CIA RECORDS ACCESS POLICY (REVISED 1 AUGUST 1983)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2005
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• Publication Date: March 26, 2002
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CIA RECORDS ACCESS POLICY
(revised 1 August 1983)
Prdirect esidential requests
1. es os vernment
CIA-originated) docoffices uments at should
for accLi-
brary or other official repository to:
Chief Historian
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505.
The request should identify the official researcher who wishes f military), social access by full name, rank (of employment ( s t securi
contract nuor
ber, date of birth, type other), and level of security clearance.
2. To establish the researcher's need-to-know, the re-
quest should also briefly state the scope, period and purpose
of the proposed research requiring access to CIA documents.
After consulting (if necessary) with the components concerned,
CIA's Chief Historian will approve or deny the request, and so
notify the requesting historical office,- the repository con-
cerned, and (in the case of a Presidential Library) the
National Archives and Records Service.
3. A researcher granted access to CIA documents will be
free to take notes and to have copies made of documents he
The library
wishes to retain for official research purposes.
or repository, however, must collect all such notes and copies
of CIA documents from the researcher and forward them directly
to CIA's Chief Historian for review before_ release. After ar-
ranging for the originating components to_review this material,
the--Chief Historian will send all released items to the (re-
quester, and identify any items that have been denied.
4. CIA documents that are classified when they are qre-
leased re _e ;`'"#Fie cannot--be' downgraddd, declassi-
--
o r 'sanitized' without further CIA rev iew and concur-
rence. As in the past, security and clearance procedures also
openire ufurther CIA review and nclassified publication sofc a specific approval ) before the
open or includes any
information based on CIA documents.
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