TRANSMITTAL OF SIGNIFICANT CABLE TRAFFIC TO DCI AND DD/P

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00499R000600040022-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: June 6, 1952
• Content Type: REGULATION

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Security Information
6 June 1952
SUBJECT: Transmittal of Significant Cable Traffic to DCI and DD/P
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1. Signal Center regularly sends copies of cables to the offices
of. the DCI and DI)/P In answer to their expressed requirements. Division.
Chiefs remain responsible. however, for bringing promptly to the attention
of. DCI and'DD/P any cable of unusual importance dealing with policy,
operations, administration, or intelligence (unless the cable itself
shows that distribution to them has already been made by Signal Center).
Of special. moment are cables about situations which may be the subject of
direct inquiry by high officials of the Government.
2; During office hours the Division Chief, or a designated repre-
sentative, will maintain a constant review of cables for this purpose.
Such review should be performed Immediately upon receipt of cables in
the Division office, preferably before they are logged. This is espec-
ially important at the first morning; d.elivery, which includes all over-
night cables.
3. During non--office hours, the OSO Duty Officer will note any
le will bring
message which he believes falls within the above category. IT
it to the attention of the office of the Area Division concerned by tele-
phone (giving the IN number) just before he goes off duty at 0830.
(Cables requiring immediate 'Division action will. be referred by tele-
phone to the Division on-ca11 officer, as prescribed in the Duty Officer's
manual.]
4. A courier provided by Signal Center will leave the Signal
Center at 0330 daily (except Sunday) to deliver to the office of the DCI
and DD/P copies of all. preliminary disseminations which have been made
during the preceding 24 hours.
FOR TILE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS:
Chef , Administration
Tistribution l o. 2
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MSG DATE : It Nov. 52
"LET ME SAVE YOUR OVERWORKED CODE CLERKS SOME TIME. MESSAGES
ADDRESSED TO ME WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO TO DULLES AND TO ALL OTHERS
DIRECTLY INTERESTED. THOSE EMANATING FROM YOU AN AUMED HERE TO
REPRESENT THE OPINIONS OF YOUR STAFF INCLUDING
ET AL. IF LATTER ASSUMPTION INCORRECT, PLEASE INFORM. OTHERWISE
SUGGEST YOU CONFORM TO CABLE INSTRUCTIONS YOU HAVE RECEIVED."
This cable was signed by General Smith
SECRET
SFCl1RITY INFORMATION
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was also given for Senior Field Officials to exchange person
to person cables but a Senior Field Official was prohibited
from addressing such cables to any individual subordinate to
another Senior Field Official. The final provision charged
Senior Field Officials with responsibility for establishing
policies governing person to person cables within their own
commands.completed the coordination of the
proposed regulation during September and with approval of
the DD/A it was pbulished on 28 October 1952 as CIA Regu-
lation Numbe~the DD/P approved the field version and
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it was published as
November 1953.
General Smith was displeased with cables addressed
for his personal attention only, and in one such instance
his cabled response was caustic:
LET ME SAVE YOUR OVERWORKED CODE
CLERKS SOME TIME. MESSAGES ADDRESSED
TO ME AUTOMATICALLY GO TO DULLES AND
TO ALL OTHERS DIRECTLY INTERESTED.
THOSE EMANATING FROM YOU ARE ASSUMED
HERE TO REPRESENT THE OPINIONS OF YOUR
STAFF INCLUDING . . . . . . . . IF LATTER
ASSUMPTION INCORRECT, PLEASE INFORM.
OTHERWISE SUGGEST YOU CONFORM TO CABLE
INSTRUCTIONS YOU HAVE RECEIVED. L /
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr.
I find I've goof 'd in
i
us
ng the cable
quoted on this page
I lo
k
a
is an added
new subject paragraph at the
cable to end Of Top Secret
.
o
ed it up in our
microfilm file and find th
t it
jaMur'-fftuation which was c ass Pi properly
ed TOP SECRET. you released the cable.
Question is - should I delet
th
e
e quoted
portion from our histor
y, or would you prefer
to downgrade the extract to SECRET?
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