NEED FOR ADDITIONAL MARKINGS ON DOCUMENTS PROVIDED BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00674R000300080031-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 30, 2006
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: October 2, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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OCT 1878:
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT s Need for Additional Markings on Documents
Provided by Foreign Governments
1. The Markings Task Force working on the implementation of
E.O. 12065 addressed the need for the Agency to affix additional
markings to more clearly identify documents or information provided
by foreign governments and concluded that such markings are not
required.
2. It has just been brought to our attention, however, that
SECOM, in developing an Intelligence Community implementing order for
E.U. 12065, has taken the position that documents containing foreign
government information should be annotated with the marking "CONTAI)SS
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION" which may be abbreviated as "FGI" for
reference, data processing and communication purposes. The above
markings are to be used except in those instances where the fact of
foreign origin is so sensitive that it must be concealed from normal
recipients of the document. In these instances, the documents involved
should be marked as if they were wholly of U.S. origin. This position
is now being reviewed by the Markings Task Force and the final result
will probably be the adoption of the same or similar type of marking
for Agency documents in order that there should be compatibility on
this item.
3. Regarding the specific question raised by the British, both the
Markings Task Force and the Classification Review Group agrees that the
current "UK" markings used on the documents they provide as do adequately
identify their "foreign" origin. There was general agreement that
should the British or any other country choose to increase or expand on
the markings currently used on the documents they provide, an additional
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degree of protection might be afforded. This was based on the assumption
that with each additional or expanded marking, it should become more
unlikely that individuals handling such documents would overlook or not
recognize their foreign origin.
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PROPOSAL FOR
WAIVER FROM PORTIONAL MARKING REQUIREMENT
1. An ADP data base will be classified as an entity
using criteria in Section 1-3. All reports from a data base
will carry the same classification and be marked in accord-
ance with Section 1-501.. Text files containing paragraphs
that will be used in producing documents must be portionally
marked.
2. Computerized data bases contain data that range from
unclassified through Top Secret. The resources required to
portionally mark each data item, keep such a data element
current (the classification of the data changes with circum-
stanc), and to automatically classify reports based on the
classification of those data items is substantial. The cost
of doing this is not in the public interest.
3. Often data bases include individual items that when
processed or reported together have a higher degree of clas-
sification. The computer technology is not such thi,t we can
identify and program all such relationships so that computer-
generated reports using such data can be properly classified.
The same determination used in classifying a computer data
base is used for classifying reports derived from that data
base.
4. Computer reports are generally only disseminated in-
ternally to the Agency and they are used for administrative
and research purposes.
5. Documents produced using data from a computer data
base will be classified under the same criteria as the data
base.
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