DRAFT DCID ON COMPARTMENTATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82M00591R000100090030-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: November 16, 1977
• Content Type: NOTES

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P82M00591 R0001 00090030-0
Approved For Release 200V'RET
16 November 1977
NOTE FOR:
uffice o o icy and Planning
c lrman, security Committee
SUBJECT: Draft DCID on Compartmentation
1. Your memorandum of 15 November 1977 for BG Atkeson relayed
Mr. McMahon's suggestion that we contact Sayre Stevens to determine his
views on our draft DCID on compartmentation. We called
.about this, and he called us back after discussing the matter with
Sayre--with the following results. Sayre tasked the NRO, NSA, and CIA
members of his group to examine what their organizations are presently
compartmenting with a view towards some decompartmentation, and
development of criteria for each of their organizations on what should
and should not thenceforth be compartmented. reports
that he and Sayre believe this effort does not bear directly on the
central issues raised by the draft DCID--namely, what should be the
overall DCI policy on use of compartmentation,and whether there should
be a single focal point supporting the DCI in bringing together the
various considerations bearing on protection and use of sensitive infor-
mation. The last issue is still unresolved. The near-to-completion
Executive Order on security classification is expected to contain a
section on compartmentation which will require personal DCI approval of
all existing and new compartments, after consideration of the balance
between needs for protection and use. That requirement seems to argue
that the DCI should have a single focal point to consolidate for his
consideration the frequently different claims of the collectors and the
consumers.
2. Unless advised to the contrary, we presume this obviates the
need for writing to Sayre and will satisfy Mr. McMahon's concerns..
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