QUESTIONABLE JPRS CONTRACTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00714R000100220006-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 28, 1998
• Content Type: MF

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April 1976
U RANOWIM POR; ne ,uty Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT Questionable JPRS Contracts
REFERENCE. DOl. Statement of Policy on CIA Relatio
with Newsmen and Churchmen, dtd 11 Feb 7
1. This r emorakndu requests your concurrence
continued SPRcontractual relationships with a priest
nun and a former newsman.
2. Referenced DCI Statement of Policy rrohihits CT&
contractual ties with re:bers of the American press and
secret contractual relationships with rner-bers of ths- cler
JPR, in fact, presents unique problems with regard to th
policy Statement. There are presently song 650 active JP
independent contractors -- paid by the 1,00 words for trans-
lations porforned off>prer i.ses. All are witting of the M11,5-
affiliation with C1Af so that none of the contract relationsh
can be construed as being 'Isecret,' taut a painstaking search
would be required to
has connections wit
be no assurance
established subsequo
or will not be
3. We do knob
contracts with the
have been contracted to do unclassified transl
about Agency
ontractor
from Arabic and. Portuguese, respectively, hot' l :ror-
taut languages at this ti-It.
confirm.- that none of these contractors
thee news nedia. Even then, there would
b links with the press have not
to the signing of their contract wi
in the future.
?PRS has inderendont translator
There is nothing "secret-,
v+o vcment in these relationships.
advised in advance of sil
is , iirectly asso and
nteliise~ ce Agency.- and
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4. JP .S is-&-l-so In the .access of arranging an ed 1tin
contract with a has STAT
.ed for the C uc .n tt. POST, the as n on ,. , the
York SUNDAY ORI.JJ njx.d \BC, as well as the State PepQ rt-
USIA and the Vepart ent of Commerce. Ye has state
VOA
t
,
,
that he has not beck an accredited member of the rases for
the past 15 years.
S. It is our ositiort that these con
relationships do not violate the tervis of the Director's
Statevent of policy and therefore ray continue
force.
STAT
Director
foreign Broadcast inforation Service
CONCUR:
,rr^Tbtrliien
ina1 1 J3I ,
return to PETS
1DI
S - Retained in PITS
- cf ba A&(;T S11 P
Apr 76)
1 - C/JPRC
2 - Q/lair/FBIS
2 - EPI PS
1 - FBIS Exec Registry
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STAT
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