1 JUNE 1977 DRAFT HCSOC MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2005
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• Publication Date: June 2, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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2 JON 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR:
coordination and Review Staff
Office of Legislative Counsel
FROM :
Chief, Policy and Plans Group
Office of Security
SUBJECT: 1 June 1977 Draft HCSOC Memorandum of
Understanding and Nondisclosure Agreement
REFERENCE: Memorandum from Assistant General Counsel,
dated 2 June 1977, Subject: HCSOC
Nondisclosure Agreement (OGC 77-3537)
1. We have reviewed the latest (1 June 1977) draft
Memorandum of Understanding and Nondisclosure Agreement for
the HCSOC. We have also received a copy of the 0CC revised
version of the 1 June 1977 Nondisclosure Agreement.
2. With reference to the Memorandum of Understanding:
a. We still do not like the idea of permitting
the HCSOC to contact CIA employees directly, and
would prefer deletion of the word "ordinarily" from
the first line of paragraph 7. However, if this
proves difficult to negotiate our feelings are not
that strong.
b. We do feel that the reference to Attach-
ment A should be modified to define the clearance
procedures in firmer terms. Toward this end we
would delete paragraph 9 in its.entirety and
replace it with a sentence in the middle of para-
graph 4 as follows:
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"4. Access by the 11CS0staff to CIA
material will be granted only to persons who
have current CIA security clearances. Attach-
`?or
ment A defines the necessary procedures
o .l-n-, s uc c earances. staff personnel
~~"nng
Eia_rn access to C material will have executed
a secrecy agreement mutually accepts a 'e to HCSCZi
and CIA."
The introduction to Attachment A should also be modified
as follows:
"The following are the procedures for the
clearances for staff employees of the House
Committee on Standards of official Conduct
(HCSOC) :4t
3. We feel very strongly that the revised Nondisclosure
Agreement submitted by the Office of General Counsel should
be used in lieu of the 1 June 1977 draft. In addition we feel
equally strong that the paragraph dealing with the revelation
of classified information on page 2 needs further revision.
Our problem is caused by the reference in that paragraph to
paragraph 8 of the Memorandum of Understanding. Paragraph 8
of the MOU relates to public disclosures by the committee.
The cited paragraph in the agreement refers to personal dis-
closures, whether public or other. To insure clear understand-
ing of the issue the following revision of the cited paragraph
is needed:
"I agree that I will never divulge, publish,
or reveal in any way any classified information or
information designated as pertaining to intelligence
sources and methods to any unauthorized person with-
out prior written authorization of the Chairman of
House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and
the Director of Central Intelligence. In the event
that the Chairman of the HHCSOC gives any such
authorization, but the DCI does not agree, the mater
will be submitted to the President, whose determination
in the matter will be,final . "
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