(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-00893R000200090087-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2005
• Sequence Number: 87
• Publication Date: February 6, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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UNITED STATES GOV MENT
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0090087-#4STRUCTIONS
Use routing symbols whenever possible.
SENDER (Originator of message):
Use brief, informal language.
Conserve space.
prd original and one copy.
PR (Replier to message):
below the message, keep one
urn one copy.
STAT
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6 Feb,
SIGNATURE OF ORIGINAT
The requirement
no longer exists.
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OPTIONAL FORM 27 (Rev. 7-77)
GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
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The typical Government letter has been conservatively estimated to. cot $2.00, not including the cost of filing and ultimate
substantially
;Persons experienced in #he, field of letterwriting have made the following observations about Government correspondence
practices;
The bulk -of correspondence is conducted within the governmental family itself--between offices whose day-to-day
relationships could pei ?ritf dimple, informal written communication.
Many written communications! are for immediate action, are routine in nature, such as requests for Information or services,
and do not iequire copies for distribution.
Many written communications are less than a dozen lines in length.
'. In actual experience, where agencies have issued instruc-
tions encouraging the use of memorandums and informal
rrespondence within the agency, there has been a notice-