TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROTECTED POLICY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87B01034R000700350001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 16, 1978
• Content Type: REPORT

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` '?'OP' SECRETlSE~TSITIVE
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The Vice President
The Secx:~tary of State
Tlxe Secretary of Defe:~se
The Attoz-z7.ey General ~ -
7'he Secretax-~* o# Cor.?~r*~eree
~'he 17irectar of. Central Intelligence d
~'he Director, Office of 1.ianagercxent and ~ud~e4
~'he Chairrraa,ri, Joint Chiefs of Staff -
The Director, Office of Science and Technolo~;~r ~"olz""clw
'The ~idrzinistxatvr, General Services Ad.rzi.~s.istra'-iorc
The Assistant to the President fox Domestic r"~faix-s and Pa13cI,r
Telecommuraicatior_s I'xotection Policy
1> The President l!as xeviewed the xesezlts of the NSC S~eezaZ
CQOx?dina~orz Committee's cansidera~ or of the plt~ff ySC--22
study and has reached the follo~rin~ conclusions . It is the
Pxesident's inte:s,tion that this dixective establish a r~at-_arsa?
poZ:i.cy to wide the conduct of I,rSG actitritzes in and z-elztec'
tb security of telecvmr:iuz9.ica~3ans , t , _ . _ -
The National- Telecommunicatxoas Profection Po}.icy shill. Consis4
of the :Eollo~;.zno rzajor ele:~ner_ts: ? .-
a. Gave~?nz:ent class?xied i:~ror:aa~ on relating. to ~atrona;l
defense and *oxeipn relations s:-all be transr.:itL?el an?~
by secsre reea~s.
NSA review completed
T~~ s~c~.~Tls~~slTr~-~l:~c~sz
C~assifisd bti-: Z , 5rzezi_^.s,i
NSC review completed -may be declassified in part
OSD review(s) completed.
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b. t.irzcla~yr~ied irzformatian ~Pansr sittecz by 4i~cl bet~,.eer~ Ga?v?e~?nment
agencies and con~z?actox?s that t~?o:zld be L:seful to an adversary
should be protected .
c , \'or~?-gove~?rirr.enta.l inEormnatiorx that would be useful to an adverszr~.~
shall be identified and the private sector ir:.fc~rzr.ed of the pxahlerz~
a:a.d encouraged to take appropriate protective measi~xes.
d. ~`hile the priwa4e corxversations of U.S, citizens do xzat appear
to be the taxgets of foreigrx intercept activity at this ~.:x1e, thin .
judgmQn.t should be kept under class anal cont7~-zua:.:s xevie`v
? and the American. people informed of arty change irz this cor~?clusiors .
As a preca.utiozzary measure, th.e responsi`ole Agencies should work
with the 1?`CC and the common carriers to adopt s~-stem capabilities.
? which protect the privac~r of ir~.dividual cor~rxunicatzons and to
carry out changes in xegulatory policy azxd draft legislatiorz that
may be required.. Fuxther, the NSC Special, Coordinatzorx _
Committee shall periodically review the e::te~:t to rvhickz the
Soviets or others may be collecfisxg axzd e~ploitirsg indiviclr.za?
pxivate co.r:smurticatiozzs fo detezrnirze Yf additiazsal survc~zllance
ar prot~cti.oza. activity is warranted. Firxally,?the laws which
protect against Cz?iminal domestic acts such as