gerne 4 werd) q. - 4 (1nd ieiccn id November 1, 1985 REPORTING HOSTILE CONTACTS AND SECURITY AWARENESS In addition to measures presently in place to provide for physical, information and personnel security against the hostile intelligence threat, the provisions of this directive will enhance overall government efforts to protect against illegal or unauthorized acquisition by hostile intelligence services of information and technology vital to our national interest. Many agencies, particularly those directly involved in the United States intelligence effort, foreign affairs and military matters, have well-developed programs designed to maintain a high level of security awareness and to examine relationships of their employees with foreign nationals. Agencies whose primary mission requires that they maintain classified or otherwise sensitive information, while attractive targets for hostile foreign interests, are by no means the only agencies whicn are vulnerable to the loss of information or technology which may be critical to the ability of tne United States to protect itself. Responsibility for Security Each department or agency of the US Government shall establish procedures whicn will: - Create and maintain a formalized security awareness program cesigned to ensure a high ievel of awareness among its employees of the potential threat to its propriety, sensitive and classified information from foreign sources, whether overt or covert. This program must include a pericdic formal brief- ing of the threat posed by hostile intelligence services. - Provide for the reporting, under defined circum- stances, of employee contacts with naticnals of certain foreign countries or political entities as hereafter specified. The nature and extent of this program will be commensurate with the potential for foreign interest in not only the classified information holdings of the department or agency, but also in its technological or other sensitive activities. The program should be tailored to meet the particular functions of the agency or department and the vulnerability of certain categories S3AIHOYV TYNOUTLYN 3HKL LY G39NG0Nd3xY Oe Setasied (Released on L/L PE Released uader orovisicrs of E.0. 12356 by DC. Reser, Natior-! . curity Council mee Full Text of I i ECS E TOTS NSDD 197
rare ne weet ee em of employees who, through either their jobd functions or access to classified or sensitive information or tecnnolocy, invice targeting or exploitation by foreign intelligence services. The program should be designed so as not to intrude into the privacy of employees or into their freedom of association. Reporting of Kostile Contacts Each department or svency shall establish procedures which require its employees to report certain contacts. ~ These procedures will require reporting of all contacts with individuals of any nationality, either within or outside the scope of the employee's official activities, in which: -- Illegal or unauthorized access is sought to classified or otherwise sensitive information. -- The employee is concerned that he or she may be the target of an attempted exploitation by a foreign entity. - The procedures will alsc require reporting of any contacts with nationals of the Soviet Union and Soviet Bloc countries as well as other specific foreign countries or foreign political entities, which are determined by the depart- ment or agency in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation as being of particular relevance to its security concerns. In implementing this precedure, the security officer or designated official of the department or agency will review and evaluate the reported information in accordance witn the Standards for reporting. The designation of particular coun- tries as being of greater concern will provide a basis for the security officer or designat2d official to judge the relative importance of a particular contact. Any facts or circumstances of a reported contact with a hostile country which appear to (1) indicate an attempt or intention to obtain unauthorized access to proprietary, sensitive and classified information, (2) which appear to offer a reasonable potential for such, or (3) indicate the possibility of continued professional or personal contacts, shall be reported promptly by the respon- sible department or agency to tne FBI in the case of employees located in the United States ana to tiie Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the case of employees located overseas. The CIA in turn will inform the FBI as appropriate. Other Intelligence or Investigative Interests Nothing in tnis directive is intended to modify the authority and responsibility of the Director of Central Intelligence or the Central Intelligence Agency for counterintelligence abroad, nor does it in any way change existing procedures or agreements between CIA and the Department of State and other U.S. agencies hid ee re fae -fa6 iJ Lv Q39NG0Ud3uY SJAIHONVY TVROTLWN 3H1
az rr ar re 2! ee rn, lI. r a iL are me recarding tne reporting of hostile contacts outside tne U.S. Neitner does it preclude interagency agreements or directives affecting the relationship between the FBI and cther intelli- gence or investigative agencies regarding thelr responsibility for personnel, physical or document security or their terri- torial jurisdiction. Review of Procedures The head of each agency or department will provide a copy of its Security Awareness program and its procedures for reporting hostile contacts to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for review by December 1, 1985. yey Peers bei Cad L S3AtHOYV TVNOITLYN 3H1 LY Q39NG0UdIY