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with oouourrenoa at th9 SMretnry ot 

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(Bn1•a4 aa ot 25 Oot. 1950) 

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UNITED STATES 001.IUUNIOATIONS INTELLIGENCE BOARD 

DIRECTIVE NO o ~ 

(Revlsed as ~t 25 Ootq 1950) ' . USOIB STANDARDS AND PROCEDURE 

lOR OL1£ARANCI 01. Pl:BSONNEL FOR co~ 

].., Tho elements ot the prooedure tor olear1ng a person :to:r COMilll' 

&1'8a oonaeoutively: 

(a) Determination ot the "ntted to know"o 

(b) Invest1gat1on9 and evaluation in terms of USCIB oleerance 

standardeo 

(o) Approval tor 1ndootr1nat1ono 

(4) Indoctrination (and "debr1et1ng")., 

2., Determination ot the "need to knO':!"o 

(a) The "need to know'' exists onl.7 where COMINT' is essential 

to a person tor the pertormance ot his ottioial dutieao 

The number ot persons cleared tor ca.r.4Il~~ will be held to 

an absolute m1n1nwmo · 

(b) The reapons1b111t,y tor determining the "need to know" ot 

persons within a USOIB member organization rests witb 

that orge.n1zat1ono The reapoas1bil1ty tor determining the "need to known ot other personnel ot th~ Department 

ot Defense rests with the Secretary ot Defense~ The 

respons1bil1t1 tor determining the "need to know" ot 

o1v111ana under contract and emplo7ees and representa- tives ot commercial firms and civilian research 

institutions which are to engage in :tesearoh 11 or the 

des1gn 11 development 11 or manutacture of equ1pment 9 pertinent to OOMil.JT production rests with· the USCIB 

member organization directing the project 9 which shall 

act in tull coordination with allJ other member organi- zations concerned with the projeoto The "need to know" 

ot all other persons will be determined by USCIBc 

)n USOIB 1nvest1sat1on and clearance standards~ 

(a) USOIB standards tor clearance ot a person tor COMINT are 

as tollows: 

(1) The person shall be. ot excellent character and 

d1soret1on 11 and of" unquestioned loyalty to the 

~:~:e: ~:i!!:;n~~8ft.1;E:~no exception to 

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:FOR CLIJ\RANC:E OF PERSONNEL li'OR COMINT 

• • - ~ - -. - - - - ~ - - ~ - ~ - ~ ~ - - ~ - - - d ~ = • - ~ ~ (NO'?I: On 15 September 19509 by USCIB deo1sion9 the 

prov1e1ona ot thia subparagraph were relaxed 

to grant a waiver in the' case ot Nationals 

ot countries 1rov1ding Armed Foroes 1A Korea 

1n support ot the Unltecl Nations in· order 

that the7 might be used eolel.T as translators 

ot intercepted Nort.h. Xorean plain text tratfioo 

(Refer to USOIB: ~/38)) 

(2) ~e person should be • nativeaborn UcSo oitizenq The members ot·b1& 1mmed1ato family ahould be UoSo 

oitizenso 

()) No member ot the person's immediate ~am1ly and no 

person to whom he may reasonably be supposed to be 

bound by ties of atteot1on9 kinsh1p 9 or obl1aat1on 

should be ot dubious loyalty to the United Stateso 

(4) No member ot the person's immediate tamily and no 

person to whom he may reasonably be· supposed to be 

bound by ties ot atteQt1on9 k1nsh1p 9 or obligation should be a residentoot a tore1gn ooo.ntry having basic or critical national interests opposed to 

those ot the UoSo 

(S) Exoept1ons to SI17 ot the torego1ng requirements excep~ the t!rst may be made onl7 1~ a case at 

compelling need after every reasonabl~ assuranoe 

has been obtained that, in the clroumstanoes 9 the 

security r1a~ involved is neg11g1blen 

(b) To permit evalue.tion on the basis at the foregoing re-· 

quirementa, each person to be cleared for eOMINT shall~ 

prior to clearanoe 9 be required· to turnlshe under oath9 a.Personal History Statement (oonta1n1ng 1ntormat1on 

essentially similar to tha~ called tor in the sample form attached hereto as Annex l) and shall be subjected 

PRNC-NCSW-3~5 

, to a thorough investigation which shall include ~he 

following: 

