THE PENTAGON IS CRACKING DOWN HARD OF LEAKS OF CLASSIFIED DATA OFFICIALS SAY HAVE DAMAGED U.S. RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, REDUCED THE U.S. LEAD IN THE ARMS RACE AND CAUSED THE LOSS OF INTELLIGENCE SOURCES.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100050065-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: April 24, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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24 April 1981
B`? RICHARD C. BRitct-~
91-00561 R0001 00050065-5
WASHINGTON (UPI? -- THE PEWTRG'TI{ I. ERACKIIG 0O UN HARD O E KS OF
e TSTIFIED DATA OFFI'.t tIL 'tLS SAY ;Y ; Hsi{ ? ;;E t' DT ut ?'i C # 3 i. ELA t '' I i EN ' tT t y ,- s r. ,
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THE LEAD T R A CAUSED S COUNTRIES3 REDUCED THE U.S,',- LEAD IN THE APHShRACE MIND, H E IM-5;S'
OF INTELLIGENCE SOURCES
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DEFENSE >St~ SE rER T?ETA ^ F ? t? FAI :.: : fR 1,##1Tl,T -{5 Il{ A- TO
= t ~iH}1O es -NON} INS.
:'. CA
DEPUTY
MEMORANDUM TO THE H ISHEST E} HELONS OF THE P EIITOG0,1I I}A T El's APP IL i ,
SAID THOSE WHO LEAS; rLASS I F IED INFORMATION WITHOUT PUTHOP I ZAT ION CAN
BE FOUND GUILTY OF ' IHLHT;Hi ESPIONAGE LAW .
THE MEMORANDUM WAS OBTAINED B', ;UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
"IT WILL BE THE POLICY OF THIS t.{E ` ?THE NT TO DEAL FIRM86Y AND
PPIHPTL'i. IITH ALL EMPLOYEES WHO BETRAY THIS :ESPOKS,11B4LI #`r`{" THE
CARLU CI MEMO SAID.
'T s1 EMPLOYEES OF i t i ?} wr t'r THAT
I HART TO EMPHASIZE T } O ALL THE THIS DEPAt1;. ME ; t { {
f? a tT "f t"' t=ft r is fsr s ON -- t{ i t{n
# NAUTH R IZED D I :_CLOSURES OF I:L # a:.It- IED INFOR iii WHET E
s is ~ NOT r r 3 ~ a s
INTENTIONAL OR INADVERTENT -- WILL BE TOLERATEDI EARLUCCROE.
SIMILAR MEMOS APPEAL' AT THE OUTSET OF NEW ADMI I III ST : #T I 0 .
TT s HARSH.
.t,* .111.111.1 THE tE ESPIONAGE LAMSf WAS ta, #Ill?J i
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BUT OAIi:L#lt, , i. L?IlL E
THE FBA# '-PARAGRAPH MEMOR hril' #!H RESULTED FROM H4GER OVER DISCLOSURES
BY PI:I#TAGEi OFFICIALS OF DETAILS SURROUNDING SOVIET AND WAR S W E i
NODEU?ERS IN AND AROUND POLAND APRIL 13 AND 14! DEFEti. c OFFICIF..
SAID.
:SO E OF THE DETAILS, THE DFFIGI# LS SAii?s COMPROMISED U.S.
SOURCES Br itCA rUS :TEr. THE ~ s t SO ~iI E?S WERE t; ~ ? ;- ~ is{ O _i~ s t S113
ABLE TO r
INTELLIGENCE
ORIGIN OF THE INFORMATIOM.
DOZENS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL DAILY ARE PRIVY TO PHOTOCOPIED
INTELLIGENCE DATA COVERED WITH A RED SHEET ST# MPED "TOP SECRET" AMID
THOSE WITH BLUE COVERS MARKED 'ICONFIDEN T IAL a'tWHEN NOT IN USA E' i THE{t
ARE STORED IN FILE CAB IHETS SEALED H ITH COMBINATION L OCk,,.
'PAST DISCLOSURES HAVE DAMAGED OUR RELATIONS WITH OTHER
GOVERNHENTSt REDUCED OUR LEAD IN IIEAPON:3 TECHI-1016.0GY AND RESULTED IN
THE LOSS OF IRREPLACEABLE INTELLIGENCE : OURCE:i 5"-THE MEMORANDUM SAID,
IT DID NOT ELABORATE.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/09: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100050065-5