REVISION OF DCID 1/20

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87B01034R000500190011-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2005
• Sequence Number: 11
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR:
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SUBJECT: Revision of DCID 1/20
REFERENCE: Your Memo to Chairman, SECOM, Same Subject, dated 8 Mar 83
1. The Chairman,, SECOM, has received the referenced memorandum, a
copy of which is attached. He called this Office on 9 March and expressed
concern about our use of the highlighted words "justified by immediate
operational need..."` It is Chairman, SECOM's belief that the Department
of Defense will latch onto those words, call everything "an immediate
operational need," and stop briefing theid' people. The Chairman asked
if you would be willing to delete the "operational need"'wording and
simply go forward with the "redundancy"' portion of the waiver paragraph.
2. The "operational need" wording is something we at the Agency
understand. It was selected so that Chiefs of Station and Chiefs of
Base would not be overly burdened with unnecessary travel briefings.
We could delete the wording, but that would put our people in "violation"
of the rules if they ended up not giving briefings. I would recommend
that we leave the wording as it is, even though that gives Chairman, SECOM
some misgivings. If the Department of Defense chooses a liberal inter-
pretation of "immediate operational need," that is their own concern.
We,. I believe, need to keep the proposed "immediate operational need"
language intact for the guidance of our own personnel.
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