NATIONAL DECEPTION OPERATIONS

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CIA-RDP84B00049R001203000005-6
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RIFPUB
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S
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2
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December 20, 2016
Document Release Date: 
September 11, 2007
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5
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Publication Date: 
February 28, 1980
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MEMO
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Approved For Release 2007/09/11: CIA-RDP84B00049R001203000005-6 THE WHIT.- HOUSE THE. SECRETARY OF STATE .THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF THE.-DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE SECRET WASHINGTON 80-6557 NCS REVIEW COMPLETED; MEMORANDUM FOR: February 28, 1980 the attainment of ' Z S -objectives. Based upon those recommendations, the President has determined that the following activities should be :undertake? _ (S) of _ decepZ. on.. judiciously applied can be a vital element in -agent operations as separate from national deception activities. .National--level guidance governing double agent operations has been subsequently adopted by the SCC(CI). Staff elements of the SCC have studied the circumstances and problems concerning U.S..-national deception operations. The principles ational_ Deception-..Operations (C) Assistant to the President for National .-Security Affairs memorandum dated January 12,. 1977, subject: Double Agent and Deception Operations .'On March 1, 1978, the Special Coordination. Committee (Counter- intelligence) agreed that the referenced memorandum should be superseded by-new-NSC guidance which would treat double 1. _. Policy __guidance, approval and annual review of all national deception will be provided by the Special .Coordination Committee, composed of. the Assistant to the- President for National Security Affairs _,,- Cha =ant, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of De?ense, the Attorney General and the Director of Cem al Intelligence. Heads of other agencies ~-will.be -in attendance when proposed activities ,coning under their purview are under review or when their assets or'expertise can be used in support of national deception activities- The SCC shall have no approval authority under this mermorandum .as to any activities that require review or approval .in-accordance with other laws, executive orders or Presidential'directives. (S) 2. A Special Working Group consisting of representatives of the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, .Director of Central Intelligence, and Chairman, Joint Chiefs -of Staff,- plus augmentation by other S EC RE.,, CIA Approved For Release 2007/09/11: CIA-RDP84B00049R001203000005-6 Approved For Release 2007/09/11: CIA-RDP84B00049ROO1203000005-6 W,4 agencies as required, will be established. The Special Working Group will be responsible. for (a) developing. procedures for the review and coordination of national deception concepts, plans and for providing proposed activities-to the SCC for approval; and (b) making recommendations to the SCC on plans, proposals and concepts (S) There will be a Joint Secretariat established composed -or:\tione representative from the Secretary of Defense and, one from the Director of Central Intclligence.'The . Joint Secretariat. will be responsible for maintaining central records; receiving and reviewing all proposals, plans and concepts before submission to the Special -110;king-Group;. accomplishing necessary coordination; and recommending disposition to the Special Working. :Group. - The Secretariat must bring' each proposal, plan or concept-- received by it to the Special Working Group for action by the latter. The Secretariat will be responsible for establishing security procedures and main taining.security_controls over all these matters. National deception proposals, plans or concepts ma, be - developed by any Government department or agency; however-, each must be forwarded to the Secretariat for the- required review and approval in accordance with the procedures- described above. (S) Depa=tments'and agencies conducting authorized national deception operations will provide status reports on these--activities to the Secretariat for annual review by the: -SCC.. The first such report will be due on March The National Security Council Intelligence Directive of -August. 15:,. 1950 entitled "Controlled Foreign Agents" is cancelled. In.addition, in view of this statement of -poliicy,-the related Assistant to the President for ati anal Security Affairs memorandu-z . of July 6, 1976, subject=.. :Revision of NSCID's, is also cancelled. (S) ?Zbigniew Brzezinski cc: The Attorney General- Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation :Director, National Security Agency SECRET Approved For Release 2007/09/11: CIA-RDP84B00049R001203000005-6 S)