NATIONAL DECEPTION OPERATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R001203000005-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 28, 1980
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE WHIT.- HOUSE
THE. SECRETARY OF STATE
.THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
THE.-DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
SECRET
WASHINGTON
80-6557
NCS REVIEW COMPLETED;
MEMORANDUM FOR:
February 28, 1980
the attainment of ' Z S -objectives. Based upon those recommendations,
the President has determined that the following activities
should be :undertake? _ (S)
of _ decepZ. on.. judiciously applied can be a vital element in
-agent operations as separate from national deception activities.
.National--level guidance governing double agent operations
has been subsequently adopted by the SCC(CI). Staff elements
of the SCC have studied the circumstances and problems
concerning U.S..-national deception operations. The principles
ational_ Deception-..Operations (C)
Assistant to the President for National
.-Security Affairs memorandum dated
January 12,. 1977, subject: Double
Agent and Deception Operations
.'On March 1, 1978, the Special Coordination. Committee (Counter-
intelligence) agreed that the referenced memorandum should
be superseded by-new-NSC guidance which would treat double
1. _. Policy __guidance, approval and annual review of all
national deception will be provided by the Special
.Coordination Committee, composed of. the Assistant
to the- President for National Security Affairs
_,,- Cha =ant, the Secretary of State, the Secretary
of De?ense, the Attorney General and the Director
of Cem al Intelligence. Heads of other agencies
~-will.be -in attendance when proposed activities
,coning under their purview are under review or
when their assets or'expertise can be used in
support of national deception activities- The SCC
shall have no approval authority under this mermorandum
.as to any activities that require review or approval
.in-accordance with other laws, executive orders or
Presidential'directives. (S)
2. A Special Working Group consisting of representatives
of the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense,
.Director of Central Intelligence, and Chairman,
Joint Chiefs -of Staff,- plus augmentation by other
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agencies as required, will be established. The Special
Working Group will be responsible. for (a) developing.
procedures for the review and coordination of national
deception concepts, plans and for providing proposed
activities-to the SCC for approval; and (b) making
recommendations to the SCC on plans, proposals and
concepts (S)
There will be a Joint Secretariat established composed
-or:\tione representative from the Secretary of Defense and,
one from the Director of Central Intclligence.'The
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Joint Secretariat. will be responsible for maintaining
central records; receiving and reviewing all proposals,
plans and concepts before submission to the Special
-110;king-Group;. accomplishing necessary coordination;
and recommending disposition to the Special Working.
:Group. - The Secretariat must bring' each proposal, plan
or concept-- received by it to the Special Working Group
for action by the latter. The Secretariat will be
responsible for establishing security procedures and
main taining.security_controls over all these matters.
National deception proposals, plans or concepts ma, be -
developed by any Government department or agency;
however-, each must be forwarded to the Secretariat for
the- required review and approval in accordance with the
procedures- described above. (S)
Depa=tments'and agencies conducting authorized national
deception operations will provide status reports on
these--activities to the Secretariat for annual review
by the: -SCC.. The first such report will be due on March
The National Security Council Intelligence Directive of
-August. 15:,. 1950 entitled "Controlled Foreign Agents" is
cancelled. In.addition, in view of this statement of
-poliicy,-the related Assistant to the President for
ati anal Security Affairs memorandu-z . of July 6, 1976,
subject=.. :Revision of NSCID's, is also cancelled. (S)
?Zbigniew Brzezinski
cc: The Attorney General-
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
:Director, National Security Agency
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