(1) Check ot the date and place ot birth or the 

1nd1v1dualo 

(2) Check of the national tiles ot tho b"BI and ot 

such other investigative agencies as .may be 

pertinent to the 1nvest1gat1one 

()) Local cgenaf checks in areas where the indiv1d&lal has resided to consist as a minim~ 

in every oaee ot a oheok ot tbe tiles ot the 
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'OSCIB STANDARDS AND PROCEDURE 

FOR OLEARANOE OF I'ERSONNEL FOR COHIN'.r 

~ - ~ ~ --- - ~ -- - - ~ -- -- -·- --- ~-- - --- ~ --- appropriate tielcl ott1ce of the Federal 

Bureau or rnveatigat1ont local polioe 9 looal crec11t agencies (1n the oase ot 

individuals over twenty-two years ot age)» the headquarters of the appropriate maJor 

subordinate command ot·the Departtn.ent ot 

Defense (1t necessary)» and auob other 

agenoies as may be pert1nento 

(4) Oheok of records ot the person's m111tar7 

aenice, it 8D1'o 

.(5) Ver1t1oat1on of entries oonoern1n6 edu~at1on 

and att111at1ons in the Personal History Statemento · 

(6) Interv1ews·w1th at leaet three oharaoter 

reterencesl and at least mail oheoks with all 

employers 1sted in the Personal History Statemento 

' (?) Interviews with at leaat three additional 

character reterenaea round through the p~eoecling steps in the 1nTest1gat1ono 

(o) Ottlcera ot the Department ot Defense and ot ·the ~oreign Service of the United States with more than 

10 years' continuous active oommisaioned service need 

not be subJeoted to the oomplete tormal investigation 

as outlined above in paragraph )(b)o Before the 1.ildoc~ 

tr1nat1on ot such an otf1cer 9 however, all pertinent records readil.Y available in the Waahington area will 

be sorutinized with a view to determining whether any' questionable traits have been noted during his entire 

»eriod ot commissioned serviceo 

(4) In each case the responsibility ror initiating and 

conduoting the required investigation and tor making the evaluation based on the foregoing standards tor 

clearance rests with the authority which has determined 

the "need to know'' o However 11 where the Seoretary ot 

Detense or USOIB has determined the "need to know" 11 th1e responsibility will be delegated by the. S~oretary 

ot Defense or by USOIB in the speoitic instance to a 

member organ1zation9 · 

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FOR CLEARANCE OF PERSONNEL FOR CO:MINT 

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(e) In emergenc1. or when there 1s other oompelling need 

to clear a person tor COMINT prlor to completion ot the 

tull presoribed investigation. and th.e responsible authority has determined upon such· advance clearance 

(paragraph 4(o), here1natter), sμch investigative checks as are 1Jlinlediately possible shall be made at 

once, and the tull investigation and ·r1nal evaluation 

shall be completed at the earliest practicable momenta 

•o ApPJYval tor indoctrinationo 

,(a) The responsibility tor approving the indootrination or 

a person tor COMI?lr rests witn the authority which has 

·determined his "need to know•• o Where determination ot 

-the "need to knowd has involved coordination with other 

(b) 

(o) 

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departmentsp s1niilar coordination shall preoede the 

deo1s1on to approve 1ndoctr1nat1ono '\ . In a case where the responsibility tor approving 1n4ootr1nation. rests with the Secretary ot Defense or with 

USCIB, the organization wh!oh bas been charged with 

making the required investigation and evaluation 

(paragraph )(d)p above) shall turnish to the approving authority the following: 

.(1) A certification that the person under consideration 

meets all USCIB clearance standal"dJI (or a statement to th$ contrar, 9 with particulars)o 

(2) A statement ot all derogatory and questionable information obtained thi:ough the investigation (or 

a statelUent that ~o such into1'tllation has been 

fQund),, 

(3) ..ri.ny ·other reports ot the investigation and documents 

pertinent thereto which the Secretary of Dttense or 

USCIB fD81' require 1n the specific instanceo 

Where the Secretary of Defense is the approving authority~ 

he will inform USCIB ot his deolsion in eaoh oaseo 

In emerge.no7 II or when. there is other compelling need (1 

in the national interest 9 to indoctrinate a person for 

COMINT prior to completion or the full prescribed 1nvest1gat1onp the authority which has determined the 

