AGENDA FOR FIRST MEETING OF IRC WORKING GROUP

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• Publication Date: May 8, 1978
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SUBJECT : Agenda for First Meeting of IkC Working Group
REFERENCE . Multiple addressee memorandum from John F. Blake
dated 10 April 1978, Subject: Procedures Governing
Release of CIA Information to the Public
1. The final report of the Agency Working Group to Study Release
of CIA Information to the Public recommended the establishment of a
"sub-IRC," composed of senior staff officers representing the members
of the IRC, the General Counsel, the Legislative Council and the
Director of Public Affairs. The report stipulated that "this group
should meet regularly and its members should be tasked to communicate
to their components information resulting from these meetings. Among
other things, this group should address on a regular basis the possible
impact on CIA by FOIA/PA releases of other Government agencies,"
2. In reference the DDA requested the designation of merribes of
an IRC Working Group, which he described as follows:
"I see this group as providing a _for-forin which policy
questions concerning information release can be staffed
.out and in many cases resolved without directly involving
the senior managers who comprise the IRC. Obviously,
policy differences which cannot be resolved by the Work-
ing Group can and should he referred to the IRC: for
resolution."
3. The following officers have been named members of the TRC
Working Group:
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4. I would like to hold our first meeting at 3 p.m. on 11 May in
7D-32. Attached is an agenda and some background information on certain
of the agenda items. For this and all subsequent meetings your >ugges-
tions for the agenda will be welcome.
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INFORMATION REVIEW COMMITTEE
WORKING GROUP
AGENDA
11 MAY 1978
A. -C 'WORKING ;::;OUP CHARTER
D. CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS (BACKGROUND AT TAB A)
C. FOIA BACKLASH (BACKGROUND AT TAB B)
D. REQUESTS FROM CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES OF''
ASSOCIATES (BACKGROUND AT lAB C)
E. DISCUSSION OF FOI/PA SYMPOSIUM AND "RAP" SESSIONS
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J)DA 78-1772
?6 April 1978
MEMORANDUM 7C R: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: John F. )1 ake
Deputy C rector for Administration
SUBJECT: C?assif ca~zon Standards
REFERENCE: Men-n etc 21 Apr 78 to DDCI fr C/CCS, subj:
Classification of Snepp Book Disclosures
1? I memorandum on classification raises a
good point and I agree that a review of these matters is needed.
One forum we might use is the Information Review Committee (IRC),
or more precisely the newly-established IRC Working Group, which
includes senior representatives of NFAC, DDA, DDO, DDS&T, PAO, OCC,
and OLC. I have asked that this question be placed on the agenda
for the first meeting of the new Working Group to be held early in
May.
2. The new Executive order on national security information,
replacing E.O. 11652, is in final draft stage and should be issued
soon, with an effective date of 1 October. The order contains
classification criteria and requires each Agency with cl ass i i=i cai on
authority to promulgate "guidelines for security classification that
will facilitate the identification and uniform classification of
information requiring protection." Whatever we do at this time -1:6
clarify our concepts on classification should be designed to hell-;us
meet our responsibilities under the new order-
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central. Intelligence
Chairman, Snepp oo k Working Group
Classification Of Snepp Book
Disclosures
Il Apr 78, Saicte Su iec
The attached memorandum from
although addressing the specific case of
material in the Snepp book, deals with a problem o.f=
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The lack of consensus in the Agency
as to what is and what is not classified
and its increasing adverse impact on the
future effectiveness of the Clandestine
Service.
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2. It seems utterly incongruous that the President
as reported by John McMahon la.st Wednesday ?- is most .
anxious to protect methods and sources of the Clandestine
Service and we seem to have greater and greater difficul-Ly
in deciding what material requires protection throlacrh.
continued classification. A review of these matters
at the Agency level and implementation of remedial actions
are very r - e.ed .
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant for Information, DDA
v ie n orma ion and Privacy Staff
SUBJECT : Proposal for Sub-IRC Discussion
Wit the increased frequency and complexity of requests
emanating from current and former associates under a variety
of cover situations and relationships with the Agency, I
believe we should establish some general guidelines in the
release of information to these requesters. Following is
proposed as a discussion paper which you may wish to present
to the newly established sub-I.RC. As a starting point, I
have classified Agency relationships into four categories,
with suggested responses for each, keeping in mind that any
grouping can still have its exceptions.
Category-A:
Current employees or associates, former employees or
associates who are witting and have signed a secrecy agreement
and who are currently under cover, retired under cover, or were
previously under cover and where intelligence sources and methods
require continued protection of that cover.
RESPONSE: Current employees will be provided the oppor-
tunity of a review of their file within the Agency in accord-
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to CIA association cou be made avaz able to employees via
classified transmittal and storage. Any use of this infor-
mation by the employee in the public domain for legal or other
purposes will be subject to security and cover approval and
arrangements.
Previous associates and "blocked" former employees who
have filed an overt Privacy Act or Freedom of Information Act
request regarding their relationship with CIA will be advised
that we "can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any
records relevant to your request." If the matter needs further
attention, the requester will be advised to establish a dialogue
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with the Agency via classified channels at Headquarters or
via a field representative,
Category B
Current employees or associates or previous employees
or associates who at one time were under cover but are now
either overt or who retired as overt CIA employees.
RESPONSE: A release of all accessible FOIA/PA material
will be made, assuring that any documents that reflect a
previous cover arrangement are not released to the individual
or put into the public domain..
Category C?
Confidential contacts or associates where the confiden-
tiality of the Agency relationship is for the privacy and
convenience of the contact and the association does not in-
volve sensitive intelligence sources and methods,
RESPONSE: If it is understood in. the form of the request
or subsequent communications with the contact that the person
would prefer the release of available documents directly to
himself, despite the implied confidentiality, then all available
FOIA/PA information would be released. Any subsequent release
of this information into the public sector would be at the
discretion of the contact.
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Category D:
Unwitting associates or agents where continued protection
of that source or of that intelligence method is required.
RESPONSE: Requesters under the Privacy Act will be
notified that "Pursuant to our regulations promulgated in
the Federal Register, the Agency conducted a search of its
files and has determined that there is no record which is
available to you."
Under the Freedom of Information Act, the requester will
be advised that the fact of any relationship with the CIA can
neither be confirmed nor denied on the basis of (b)(1) and (b)
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