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5 Office MemordnduIn • UNITED STATES GoVERNMENT

TO : Chiuf, Bocaurity Bernch

DATE: 2Z Auçust 1949

IRoM : S:curity Resetrch Seetion

Stnjeer: Socurity and Co-ordination Anong Intelligenco Agencies in tho Field:

Daring a recont trip Lhrough Geraany end Austria, nuzorous opportunitics for ousorvation brouht to light a situetion involving a dnngurous lack of ndequató security ond prtper co-ordination among themajority of intolligence gathering goncies in the field.

tt was vory oneoureing to Pind hat tho rield represonlatives of our owa orgaiizution surpassed, by far, all other agencics in conjimuction with eppropriato sccurity mensures. After overhenring unsolicited resarks concorning S. 0. Fiold operntions, it is obvious that this is the unanimous opinion of the vorking pornonnol of Uhe othor eneios engaged in simitar work.

Unforturatoly, eeng the anjority of the agoncies, other than cur omm, both tho physiual And porsonvel seeurity is inezcusably noglccted. Tho physienl aspect is one thnt. could be corrected loeolly shen propor incontive is stimuluted or vhen storn dircobives are issued by those in a position of suthority. Tho persosnol sccurity problen is, on the other haad, ene whinh is not entiroly tho frult of the agoncy involved. Although there is extrencly poor co-ordination mmong tho twoniy-three odd eollection mcies in the Pield, the foin disadvantage soens Lo La a lnck er ynewlodge of wodern seeurity validaiion systons, end tho luck of oquipont Lo carry out a prograa invulving such sysions.

Anong most of the organizations, the elonraneo of Amoricrn personnel orking ror thom is inoxcusnbly lax. Hany of the cmployeus nre of dubious For.: n oxtraetion andi still have relatives residing under unfriendly influenco bohind the Iron Curtain. The cloaranco of foroign porsurel vorking for tho various Unitod States agoncios is evon more inadequate. As far as can be dotermined by the uy inpuiries made, the only cicaranco civen in nuerous cases ses one by tho Prevost lareholl, vho her neithor the neccssary exporience nor facilities to conduct a prpor security cloorance progran. The loyalty of uany ef these fureign oployes is extrexely qucstionable. fith ? Erest mumber, Choro is ntsolutely no rotive for, end no reeson to Lelievetnat t'ero uxists a loyalty to the United Status. fith nany iniividuals, it can bo safoly assuned tiut loyalty to tho United Statos. is rrictly secondnry to thoir loyalty to Cerrmey. It roull ceen that theso porsone, vho aro nor working in pxtremoly sennttizo nrong nrong v.rious ajoneins, should be carofully pronessed by ovory mvodern monaa knovn to seeucity ofrietala.

Throughout tho jorily uf the ageneies, thoro tre eatreaaly disorgaizod end inorriciont systeus Por estnbliching n seeurity validation of tho sourees of iuforalien. Thora pars to be little or no doturai ration ot motivo rmong Lve infornts nd cserturs. Thoso Lotivos fall in ono or mnore catogories, such as:

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Daso Lo Ci.:ur, Cqmnrity Trmh Prot Secnrily Fosceh Seetioan - 23 L :t l949 ,Sabjvet; Satritz tndCardínslion éong Julllince Apoei: in i Fiold,

a. An unong ogont represonting Uho interest of an unfriondly country.

b. A dolo agont retunlly loyal to an unfrionlly country.

e. A professionedl niont selling Lhe same information to sny country.

d. Conñusion agonts for the urpose of momopolizing the funs rnd porsoel of ais utiliziag ihn.

. Tho psyohopathic inloi. uit dosiring only contiuanl attontion and giving fictiticus inforantion.

f. Tho opportunist type informant tho solls the stao inforation to sovoral dirfuront alliod countries and to soveral dirferent agencies within those countries.

C. A sincoro infornent zho is attopting to allow his infoation to bo used for kho Eruatest boner'it or Lho various United States nc-neios.

The prosont pooosdure fer doteraining the tye or inforant teing daalt with is extreroly innloquato. aay tires an inforaent or epparunt docortor is hnulod in such a ay that ho night very svecousfully cparats to tho bonofit of mn unfrienlly powr. On y occesioas, he is nlloved to be ezgosed to highly elnssiticà ahvsicnl are-s nul infortation whieh rcatly epudites tis missien if he is opernting ns a dothlo or professional agent. hrmorous exaples vore observed wioro confusion gonts end pzchopathio irforunnts more :oropolizing en amazing amount of confilontial Puads and ran unorrous rount of tir of koy personnel in the various dg-ncies. Husarous erees sore .nlso obnorved whoro en oyportunist sourco vas giving the snmo inforantiun to four or Pive ditferent agoncies. Due to a noarly completo lek of co-orliintian beten thase ageneies, the finnl publication of the infor.etion involved was consitored vorified Pron Pour or Five dirfuront sourcos, alihough rutually coming fron the cne informunt involved. Tho donger of sueh calso veririeation practices us Gheco is raadily apparent.

One of the nont unfortumate nspeuts-of the ontiro situntion isthe extrome injustice to tìo sineoro inforrt. In nuoraus cnsos, an intoamnt or Russian dasorter is given Vip treet ont by un mey in B.clin, partially exploited, taul thon sont to caothor rgeney in the àericaa Eono of Gurmamuy thore he is locked in solitary confinomunt for couths poniing a docision conceruing the existunco of a cecurity risk. By the tio tho person is nctually oxploited, his morale is so bad that he is extremoly uncooperative.

During thie recvnt tour, a seeurity volidntion sorvico wns providod norely na nn unorricial faror to aguncies who docired it. In severel dirferent casos, sitantions thnt had been licgering unrosolved for aonths voro cloared up in a hnlf of dny of roccssing by tochniques involving oderu interrogatlon aids, both mochenicnl mnì rerienl. At the toraination of tho tour, tho uncnizous

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Cono Lo Chboc, Seeurity Semneh Prora Soenrity Rmcoreh Geation 23 Anguat f049 Subjaet: Senrity mnd Co-ordination Aaong Hutellinee Apueios in Uho Fiold.

requost fron all ageneies coneerned wos that such n service be nede permanent for the utilization of all Agencies operating in Coraany and Austrin. Theso roquots cane Fron puch invtividuals. as Ceueral Hill in Porlin, Colonul Pertrilgo in h. idolburg, Colonel Thoroughmen (Cocmnling Officor of Suropenn Cormond Intolligoneo Cuntor), from tho S. 0. Thentre Comand, avl orny otleer iniividhusls represonting intolligonee oporations in both Geruony and Austria.

This sorvlee could bo ostablished by one of tao rothods. It could be expoctud chnt eaeh ngeney inzolved trntn tioir oan por nuel nd procuro thoir own equiprent. For aany reasons, ineluiing the lnck .f qunlified personnol ad tho lack or cuuipaont procuring charnels, it vould s. a that this solucion weuld not be practicnl. The other solution could be for Cia, in thoir capacity as intolligonee cc-ordinating orgrnizabion, to establish ond maintnin a seuurity volidntion service to be offured to, enì utilizod by any orgmization encagnd in the collectien of iutolligence in that theatre. Sugestod dutoils concorning the estnblishing nnd mnintai ring of sueh a sorvice aro covorod in n soparato roport.