"need to know" may approve suo.b prior indoctrination., 

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USOIB STA?IDARDS AND PROCEDURE 

FOR CLEARANCE OF PERSONNEL FOR CC>l4INT 

So Indootr1nat1on and debriefingo 

(a) 

(b) 

(o) 

(d) 

Indootr1nat1onQ Each person who is to be cleared for 

COMINT shall be thoroughly and caretul:. instructed in 

the doctrine and principles ot COMINT protection9 and 

in the regulations which govern the dissemination and 

safeguarding ot OOMiliT, and shall be required to subscribe to an oath or seQrecyo The oath to be administered 

upon the indoctrination ot a person to receive COMINT 

final products shall be essentially similar to that or 

the sample tor.m attached as Annex 2o 

'"Debr1etin._g" o When a person's "need to know" has ceased 

to exist ne shall be debarred from further knowledge and 

required to subscribe ·to a final oath ot saoreoro Tha 

oath to be administered upon the "debriefing" of a former 

recipient ot COMINT final products shall be essentially slmilar to that of the sample form attached as Annex 3o 

The responsibility for 1ndootr1nat1ng and ''debr1et1ng'~ a 

person and tor administering the oaths or seoreo1 rests 

with the authority which has determined his "need to 

know"o Where the Seoretary·ot Defense or USCIB has determined the "need to ~ow"P this responsibility mq be 

delegated by the Secretary ot Detenae or by USCia in the 

apecitio instance to a member organ1zat1ono 

Each USCIB member organization shall maintain ourren~ 

reaords of personnel indoctrinated by it tor OOMINT9 

pursuant to its own determination or "need to know"t 

and shall keep USCIB informed ot the total numbers o~ 

such personnelo The USCIB Secretariat will maintain 

a similar list o~ persons cleared for COMINT pursuant 

to determination of the "need to know" by the Secretary 

ot Defense or by USOIBo 

60 ApB11cab111ty or these standards and :prooedure to ~ersonnel 

ot the oMDlr operating agencies and other RErrsons assooiated _... with·. these agencies In the t'eohn!cal phases of com.NT production ind researcho The standai'cts and procedure herein prescribed appij f~lly to t~e personnel ot the COMINT operating agenoiaa and other persons associated with these agencies in the tech- . nical phases or COMINT production and research except as follows~ 

(a) 

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The existence ot the "need to.know" ot persons in these 

categories is inherent in the ciroumstanoas of the1~ 

employment or intended employment o However 0 each pe·rson in these categories will have acoess to only such 

1ntormat1on as he needs to~ the proper pertormanoe ot 

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FOR CLE.AIL\NCE OF PERSONNEL _FOR COUINT 

bis apeo1t1o dut1eso Persons in these categories may be oleared tor COMINT in numbers am.ply adequate for tbe 

needs of the operating agencies, but only the absolute 

minimum number should have aooess to the final COMINT 

products ot the operations ot those agenciee~ 

(b) It is desirable that all persons of these categories be investigated and evaluated according to the standards 

ot paragraph 3q However, such ot these as need not and 

positively will not have knowledge ot or access to 

operations (or pertinent·intormationi beyond the stages 

ot raw-tratt1o intercept~ collection~ transmission, -and 

preparation; D/H bearing measurement, plotting and 

utilization; emission 1dent1t1cat1on; the desien, development, and production of 1nteroept 9 D/F9 and &mis• 

sion 1dent1ticat1on equipment; and the more elementary phases or traftie analysis may be investigated and 

evaluated according to lower atandards at the disoretion ot the member organizations oonoernedo 

(o) The secrecy oaths for COMINT recipients (exemplified in 

Annexes 2 and )) need not be used for personnel in these 

categories where they are 1nappropr1ateo Insteadp the 

torma tor their oaths or seoreoy shall be as prescribed 

by the COMINT operating agencies and as appropr1ete to 

the duties whioh they are to pertormo 

7., Continuing 1nvestJgat1ve ofleoks and seouritz surve!.l~anoeo 

Persons cleared tor COMIN'l' and reta1n1ng that status per- manently or over a long period ot time shall be subjected to 

suob continuing investigative oheoks and security surveillance 

as are within the capacities ot the investigativ~ services o~ 

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