PREPARATION OF BRIEFING BOOKS FOR THE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTORS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83T00573R000600010027-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 2001
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: May 12, 1977
• Content Type: NOTES

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Pr eoaration of Briefing Books for the Director and 7)(_:p ty
D-r:.ctors
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1. As a general rule, we should not report in the briefing
book on items which will be. presented =to then separately, such
as minutes of the Morning Meeting, intelligence publications,
correspondence, cables, etc.
2. l e should include a brief, concise, up-to-the-rminute
statement about significant things that have happened during their
absence about which they should be made aware as prompt promptly as
possible. Normally, if we refer to correspondence, it shoul& be
exceptions. Some events may not lend themselves toyadequate
core ray
in the briefing book. In this case, it might be
desirable: to include enough to alert them and follow up with a.
fuller briefing at their earliest [cnnlven-i ence nr subm i t-
-4lle Jueumo_Caaaum. -trivia or routine things about which
have no need to learn promptly, if at all, should not be
included. .
3; --As to format, the briefing book will include exactly
what is. served up. In order that the total package may have some
uniformity, material should be prepared, on 8 x 10-I-/2 paper _
Suitable for insertion in a three-ring looseleaf notebook..
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