USE OF ORCON ON DO REPORTING - 15 NOVEMBER TO 15 DECEMBER 1975

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82M00591R000300120009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2004
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 18, 1975
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Secretary, USII3 Security Committee
SUBJECT Use of ORCON on DO Reporting - 15 November
to 15 December 1975
RE1 E4tENC} Memorandum for Holders-1, USIB-D-5. 1/42
from D/DCI/IC dated 13 November 1975
1. As a consequence of referent memorandum the Directorate
of Operations advised its field stations on 17 November to
examine their use of the ORCON dissemination control to insure
that it is not used when it does not have to be. The stations
were also informed that the USII3 Security Committee would
review the use of ORCON within the intelligence community
during the period 15 November through 15 December 1975.
2. A review of Directorate of Operations in e_! ' c
information reports, exclusive of
reports, for the period 15 November. through 15 December shows
that the O 4CON control appeared on 621 reports which consti-
tuted 44.16%0 the total for the period. During a three
week period immediately after BCID 1/7 went into effect on
5 October 1975, ORCON appeared on 47.5% of the Directorate of
Operations reports.
3. For purposes of comparison with controls used on
Directorate of Operations reports prior to the promulgation
of the current DCID 1/7 it should be noted that during FY 75
the control NO DISSEM ABROAD appeared on 49.3% of all reports
disseminated.
4. The Directorate of Operations is fully aware that
the use of OR.CON on its reports inhibits the r edi;;,eminatl.cl:s
of the information in intelligence community publications and
for this reason will continue to monitor carefully the use of
the control. It should also be pointed out that the Dir. ector-
ate makes every effort to ensure that those who must receive
the information, both in the U. S. and abroad, have direct
a
s
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to the OnCON-?contr. ollod reports themselves..
` Eloise R Page
Chief, Operations Staff
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