PROPOSED LIG ITEM: CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AND CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-302-1-3-1
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 7, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 7, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
QENERAL HAIG
JOHN LEHMAN
Proposed LIG Item: Classified
Documents and Congressional
Committees
As part of the interagency study on declassification procedures, I
asked Tom Latimer to table a suggested paragraph for the new Execu-
tive Order now being drafted which would establish procedures under
which Congressional Committees would have to handle classified
information. The suggested paragraph is ,at Tab A.
Several of the members of the interagency committee -- State, CIA
and DOD -- objected to the inclusion of such a paragraph, mostly on
the grounds that members of Congress would be unhappy with such an
attempt by the Executive Branch to tell them what to do and that such
rules would be unenforceable.
I believe, nevertheless, that we should give further consideration to
including a provision which will make it mandatory for each Congress-
ional Committee to at least set up a security control officer to make sure
that access to classified information is allowed only to those who are
cleared and have a need to know.
CIA has suggested that the subject be discussed by the LIG and I
believe that is a good idea. Therefore, I recommend that we place
this item on the agenda for our next meeting. Bill Rehnquist who is
a member of the LIG is also the chairman of the interagency group
Approve I
Disapprove
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Draft Revision of Section 7 (b) (3) a.
b.
In the case of classified material disseminated to Congressional
committees, only staff members who have been cleared on the
request of the Chairman of the committee under provisions of
E. 0. _ will be provided access to such material. Such materi-
al will be disseminated only on the understanding that it will not
receive further reproduction or dissemination without the written
approval of the head of the originating department, agency or
Governmental unit or his designee. All such material will be
returned to the originating office as soon as the Congressional
committee no longer has need for such access, that time to be
clearly designated in writing on the document at the time it is pro-
vided to the committee.
The Chairman of each committee should designate a member of
the committee staff to serve as Security Control Officer. The
Security Control Officer will continuously monitor all classified
documents which are provided the Committee to ensure that access
to such documents is allowed only to those cleared personnel having
a need to know.
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