INTERAGENCY COORDINATION ON GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED FOREIGN AFFAIRS RESEARCH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00985R000100100027-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2005
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: March 16, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Deputy Director for Administration
Office Directors and NIOs, NFAC
FROM : Coordinator for Academic Relations, NFAC and
Agency Representative on the Interagency
Committee on Foreign Affairs Research
SUBJECT : Interagency Coordination on Government-
Supported Foreign Affairs Research
REFERENCE : State Department Memorandum, 16 January 1978,
"Policies and Procedures for Department of
State Review and Coordination of Government-
Sponsored Research on Foreign Affairs"
1. The reference document is a revision of the rules governing
State Department clearance and interagency coordination of external
research on foreign affairs. A definition of "Government-sponsored
foreign affairs research" is provided in Section I of the document
and elaborated in Annex I to the document. The following paragraphs
highlight the actions we are required or expected to take.
2. We are required to submit to the State Department for review and
clearance before a contract or grant is awarded all external foreign affairs
research contracts, whether classified or unclassified, that
a. at any stage involve foreign travel or contact
with foreign nationals in the United States or abroad, or
b.. that, in our judgment, may have potential; adverse
effects on U.S. foreign relations because they deal with
subjects under active negotiation or currently in dispute.
3. We are required to report to the State Department all external
foreign affairs research projects:, classified or unclassified, even if
submitted for prior clearance, within ten working days after the awarding
"
.
of a contract or grant ("or as soon thereafter as possible
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SUBJECT: Interagency Coordination on Government-
Supported Foreign Affairs Research
4. We are expected to supply the State Department (INR/XR/RS)
3 copies of all studies and reports, classified or unclassified,
delivered to us as products of our external foreign affairs research
products.
5. Information required in connection with projects submitted
for review is specified in Section VB of the reference document. This
information should be supplied to the Agency Representative, Interagency
Committee on Foreign Affairs Research (i.e. Coordinator for Academic
Relations, NFAC)' for transmission to the Department of State. This may
most conveniently be done by memo addressed to State INR/XR/RS via
Coordinator for Academic Relations, NFAC. Research project managers who
consider that a project being contemplated might prove sensitive as
specified in paragraph 2b above should consult with the Coordinator for
Academic Relations, NFAC.
6. Project reporting is to be done as specified in Section VIB of
the reference document. The required forms should be forwarded to the
Coordinator for Academic Relations, NFAC, for transmission to the State
De artment. These forms are available from the CAR/NFAC office, 2E49,
7. Three (3) copies of each completed external foreign affairs
research study or report should be supplied CAR/NFAC for forwarding to
the State Department.
8. Questions or observations regarding the implementation of these
requirements should be addressed to the Coordinator for Academic Relations,
NFAC or to the Associate Director for Management, NFAC.
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SUBJECT: Interagency Coordination on Government-
Supported Foreign Affairs Research
Distribution:
1 - DDO
1 - DDS&T
1 - DDA
1 - OER
1 - OSR
1 - ORPA
i - OSI
1 - OwI
1 - OCR
1 - OGCR
1 - OIA
1 - Ops Center
1 - NIO/CF
1 - NIO/SP
1 - NIO/PE
1 - NIO/NP
1 - NIO/SS
1 - NIO/USSR-EE
1 - NIO/WE
1 - NIO/NESA
1 - NIO/AF
1 - NIO/EAP
1 - NIO/China
1 - NIO/iLA
1 - NFAC/CAR Subj.
1 - NFAC/CAR Chrono.
NFAC/CARIj
](16 March 1978)
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