AGENCY UTILIZATION OF U.S. UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00985R000100110021-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2005
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: September 3, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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Pro' essors
1.~ 1. T is 1 c3I_?{7T ~z?2:1um 5 s s t~?? _t i t 1d in r soon i jTou
request fort. a proposed definitive proce ~T? e is: C'- ai1~' ry
assurance that university liana"'"""?='T'om oe not
c Ooi c to its
professors entering into a contractual re ship with CIA.
2 , In June 1 967 to aid in co plyin with t hi:) state: ent
of policy in the 'K.atzenibach Pe-port that any CIA relation ship
with a U. S.. academic institution should be on a, overt basis,
a working group representing various Agency components cop-
corned with this problen developed guidelines for application
to CIA contracts and grants involving such i is t itut ons .
lnosei guidelines a. proved by t1he IDCI on 12 July; 1^57
dea .t
with three major areas: (a) contracts with ins-titu ions,
(h) grants to institutions, and (c) consultant and ether
ps rsonal services contracts. This remora^!,P:! is uo-c; neci
only with. the guidelines adopted for the latter category
which are "Consultant and other t es of pe s=on l services
contracts with professors or other stafr ` enbe~ e
tional institutions within the United States will be hold to
a minimum and employed on?y when izecessarl Addi;_ on ly,
such contracts will, as a general rule, be ::'ode only after
' ssur;!n ce Is obtained that appro?riate nanag ' li ^!' officials
of the institutions concerned are aware. of the propos=ed
relationships."
3.
Between September and jJecembeJ. 1.957, a ca se-oY?.`C ase
review was made of each consul t;_';lt or ind.ependvr_t contractor
w ith a university - affiliation to
-' J university
was war of t'{ e ;7rofeSSort a rEi_ ?.ors T with Ci:l
Ac -'1-101-1 was taken by the Depu'1 fr :} r r 'C::rors to
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4. in tequ.est.in S; the case-t%y-cas Y r`3 iew :Y3 1.'..r, c>_
irectorete the Director of Personnel tifate{t. t"O fiI1i-
tion. of an appropriate na nagomen t official is i,7 C'd ided in
-the guidelines In 7iy op17110n s1zC `' n individual is 4 't e
a mot.
'r'I io occcupies a position of broad e: ocut?ve responsibility
ant? is authorized to speak for the institUt.-C,
o
T 1,
policy :tatters In most cases this would see_i to .1-ecuire
no less than the president or chancellor o: th instiiut-Lon?rt
5, The general guide lines in the raemmorandum approved
by the DCI in 1967 have not been reduced to regulatory foxrt,
That memorandum continues to be the basis for requi ring
operating officials to include a stateuent i r_ the request
for engagement of a professor as a consultant or independent
contractor to the effect that the educational. institution is
aware of the professor's prospective relationship -~?th CIA.
It appears that generally this assurance is given rhally ~/
to the Aoency operating official by the pro esso~ .
6. In order to insure that the Agency its properly
co iplying with the original -intent of the 19r,-' , idelines
as they apply to consu:ttant and other personal services
contracts 3 I would suggest that in the future the individual
to be utilized submit a written certification to the operating
official identifying by name and title the university official
approving the individual's CIA contractual relationship. The
university official approving the arrangement should be at
least big the lei el of faculty dean or department chairman.
I wish to emphasize that we are dealing here only with m;ldi.-
vidua1s whose imary employer -.1s an academia institution.
7. 1 believe that such a certification acconpanying .
the request to engage a professor as a consultant or
-cltc:topcndent contractor ,could px o vride assurance to approving
O' fici _ls in our own internal.. chain of coer?^,n'' that compliance
with our policy has been me''t. Sind-_e consult "..nits themselves
1 frequently se31ior 11nni er sity offiC.ial S e_! r p 7.rtiC.,, Ian'
ea o 41se, the met i;)f1 f:e i a i. C? Z'~'-'_Imsta2 ces L
ohtainiii ermiss o 1 of th lli1iversity pro'?-arl_y belongs w1 th
the j)r osncr_t ?ve Consul ;:ant or independent cLn rc~. l_' _y
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Distribut ion:
Orin; 1 - Adcl-L essee
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C/CPD/OP (1 IT/hold)
OP/CPD (3 Sop 74)
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Director of Personnel
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