommittee on International Operations (Subcommittee).
2. The DCI will provide access to classified information relevant
to the Subcommittee's mandate, to an extent consistent with his respon-
sibility to protect intelligence sources and methods. Such information
will be appropriately sanitized, including excising if necessary, to assure
the protection of intelligence sources and methods.
3. All Subcommittee requests for information will be in writing.
In the interest of timely response, preliminary telephone or other oral
requests will be accepted, but no information can be made available
until a written request is received by the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA). The CIA element which the Director has designated to conduct
liaison with the Subcommittee is the Office of Legislative Counsel. Requests
from the Subcommittee staff will be directed to this Office exclusively.
4. Access by Subcommittee personnel to any material which has been
designated for protection from unauthorized disclosure by the Director of
Central Intelligence will be granted only on the basis of a security clear-
ance which meets standards set by the DCI. Prior to being granted such
access, each of the designated Subcommittee employees will execute a
nondisclosure agreement which is acceptable to both the Chairman and
the DCI, and a copy of the agreement will be made available to the DCI.
5. Documentary materials to which access is granted will normally be
reviewed on CIA premises. Requests for the temporary removal of documents
or materials will be considered on a case-by-case basis. If approval is
granted to remove materials from CIA premises, such materials must be
returned at the close of the work day on which they are made available.
Arrangements must be made for CIA couriers to deliver the materials to the
Subcommittee and return them each evening.
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6. Notes taken by Subcommittee personnel are subject to review and sani-
tization. Sanitized notes may be stored at a location designated by the Subcom-
mittee, during the investigation, provided the storage facility is approved by the
7. Security personnel of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will
ensure proper protection and control of all materials which have been desig-
nated by the DCI for protection from unauthorized disclosure, while such
materials are in the custody of the Subcommittee.
8. At the close of the investigation, any documentary material made avail-
able by the DCI which may still be in the custody of the Subcommittee will be
returned to the DCI. Notes and other materials generated by the Subcommittee
will be held in storage in the Office of Classified National Security Information
of the Congress.
9. Interviews with current CIA employees, including the taking
of sworn statements, will be conducted on CIA premises, or at other locations
as the DCI may authorize. A copy of any transcript of these interviews will.
be made available to the DCI.
10. In view of the fact that certain ex-employees would be placed in
jeopardy by sudden and unexpected disclosure of their past affiliation with
the CIA, the Subcommittee will, except in extraordinary circumstances,
give the DCI an opportunity to advise it concerning the circumstances of
each ex-employee the Subcommittee may wish to interview, before contacting
the ex-employee. The DCI's representative will make a good faith effort to
locate and notify ex-employees of the CIA who may become involved in the
Committee's investigation.
11. The Subcommittee will notify the DCI in writing of its desire to
disclose, in any manner, any information that is designated by the DCI for
protection from unauthorized disclosure. Such notification will be provided
both for disclosures which would constitute an official Subcommittee action,
and those which are contemplated pursuant to the nondisclosure agreement
. which is to be executed by the staff personnel who are to be granted access
to such information. If within ten working days the Subcommittee does not
receive a letter from the DCI objecting to the proposed disclosure and stating
the reasons for the objection, the Subcommittee may disclose the information.
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If the DCI gives the Subcommittee written notification of his objection within
ten working days, the DCI and the Chairman will each appoint one representa-
tive to meet and attempt to resolve the issues concerning disclosure. Any
remaining issues concerning disclosure which cannot be resolved by these
representatives must be resolved by the DCI and the Chairman, who will
attempt in good faith to resolve these issues, during which time no public
disclosure shall be made.
Director of C fral Intelligence Chairman, ubcommittee on Inter-
national Operations
1 December 1977
Date
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