GUIDANCE INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87T00623R000200040018-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: August 31, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Security Committee
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31 August 1981
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Chairman, SECOM Compartmentation Subcommittee
Acting Chairman
SUBJECT: Guidance Information
1. I thought it might be helpful to share some of my per-
ceptions of poll:--v guidance applicable to DCI Committees in
advance of your " rst meeting with the Compartment at ion Sub-
committee schedu:..=d for 16 September 1981.
2. The DCI delegated to Admiral Inman, DDCI, responsibility
for Intelligence Community matters to include the DCI Committee
structure. Admiral Inman has made it clear that he expects the
DCI Committees to operate in a collegial manner so as to facilitate
consensus on broadly perceived issues. He does not favor uniformity
for its own sake, and, where there is division on a proposed solu
tion, he will not support efforts to mandate a "fix". He does
favor a "try again" approach pursued with understanding of the
other's point of view in cases where moves toward uniformity
appear reasonably achievable and likely to simplify under-
standing and administration. I covered some of these points in,
my 19 August meeting with subcommittee chairmen, including
Please feel free to call me at any time if you
policy or procedural matters bearing on your
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