TRAVEL OF CIA EMPLOYEESTO THE USSR AND TO EAST EUROPE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83B00823R000600130002-6
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 28, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 24, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Security Support Division
SUBJECT Travel of CIA Employees to the USSR
and to East Europe
REFERENCE Soviet Bloc Division Memo dtd
17 May 74, Same Subject
1. The thrust of referrent is primarily directed
to non-official or private personal travel performed by
Agency employees to the Soviet Bloc and East Europe area.
It contains a practical set of.guidelines which appear
to be entirely reasonable and should be acceptable for
adoption Agency wide. The guidance offered would be
applicable in most private travel situations for which
an employee is seeking approval.
2. It is to be noted that in paragraph #4 of the
attachment to referrent, mention. is made of (a) ascertaining,
probably from the FBI, if a situation exists for. Soviet
retaliation and (b) disapproving requests for private
travel to the Soviet Bloc of employees born there or having
close relatives in that area. With regard to the former,
it would be particularly helpful if EAB could be directly
informed should it become a Branch responsibility to monitor
these situations. Would this information flow from CI
Staff or directly from C/OPS/PSI? Obviously it would be
useful in EAB's security assessment of an individual's
request. Although the Office probably should favor dis-
approval on ethnic grounds, sufficient circumspection
needs be exercised in rendering such determinations unless
we are assured this will be adopted as a hard and fast
rule.
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3. It is recommended that the Office of Security
concur in the guidelines proposed by Soviet Bloc Division
for use in reviewing travel requests.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Office of Security
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eputy Director for Personnel Security
and Investigations;
Travel of CIA Employees to the USSR and
Eastern Europe
We have recently studied this topic within SB Division
and have prepared a guidance paper for our internal use in
reviewing travel requests for approval. To ensure we are
in step with the Office of Security, we would appreciate
your comment and concurrence with our approach, assuming
we have not overlooked any significant considerations.
Attachment:
Guidance Paper, H/W
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17 May 1974
SUBJECT: Travel by CIA Employees to the USSR and Eastern
Europe
1. This memorandum discusses travel of Agency employees
into the USSR and Eastern Europe (EE) countries, and includes
guidelines for review of such requests. These have been re-
viewed by and have the concurrence of SB/IO, SB/SI and SB/SO.
2. Background: With detente, growing numbers of Agency
employees and ependents desire to take advantage of chances
to travel to the USSR and EE. There is also increasing interest
by some Agency elements to sponsor and pay for such travel as
area familiarization and orientation. The risks involved have
long been recognized and therefore, such travel has not only
been regulated, but generally discouraged. However, provided
we adhere to careful review and briefing procedures, there is
no general reason not to permit some increase in such employee
travel. At the same time we should not encourage or stimulate
private travel by employees, and see no need to circulate or
issue new guidance on Bloc travel within the Agency.
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