PROPOSED NSDD--REPORTING HOSTILE CONTACTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00158R000500090006-4
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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 12, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Intelligence Community Staff
DCI/ICS 83-3458
12 August 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Acting Director of Central Intelligence
Executive Secretary, IG(I)
SUBJECT: Proposed NSDD--Reporting Hostile Contacts
REFERENCE: Memo to Chmn, SIG(I) fm Chmn, IG/CI dtd 1 Jul 83,
Subj: Proposed National Security Decision Directive
on Reporting Hostile Contacts
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1. Action Requested: That you sign the transmittal letter (attached) to
Judge Clark signifying your approval and endorsement of the proposed NSDD.
2. Background: I have circulated Judge Webster's memorandum to the DCI
dated 1 July 1983 and the proposed NSDD to SIG(I) members for their personal
review and comment. The SIG(I) members have concurred in the draft as
written.
Attachment:
Proposed Ltr to Judge Clark
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SUBJECT: Proposed NSDD-Reporting Hostile Contacts
Distribution: (DCI/ICS-83-3458)
1 - DC I
1 - DDCI
1 - Executive Registry
1 - ES/SIG(I)
1 - SIG(I) Chrono
1 - Secretariat Staff Registry
1 - ICS Registry
ES/SIG(I) I(12 Aug 83)
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DCI/ICS 83-3459
18 AUG 1983
The Honorable William P. Clark
Assistant, to the President for
National Security Affairs
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Bill:
The enclosed proposed National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) calls
for establishing programs throughout the Executive Branch whereby procedures
be established to create and maintain awareness among Government employees of
the potential threat to Government information from foreign sources, and to
provide for reporting of,contacts by employees with nationals of foreign
countries or foreign political entities.
Implementation of the enclosed NSDD, which was prepared by the
Interagency Group/Counterintelligence, should result in uniformity of
regulations requiring the reporting of contacts with nationals of foreign
nations. It will also increase emphasis on the security of Government
information. Both activities would be of assistance to agencies responsible
for counterintelligence efforts in the Government.
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This proposed NSDD has the endorsement of the SIG(I) and is forwarded to
you for future consideration by the National Security Council.
Sincerely,
/S/ Jo m N.. XoMahan
John N. McMahon
Acting Director
Enclosure
UNCLASSIFIED
DCI
EXEC
RECD
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National Security
Decision Directive
As a corollary to existing measures presently in place to provide for
physical, document and personnel security, the provisions of this directive
will enhance the overall Government efforts to protect itself against illegal
or unauthorized acquisition of information and technology vital to our
national interest.
Many agencies, particularly those directly involved in the United States
intelligence effort, foreign affairs and military matters, have well-developed
programs designed to maintain a high level of security awareness and to
examine relationships of their employees with foreign nationals. Agencies
whose primary mission requires dealing in classified or otherwise sensitive
information, while attractive targets for hostile foreign interests, are by no
means the only agencies which are vulnerable to the loss of information or
technology which may be critical to the ability of the United States to
protect itself.
Responsibility for Security
Each Department or Agency must establish procedures which will:
(1) Create and maintain a level of awareness among its
employees of the potential threat to its information from
foreign sources, whether overt or covert; and
(2) provide for the reporting, under defined circumstances,
of employee contacts with nationals of foreign countries
or political entities as hereafter specified.
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UNCLASSIFIED
The nature and extent of this program will be commensurate with the
potential for foreign interest in not only the classified information holdings
of the entity, but also in its technological or other sensitive activities.
The program should be tailored to meet the particular functions of the agency
or department and the vulnerability of certain categories of employees who,
through either their job functions or access to classified or sensitive
information or technology, invite targeting or exploitation by foreign
intelligence services. The program should be designed so as not to
unreasonably intrude into privacy of employees or into their freedom of
association.
Reporting of Hostile Contacts
Each Department or Agency must establish procedures which require its
employees to report certain contacts.
I. These procedures will require reporting of all contacts with
individuals of any nationality, either within or outside the scope of the
employee's official activities, in which:
(1) illegal or unauthorized access is sought to classified or
otherwise sensitive information, except for routine
inquiries by accredited journalists.
(2) the employee is concerned that he or she may be the
target of an attempted exploitation by a foreign entity.
H. The procedures will also require reporting of any contacts with
nationals of specific foreign countries or foreign political entities, which
are determined by the department or agency as being of particular relevance to
its security concerns and which involve:
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(1) casual and recurring contacts that develop or are about
to develop into close social relationships.
(2) other contacts, the nature or frequency of which raise a
counterintelligence concern as measured by internal
criteria established by the employing department or
agency.
Official or work-related social contacts, or casual and non-recurring contacts
with nationals of these designated foreign countries or foreign political
entities which do not fall in paragraph II (1) or (2) above, need not be
reported.
The security officer or designated official of the agency or department
will review and evaluate the reported information in accordance with the
standards for reporting. The designation of particular countries as being of
greater concern will provide a basis for the security officer or designated
official to judge the relative importance of a particular contact. Any facts
or circumstances of a reported contact which appear to indicate an attempt or
intention to obtain unauthorized access to official information or technology,
or which appear to offer a reasonable potential for such, shall be reported
promptly by the responsible department or agency to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation in the case of employees in the United States and to the Central
Intelligence Agency in the case of employees overseas. The CIA in turn will
inform the FBI as appropriate.
Other Intelligence or Investigative Interests
Nothing in this directive is intended to modify the authority and
responsibility of the Director of Central Intelligence or the Central
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Intelligence Agency for counterintelligence abroad, nor does it in any way
change existing procedures or agreements between CIA and the Department of
State and other U.S. agencies regarding the reporting of hostile contacts
outside the U.S. Neither does it preclude interagency agreements or
directives affecting the relationship between the FBI and other intelligence
or investigative agencies regarding their responsibility of personnel,
physical or document security or territorial jurisdiction.
Review of Procedures
The head of each agency or department will provide a copy of the
procedures presently in existence or developed under this directive for
reporting hostile contacts to the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs for review by
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Ltr to Honorable William P. Clark
Distribution: DCI/ICS-83-'3459
1 - Honorable Clark, w/encl
1 - DCI, w/encl
1 - DDCI, w/encl
1 - ER,w/encl
1 - D/ICS and
1 - ES/SIG(I) /encl
1 - C/CCIS, c
1 - Secretariat Staff Registry, w/encl
1 - ICS Registry, w/encl
1 - Chin, IG/CI
ES/SIG(II I (12 Aug 83)
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