MEETING WITH DI IN RE HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91B00060R000100230006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2013
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 22, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/03/04: CIA-RDP91 B00060R000100230006-4
22 April 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR:
VIA:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Meeting with DI in re Historical Review Program
In accordance with my discussion with the DDA, I have
continued my dialogue with the DI/IRO concerning the status and
future direction of the Historical Review Program.
This Wednesday, we had the first formal meeting with the DI,
the C/History Staff, and myself. Just prior to the meeting I had
received a formal memo from the DI/IRO stating that it was the
considered judgment of the DDI that the material reviewed to date
(for example, several years worth of the CIBs) could not and would
not be released because of the mosaic problem and that this
decision would apply to any serial set of finished intelligence.
My task for this meeting was obviously to find some common ground
-- i.e. a group of DI records which the DI would agree to review
and which the History Staff would find of historical interest to
the outside historians.
After much discussion, agreement was reached on my suggestion
to pursue an "event-oriented" record selection and review program
(vice the current multi-year "time-block" program). As a test,
records concerning the early days of CIA involvement in the Korean
conflict will be selected from the DI archives as well as the
Truman Library. Each block will be separately processed and,
within 30 days, we. will meet again to assess the results and
determine the viability of the new program direction.
My suggestion to use the Presidential Libraries seemed to
please both the DI (since it would minimize or eliminate searches)
and the History Staff (since the outside historians could not
argue that we were "preselecting" material for them.
We now have this program on a timetable and I have emphasized
that we will meet on a biweekly or monthly basis to insure that we
do not repeat the mistakes of the past.
The issue of resources in the DI was not raised but I did get
the agreement of the DI/IRO to participate actively in the program
with the new direction. I will keep all advised.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/03/04: CIA-RDP91 B00060R000100230006-4
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/03/04: CIA-RDP91 B00060R000100230006-4
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/03/04: CIA-RDP91 B00060R000100230006-4