INTERNAL CONTROL MARKINGS/CIA INTERNAL USE ONLY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00674R000200040019-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2007
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: August 25, 1972
• Content Type: FORM

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23 August 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: DDI Security Officer
SUBJECT: Internal Control Markings
July Note to STAT
same subject
1. A redefinition of CIA Internal Use Only
and/or Administrative Internal Use Only control
markings would be useful. However, having reread
Executive Order 11652, the NSC implementing directive,
and I think this is going to be a difficult STAT
thing to do. Only a security classification may
be used to protect national security information
against unauthorized disclosure. Special measures
may be imposed with respect to access, distribution,
and protection of classified information but nothing
is said about protecting unclassified information.
These controls may only be used to limit dissemination.
I do not believe they could be used to avoid release
upon public request. Violations are presumably
subject only to internal discipline.
2. These considerations aside, which OGC
may determine are not a problem, our concerns
are that:
a. The new procedures should describe
CIA Internal Use only as a dissemination
control which may be used with classified or
unclassified reports whose dissemination
should be limited to fully cleared (not full
time) Agency employees. CRS has a considerable
number of fully cleared part-time employees
fully integrated into its information
processing systems. The use of part-time
employees is likely to grow.
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b. The new procedures should require
that unclassified papers bearing these
dissemination controls be protected, stored,
and transmitted in the same manner as
Confidential documents. The reference to lock
and key adds a new set of procedures which
should be avoided if possible.
c. It should be stated clearly that
if classified information is included in
a paper with these dissemination controls,
the paper must be appropriately classified.
The dissemination controls are not an adequate
substitute for classification.
d. The reference to reserve personnel
should specify military reserve, personnel.
3. Assuming that the CIA Internal Use Only
marking can be redefined to cover other than
national security information, it will not
guarantee that a paper with this control marking
can be kept in-house, but it will reduce the probabil-
ity of external access.
STAT
Acting Director
Central Reference Service
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tirement lists which include employees of the Plans Directorate who
1. An increasing number of offices are using the control marking
"Administrative - Internal Use Only" as the only available control
marking authorized for use on documents not classified and.limited to
distribution within CIA. This practice has caused considerable alarm in
the Plans Directorate, especially when components outside this directorate
use the control marking on documents that affect the Plans Directorate.
For example, the Office of Personnel publishes periodically Agency re-
disadvantage I see with the continued use of the "Adminsitrative -
Internal Use Only," after it has been redefined, is that the term
itself is meaningless or is misleading to the average reader.
3. To satisfy the requirement of all interested parties, I believe that
option (a) is the most desireable. The term "CIA Internal Use Only" is
descriptive of the intent, it eliminates one control marking "Administrative -
Internal Use Only," and it has a wider range of application.
of the Intelligence Directorate as it was this directorate that
originated this control marking. The definition of this
control marking could be rephrased so that it could be on t_
either classified or unclassified documents, and used for
..`administrative as well as intelligence information. This could
result in the elimination of the control marking "Administrative
Internal Use Only." "CIA Internal Use.Only" has the further
advantage of being more descriptive.
(b). Continue with the control marking "Administrative - Internal Use
,.Only" on documents not classified, but redefine the control
marking to meet the condition stated in (a) above. The only
Intelligence Directorate has also published documents with the control-
marking "Administrative - Internal Use Only" that affect the Plans
Directorate. And as you know, some Agency regulatory issuances also-bear
this control marking. The standard Agency format for Agency regulatory
issuances for both headquarters and field is the culprit here.
2. To solve the problem of controlling documents that should not be
classified, but should be controlled for 'use only within CIA, the control
marking presently authorized for this purpose must be clarified. In this
connection I believe we have two options:
(a) Use the control marking "CIA Internal Use Only" on all un-
classified documents that are to be circulated only within
the Agency and treated and stored as sensitive material.
This would require redrafting the present definition of this
control marking. To do this would probably require the approval
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4. Whatever control marking is decided on, regulatory issuances
that have no classification or a control marking must not be published
in the standard Agency format. This applies to-regulations, handbooks,
notices; and it may-apply to employee bulletins. It may also apply to
,.formats not within the regulatory system.
5. Just in case the decision is made to use "CIA Internal'Use Only"
in lieu of "Administrative - Internal Use Only," the following language
is proposed as a new definition of "CIA Internal Use Only."
"CIA Internal Use Only" - This control marking may be used for
information which if disclosed would violate existing Agency
policy regarding the protection of intelligence, intelligence
sources and methods, intelligence information, or the methods for
supporting intelligence operations. It maybe used alone or in
,conjunction with a security classification. Documents with this
marking may be released only to full-time Agency employees, and are
not to be disseminated to consultants, external projects, or re-
serve personnel on short-term active duty unless permission of the
originating office is obtained. Unclassified documents with this
control marking will be stored under lock and key and only in
Agency buildings.
6. Should the decision be made not to use the new definition of
"CIA Internal Use Only," but to continue to use the control marking
"Administrative - Internal Use Only," then I believe the following new
definition of "Administrative - Internal Use Only" should be used.
"Administrative - Internal Use Only y" - This control marking may be
used for unclassified administrative information that is not to be
released outside of CIA. Employees may not remove documents
bearing this control marking from Agency offices. Additionally,
documents bearing this marking will be.kept under lock and key
in Agency buildings.
7. For further information on the storage,of classified and controlle'
material,. se STAT
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ROUT NG AND RECORD SHEET
SUBJECT: (Optional)
Internal Control Markings/CIA Internal Use Only
Security Officer, DDI
TO: (Officer designation, room number, and
building)
'- Ch, Exec Staff, O/DD~
3. Ch, Regs Control Br
Attn:
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OFFICER'S
INITIALS
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STAT
COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.)
1. Attached per our discus-
sion are AD/CRS' thoughts re
proposal to rfSTAT
define "CIA Internal Use Only
My only comment is that the
storage of control-marked
unclassified docs is alre